barSILENCE: A Video Game Music Podcast

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No new episode in November. I’ve decided to take some time to recharge and put a little extra time into making this year’s Winter Mix the best one yet!

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Today is the day!

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Happy Halloween

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
(Saturn & PS1 - 1997)

SotN follows Alucard as he fights through Dracula’s shifting castle to stop a dark resurrection.

"You must always remember that the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." – Alucard

#Halloween #RetroGaming

Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
(Nintendo 64 - 1999)

Eight years before Castlevania 64, Cornell battles through Dracula’s fortress to save his kidnapped sister, facing beasts, betrayal, and a dark sacrifice that could cost him his soul.

#Halloween #RetroGaming #Castlevania

I am not sure what I was expecting at the time, but I still like it! I think a lot of that era’s “firsts” are fun to go back to.

Same! The vibes are right, and I love the music in both. Still can’t believe they released two Castlevania games in the same year for the N64.

Halloween Haunts 3: Château Agonisant | SuperPod Network [Episode 43] This month, barSILENCE returns to the macabre for a third edition of Halloween Haunts! An unexpected letter has arrived, summoning us to the...

Oh hi! Yes check out this year’s spooky Halloween video game music playlist:

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Treat yourself! Listen to both!

It gave us the awesome Tempest 2000 soundtrack!

Castlevania 64
(Nintendo 64 - 1999)

Konami’s classic series makes its 3D debut as Reinhardt Schneider or Carrie Fernandez storm Dracula’s castle to stop the Dark Lord after he reawakens in 1852.

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What are you thinking about?

Aya Brea.

lol I spelled swamp wrong 😑 My chief of copywriting quit (my brain). I’ll repost this some other day.

Perfect theme music for friday

Quick! Grab three of your best color-coded friends, because it’s time to take our spooky Halloween battle to the castle with the bone-rattling drums of Swampland from Castle Crashers.

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Nosferatu
(SNES - 1994)

Kyle’s beloved has been stolen by the vampire Nosferatu, and the only way to save her is to fight through a nightmare castle filled with traps and monsters.

#Halloween #RetroGaming #Nosferatu

MediEvil
(PlayStation 1 - 1998)

It was said Sir Daniel Fortesque led the King’s army to victory against the evil Zarok. In truth, he died immediately.

100 years later, he rises from the grave to earn his place in the Hall of Heroes by defeating Zarok… for real this time.

#Halloween #RetroGaming

Parasite Eve
(PlayStation - 2000)

Three years after the first game, Aya Brea now hunts Neo-Mitochondrial Creatures for the FBI's MIST department. There is a new strain that leads her to a ghost town in Nevada and a conspiracy tied to her own DNA.

#Halloween #RetroGaming #Squaresoft

Need some music to haunt your weekend? 🎃

Château Agonisant echoes each night with a haunting playlist of video game music that will chill your bones and stir the spirits trapped inside its shadowed halls.

Dare you to listen:
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#Halloween #VGM

BloodRayne
(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC - 2002)

Half-vampire agent BloodRayne hunts monsters, Nazis, and worse across the world for the Brimstone Society. Armed with deadly blades and a thirst for blood, she’s out to stop the horrors humanity was never meant to see.

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Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2
(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC - 2002)

Following 1996’s Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Blood Omen 2 finds Kain attempting to reclaim Nosgoth from the Serafan Order, who not only defeated him but left him unconscious for 200 years.

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The SNES had no shortage of games with amazing music and atmosphere, but God’s Shrine from Soul Blazer is hauntingly sacred and perfectly unsettling.

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Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
(Dreamcast - 2000)

Based on the manga, Guts' Rage's classic hack-and-slash action takes The Black Swordsman through a kingdom consumed by a monstrous plague, while fighting to save Casca and end Baron Balzac's twisted experiments.

#Halloween #RetroGaming #Berserk

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Now I can keep up with the Commodore

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
(PlayStation 2 & PC - 2001)

Following the events of Soul Reaver, Raziel steps through time itself and meets Mobius the Timestreamer, who fuels his thirst for revenge to destroy Kain.

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I feel you! I have talked myself out of playing VR games simply to avoid the setup before.

I’m liking the look of that C64 they have. I might have to go old school lol

Baroque
(Saturn - 1998, PlayStation - 1999)

Baroque is a Japan-only dungeon-crawling roguelike RPG set after a cataclysmic apocalypse in 2032. Entering the twisted Nerve Tower, you must confront and cleanse the world of the remnants of its catastrophe.

#Halloween #RetroGaming

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I had a real adult moment today.

I sat down to play a game, I spent an hour updating things. Then put in the game and had to wait for it to install. Then grabbed my PSVR headset only to find out the controllers needed to be updated.

I didn’t get to play games.

Prepare for your Halloweekend 🎃

Enter the haunted halls of Château Agonisant with this year’s playlist of eerie video game music, including Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Devil May Cry, Parasite Eve 2, and more!

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The hand painted interpretations of games was such a cool era. Those artists had their work cut out for them on some of these though!