VGMporium: Video Game Music and More!

VGMporium is visited by another guest, Gene Dreyband of Pixelated Audio! And he brings with him a topic that he has been wanting to talk about but found to wierd for hisnown show, that being Musicians and Composers from outside of the Video Game world..composing VGM! and he figured that my humble shop would be … Continue reading "Episode 62: Musicians Famous Outside VGM W/ Gene Dreyband...

Whether it’s just a setting or where you can boost your stats, there are many fine establishments in games where you can delicious food. Ramen, fancy croisant sandwich, lamb steak, space goop, all good eats! Tracklist – Restaurant – Start Cruiser – Toshiya Yamanaka Ramen Stall (Bugjirou) – Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes – … Continue reading "Episode 61: Go...

Bargain Bin Games, most of the time they are schlocky shovelware that make you wonder why they’re made. But sometimes there are ones that truly did not deserve to be in there. Joined by Pernell of Rhythm & Pixels, we discuss some games that shined bright from within the depths of the bin, All with … Continue reading "Episode 60: Bargain Bin Games W/ Pernell"

Tracklist – VA-11 Hall-A – JC Eltons – Michael Kelley (Garoad) Rayxanber III – Title Theme – Yasuhiti Saito Astebros – Haunted Mansion – Savage Regime Swing Time – Spider-Man vs. The King Pin – Mr. Big Burning Force – Bay Yard (1st Day) – Yoshinori Kawamoto

How many versions of one song can there be from one game? At the suggestion of listener crazygoji I explore this question with a Title that was probably not expected. In this case it’s 8 versions ranging from 3 channel 8bit to spectacular cd quality Redbook Audio. Tracklist – Field – Dragon Slayer: The Legend … Continue reading "Episode 58: Field – Eiyuu Densetsu"

Now a days it’s pretty common to hear vocals in video game music. But back in the day it was a feat of knowing how to work the soundchips, the results usually being crunchy and distorted. but they have an undeniable charm! Tracklist – Yume wa Owatanai – Tales of Phantasia – Toshiyuki Sekiguchi, Hiroya … Continue reading "Episode 57: PCM Vocals"

2 Games, 2 Computer Systems, 2 Soundchip Pairings, one amazing Composer! Get ready for a lot of info on all these things while listening to 2 of Konamis’ unsung OST gems! Tracklist – All Songs Composed by Yuji Takenouchi Twitter – https://twitter.com/technouchi?s=21&t=5LYB8UXpbofVL8lTvrXZMw Soundcloud – https://m.soundcloud.com/missingsoul Gekitotsu/Clash Pennant Race 2 Openi...

Holy geez! It’s already been a year since I started this whole shop of MADNESS! So in celebration I’m going to share some of my favorites from this past years episodes as well as giving some very much deserved thanks to all those that I have come to know this journey. It’s been a pretty … Continue reading "Episode 55: 1 Year Anniversary Special"

A fresh batch of Special Orders has just arrived! It’s a fine mix of tunes from garbly PSG to Hyper energetic rock! If you’d like to make a Special Order(SPO), send it on over to vgmporium@gmail.com Tracklist – City – Gundam Wing: Endless Duel – Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Haruo Ohashi – Order by Mike Levy Ice … Continue reading "Episode 54: SPOs 4"

Oh yes, bringing in the New Year with more Shop themes! It should be my bread and butter but it Took one year to get to #3….Do expect more to come! Tracklist – Tomato tomahto (Tomato Mart Remix) – Dale North – Shenmue https://dalenorth.bandcamp.com/ Shop – Kennosuke Suemura – 3×3 Eyes: Seima Kourinden Mysterious Shop … Continue reading "Episode 53: Sh...

Well here it is folks, the last episode of 2022. And what better way to cap off the year then to feature my first time interviewing complete strangers about VGM at a Gaming Convention! Didn’t get as many as hoped but the ones I did get cover a pretty wide spectrum, from a gamer enjoying … Continue reading "Episode 52: In The Field At Sacramento Gamers Expo"

No matter what there will always be some last minute Christmas to do. And thus here I am with Last Minute episode full of Xmas tunes that will hopefully get you in the mood for this coming weekend of Yuletide Madness! Tracklist – Thank you for Christmas (Sega Genesis Arrange) Crazygoji – Originally by XTC … Continue reading "Episode 51: Last Minute Xmas Episode"

It’s my birthday! Here’s a lil gungy i done threw togethet in like an hour! A grand 50th episode indeed Tracklist – Happy Bitthday Fusion Reharmonization – Tony Thai https://soundcloud.com/midiman10 Space Dock/Shop – Captain Sky Hawk – David Wise BLACKHEART Stage – Marvel Super Heroes – Air Man – Mega Man II GB – Kenji … Continue reading "Episo...

35 Years, Can you believe it? Through many ups, and an equal amount of downs, The Blue Bomber has been bringing joy to so many! So in celebration of Mega Mans Anniversary, I have put together this here Mega Mix from (almost) every game our beloved Super Fighting Robot with a bit of my hapless … Continue reading "Episode 49: Mega Man 35th Anniversary Mega Mix"

Now if you haven’t been able to tell, I happen to like the absurd! And the videos of An0nymoose are absurdness of the highest degree. And the music they use in the videos, animated meticulously with every sound, run pretty close to my personal musical tastes. Now thats a mondo plus! Watch all of An0nymoose’s … Continue reading "Episode 48: Anonymoose"

There many Catalogues that I order tunes in to line VGMporiums shelves, but the one I order from most frequently is VGMrips. I’ll be sharing sime of the freshest packs from this year of 2022 that have been added! Tracklist – Comet Summoner – Comet Summoner – Seiichi Takamoto, Comoesta Higashitotsuka, Einosuke Nagao, kaos Sadakichi … Continue reading "Episode 47: Fresh From&...

Thanksgiving….. What is Thanksgiving? Is this Thanksgiving? Are you Thanksgiving?! Hey you over there! Are you Giving Thanks or Thanking Gives!?! Find this out and more here at VGMporium….But seriously I’m just gonna talk about food. Tracklist – Potatos, Tomatos, Gravy and Peas – The Neverhood – Terry Scott Taylor Corn Field Memories – Color … Continue rea...

Super Hydlide is an OST that has slowly but surely become one of my favorites on the the Mega Drive/Genesis. I wanted to share it but in the context of the game it is an enhanced port of Hydlide 3: The Space Memeories Released only 3 years prior. Composed by one Shigeru Tomita, the the … Continue reading "Episode 45: Hydlide 2 For 1!"

At the suggestion of a few Giant Robo fanatics, I brought in some tunes for games a bit more on the Mech side. Also featuring some original chiptunes from 7daysof VGM September focused in Giant Robots! Time to pull out your strange looking watch, shout into it like wacko and awaken Giganto Mecha! Tracklist – … Continue reading "Episode 44: GIGANTO MECHA!"

Video Games have done many things for me, but the one of of the gifts I cherish the most is that of Beatboxing! Starting with imitating the sound effects, it eventually evolved into imitating the sounds of the music. Now I can just think of a vgm and voice the melody with the accompanying beat! … Continue reading "Episode 43: Beat Box Favorites"

Greetings from I, Vricent Lurchford and my cohort Laurel Pietre, to all you ghouls and fiends on this dreadfully delightful Hallows Eve. Tonight, from our crypt that is the VGMporium Basement, we shall play for you such spooky and frightful music! Who knows, we may have visitors from beyond the grave! Tracklist – Stage 1 … Continue reading "Episode 42: Halloween Special"

If you’re looking for Obscure VGM then you’ve come to the right place!

Another shipment of Special Orders have arrived! This batch has a nice variety of 8-bit tunes with a couple Dreamcast tracks to break it up. If you’d like to Order a song for me to play, send it on over to vgmporium@gmail.com Tracklist – One Minute Love – Border Down – Yasuhisa Watanabe – Ordered … Continue reading "Episode 41: SPOs 3"

Yes indeed, more Shop Themes for this Shop Themed show! My quest for shop vgm that meet a certain sound has been met with partial success. I got music to shop for Boards, Cards, Parts and items to! Tracklist – Board Shop – Snowboard Kids – Tomohiko Satou, Isao Kasai, Sayuri Yamamoto Shop Theme – … Continue reading "Episode 40: Shop Themes II"

A special day indeed! I’m joined by my long time friend Wade sharing his love for a cute sound in VGM that cannot be fully explained. Prepare for tangents, laughter and general silliness as a couple Wacky Wonkers just have fun! Tracklist – Cultural Festival (Theme) – Aitakute… your smiles in my heart – Soichiro … Continue reading "Episode 39: An Inexplicably Cute Soun...