I have been playing the shit out of Realm of the Mad God. So much so that I hear the music in my dreams; music by one Craig Stern. Great shit. By the way, Realm of the Mad God is now on Steam and free to play. beep.
Craig Stern
Runtime: 8:32
Realm of the Mad God
Craig Stern’s Song / Sound Buffet (Final)
Steam page
A few more chiptunes for Xmas — from 8bitpeoples this time.
Various Artists
Remember Enzo and Bob?
Cold Boot
“Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.”1
1Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) – IMDB
8bitpeoples
Everquest is pretty much the Yin to Ultima Online’s Yang. You can still play both in their old-style, archaic, beautiful madness if you look at Project 1999 and Second Age, respectively.
Rendered from MIDI via FluidSynth, these few songs make a good way to vaguely call back to the last episode while reminding listeners that the feed address is changing, as of December 1st, it will be http://feeds.feedburner.com/4040AD.
Everquest
Ultima Online is such a great game that it continues to be played today, even with the limitations of its engine; the non-online Ultima games are still worth playing through if you can get used to the archaic quirks of DOS, even Akalabeth. It should be noted however, “worth playing” does not necessarily mean “worth beating.”
Someone named Diz made a modern soundtrack for Ultima Online, aptly titled Recall, to improve upon its aging MIDI tracks. In my judgement, Diz has succeeded brilliantly. All the tracks in this episode are freely available for download on Diz’s website.
Diz
The Codex of Editable Wisdom
emptunes
A few tunes from videogames this time, featuring Doritos Promo SNES Game, WTF. Most of these are essential must-play games. If you can guess the ones that aren’t, post them, you might win a prize!
Various Artists
In 1997, New York City became a maximum security prison. Breaking out was impossible. Breaking in was insane. Once a lowly custodian, Mr. Clean’s tolerance for the shortcomings of others has waned. A cop with a war on his hands — his enemy: an army of street killers, his only ally: a convicted murderer. Blood money cleaned and banked, no longer the old, corroded money that once ran the world…
Dr. Brontosaurus
Music and Noise by Dr. Brontosaurus
Fountain Coins on Soundcloud
