Ep. 119: Get That Pop

With but a fistful of recommendations, Josh and Emily continue their search for the motherlode amid the piles of debris that now inhabit the once buzzing bar. Fortunately, they have an alternate source to fuel the podcast, which is a never-ending string of errors which can only be corrected on subsequent episodes. So, join Emily as they take a break from the excavation stage of their clean-up to chat about ending screens on summer days, the relative hardness of ringside pickups, and how to prepare AI to replace humans in sacred rituals. Special appearances by Sonic the Hedgehog, Cool Spot, Megaman, and Xipe Totec. 

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This episode was made possible by:
Game	Track Title	Composer(s)
Art of Fighting	Ending Theme	Seisuke Itoh
Ripple Dot Zero	Ripple Labs Pt. 2	Simon Stalenhag
Wario Land Advance	Mystic Lake (Lakeside)	Ryoji Yoshitomi

 James Bond Jr.                          Unused Theme                   Neil Baldwin

 Mahjong Gokuu Tenjiku           Mahjong Game (Neutral)  Tomomi Hatakeyama

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Ep. 118: Pretzel Anniversary

Josh and Emily have decided it's finally time to get serious about cleaning up the bar, so come loiter around while they smash up the boulders and hack at the weeds that have been populating all over the place for the past eight years. Along the way you'll learn some Japanese vocabulary, contemplate Bruce Springsteen's great-great-great-grandchild's final bionic form, and witness a track/description mismatch error being rectified after (checks calendar) over a decade?! After all that's done, enjoy the easy ride of a couple contrasting karaokes and maybe think about sending in some new ones of your own, because we’ll be meeting back here soon and we’ve dusted off a shelf just for you. Happy Pretzel Anniversary, patrons! We might even have proper seats next time.

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This episode was made possible by:
Game	Track Title	Composer(s)
Art of Fighting	Ending Theme (Sono hito-wa watashitachi-no kodomo kana?)	NEO Sound Orchestra
Contra: Hard Corps	Last Springsteen	Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Souji, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, Hirofumi Taniguchi
Golvellius: Valley of Doom	Overworld 1	Masatomo Miyamoto, Takeshi Santo
Super Adventure Island	Blue Blue Moon	Yuzo Koshiro

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Ep. 117: Slap Down the Biorhythms

Chotto matte and wait a minute, what's this? Are there really lights on inside the ol' VGMJB bar tonight? Looks like Josh and Emily are marking the 10th anniversary of The VGM Jukebox by opening the doors again! Come snag your favorite chair and get transported places as they share tunes that capture the spirit of the old days, the newer days, and the wide range of everything in between. J&E will need your patience as they relearn the biorhythms of everything from publishing episodes to flipping coins properly, and a good handful of their tracks aren't even from video games. It's going to be an unusual evening, to say the least! But if you stay a while, let us know what you've been up to these past seven years, and what tunes and memories have stayed connected to your hearts.

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This episode was made possible by:
Game	Track Title	Composer(s)
Devil's Course	Music No. 6	Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Shunsuke Minomiya, Akira Tamada
--	[REDACTED]	Unknown
Jim Power: The Arcade Game	Mutant Forest	Chris Hülsbeck
--	UNBALANCE-ZONE	Meiko Nakahara
Dorfromantik	Beerenweg	Pygoscelis
--	Linda Cross	Pepeu Gomes
Tetris Effect	Connected (Yours Forever)	Hydelic

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Ep. 116: Snow Day Spectacular III

Just in time for the Holidays, Josh and Emily get into the spirit and decorate the bar. But what would a bar be without patrons, and this time, they are joined by The Diad and Wicked Sephiroth to help consolidate the cheer with their own track selections and memories. But, you probably have some questions, such as: How did they get here? Where is the Devil's Course? What is up with that spooky Christmas tree? Is this song speeding up?  Find out the answers to all this and more on this very special VGM Jukebox reunion episode!

Answer Key: A combination of necromancy and Christmas magic, somewhere between hell and heaven, see question one, and no it's not.

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This episode was made possible by:
Game	Track Title	Composer(s)
Donkey Kong Country	Northern Hemispheres	Eveline Fischer, David Wise, Robin Beanland
Devil's Course	Menu	Yumi Kinoshita, Shigekazu Kamaki, Shunsuke Minomiya, Yusaburo Shimojyo and/or Akira Tamada
Toy Story	Inside the Claw Machine	Andy Blythe, Marten Joustra, Randy Newman, Patrick J. Collins (arr.)
Earthbound	Winter's White	Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu
Silent Debuggers	Input Your Name	Shogo Sakai, Masaaki Iwasaki, Takafumi Miura,Yusuke Takahama, Yuji Suzuki

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