The nights grow ever shorter and colder. The feel of dread sets in. The Samhain Season is upon us again, honoured listeners. At times like these, it might seem wise to seek refuage in media; comforting books, feelgood movies, or perhaps your beloved video games. Unfortunately, if you think you can hide from the dark inbetween strings of code and bright hex values, I am afraid you're sorely mistaken; I've taken it upon myself to unearth some of the more grotesque cuts in my library from a number of video games, and arranged them for your listening pleasure.
Come come; stay a while, lay yourself down, don your headphones and try not scream, as it is time for...
Waveform Nightmares from Decon Theed on 8tracks Radio.
Due to 8track's international streaming rules, listeners outside the US/Canada might have a nerfed listening experience; unfortunately there's little I can do but apologise.
The tracklist for the mix is as follows:
Story Sequence #3, by Yoshirou Horie [from Dead Connection]
Cross Your Heart (Stage 1), by Kenichi Matsubara [from Haunted Castle]
Moonspin (Last Exit) [Stage 2], by Manabu Namiki [from Gradius ReBirth]
Sewer (Stage 3), by Mutsuhiko Izumi [from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)]
Defeat, by Cube (aka Noriyuki Iwadare) [from Galaxy Force II (Mega Drive)]
Scrap Brain Zone Act 3 Remix, by Karl Brueggemann [from Sonic 1 Revisited (arrangement album)]
In the Mountain, by Yuzo Koshiro [from The Stickman is Back (unreleased)]
Crying World, by Masafumi Ogata [from Ristar (Mega Drive)]
Tamashii No Bohi (Shinigami Igret Stage), by Hideki Suzuki [from Ragnagard (Arcade)]
Ghost Ship [Hard Mix] (Boss 4 BGM [Special Mode]), by MK-2 and/or Monyons [from Spanner-X -Endless Fire-]
World 8: Forest, by Takeshi Abo [from Rhyme☆Star]
Stage 7A: Aerial Capital, by Masaki Izutani and/or Kaori Kumakura [from Zero Gunner 2]
Laboratory Stage, by Manabu Namiki, Masaharu Iwata, Kenichi Koyano, and/or Jin Watanabe [Bloody Roar 2 (Arcade)]
Maou Team Stage, by Ida [from Super Dodge Ball (Arcade)]
War Art (Round 6), by Takayuki Aihara [from F/A]
Neuropath (Boss Theme 1), by Keisuke Tsukahara [from Alien Storm (Mega Drive)]
Boss Battle, by Naoki Kodaka [from Batman (Mega Drive)]
Boss, by Hoso-Q (aka Soshi Hosoi) and/or Pirowo [from Sonic Wings 2 (Arcade)]
Boss, by Matt Furniss [from T2: The Arcade Game (Mega Drive)]
Panic Puppet Act 2, by Tatsuyuki Maeda [from Sonic 3D: Flickies Island (Mega Drive)]
Game BGM #04, by Shinji Hosoe and/or Kazuo Noguchi [from Metal Hawk]
Stage 2~7 BGM #04, by Kazunori Hideya, Manabu Namiki, and/or Mustard Papa [from Rapid Hero]
Fire Starter, by Masaharu Iwata and/or Hitoshi Sakimoto [from Gauntlet IV]
Final Boss, by an unknown artist [from Spider-Man: The Video Game (Arcade)]
Hydra (Normal Boss), by Konami Kukeiha Club [from Space Manbow]
Cipher’s Beat! (Boss), by Toshiya Yamanaka [from Knight Arms: The Hyblid Framer OST]
Boss Theme, by Pyx [from Direct-X (release.2) OST]
Boss 3: "I.W.A.O.", by Hyakutaro Tsukumo [from Hyper Duel (Arcade)]
Stage 6 Boss, by Masashi Yoneda and/or Naoshi Kunisawa [from Zaxxon’s Motherbase 2000]
Perfect Terror, by ANIM•USIC [from Mamorukun Curse! N163+FDS ARRANGEMENT PROJECT]
Simon 1994RD, by Hiroshi Kobayashi, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, Hirofumi Taniguchi and/or Aki Hata [from Contra Hard Corps.]
Last Stage, by Masahiko Hataya and/or Masaki Kase [from Shock Troopers]
Final Boss, by Norio Hanzawa, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Yasuko, Kouji, and/or Aki Hata [from Dynamite Headdy]
Epilogue I, by Hiroyuki Kawada [from Legend of Valkyrie (Arcade)]
Back in Transylvania, by +TEK [from NES DRACULA ARRANGEMENT PROJECT]
Segue, by Keisuke Tsukahara [from Alien Storm (Arcade)]
~ Decon Theed (01/10/17)
The cover for this mix uses a screenshot from the PC-8801 version of Last Armageddon