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The WaveBack Music Podcast is all about the most interesting video game music around, and what makes it great. Join Geekade's Kris Randazzo (Stone Age Gamer Podcast) and Matt Raimo (Turning Tracks) as they take a nostalgic trip into the past and present of VGM and explain why these soundtracks are worth listening to whether you're a fan of video games or not.
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For Kris’s pick this month, he chose the SNES cult favorite The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang. An uncommon game with some uncommonly great music!
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The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang
Hisashi Matsushita
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For Matt’s pick this month, he chose the NES classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It’s a game everyone had, but not everyone liked. Regardless, it’s got some great music!
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Konami Kukeiha Club
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For Kris’s pick this month, he chose the Super NES classic Super Mario Kart in celebration of the arrival of Mario Kart World.
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Super Mario Kart
Soyo Oka
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For Matt’s pick this month, he chose the NES classic Wizards & Warriors.
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Wizards & Warriors
David Wise
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For Kris’s pick this month, he chose the indie hit Undertale.
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Undertale
Toby Fox
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For Matt’s pick this month, he went with Earthworm Jim, specifically the Special Edition for Sega CD.
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Earthworm Jim
Mark Miller
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For Kris’s pick this month, he decided to make the first show of the new year a killer with the soundtracks of both DuckTales for NES and DuckTales Remastered.
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DuckTales
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Hiroshige Tonomura
Jake Kaufman
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For Matt’s pick this month, he went with the indie crafting game While the Iron’s Hot.
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While the Iron’s Hot
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Alan Monteiro
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It’s a listener request episode! Matt and Kris listen to the music of Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story just in time for the new Brothership Gam to hit Nintendo Switch.
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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Yoko Shimomura
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Happy Halloween! Matt and Kris have put together another playlist of terrific terrors to brighten up your holiday. Enjoy!
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For this month’s game, the October tradition continues with Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. How does this legendary game’s soundtrack hold up? Let’s find out!
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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Akira Souji
Keizo Nakamura
Tomoko Sano
Mikio Saito
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For Kris’s pick this month, he chose the NES sequel Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos. Does this followup live up to the lofty reputation of its predecessor? Let’s find out!
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Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Ryuichi Nitta
Mayuko Okamura
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For Matt’s pick this month, he chose the Super NES Sonic-imitator Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind. This game sure has a bad reputation, but does its soundtrack deserve the hate? Let’s find out!
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Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
Matt Berardo
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For Kris’s pick this month, he chose the Super NES polygonal racer Stunt race FX. Just how good is 16-bit bluegrass? Let’s find out!
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Stunt Race FX
Shinobu Amayake
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For Matt’s pick this month, he went with the arcade classic Golden Axe. This beat em up has quite a legacy, but is its soundtrack as legendary as its gameplay? Let’s find out!
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Golden Axe
You Takada
Tōru Nakabayashi
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For Kris’s pick, he went with the PlayStation reimagining of the arcade classic Frogger. This retro revival has it all, including an excellent “cute funk” soundtrack. Enjoy!
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Frogger
Andrew Barnabas
Paul Arnold
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For Matt’s pick, he decided to go with one of Kris’s all-time favorite games, Mega Man 3! Why exactly does he consider this game to be the best in the series? Let’s find out!
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Mega Man 3
Yasuaki Fujita
Harumi Fujita
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It’s finally time to cover one of Kris’s favorite Game Boy soundtracks, Donkey Kong Land! How do the 16-bit stylings of the DKC series translate to the Game Boy? Let’s find out!
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Donkey Kong Land
David Wise
Graeme Norgate
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It was Matt’s pick, and in true Matt fashion, he chose a game that couldn’t possibly be less Christmass-y for our final episode of the year, Dead Cells!
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Dead Cells
Yoann Laulan
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It’s almost amazing that after all these years, this show has never covered a Double Dragon game. It’s finally time to correct that as Matt and Kris spend some quality time with the short but spectacular soundtrack of the NES version of the original Double Dragon.
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Double Dragon
Kazunaka Yamane](https://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php/Kazunaka_Yamane)
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