81: Monster World IV in 30 Minutes

In 1994, Sega released Monster Hunter IV for the Mega Drive, and while it didn’t make it out of Japan for a very long time, it did sport a catchy soundtrack that you wouldn’t expect from an action platformer. Happy Friday!

Listen to all the 30-minute-ish spotlight episodes here.

So there is the Wonder Boy series, the Adventure Island series and finally the Monster World series, which are all related but separate. But in 1994, Sega released Monster Hunter IV for the Mega Drive, and while it didn’t make it out of Japan for a very long time, it did sport a catchy soundtrack that you wouldn’t expect from an action platformer. Happy Friday! The Retronauts episode explaining Wonder Boy, Adventure Island and Monster World: https://retronauts.com/article/188/retronauts-episode-72-wonder-boy-vs-adventure-island Track listing: 0:09: Heart of Icegrave / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 3:05: Lamp de Godjarre / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 4:45: Overture / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 5:28: Tales from Monster World / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 6:29: Arabesque Court in a Dream / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 8:40: Over the Clouds / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 10:28: Stream Sanctuary / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 12:07: Labyrinth on the Sky / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 14:10: Long Distance / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 16:29: Volcanic Cave / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 18:28: Try the Trial / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 20:01: Kingdom of Rapadagna / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 22:40: Kool Dude / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 25:12: Malevolent Deity / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 28:09: Cathedral / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 29:19: Finale (Part One) / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 30:42: Finale (Part Two) / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe 31:19: Finale (Part Three) / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tablecakesproductions.substack.com/subscribe

Track listing:

0:09: Heart of Icegrave / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
3:05: Lamp de Godjarre / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
4:45: Overture / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
5:28: Tales from Monster World / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
6:29: Arabesque Court in a Dream / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
8:40: Over the Clouds / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
10:28: Stream Sanctuary / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
12:07: Labyrinth on the Sky / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
14:10: Long Distance / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
16:29: Volcanic Cave / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
18:28: Try the Trial / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
20:01: Kingdom of Rapadagna / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
22:40: Kool Dude / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
25:12: Malevolent Deity / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
28:09: Cathedral / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
29:19: Finale (Part One) / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
30:42: Finale (Part Two) / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe
31:19: Finale (Part Three) / Monster World IV / Jin Watanabe

Drew MackieJune 21, 2019