It's the second annual Jam Pak Spooky Special! This time, the boys have found yet another abandoned recording studio to sprinkle you with some spooky video game jams. What could possibly go wrong?
In this bonus episode, Matt and Evan (accompanied by Rick) count down their top ten favorite tracks played on Season 2 of Jam Pak. So many jams this season, but these tracks were decidedly the jammiest. Will the noodle-y goodness of Dino Dini's Soccer reign supreme? Listen and find out!
It's the Season 2 finale, and that can only mean one thing. It's free play time! That means no limitations and all jams. Time to empty out those back pocket tracks, folks! Some insanely good music in this one. Thanks for listening!
It's another battle episode, but this time the boys are each focusing on a different game developer. Rick brings some unexpected tracks from a developer that's famous for great SNES RPG games, Evan picks tracks from a developer that's all about "serious fun", and Matt unearths some jams from a lesser known game developer. Who will win the Battle of the Developers? Listen and decide for yourself.
Also known as the PC-Engine in Japan, the TurboGrafx-16 was a hidden gem of the 8-bit and 16-bit era of video game consoles. Musically, the TG-16 has a really unique sound, almost like a cross between the Sega Genesis and the Game Boy. In this episode, the boys dig up some treasures from a console that never got the full attention it deserved. Some serious bangers in this one!
Feeling stressed out there, pals? Well, the Jam Pak boys have just the thing for you. This episode features nothing but calm and soothing (and sometimes sexy ;) ) tracks. Take in a deep breath, hold it, and breathe out. You're listening to Jam Pak.
Oh man, if this isn't the manliest episode of Jam Pak! After clarifying the rules around this episode (Would a track from (Man)iac (Man)sion count?), the boys play tracks only from games with the word "man" in the title. Evan goes a step further by doing a mini focus with his picks, and some surprisingly soft and sweet tracks get played for an episode focused on men doing manly things.
What even is a sprinkle in video game music? This is the question that Matt and Evan try to answer in this episode of Jam Pak, and Rick tries his best to have a good attitude about it. Get ready to have your eardrums tickled by some excellent video game music with extra sprinkles.
This episode is shmupped up! That's right, it's all tracks from autoscrolling shoot em ups. Rick plays three tracks that all have an interesting thing in common, Matt plays a series of rockin jams from a developer we all know and love, and Evan issues a formal apology to a composer.
Stepping away from the usual Jam Pak subject matter, the boys decide to focus only on covers of tracks from video games. This episode features fun arrangements of some well-known (and not so well-known) jams, as well as a lot of discussion about different music genres like heavy metal, jazz, and... bardcore.
In this episode, the boys focus on games that only released in Japan, and it's mispronunciations and bangers galore! Seriously, though, this one has some insanely good music. Rick plays a track from a game that sounds incredibly silly, Evan discovers a loop that he just can't get enough of, and Matt hits us with one of the most soulful Famicom tracks we've ever heard.
A hyper-specific topic on this one, it's all tracks featuring orchestra hits! An orchestra hit, commonly used in the 16-bit generation of video game music, is a single staccato note that uses the sounds of a large number of different orchestral instruments. Tracks that use orchestra hits tend to either sound more pumped up or sillier than the average track.
In addition to orchestra hits, Rick puts a second limitation on Matt and Evan for this episode. Listen and find out what it is. A lot of fun tracks in this one!
It's JP2K! This time around, the boys are limiting their picks to games that were only released in this millennium. This episode features tracks from a really nice mix of consoles and indie games that deserve just as much attention as those 80's and 90's jams we all love.
Jam Pak is back! Rick, Evan, and Matt get Season 2 started by playing the hits. Well-known tunes from classic games take center stage in this episode, and they're just as delightful to listen to now as they were the first time we heard 'em.
The wolf children (Jam Pak boys) are back for the 1st annual Jam Pak Spooky Special! Matt, Evan, and Rick talk about hold music, spooky stories from their own lives, and other scary subjects while listening to some Cold Stone Classic jams from spooky games. Better keep the lights on for this one, pals!
We got a copyright claim for this ep in March 2025. So things have slightly changed!
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