Podcast: Tribute to Psygnosis, Part I: The Amiga Years

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BitJam Episode #157
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Episode #157 - Tribute to Psygnosis, Part 1: The Amiga years
On August, the 22nd of 2012, the SHADOW OF THE BEAST (Sony) fell over Sony Studio Liverpool, better known as Psygnosis. After producing AWESOME games for 28 years the MENACE couldn't be stopped. Game over for a company who wrote a big chapter into the book of history of computer and video games. BitFellas says "thank you" for creating and publishing milestones like Lemmings, Barbarian, the Beast trilogy, WipEout and many more gems, including some of the best box art of all time.
R.I.P. Psygnosis, playing at the THEATRE OF DEATH now.

This is the first podcast episode with music from Psygnosis games. The focus here is on music from their Amiga games, sometimes in their original MOD version, sometimes as remix. Some unreleased tunes are included, too.

BitFellas - playing the tune tonight, which Bobic made to switch from Atari ST to Amiga in 1989 (Blood Money!).

Track list:
01. (1988) - Menace - Ingame (David Whittaker, remix by Estrayk)
02. (1988) - Menace - Intro (David Whittaker, remix by Estrayk)
03. (1989) - Blood Money - Title theme (Ray Norrish)
04. (1989) - Shadow of the Beast - Intro (David Whittaker, remix by Ruben Monteiro) [taken from Immortal Audio CD]
05. (1989) - Shadow of the Beast - Eerie Forests (David Whittaker, remix by Ruben Monteiro) [taken from Immortal Audio CD]
06. (1989) - Shadow of the Beast - The Cavern (David Whittaker, remix by Ruben Monteiro) [taken from Immortal Audio CD]
07. (1990) - Anarchy (Tim Wright)
08. (1990) - Awesome - R1A (Tim Wright)
09. (1990) - Shadow of the Beast 2 (Tim Wright, remix by Mutagene)
10. (1990) - Shadow of the Beast 2 - Game Over (Tim Wright)
11. (1990) - The Killing Game Show - Loader Final (Ray Norrish)
12. (1990) - The Killing Game Show - Ingame (Ray Norrish)
13. (1991) - Leander - Title theme (Tim Wright)
14. (1991) - Leander - Ingame (Tim Wright)
15. (1991) - Lemmings - Level 05 (Tim Wright & Brian Johnston)
16. (1991) - Lemmings - Music 02 (Tim Wright & Brian Johnston)
17. (1991) - Lemmings - Music 10 (Tim Wright & Brian Johnston)
18. (1992) - Agony - Intro (Tim Wright)
19. (1992) - Agony - Village (Matthew Simmonds)
20. (1992) - Agony - End (Martin "Mantronix" Wall & Robert "Tip" Ling)
21. (1992) - Aquaventura (Tim Wright, Remix) [taken from Immortal 3 Audio CD]
22. (1992) - Bill's Tomato Game - Bigbaddie (Mike Clarke)
23. (1992) - Bill's Tomato Game - Orient Main 1 (Mike Clarke)
24. (1992) - The Carl Lewis Challenge - Main Theme (produced by Chris Hülsbeck, remix by Dr.Future)
25. (1992) - Ork (Tim Bartlett, Remix) [taken from Immortal 3 Audio CD]
26. (1992) - Shadow of the Beast 3 - Intro (Tim Wright)
27. (1992) - Shadow of the Beast 3 - Funeral (Tim Wright)
28. (1992) - Shadow of the Beast 3 (Tim Wright, remix by Paul Blackford)
29. (1993) - Globdule - Madman 1 (Mike Clarke)
30. (1993) - Lemmings 2 - Polar (Tim Wright)
31. (1993) - Lemmings 2 (Brian Johnston, remix by Sean Connolly)
32. (1993) - Theatre of Death - Title (Mike Clarke)
33. (1994) - Benefactor - Loading (Olof Gustafsson)
34. (1994) - Benefactor - Endgame (Olof Gustafsson)
35. (1994) - Benefactor - End (Olof Gustafsson)
36. (1994) - Brian the Lion - Highscore (Rik Ede, remix by Apple)
37. (1994) - Microcosm - Level 3 (Tim Wright)
38. (1994) - Puggsy - Title theme (Tim Wright)
39. (Unreleased) - G2 - Ttitle 2 V1 (Mike Clarke)
40. (Unreleased) - SuperHero - Old Lev3 (Mike Clarke & Ray Norrish)
41. (Unused) - Bill's Tomato Game - Title unused (Mike Clarke)
Total playtime: 1:55:42min.

We say thank you to the following musicians and people, who made this episode possible and bow down for writing some of the best game music ever made: Tim Wright (CoLD SToRAGE), Matthew Simmonds (4mat), Chris Hülsbeck, Ray Norrish (NZO), Tim Bartlett, Olof Gustafsson (Blaizer), Mike Clarke and Jan Zottmann.

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BitJam Episode #158
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Episode #158 - Tribute to Psygnosis, Part 2: Racing on top of the PSone
Hello and welcome to part 2 of our journey through the beautiful sound universe of Psygnosis games. We're moving on and crossing the timeline when the boys and girls from Liverpool switched from Amiga to console gaming, especially the PlayStation. For example, they created WipEout, the first new media sensation which made video games interesting to a broader audience.

This episode includes tunes from games which brought Psygnosis fame after their Amiga era has ended and before they lost their name to become Sony Studio Liverpool.

Information about the unreleased music included here:
Assault Rigs 2: "I did write some music for the sequel but the game eventually was dropped." (Stuart Duffield)

Damij - Shoki: "The track 'Shoki' was from a 3D fighting game called 'Damij' (it was almost completed, but was dropped and ended up not being released). The track has some background noise - it was recorded using 8-track tape and hasn't been remastered at all." (Stuart Duffield)

Drakan: "Here are some unused tunes from Drakan and Drakan 2 which I got kicked off a few months into it..." (Barry Leitch)

BitFellas - there's some owlsome music in the air.

Track List:
01. (1994) No Escape - Ventura (Tim Wright)
02. (1994) No Escape - Goodbye (Tim Wright)
03. (1994) Novastorm - Level 1 - Stage 1 (Rik Ede)
04. (1994) Novastorm - Level 1 - Stage 3 (Rik Ede)
05. (1994) Novastorm - Level 1 - Stage 4 (Rik Ede)
06. (1994) Novastorm - Level 3 - Stage 1 (Rik Ede)
07. (1994) Novastorm - Credits Only (Rik Ede)
08. (1995) Wipeout - Intro (Tim Wright)
09. (1995) Wipeout - Cairodrome (Tim Wright)
10. (1995) Wipeout - Cold Comfort (Tim Wright)
11. (1995) Wipeout - Messij (Tim Wright)
12. (1996) Formula 1 - Chain Reaction (Mike Clarke & Stuart Ellis)
13. (1996) Krazy Ivan - 24 Poles (Tim Wright)
14. (1996) Krazy Ivan - Quirke (Tim Wright)
15. (1996) Wipeout 2097 PC - CoLD SToRAGE - Gods Gift (Tim Wright)
16. (1996) Wipeout 2097 PC - CoLD SToRAGE - Hakapik Murder (Tim Wright)
17. (1996) Wipeout 2097 PS1 - CoLD SToRAGE - Canada (Tim Wright)
18. (1997) Alpha Storm - Player (Stuart Duffield)
19. (1997) Codename Tenka - Reapers Knell (Tim Wright)
20. (1997) Colony Wars - 07 (Tim Wright)
21. (1997) Colony Wars - 09 (Tim Wright)
22. (1997) G-Police - Combat Music 01 (Stuart Duffield)
23. (1997) G-Police - Combat Music 04 (Stuart Duffield)
24. (1997) G-Police - Patrol 03 (Stuart Duffield)
25. (1997) Shipwreckers - Caribbean 02 (Stuart Duffield)
26. (1997) Shipwreckers - Ice 01 (Stuart Duffield)
27. (1998) Formula 1 '98 - Main Menu Theme (Mike Clarke)
28. (1999) Drakan - Order of the Flame - Gui (Barry Leitch)
29. (1999) Formula 1 '99 - Menu race music 2 (Mike Clarke)
30. (1999) Tellurian Defence - Cosmos (Tim Wright)
31. (Unreleased) Assault Rigs 2 - 02 (Stuart Duffield)
32. (Unreleased) Damij - Shoki (Stuart Duffield)
33. (Unreleased) Drakan 2 - Arctic (Unfinished) (Barry Leitch)
34. (Unreleased) Drakan 2 - Desert (Final Mix) (Barry Leitch)
35. (Unreleased) Drakan 2 - Town (Unfinished) (Barry Leitch)
36. (Unused) Drakan - Order of the Flame - Rise (Barry Leitch)
Total playing time: 1:59:43

We say thank you to the following musicians, who made this episode possible: Tim Wright (CoLD SToRAGE), Barry Leitch, Stuart Duffield, Rik Ede and Mike Clarke.

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There's another new BitJam podcast episode available, this time it's a tribute to The Great Giana Sisters.

BitJam Episode #161
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Episode #161 - Giana Sisters Tribute
Even little girls are getting old one day. Once upon a time, in 1987 to be precise, we played around with two cute girls on C64 and Amiga: The Great Giana Sisters. A great jump 'n run game in the style of Mario, featuring fantastic music by sound magician Chris Hülsbeck. Now, 25 years later, a new game with the twin girls has been released. After a successful Kickstarter campaign Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams was brought to life by Black Forest Games. With music by Chris Hülsbeck himself, Fabian del Priore and the metal guys from Machinae Supremacy plus awesome graphics where you can switch fluently between the beautiful landscapes and dark places this download title captured our hearts by storm.

Now we want to celebrate the 25th birthday of the Giana Sisters together with the creators and you! The BitJam podcast episode #161 features not only the original Giana theme, but also music from the DS version of the game, which was released in 2009, the brand new Twisted Dreams game as well as some cool remixes. Jump, dash and twirl together with us through a beautiful soundscape!

Track List:
01. Chris Huelsbeck - Great Giana Sisters (subtune 5)
02. Machinae Supremacy - Giaaa Sisters
03. Fabian Del Priore - Giana Sisters Nintendo DS - World Overview 4
04. Fabian Del Priore - Giana Sisters Nintendo DS - Snow 3
05. Fabian Del Priore - Giana Sisters Nintendo DS - World Map 2
06. Fabian Del Priore - Giana Sisters Nintendo DS - Title
07. Fabian Del Priore - Giana Sisters Nintendo DS - Dungeon 1
08. X-FormZ - Giana Sisters (They are punks and they are back)
09. Sonic Wanderer - Great Giana Sisters (Pedal to the metal distortion remix)
10. Reptile and Sky - Giana Sisters (Spacemix 80s)
11. Makke - Giana Sisters (Mid-Game Spliff)
12. Chris Huelsbeck and Fabian Del Priore - Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams - Main Theme
13. Chris Huelsbeck and Fabian Del Priore vs Machinae Supremacy - Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams - Ingame 1
14. Chris Huelsbeck and Fabian Del Priore vs Machinae Supremacy - Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams - Ingame 3
15. Chris Huelsbeck and Fabian Del Priore vs Machinae Supremacy - Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams - Ingame 4
16. Chris Huelsbeck and Fabian Del Priore vs Machinae Supremacy - Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams - Ingame 5
17. Chris Huelsbeck and Fabian Del Priore - Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams - Boss 1
18. Machinae Supremacy - Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams - Boss 2
19. Galantine - Great Giana Sisters (Great Terminator Sisters mix)
20. Christian Vestergaard - The Great Giana Sisters
Total playing time: 48:45