Retronauts - Retronauts Micro 044: Classic Game SFX Quizdown

Episode Date: August 8, 2016

On this episode of Retronauts Micro, join Bob Mackey, Chris Antista, and Henry Gilbert as your podcasting pals cast off the shackles of edutainment and bring you a mostly frivolous test of their classic game audio knowledge. Be sure to visit our blog at Retronauts.com, and check out our partner site, USgamer, for more great stuff. And if you'd like to send a few bucks our way, head on over to our Patreon page!

Hello, Retronauts listeners, this is Bob Mackey, coming to you via an iPhone in Youngstown, Ohio, in case you couldn't hear the despair in my voice. Anyhow, I'm just recording this little preamble to let you know about the episode you're about to listen to. It's not really a disclaimer, it kind of is. The fact of the matter is it came out a little rougher than I intended. Chris Antista came to me with an idea about putting together a little quiz about video game sound effects which is a fantastic idea

unfortunately during the recording which we did in his bedroom studio the computer he was using was suffering from some major technical issues and it took him roughly an hour to get it in the state that he recorded the podcast in and I have yet to edit it though so it could turn out perfectly fine

I'm anticipating it to be a little rougher than I want it to be but I'm just letting you guys know that and we'll be back to our normal dry cell next week. And I also want to say thanks again to Chris Antista and Henry Gilbert for setting this up. And thanks to them in general on the entire Lasertime podcast network, go to Lasertimepodcast.com and show them your love. They've been an absolutely great resource in terms of guests and knowledge. And I love being on their show. I love doing Talking Simpsons. And it's been great to collaborate

with them since I found out about them in 2013. And it was either put up this rough episode or not put up an episode because again, I'm on vacation and I have no means of recording anything while I'm out here. So I think it'll be worth it. I think you'll have fun listening to it. And if not, like I said, we'll be back to our normal educational selves. I consider it edutainment. We'll be back to our normal edutainmental selves next week. I guess we can say that. Anyhow, I'm going to stop rambling and I'll let you listen to the episode. So please enjoy this episode of Retronauts Micro. Hello, everybody, and welcome to another episode of Retronauts Micro. I am your host, Bob Mackey, coming to you, not live, but pre-recorded from the Lasertime Bedroom Studio. And who else is here with me? Christopher Atista.

And who else? Henry Gilbert, hey. No, this is normally an educational show, but for once I decided we're not going to learn anything. We're just going to have fun. You might learn something. We might learn something via audio cues. But today's we're going to do a little quiz that Chris has assembled. Chris, tell us about what this quiz is all about.

Oh, boy, I wish I prepared to some spiel here, but this is just a very simple game show. I have about a billion game jingles. I'm going to ask you if you can guess what they are. First person to chime in. Henry versus Bob, everybody listening. Take your bets. See how good you think these. guys are going to do.

You should bet on patreon.com. If I win, give to the Retronauts Patreon. Most of these, I'm going to say right up front, are Nintendo. I apologize deeply to Amiga Armistrad. What about Miespecky? No, FM Towns Marty is not represented here. So I want to say I'm playing for leukemia, just like Melissa Joan Hart and that other guy. Oh, man.

That's a deep cut on Retronauts. Listen to our Nick Arcade episode. Henry, who you playing for? Oh, I'm playing for the AIDS quilts. Just to be retro in my sponsorship. You're going to raise so much awareness for that quilt. Let me test a sound for you guys real quick. Can you tell me what game is this from?

Oh, wait, Mario Kart, 64. It is Mario Kartz. Yeah, why not? 64. Bobby, with a point. That sounded like 64 to me. Yeah. So are these exclusively death sounds or just sounds in general?

Jingles, sound effects. It'll never be a full song. Um, for instance, something like this. Adventure Island. Bobby, with another point on the board. Oh, man, I'm not going to do good on this one. I only put that one up because, uh, in case, I have all these, because we used to do a show called Talk Rader, and every show ended with a unique game sound.

So almost 200 episodes, almost 200 unique game sounds. Were they all death jingles? They were all game over and death jingles. But in the process of getting, sometimes I'd have to rip them from their own game, and nobody had bothered to rip Hudson's Adventure Island, one of my favorite games. I apologize for that. I do love the game, though. Let's try and bring in some of the younger kids real quick.

Am I going to need to turn down the game show? Wait, was that wipeout? No, Henry, no. I don't think I'm going to take a point away. Let's hear it again. Oh, Halo. Henry Gilbert, redeeming himself. That has a shield, recharging in Halo.

Henry is on the board. Let's see. Are the kids really into Halo these days? Yeah, Bobby, because Halo is. Way cool. Okay. Thank you, Doug Tenapple or the other guy. I'm not hearing a game guess.

Oh, Earthworm Jim. Damn it. I could have stolen it away. Bob with three points, Henry won. I thought that was just a sound effect. Let me see if you can guess this one. Castlevania? Uh, partial credit.

Pennsylvania three? I don't know. How about you both get points? It gets one point, Henry gets another. It'll keep you easy on that. It's quilt. Let's see if you can guess this one. Oh, Mega Man.

I'm going to have to ask for a specific title. Mega Man 2. Henry. You almost tied it up just there. That was beginning the power jingle. Yeah. Megam 2 invented the two sound. Oh, love that.

The greatest, maybe my favorite NES soundtrack ever. It made the laser into a musical instrument. Yeah. Sonic the Hedgehog Oh my goodness That is That is two points Why not

We'll give you both those Those are correct This is Bobby at 5 Henry at 4 You know what Let's turn back on the game show music Oh good I feel more at home

Yoshi's Island Mario World Mario World Oh damn it That is this for Henry That for Bob That's super Mario world You know

I was close We're very close All right You know what Why don't we even Even up the ads a little bit here How about we stick with Mario games for a second

But I'm going to need Specific answers from both of you Oh Oh that's Super Mario Land Finishing a level I was just Specific games will do Henry But yeah

That is the death jingle From Super Mario Land And this would be the game over Oh Beautiful Love that R&D1 Mario Mix. They pick some weird things. This is another jingle.

No death. That's Yoshi's Island. Yeah, that was Yose's Island. Good job. I'll be on country for a second. I feel like I betrayed someone. I thought it was going to be something else too, Bobby, so don't... Tobacco's in time.

Bobby, that is correct and probably a little too loud. I'll turn off. I'll get to adjust these later on. Bobby, with a short, lead over a hand cream let's see if you can get this one warning not Nintendo oh man

play one more time it sounds like Genesis to me indeed it is and I want to say Partial credit Streets of rage Wristrar Oh no no Shinobi

There it is You know what nobody gets a point for that You were both wrong. Oh, man. Anything, anybody? Anybody? I thought we were being punished with that. Mapy.

Mapy? No. I'm going to say Chestmaster 3,000. No, it is apparently Pac-Man. I want to strike that one from the record in general. Here's one of my favorites. I was in Namco Country with my guess, though. Yeah.

There we go. Henry got the point there. I got to be quick, Bobby. You're both tied right now. Now, this is one of my personal favorites. I don't care if you don't get it. It is a sound effect, not a jingle? F-0?

No, no, not quite. It's a 20th anniversary this year. A 1996 video. A game from Sega. Oh, nights. It is absolutely nice. That is the sound of knights whooshing. Chris is pro-nights bias.

I don't have a pro-nights bias. I love every game, Bob. As evidenced by this sound. you know what both here both you get it boy no one's edging out anybody out just just now what about this sound everybody wasn't evil

wow we've mine melded at this point okay we're exchanging long protein strands all right fine PlayStation fan boys let's see you can get this one what oh my god Crash Bandicoot

Indeed it is Bobby with Crash Bandicoot I only knew because I played it reluctantly You are both tied up once again Oh, Donkey Kong Bobby, it is Donkey Kong You have taken the lead over Henry We are at 10 to 9 Let's see if I can stump you

I'm gonna give Henry a little advantage here I can understand that's a little hard It's arcade baby Why would Henry have an advantage here With an arcade game Wrestling for Hammie Haps Superhero X-Men?

Spider-Man. No. Avengers. Was that it? Captain American the Avengers. And we got it specifically. I'm going to give them the point anyway and tie you guys up to keep this exciting for all the fans out there. Yes.

Also going to restart the game show music because I am, this is going to be a tough one. But one of my favorite games, I'll give you some clues to help you out here. It's definitely S&ES. That is, Bobby. I want to say. God, not Is it, it's pilot wings? No?

It is not pilot wings. But it is within the launch window. Oh, is that F zero? Oh, no, no, not F zero. Window. Actraiser? Henry, it is Actraiser.

Henry takes the lead here. It's when they try, it's Japanese trying to write American style music. Bobby with a coach. That is the one of two fanfares I happen to have on here. I'll play the other one just to burn it off very quickly. I got a ton of corner trigger here.

But I'm going to need to wipe that from your mind. You're never going to get this one. I feel like it's a PSA about reading a book. The more you know about it. It is not cool spots. Is it Donkey Kong country? No. but it's close

Diddy Kong Racing? It is Diddy Kong Racing? That is the first place game game show. I heard some rareness in that. This is the sound it makes when you win. And this is the sound it makes when you lose. Surrounded by all those googly-eyed idiots. I'm a big tip-tip-tup fan, by the way.

I got to say, you guys don't know enough about Nintendo to get this sound. Rucking crew. Damn it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, duck hunt. It is duck hunt. Damn it, damn it, damn it. Once again, taking the lead. You guys were tied up there as well.

For a next sound, I dare you assholes to guess. Super Mario Bros. That is correct. Slow down, apparently. I blame myself. Let's see if we, let's see if any of you guys can get this one. That is Final Fantasy 3 or 2? You know, I don't know.

I just have it listed as Final Fantasy. Just a menu I have a menu. Why not? When I was in Japan and I went to the Square Inix big store, I wanted to buy a CD, and so I saw a CD that seemed to be the greatest hit CD. It had stuff from all these songs on it, or all these games in it, but it was written in Japanese. Then I take it home, it was, you know, 900 yen.

I take it home, I listen to it. It's only sound effects. It's just sound effects from all six. You got every battle effect, like, who, and, yeah. I do have all, I do actually have all those in this very folder. We can listen to him later if we run out Because I think strangely we're about to I want to hear Ultima

But I guess according to my scoreboard We have gone through 25 sounds I really thought I had more than that Let me see if anybody can guess this one And again I'll toss out hints Because it's hard to be specific on this one It feels like a Sega-ish Bobby, you're on the right track

Hot I'll say hot Burning Rangers It is not Burning Rangers But how I wish it was one of Sonic's finest. Streets of Rage. It is not Streets of Rage. But it is a famous sequel,

Part 2. A part 2. Part 2. First party. A Sega game. A series that I assume was beloved because of how many entries it had, even though I don't care for it.

Oh, man. Let's hear this again. It has definitely a... Well, you like Virtual Cop, though. I love Virtua Cop. It sounds more like a... Genesis kind of sound to me. Also listen to the sound, what kind of

flavor is this? Is it setting a tone or a setting or a... It can't be Sonic 2, right? It is not Sonic 2, but it is a 2. A platformer? Again, this game had a lot, this had a lot of games. It was available in the

arcade. It was available on Genesis. I think even available on that is them. There's at least a trilogy for the Genesis. Game spawns here, Robocod. That is not correct. That all the amount of to penalize and hold you in contempt if you bring up James Bond again. All right, so not flicky.

Echo the Dolphin? It is not Echo the Dolphin. I think we're not going to guess this. You've got to think more loin clothy, less laser. Oh, boy. Surf dog. Dwarves and meat. Lost Vikings?

No. Man, your readers are so mad at you right now. Three dirty dwarves? That's the closest you've been, but no. Part two. Part 2. Part 2. A.K. Crew Buster.

There was a Xbox 360 PS3 version of this game. The last time they Sega attempted to resurrect the series. It was called, is Sparckster? Subtitled Beast Rider.

Oh, Goldnex. It is Goldenax. I say Goldnex. I say GoldenX. I will. God, I hate you guys. I can't believe it any of the Golden Axe.

You know what? I'm going to give me this sound because it's a lose sound. That's to be donkey on country, right? Two. Bobby, you redeem yourself right there. It is, Bobby is in the lead. Diddy's Con quest.

Let me see if I actually have any more. Mega Man X. That is one of my favorites overly long, level complete sound effects at all time. That's for you to make a sandwich to pee a little, not completely. Bob is at 25 right now, and I'm not sure I have many more here.

Nuts. Oh, boy. Rally X. Ooh, no. I feel like there's a caveman involved or some kind of tropical setting. Listen to it again.

Star tropics? No. No, it is not. I just love this game show music happening in the background. Here's... What was it? Another sound from the series.

Oh, okay. going to be ashamed of yourselves when you finally get it. Buster, bustlers, or one of the tiny things? That was from the Game Boy version. This one is from the NES. Famous Nintendo series, first party. Wario something. How?

Why the hell can't you get this? There we go. Kirby's Adventure. Henry, back on the board. You are two points away from Bibby. Let me see if you guys can get this one. Megamand 1? I'm going to need a specific one, Bobby.

3. Megamand 4. Bobby got it with 3. Henry, barely time to catch up. I'm running out of sounds here, buddy. Let me see if you can get this one. This shouldn't count it all. Do you have Dreamcast loading screen?

You are on the right track because you could hear that on a Dreamcast. Can you play that again? It is not a game-specific jingle, even though it is sort of specific to this game. Oh, that's the logo for, um, uh, what? the guys who made Space Channel Dreamcast A little bit

Talking logo Smile bit No A game that for a long Long time Was only on the Dreamcast Space Channel 5 Chip Ryan

Overworks Oh fighting game fans out there Are kicking in their speakers Of VF Wait AM2 No Do not think first party Oh it's not first party

Who made the best Fighter on the Dreamcast should be an easy question. It might be Capcom. From Power Stone? No. Dreamcast. It's been available

on a ton of other systems since, as of right now, legally pulled. Oh, Marvel versus Capcom 3, too? Two, Henry, yes, you got it. I'm running out, so I don't know how many of these I can get through. What do you think about this one?

Metro. Bobby it is. Oh, my God, Henry, you got. I It's not Game show sounds particularly annoying

What is this one is We need Mr. Show rules Last one is worth a million points This is Dickack Doe

by the way I love it The game show theme Um Let me see I'm almost out of That is out I swear to God

People we can end this This is not as Retro Actually it probably is In accordance with my age I mean yeah I You have to remember

Things before 2005 are retro On Redro I'm right I'm gonna turn off the game show music entirely Because you got to

get this one some of my favorite music ever. This has not been available on a cart. I have played this game. You have played this game. I know I've played this game. I believe this would be maybe perhaps outside of Halo the most recent game. No, no, this is the most recent game of all of our sounds.

And I got to turn back on the Tick-Tac-Doh music. Otherwise, I can't keep up my momentum on this voice. Let's see. Boy, let's see if I can toss some Cruz out to you. The last game I can remember that it wasn't on mobile was on the PlayStation Vita during the

launch window. Super Monkey Ball? No, but you are on there. Sniff it out, Henry. Hot, hot, hot. Not the same company. Super Monkey Ball. Ball. Oh, Catamari Tabi. It is Catamari Dobassi. That is a Stardust Fanfare, baby. No wonder, no wonder.

And let me see how many I have left. Let's see if you can get this one. Steve-on-Seek the more. If both of you guys get that. Check the tape. I can see that histogram. Bobby is three points ahead. Henry, I really want to see you take this, like, dig in and get this one out.

But I am, wow, I'm really almost down. I'm going to do it left. I don't know. I'm scrolling through, not, maybe just one. Okay. All right. The final lightning edition. This is for three hundred.

points. Bobby, right now you have 28. Henry, you have 25. Okay. Let me see if you can get this one. For all the beans. Bob is the ultimate Mario fan. I'm going to say points get. Points get. Chris Hardwick all of a sudden you have 29 points versus Henry's

25. I can't believe did I really have almost 40 sound effects. Well, I'd like to thank leukemia for sponsoring me and It was very unfortunate that we're going to get all these points to you. I am sorry if I annoyed any of you retronauts listeners. No, I think that was fun. This was a fun little diversion, I think. I was a fun little diversion, I think.

I was glad that I made that more competitive than I thought I would on that. I didn't pull my punches, Henry. How smart I actually am. It's not impressive at all. Believe it or not, I do have more of these somewhere, some way. We can do another quiz if you guys like. Someday. I do have an entire sound effect file of the Street Fighter.

You want to hear the Street Fighter? people talk? Sure. Do it. Fire. Do we have all my car. Yoga. I don't.

Why? Oh, is this only the... Oh, my God. Hold on. Barrows. I guess I don't. Wait, let me see. Okay, keep going.

Close it out. I'll see if I have it. So we should do one last, one last quick. It's just glass breaking noises. Which is this game from? So yes, thank you for joining us for this episode.

It's a little... crazy, a little different. I just wanted to have fun to do a little quiz down that didn't require a lot of preparation. Chris, thank you so much for putting this all together. Oh, I open up the announcer file.

Let me try this. Henry, you... You lose. Bob. You win. Seamless. It's like he's right here. Thank you, Mr. Announceer.

Again, I've been Bob Mackey, your host for this episode. Let us know if you like this fun little quiz. We might do more in the future. I think it's a lot of fun. You can find me on Twitter as Bob Serbo. Also, go to USGamer andretronauts.com for all of your retronauts needs.

I think that's it. Also, I refer something awful. Harry, where can we find you? I'm H-E-N-E-R-E-Y-G on Twitter, and you can read my thoughts on games all the time on fandom.wikia.com. That's my current home. Also, though, I'm still part of the Lasertime family, and you listen to me on podcasts, such as Talking Simpsons,

where we go through every episode of The Simpsons from the beginning. Bob is the host of that show. I like that show. Speaking of Laser Time, I am dying for you to listen to me. I'm so sorry Let me get out of this question He's in trouble Bob you've been on a bunch of laser times

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