Gary Butterfield, co-founder of the popular podcast network DuckFeed.TV (home to such popular podcasts as Watch Out For Fireballs! and Bonfireside Chat) drops by to discuss some of his favorite video game music tracks. From Japanese lounge crooning to electronica and beyond...

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Sierra was a company known for making adventure games for computers in the 1980’s and 1990’s (some of their most popular series were King’s Quest, Space Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry). When CD-ROM computer games exploded in popularity, they decided to feature vocal songs in...

07- Sierra Online Vocal Themes

For 24 years, Konami’s Contra series of video games have combined sci-fi run and gun action with aliens and explosions. The games are also so difficult you might just throw a controller out the window- just one hit and you die. Over the course of 13 games, the series’ drivi...

06- Contra

Combining the earnest plots of World War 2 films with an original sci-fi setting inspired by Star Trek and Star Wars, the Wing Commander games were a load of space sim fun. The Terran Confederation waged a years long battle against the evil feline Kilrathi alien race. Wing ...

05- Wing Commander

Since 1987, the Final Fantasy series of role-playing videogames have entertained young and old alike. No numbered entry in the series is alike- one game might take place in a dystopian sci-fi future while another might be set in a lush high fantasy world. Despite these diff...

04- Final Fantasy

The Portland Retro Gaming Expo has been around for eleven years celebrating classic video, arcade, and computer games for friends and families alike. I had the chance to attend their most recent event in October 2016. Amidst the ka-chings of the pinball machines and the Pok...

03- Portland Retro Gaming Expo

Twenty-five years ago Apogee Software released Duke Nukem, a sci-fi themed side-scroller (think Mario with a gun) starring a titular lead character that looked not unlike Arnold Schwarzenegger. Its true popularity didn’t come until 1996’s Duke Nukem 3D, a first-person shoot...

02- Duke Nukem

The heroes in a half shell might have originated as a comic book, but they starred in dozens of video games over the years. Let’s take a listen to some of your tubular TMNT favorites as you scarf down a gnarly slice of pepperoni anchovy surprise. On today’s program: Ove...

01- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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