Session 21: Castlevania Adventure Rebirth 

Composer: Konami Kukeiha Club

Release Date: 2009

Session 20: Halloween Special 

Well it is the time to celebrate the dead so might see a theme going on in this session. I didn't necessarily pick the most somber of tunes but I tried to stick to games that involves Zombies, ghosts... this year I'm unleashing Michael Jackson, not sure which costume yet, it'll depend on if I get on delivered in time for Halloween.

Enjoy!

Session 19: Policenauts

Composer: Konami Kukeiha Club

Release Date: 1995

RPG Tour Year 2: Dragon Quest II

Composer: Koichi Sugiyama

Release Date: 1987

 

Dragon Quest II was released in January 1987 in Japan and in December 1990 in North America. A nice four years later!! And people wonder why RPGs weren't popular back then but it's no mystery since every one of them came out when the next generation was already here (or at least very close). Not to mention Europe, please for a second try to picture this, the first Dragon Quest released in Europe was Dragon Quest VIII and the first Final Fantasy was VII... now you know why I was late to the game!

In Dragon Quest II Sugiyama continues his gorgeous composition and since I'm playing my first DQ at the moment I'm starting to understand why the series is so highly popular in Japan, it has a great soundtrack, enchanting world and awesome combat system.

 

Next RetroBeats will probably be a break in the RPG Tour before I go to Year 3 and I'll probably have other breaks between years on and off.

Enjoy!

Ito's Extreme Retrobeats Tracks

Well after making last week's Game Quickie on ESPN eXtreme Games for the PS1, I remebered how much I enjoyed the music in the game. It is so damn 90's sounding it's awesome. Plus I am a very big fan of the slap bass in some of the tracks. So I thought what better way to share the tunes with the RWTV fans by making a Retrobeats on the game. While there aren't very many tracks in the game they are enjoyable so take a listen and post in the forums your thoughts. ---Ito

RPG Tour Year 2: Final Fantasy II

Composer: Nobuo Uematsu

Release Date: 1988

 

So here we go, Year 2 is beginning and so of course we start with Final Fantasy. Always composed by the great Uematsu (and as I type this I'm listening to the gorgeous Staff Roll/Finale).

For me FF II is really the start of the series and all its roots, the first game seems more like a tryout with low budget to, as we know, save a company from the brink. Can you really stop for a second and consider that if things had gone slightly differently, like Uematsu not being involved, we would probably have never heard of Squaresoft... insane.  In any case after the success of the first one they launched in the sequel head first and as good as the first soundtrack was, this one is even better.

There are so many gorgeous pieces that I could speak in hyperboles all day. Just listen to the collection of the tracks that I could not have reduced one bit.