02 February 2011

Episode 14: Sports

Brent and Rob knock one out of the park in this episode which focuses on sports games.  The hosts go into overtime and present their favorite tracks (and field) from the 8-bit and 16-bit era.  Brent shares a track from NBA Jam that is particularly moving to him while Rob focuses almost solely on Electronic Arts titles.  Full track listing below.



Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (the version we played was released)

John Madden Football - Rob Hubbard - Title Theme - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1990

Slalom - David Wise - Level Music - Rare - NES - 1987

Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs - Rob Hubbard - Title Screen - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1991

Double Dribble - Atsushi Fujio (?) - Half-Time Show - Konami - NES - 1987

NHL Hockey - Rob Hubbard - Opening Theme - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1991

NBA Jam - Jon Hey, Rick Fox (arr.) - Title Screen - Acclaim - SNES - 1994

Skate or Die! - Rob Hubbard - Intro - Electronic Arts - NES - 1987

Mega Man Soccer - Oka, Tomi, Norihiko Togashi (Noririn) - Dust Man - Capcom - SNES - 1994

Coach K College Basketball - Jeff van Dyck - Title Theme - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1995

Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars - Shigemasa Matsuo (Magnum), Tomoko Sumiyama (Uh Pah) - Ending - Konami/Ultra Games - NES - 1991

FIFA International Soccer - Jeff van Dyck - BGM 3 - Electronic Arts - Genesis - 1993

Super Soccer - Hiroya Niwayama, Hironori Tanaka, Masamichi Yamazaki, Tetsuji Ohtani - Menu - Human Entertainment - SNES - 1992

Super Spike V'Ball - Kazunaka Yamane - Brazilian Squad/Hawaii - Technos - NES - 1990

Side Pocket - Rick Fox (Fox Productions) - Come On Over - Iguana Entertainment - SNES - 1993

Blades of Steel - Shinya Sakamoto, Kazuki Muraoka, Atsushi Fujio, Kiyohiro Sada - Skating Into The Ring - Konami - NES - 1988

Track & Field II - Harumi Ueko - Hang Gliding - Konami - NES - 1989

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - Kenji Yamamoto, Akito Nakatsuka, Yukio Kaneoka - Training - Nintendo - NES - 1987

Super Tennis - Yoshiki Nishimura - Tournament Standings - Nintendo/Tokyo Shoseki - SNES - 1991

Wimbledon Championship Tennis - Crush-X - Sound Number 88 - Sega - Genesis - 1993

Kirby's Dream Course - Hirokazu Ando - Jigsaw Plains - HAL Laboratory - SNES - 1995

Shigesato Itoi's No. 1 Bass Fishing - Tadashi Ikegami - Rest House - HAL Laboratory - Super Famicom - 1997

4 comments:

  1. As per Brent and Rob's suggestion I had to listen to the sports ep. Brent's singing was awesome and that Michael Jackson impression killed me. There was some kind of swallowing action that was pure magic. You were definitely in the zone and vibing with the track. Rob's comment about the brother who got run over by a car cracked me up. The NBA Jam track had an almost 80s dance club situation going on. It could have totally been used in Scarface during the club scene. I have this picture in my head of people doing fat rails and dancing to this track. -Greg

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  2. Whoah! Shigesato Itoi is the creator of the MOTHER/EarthBound series, and you mention wanting a copy of EarthBound RIGHT before you happen to play a track from another of the same man's games! That's too cool.

    By the way, best track of this episode by FAR was that Coach K track. Never heard it in my life and it rocked my socks off.

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  3. I about cried after the NBA Jam song. Hilarious!

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  4. I am curious to whether the John Madden track is still one of the best Robs heard or if it wouldnt even make his top ten now

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