After roughly 2 decades, how can anyone forget this classic fighter opener?!  And its lyrics DO NOT lie in anyway whatsoever...."Come on fight them if you dare!" / "Hit 'em, smack 'em....THEY DON'T CARE!!"

Original Composer:  Mitchell Stein / Brian Luzietti (Courtesy Interplay/Visual Concepts - under FAIR USE)

Clay Fighter Title Theme (8-Bit Cover)

"Despite all my rage, I am still just a RAT in a CAGE!"  After almost 20 years...there's absolutely no way - NO WAY one could help but to forget this metal smash-hit!

Original Song: The Smashing Pumpkins (Courtesy Virgin) [under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

Smashing Pumpkins' "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (8-Bit Cover)

Dedicated to those who are still affected by all the insane horsesh__ / perils associated with US Citizenship, and its sworn rights / freedoms!  And yes, I've put my full and tireless heart, strength, talent, and soul within this composition (just like all of my other entries)! 

Also, in case my free minutes are about to run out, another account will be in place upon recognition!

Original Song: Ronald Vegan (under FAIR USE)

Ronald Vegan's "We're Generic, We're Okay" (8-Bit Cover)

"Get out of my head and let me be...."  One's reply to all the twisted BS in everyday life that occur when least expected!  

Also, it's official - all of my free minutes here are all used up....but my legacy will continue either here and/or on BandCamp!

Original Song: A Guy Named Guy (under FAIR USE)

A Guy Named Guy's "Fire in the Fens" (8-Bit Cover)

Considering how long it's been since I've released anything... why not make a potential comeback?  UPDATE - it's actually from the Game Gear version of The Lost World: Jurassic Park, where your hunter (and its pet compy in 1 stage) faces off against a rampaging dinosaur boss!

Original Composition: Kojiro Mikusa (Courtesy Sega 1997)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Game Gear - Boss Theme (NES Ver.)

This latest number...is from, hands-down, one of the most rag-tag Ninja Action-Platformers ever!  (Seriously, it makes even Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden look like a "slow ride to grandma's house")

Original Composition: Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama & Masayuki Nagao (Courtesy Sega 1993)

Shinobi 3 - Return of the Ninja Master / Super Shinobi 2, "Rush and Beat - Stage 5B" (8-Bit Cover)

Since it's almost Thanksgiving, I'd like to take this opportunity and dedicate this to all wandering souls the entire nation--SCRATCH THAT--the world over.  This latest cover is inspired by the charisma and likes of an acoustic political singer/songwriter with roots tracing back to Seattle (who's been doing her thing NOT ONLY in the New England indie scene, but elsewhere...not to mention she's got a new partner joining the fray).  Ever since hearing her at the Monkey Palace (in JP), I've been dying to throw this out for the longest time, and lo and behold - most of you already know.  With that, enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!!

Original Song: Kelly 'Dogtooth' Chudler (under FAIR USE)

Kelly Dogtooth [and Nail]'s "Ruins" (8-Bit Cover)

Happy [belated] New Year, one and all!  To kick things off (no pun intended), I've decided to thrust back into a much-appreciated Treasure classic...this time it's my usual NES version of one of its signature hits (heard both during the options screen, as well as during the final area when both Red and Blue fight & traverse their way through the Empire HQ while being filmed on a wide surveillance camera, complete with cameos of all the foes they faced before)!  As always, enjoy...

Original Song: Norio/Kazuo 'NON' Hanzawa (Courtesy Sega/Treasure 1993)



Gunstar Heroes - "Last Party on the Moon", Options/Empire HQ (8-Bit Cover)

Another day, another Treasure tribute in NES Format!  Let's play charades - I'm a dismembered puppet hell-bent on saving my theatre-stage-inspired town from the clutches of King Dark Demon...and I can only attack by using my noggin, not to mention the star of an overlooked platformer from ages past!

By now, the provided title above should be nothing more than a 'dead giveaway'...this is from one of the later stages as the big DH alters its background inbetween while confronting all sorts of odd sh__ on his merry way!  Also, you'll have to excuse the awkward rhythmic sequence at about 0:39-0:55 (considering I had to make it as close to the original Genesis version as possible).

Original Song: Aki Hata (Courtesy Sega/Treasure 1994)

Dynamite Headdy - "South Town's Theme" (Terminate Her Too/Mad Mechs, 8-Bit Cover)

As we're all aware of by now - it's been over a month since the death of ol' "Ziggy Stardust / Major Tom / Starman / Goblin King Jareth"...and considering how I'm a month overdue for what I'm presenting to you all this week, what better time than today to pay the best possible tribute?

Inspired by not only his legacy alone, but that of the combined efforts of Lucas & the late Henson - why not recreate its opening theme in the usual, tried-and-true NES format right?  Speaking of which, there was a Japan-only Famicom adaptation of Labyrinth by Tokuma, Atlus & Activision - which for the record, DID NOT include this song AT ALL.  

Original Song: David Bowie (RIP, Courtesy EMI) [under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

David Bowie's "Underground" (8-Bit Cover)

This is for all the CAPCOM fans the world over...by now, this ditty should at least jog your memory a smidgen or 2!  It's from the 2nd stage of the sequel to one of the hardest arcade games ever made (which, unlike its predecessor, was later ported to the Sega Genesis - as a launch title, I should add; and the Japan-only Supergrafx/PC Engine), in which Arthur's exploring through the above-mentioned title area - inhabited by rock turtles, scorpions, fire-bats & finally Cerberus!

Original Composition: Tamayo Kawamoto (Courtesy Capcom 1988)

Ghouls 'n Ghosts - Stage 2, The Village of Decay & Destruction (8-Bit Cover)

Here's one for all the '70s fans out there (if there are any, that is - whether you were born or alive during and/or before said decade...or HELL, WAY AFTER)!

From the "Soundtrack King's" 3rd solo album following his disbandment from L&M (Loggins & Messina), despite this ditty being intended as a love song...midway through its development/production, following his recent hospital visits to see his sick dad (the late Robert George Loggins), Kenny's viewpoint underwent a dramatic, life-changing transformation, as did this song - hence "it's not a love song. It's a life song."

PS - I wish they used this in 'The Warriors' (considering both the film and this song were out the same damn year)...Original Song: Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (Courtesy Columbia, 1979) [under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

Kenny Loggins' "This Is It" (8-Bit Cover)

It's been more than a year (if possibly less) since this station's been laid dormant...but IT'S BACK!  Here's one for all the PORTAL fans out there (not that I've played much of it, NOTHING PERSONAL) - heard at the very end after Cheli wipes out the GLaDos computer system at the end (hence its outro ballad, now in NES format)!!  Enjoy, one and all....

Original Song: Jonathan Coulton & Ellen McLain (Courtesy Valve 2007)

Still Alive (from Portal, 8-Bit Cover)

Back with a vengeance yet again, this time with a tribute to an underrated X68000 top-view tank shmup, originated over 1/4 of a century ago, and ported to the Genesis(MD) not long after!

Hear the intense feel of the volcanic area, like you've never heard it before...


Original Song: Motoi Sakuraba [桜庭 統] / Masaaki Uno [宇野 正明], (Courtesy WolfTeam - aka Namco Tales Holdings & Renovation c/o Telenet - RIP, 1990)

Granada - "Bumpy Road" (Stage 8, NES Ver.)

Considering it's the start of yet another new year, and that I haven't been updating my channel lately... IT'S ABOUT TIME I MADE A MUCH-DESERVED COMEBACK.  Case in point: here's yet another classic many recognize from almost 50 years ago - despite some of us not being around then!

First featured on "The Partridge Family" in the 'Feminist' episode, it was since then covered and sampled throughout the ages by various other acts - most notably Perry Como, Kaci Battaglia, Katie Cassidy, Paul Westerberg, Constantine Maroulis, the cast In Search of the Partridge Family, and even Less Than Jake (featured in SCREAM 2 - which was how I was curious about this song in the first place, for the record).

Now hear it like you've never heard it before...IN ALL ITS INCOMPARABLE NINTENDO GLORY!!

Original Song: Tony Romeo / the late David Cassidy, Shirley Jones and Co. (Courtesy Screen Gems & the ill-fated Bell Records c/o Columbia, 1970)

The Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You" (8-Bit Cover)

Man, am I back at it again with another complete, yet random, 2-in-1 song medley!  What is it made up of, you might ask?

First:  Originally written & crafted by one of the most presitigous British rock bands of all-time and inspired by Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", it was later covered by various artists ever since its initial release (most notably by Elliott Smith, heard at the end of Sam Mendes' "American Beauty").

Second: A murder ballad perfected by a late-'80s heavy metal band off of their first-ever, self-titled album; revolving around a high-school kid named Ricky who had just received a life imprisonment sentence with a minimum of exactly the same age as he is for offing another teenager, hence the title.

Original Songs: Beatles (Apple/EMI, 1969) / Skid Row (Atlantic Records, 1989) [under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

The Beatles' "Because" / Skid Row's "18 and Life" (8-Bit Cover Medley)

Play Guilty Gear much?  Then this song should be nothing short of familiar by now to youse all!

Original Song: Daisuke Ishiwatari

Feel A Fear (Eddie's Theme, 8-Bit Cover)

Dedicated to all Trekkies everywhere!  "Double dumb-ass on you!"

Original Composition: Leonard Rosenman/MCA Records/Paramount, CBS Studios [As usual - NO PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

'Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home' Theme (8-Bit Cover)

"Starship Command to Destroyer....Begin Takeoff Countdown!"
"Right Turn! / Left Turn! / Extra Energy!"

Any of those quotes ring a bell or 2?  So should this composition!

Original Composer: Koichi Namiki

Galaxy Force 2, Take Back (8-Bit Cover)

Roaring flames at every side....all throughout the course of a dreaded planet!  What more could we all ask for?!

Original Composer: Koichi Namiki

Galaxy Force 2, Defeat (8-Bit Cover)

'Ever take a trip to a remote island, you're scuba diving one day.... and you later realize that humans don't coexist very well with fish?  Consider this song a prime example of that aforementioned experience!  Also, I'm dedicating this to the SHOP brotherhood in Allston and its neighboring areas, since I've been hearing this being covered very often! 

PS - Watch Fight Club / Observe & Report (City Wolf cover) much?

Original Song: The Pixies (B. Francis, J. Santiago, K. Deal & D. Lovering; courtesy Rough Trade) [under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

The Pixies' "Where is My Mind?" (8-Bit Cover)

'Ever visit a party one night, and all the sudden, an incident occurs where someone has their guts spilled the f__k out - but you just don't give a horse's ass and just wanna continue jamming out?

Original Song: The Takeaways [Max & Isaiah Rosenberg]

The Takeaways' "Blood on the Floor" (8-Bit Cover)

Fresh from their first album, released nearly 4 decades ago....in comparison to the original studio version (which featured near-standstill slowdown towards the end), the live version was sped up high in tempo, complete with the band's trademark stage pyrotechnics & rising drum platform!  Expect the second half of the song out before Independence Day!

Original Song: KISS (Mercury Records c/o Universal) [under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

KISS' "Black Diamond" (8-Bit Cover, Part 1)

"You cold-blooded b_____d, I'll tell you what I think of it.  I live to see you eat that contract, but I hope you leave enough room for my fist because I'm going to RAM IT INTO YOUR STOMACH, AND BREAK YOUR G__DAMN SPINE!!"  Hopefully that quote rang a bell, and so will this song!

Alternative Title: 'We Bring You Joy, We Bring You Strife'
Original Composition: Jackie Jackson & Glen Barbee (courtesy Siggy Music, Taft/Barish Music & The Production Network) [under FAIR USE, no PLAGIARISM/INFRINGEMENT intended]

The Running Man - Paula's Theme for ICS Network (8-Bit Cover)

Only 3 More Days until the big show....and what better time to celebrate than with yet another fresh, ear-pleasing NES-style cover of another soon-to-be-forever-remembered number?

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Original Composition: Leo Loginov-Katz [under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

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