mischief makers

The Treasure Medley

NECC-2016

Mischief Makers / Trouble Makers Soundtrack

Who doesn't remember this underrated N64 gem from over a decade and 1/2 ago?  An android maid being sent to rescue her inventor from a massive race of inanimate creatures, objects, etc. and their estranged ruler - the twin brother of her aforementioned inventor!  Despite not actually playing it, there happens to be one track that's been ringing in my subconscious for quite a while - at whichever point the game it's heard is anyone's guess!  Also, consider this my first N64 to NES converted composition EVAR!!

Original Song: Norio Hanazawa (Courtesy Square Enix/Treasure, Nintendo - under FAIR USE)

Mischief Makers - 'Broken' (8-Bit Cover)

Remember my first attempt last year (https://soundcloud.com/8bitky-2k13/kiss-detroit-rock-city-8-bit)?  I've brought the best and most-badass out of the space-age hard rock quartet [whose legacy has now spanned 40 straight years] in NES form yet again, improved beyond belief!  

Also, I'd like to dedicate this to another hardcore KISS fan whose B-day's coming up in 2 days!

Original Song: KISS (Mercury Records c/o Universal) [under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

KISS' "Detroit Rock City" (8-Bit Cover, Revision 2)

It's been 4-5 months since my last direct 16-bit-to-8-bit recomposition of any game, and this time I'm switching gears like never before (no pun intended) - it's the first stage to an underrated [NOT to mention EXPENSIVE, RARE & BALLS-HARD] SNES game from 2 decades back, released as an answer to Sega's Shinobi series!

The plot revolved around 2 opposing ninja clans who dwell in darkness - Fuma (split into factions based on the Chinese Zodiac, and possess extreme strength and power) & Koma (split into 3 dragon-colored factions - white, red, gold). 

The Fuma clan's sworn duty: to protect the Holy Grail, which is rumored to possess a great deal of power...however, the Koma clan wasted no words in capturing said Grail as they attacked their rivals.  Little did those Koma c__ksuckers know, there was but one brave yet wounded Fuma fighter that survived!  And the title name doesn't lie - through the miracle of advanced cyber-technology performed by Momochi - his barely severed ass was reincarnated and resurrected.  Despite not having any living body part (except for his brain), this newly-reincarnated human cyborg Fuma ninja intends to once and for all thwart the Koma faction's wishes, no matter what the cost!

Backstory aside, this is the first area of the game (if it were to have an NES port one day...then again, it might not)!  Original Song: Takahito Abe(Courtesy Hudson Soft/Red aka CAProduction 1994)

"Hagane - The Final Conflict" - Stage 1-1 (8-Bit Cover)

Time and time again, I've heard countless variations of this classic-as-f**k theme - the original SNES, the Sharp X68000, Bloodlines (Genesis), Chronicles (PS1)....I could go on all damn day!

Why not compose my own variation of it?  Dedicated to all horror fans and Castlevania fans, especially....EVERYWHERE!!

Original Song: Masanori Adachi & Taro Kudo (Courtesy Konami, 1991-onward)

Castlevania - 'Dance of the Holy Man,' Theme of Simon (8-Bit Cover)

As part of yet another in the series of my post-hiatus comebacks, I'm dedicating this number to all SHINOBI fans everywhere - this was heard during the boss fight for Stage 3, in which Musashi takes on an enormous, deformed bio-monstrosity known as 'Hydra', whose only means of offense include not only its arm, but also portions of his skin and an impenetrable beam of light!  Every time you inflicted damage, he would change color dramatically and bury/arise every once in a while...enjoy, folks!!

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

Shinobi 3 - Return of the Ninja Master / Super Shinobi 2, "My Dear D - Boss #3, Hydra" (8-Bit Cover)

'Thought my legacy would lay dormant forever? Guess again...I'm dedicating this latest NES-formatted composition to all die-hard Sega fans the world over!  It's from a 'semi-underrated' run-&-gun conceived by Treasure (whose staff is comprised of former Konami employees, no less)...heard not only in the Ancient Ruins area in which your main troop fights to rescue the natives and thwart the dastardly efforts of Pink and her cohorts, but also in various parts of Black's Base (in the form of a board-game setup).  It's no wonder this game's well-known (brief anecdote - I remember playing this briefly on Sega Channel years ago)....anyways, enjoy!

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

Gunstar Heroes, Area 1 - "Military on the Max-Power" (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)

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)

Mischief Makers - Trouble Maker

Ever since hearing the VGO's version of this song at their Capcom Live performance with Nakama and his associates, I've felt compelled to reconstruct and bust out my own tribute to the flagship third-party developer/publisher's fantasy-themed RPG series (not that I've played much of it, mind you...)!  This is heard in the credits, at the end of at least one of its installments (despite this particular cover being inspired by a few guitar renditions).

Original Song: Yuko Komiyama (Courtesy Capcom, 2004-ongoing)

Mischief Makers - 'Broken' (8-Bit Cover)

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