STAGE 18: FIGHTING GAMES - a podcast by Retro VGM Revival Hour

If you were an avid arcade player and had access to coins at any time in the early to late 90s, whether it was at your local convenience store, video store or Family Restaurant, chances are you’ll have spent all of your time and quarters (or tokens depending on the place) on a video arcade. More Importantly on a fighting game ... hammering buttons, frantically waggling a joystick to execute a devastating final blow to beat your opponent and pumping your parents pocket change into Street Fighter 2 , Killer Instinct or Mortal kombat.

The arcades have all but died out now, but the love for these time consuming franchises has never died, So put away those quarters and enjoy these amazing beats from the greatest console fighting games in this special STAGE of the Retro VGM Revival Hour!



Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System


*Killer Instinc - Robin Beanland & Graeme Norgate - “The Instinct(Main Theme)" - August 30, 1995 - RARE/NINTENDO - SNES

*Tatsunoko vs. Capcom - Akihiko Narita & Misao Senbongi - “The Flutter VS The Gesellschaft (Rock Volnutt/Megaman Legends)” - December 11, 2008 - Eighting/CAPCOM - Nintendo Wii

*Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Takahiro Nishi, Shogo Sakai, Masaaki Iwasaki, Yutaka Iraha, Keigo Ozaki & Kentaro Ishizaka - "The Underworld(Kid Icarus theme)” - March 9, 2008 - Game Arts/NINTENDO - Nintendo WII

*Arcana Heart - Motoharu Yoshihira - “Save A Future” - April 11, 2008 - Examu/ATLUS - Playstation 2

*Marvel VS Capcom - Yuko Takehara & Masato Kouda - “Theme of Strider Hiryu” - September 30, 1999 - CAPCOM - Sega Dreamcast

*Darkstalkers 2 (Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge) - Takayuki Iwai, Akari Kaida & Hideki Okugawa - “Lord Raptor Stage" - February 22, 1996 - CAPCOM - Sega Saturn

*King of Fighters 95 - Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan - “Club M (Aozora ni Flute)" - March 28, 1996 - SNK - Sega Saturn

*Mortal Kombat 3 - Mark Ganus - “Rooftop" - October 1995 - Sculptured Software/Midway Games - SNES

*Soul Calibur 5 - Andrew Aversa, Hiroki Kikuta, Jesper Kyd, Tomoki Miyoshi, Junichi Nakatsuru, Cris Velasco & Inon Zur - “ Wings of Sorrow (Pyrrha's Theme)” - January 31, 2012 - Project Soul/Namco Bandai Games - PS3/Xbox 360

*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters - Kazuhiko Uehara, Hideto Inoue & Harumi Ueko - “Sewer" - December 3, 1993 - KONAMI - NES

*World Heroes - Hiroaki Shimizu, Hideki Yamamoto, Yuka Kurosawa & N. Taro - “Kaze To Honoo To(Fuuma Theme)" - September 1993 - ADK/Sunsoft - SNES

*Street Fighter 2 - Yoko Shimomura & Isao Abe - “Balrog Stage Theme" - July 15, 1992 - CAPCOM - SNES

*Doomsday Warrior - Junta - "Fatty Bomber (P-Lumb theme)" - March 1993 - Laser Soft/Renovation Products - SNES

*JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle - Chikayo Fukuda “Stone Ocean” - April 29, 2014 - CyberConnect2/Namco Bandai Games - PS3

*Clay Fighter - Mitchell Stein & Brian Luzietti - “Funhouse” - November 1993 - Visual Concepts/Interplay Entertainment - SNES

*Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden - Shinji Amagishi - “Battle Theme 4” - April 1994 (japan & Europe Only) - TOSE/BANDAI - Sega Genesis

*Super Street Fighter 2 - Isao Abe & Syun Nishigaki - “ Guile's Theme - June 25, 1994 - CAPCOM - SNES

*WeaponLord - Brian Schmidt - "Circle of Horns” - 1995 - Visual Concepts/Namco - Sega Genesis

*Skullgirls - Vincent Diamante, Blaine McGurty & Michiru Yamane - "Anti-Skullgirl Lab 8 Stage (Valentine's Theme) - April 10, 2012 - Reverge Labs/Autumn Games - Playstation Network/Xbox Live

*Guilty Gear XX - Daisuke Ishiwatari & Koichi Seiyama - "Awe Of She (Dizzy's Theme)" - May 23, 2002 - Arc System Works/Sammy Studios - PS2

*Street Fighter 4 - Exile - "The Next Door (Indestructible)” - February 17, 2009 - CAPCOM - Playstation 3/Xbox 360


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