Top Racer Collection: Racing Through the Ages - A 16-Bit Legacy (Gameplay)

Episode 31 - Add Three More Mana

We’re taking another lap with the songs of the Lotus and Top Gear games, this time featuring the work of Patrick Phelan and Neil Biggin! The checkered flag is in sight! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Mastodon at @[email protected] or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. You can email me at [email protected]. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. All my links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. Look for new episodes on Thursdays whenever I get them done, which is typically once or twice a month. If you liked the song from VA-11 Hall-A that I played to close out the episode, you can visit Garoad’s Bandcamp at https://garoad.bandcamp.com/ to download all of his work. Look forward to hearing more from him on my next episode! Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Top Gear 3000 (SNES) - Main Theme 2 (composer: Neil Biggin) 04:25 - Talk Segment 1 06:23 - Lotus III (Amiga) - Lotus III (title theme) (composer: Patrick Phelan) 08:55 - Lotus III (Amiga) - Breathless (composer: Patrick Phelan) 14:43 - Lotus III - Shamrip (composer: Patrick Phelan) 19:53 - Lotus III - Complete (composer: Patrick Phelan)  21:20 - Talk Segment 2.1 23:54 - Top Gear 2 (Amiga CD 32) - Night Train (Title Screen) (composers: Patrick Phelan and Neil Biggin) 26:11 - Top Gear 2 (Amiga CD 32) - Burn Rubber (Canterbury Plains) (composers: Patrick Phelan and Neil Biggin) 30:56 - Top Gear 2 (Amiga CD 32) - Results (composers: Patrick Phelan and Neil Biggin) 32:44 - Talk Segment 2.2 33:41 - Top Gear 2 (Genesis) - Top Racer (Auckland) (composers: Neil Biggin and Patrick Phelan) 37:00 - Talk Segment 2.3 37:36 - Top Gear 2 (SNES) - Destructive Comment (Ayres Rock) (composers: Patrick Phelan and Ashley Bennett) 42:11 - Top Gear 2 (SNES) - Ending Theme (composers: Patrick Phelan and Ashley Bennett) 44:36 - Talk Segment 3 48:44 - Top Gear 3000 (SNES) - Title (composer: Neil Biggin) 52:23 - Top Gear 3000 (SNES) - Main Theme 3 (composer: Neil Biggin) 56:45 - Top Gear 3000 (SNES) - Main Theme 4 (composer: Neil Biggin)  1:00:38 - Top Gear 3000 (SNES) - Ending Theme (composer: Neil Biggin) 1:05:34 - Outro Talk Segment 1:07:23 - VA-11 Hall-A: Good for Health, Bad for Education (composer: Garoad)

Episode 30 - Add Three Mana

Let’s drive off at top speed and explore the work of Barry Leitch on the Lotus and Top Gear games! Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.  BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can find me on Mastodon at @[email protected] or on Discord as ProfessorTom#7512. I’m also on both Tumblr and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. You can email me at [email protected]. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. All my links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. Look for new episodes on Thursdays whenever I get them done, which is typically once or twice a month. As promised, here are some links mentioned during the show: Barry Leitch’s bandcamp can be found at https://barryleitch.bandcamp.com/. You can find his work on the Horizon Chase games there, along with his Top Gear tracks, some other SNES work, and more.  I was a special guest star on last week’s episode of The VGMbassy. You can check out my conversation with VGM Prime Minister Ed all about Sega arcade games at https://thevgmbassy.com/2023/05/12/episode-91-sega-arcade-games-with-professor-tom/.  Here’s the interview with Top Gear lead developer Ritchie Brannan that I mentioned on the show: https://www.memoriabit.com.br/exclusivo-programador-ritchie-brannan-fala-do-desenvolvimento-de-top-gear/  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:05 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Storm Course (composer: Barry Leitch) 00:36 - Talk Segment 1 02:22 - Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (Amiga) - Title Theme (composers: Shaun Southern and Andrew Morris) 04:55 - Talk Segment 1.5 06:27 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Title Screen (composer: Barry Leitch) 09:13 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Forest Course (composer: Barry Leitch) 10:01 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Night Course (composer: Barry Leitch) 10:55 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Desert Course (composer: Barry Leitch) 11:42 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Motorway Course (composer: Barry Leitch) 12:54 - Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) - Ending Theme (composer: Barry Leitch) 15:17 - I Think This is Talk Segment 3 18:08 - Top Gear (SNES) - Title (composer: Barry Leitch) 22:25 - Top Gear (SNES) - Bordeaux (composer: Barry Leitch) 26:29 - Top Gear (SNES) - Frankfurt (composer: Barry Leitch) 29:52 - Top Gear (SNES) - Ending Theme (composer: Barry Leitch) 32:04 - Talk Segment 4, I Guess [includes segment of “A Tougher Fight” from River City Ransom EX (GBA), composed by Kazuo Sawa] 35:11 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Coastline (composer: Barry Leitch) 38:51 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Mountain (composer: Barry Leitch) 42:40 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Jungle (composer: Barry Leitch) 46:15 - Top Gear Rally (N64) - Strip Mine (composer: Barry Leitch) 49:04 - Outro Talk Segment, Definitely 51:19 - Horizon Chase 2 - Rocking in Rome (composer: Barry Leitch)