Summary: The tenth episode is here! A new intro, discussion of Gameboy emulator patents, WoW being 10, Super Smash Bros. Wii U, Battlefield Bad Co 2, Sony PS Experience and No Man's Sky. Plus some talk about transparency with donations. Music by Graz, an insanely talented artist from Seattle, WA. Way more talented than we could hope to be, he graciously lent us his song Ravepunk to listen to. Check out his Bandcamp - graz.bandcamp.com - or his site - grazcore.com. Thanks Graz, you rule! Secret of Evermore (SNES) - Horace; Composer Jeremy Soule While in Highschool, Jeremy Soule played a lot of games and felt that soundtracks "lacked drama and intensity." He composed a demo to showcase what he believed music should sound like in games, and showed it to Square. They hired him as an in-house composer, and set him to work on Secret of Evermore as his first game. I’m glad they did, because Jeremy Soule went on to create a huge catalogue of game music, including Icewind Dale, SOCOM: US Navy Seals, Company of Heroes, Elder Scrolls Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim, and WoW: Mists of Pandaria. Dr. Mario (NES) - Chill; Composer Hirokazu Tanaka If the player destroys four or more viruses at once, a hidden Super Mario Bros. theme will play. This only works on the Game Boy version. Also, the composer for this game has been on Insert Coin Theater before in Episode 7, also the composer for Metroid and for numerous other games that I’m sure will make an appearance on the show someday, such as Earthbound, Tetris and Kid Icarus. Spyro 2 Season of Flame (GBA) - Minty Mines; Composers Robert Baffy and Ed Cosico In this game, Spyro was intended to swim, and the developers even included over 500 frames of animation depicting this and it went so far as to end up on the back of the European box art, but it was ultimately cut from the final version. Also, there are two typos in the text during the introduction of the game, the word “breathe” being replaced with the word “breath.” CHIPTUNE: Ravepunk by Graz graz.bandcamp.com - chiptune artist from Seattle, WA, USA. Graz has been producing music since 2001 and has been making “chiptunes style” or “fakebit” since 2006. In the past 3 months, he’s started using Gameboy hardware for production, and put a new album out call “Subatomic Polyphonics” last month. “Subatomic Polyphonics” was created using an original Gameboy, a DMG01, and an aftermarket music production program called “Little Sound DJ” or “LSDJ” for short. The entire album is a fun mix of dancey tunes with some deep beats and some light blips to keep it fun. You can get this album on his bandcamp for free, but it is always nice to put a bit into Graz’s coffers for all the hard work. Also be sure to pay a visit to his site at Grazcore.com. Those links will be available on this episode’s notes at insertcointheater.com if you should need them! Discussion Topics Site updated - donations accepted! Transparency and ethics in handling the money is priority one. Money used to improve show and give back where possible. Also added Jorge to the about page and fixed the Feedback and Suggestions page. New intro! Old intro was by Rolemusic, “Another beek beep beer please” from album gigs ‘n contest. New one is from Wizwars, “Game Boy Rock!!” from album Game Boy Rock!! Nintendo patents Gameboy emulator. Attempt to destroy current emulation scene, or is this a play to break into the mobile market finally? WoW has been going for TEN YEARS. Halo Master Chief Collection matchmaking issues STILL not fixed Super Smash Bros. Wii U looks pretty sweet! Dark Souls 2 seeing a new-gen remaster. Thoughts on remasters/upgrades for new gen? Sony PlayStation Experience event in Vegas on December 6th and 7th. Promises that Vita will be prominent and that there will be a “super special” announcement regarding No Man’s Sky. Featured devs include Square Enix, Ubisoft, Activision, From Software (Armored Core,
