Monsters & Magic

A little Halloween present for everyone... As well as be a fan of slightly odd Euro schlock soundscapes, I'm a big fan of old school video games. I think I've owned just about every console available over the years (feeling reeeeal old now) and spent plenty of lunch money at arcades during my school years. Lots of precious memories there. I'd always wanted to create/design games of my own and using the pretty amazing (to me anyway) Game Maker software, I've managed to finish a little video game project of my own. Now I want to share it with you.

It's an arcade platform shooter loosely inspired by retro classics like Ghosts n' Goblins, Castlevania, Metroid, Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man and lots of other 8 bit NES / Famicom titles.

The Halloween connection? There's a loose horror theme going on with the first few levels set in a grave yard and a variety (plethora? bestiary?) of monstrous lil' critters out to hurt you.

It's a small file, just under 3MB and pretty straightforward to play. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. I'll be putting together an 'upgraded' version somewhere down the track so any feedback/criticisms will be given consideration:

http://www.yoyogames.com/games/149193-monsters-and-magic

I've also started a blog to cover my video game projects and my 'imaginary' company AdVISION:

http://advisiongames.blogspot.com/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

The Vampires Of Dartmoore

Some wonderfully spooky & jazzy German vibes from this classic 1968 album. The album title is Dracula's Horror Cabinet and if you haven't heard it already, then you're in for a real treat. Imagine catching some strange Edgar Wallace / Jess Franco film that never existed on early morning TV and you'll get an idea of the kind of trippy sounds we're talking about here.

I don't know a great deal about the album other than it appears Horst Ackermann and Heribert Thusek were the musicians and there very well may have been acid in consumption judging by the overall wackiness of the project. My favourite track is "Hello Mr Hichcock"; a jaunty little number with a twist. Wonderful!

By the way, does anyone have the more recent 14 track version @ 320..?

1 - The Torture Chamber of Dr Sex
2 - Crime and Horror
3 - The Fire Dragon of Hong Kong
4 - Murder in the Ohio Express
5 - Dance of the Vampires
6 - Hello Mr Hitchcock
7 - The Executioners of Dartmoor
8 - Killer's End
9 - The Soaked Body
10 - A Handfull of Nitro
11 - Dr Caligari's Creeps Cabinet
12 - Frankenstein Greets Alpha 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScEd4XQZ9rg

LINK IN THE COMMENTS

Bronx Warriors 2 - Francesco De Masi

Trash & his pals return for this great score by Francesco De Masi and I get to cross one more title off my want list.

Thank you very much to Alex for providing this share!

While on the topic of Trash from the Bronx, check out this fan site:

http://www.bronxwarriors.co.uk/main.htm

Fuga Dal Bronx - Francesco De Masi (BEAT LP 063) - 1983
30 tracks @ 192

1 - Escape Sequence 1
2 - Escape Sequence 2

3 - Escape Sequence 3

4 - Escape Sequence 4

5 - Escape Sequence 5

6 - Escape Sequence 6

7 - Escape Sequence 7

8 - Escape Sequence 8

9 - Escape Sequence 9

10 - Escape Sequence 10

11 - Escape Sequence 11

12 - Escape Sequence 12

13 - Escape Sequence 13

14 - Escape Sequence 14

15 - Escape Sequence 15

16 - Escape Sequence 16

17 - Escape Sequence 17

18 - Escape Sequence 18

19 - Escape Sequence 19

20 - Escape Sequence 20

21 - Escape Sequence 21

22 - Escape Sequence 22

23 - Escape Sequence 23

24 - Escape Sequence 24

25 - Escape Sequence 25

26 - Escape Sequence 26

27 - Escape Sequence 27

28 - Escape Sequence 28

29 - Escape Sequence 29

30 - Escape Sequence 30

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More Radio Spots From Hell

As threatened / promised, here's the second collection of vintage radio spots. There's a bit of everything to be enjoyed here. Sexploitation, Blaxploitation, Kung-Fu, bikers, double features, monster marathons all come together in this audio celebration of the 'Grindhouse' experience.

Once again, it's heavy on the A.I.P. product but that ain't no bad thing since they either produced or distributed most of the quality schlock from the '60s & '70s. I guess they were one of the few exploitation distributors with the budget to produce radio advertisments.

For the record, here's the tracklist:

Angel Unchained / Angel's Wild Women / At The Earth's Core / Black Cleopatra / Black Street Fighter / Blazing Stewardesses / Blood In The Streets / Bloody Mama / The Body Shop / The Booby Hatch / Chrome & Hot Leather / Cleopatra Jones / Coffy + JD's Revenge / Color Of Her Skin / Cycle Savages / Dagmar's Hot Pants Inc / Dare The Devil / Death Race 2000 / Death Sport / Destroy All Monsters / Devil Woman + Dragon's Never Die / Disco 9000 / Dorian Gray / Dr Black & Mr Hyde / Empire Of The Ants / Evel Knievel / Eyes Of Hell + Explosion / Females For Hire / Food Of The Gods / Gassssss / Ghetto Freaks / Girl Snatchers / Grizzly / Hard Ride / Hell's Angels '69 / Hillbilly Hooker / Horror Chamber Of Blood & Gore / Human Tornado / Hustler Squad / Island Of Dr Moreau / Italian Stallion / Let's Scare Jessica To Death / Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane / Love Factor / Love Slaves / Madame Kitty / Massage Parlour Hookers / Master Of The Flying Guillotine / Mating Urge + Wondrous Story Of Birth / Mephisto Waltz / Midnight Scandals / Mistress Of The Apes / Monkey Hustle / Murders In The Rue Morgue / Naked Witch / Naughty Cheerleader / Naughty Stewardesses / Nurses For Sale / Peter Fonda Festival / Phase Four / Revenge Of The Cheerleaders / Schlock / School For Unclaimed Girls / Sex Fiend / Shape Of Things To Come / Slaughter's Big Rip-Off / Space Raiders / Street People / Streets Of Sin + Life Begins / Swinging Cheerleaders / Tentacles / Blood Drinkers + Black Cat / The Mack / The Swappers / Vampire Lovers / The Witchmaker / A Thousand Convicts & A Woman / Three In The Cellar / Three Tough Guys / Trial Of The Dead / Truck Turner / Twisted Nerve / Twitch Of The Death Nerve / Up From The Depths / Venus In Furs / When Women Had Tails / Wild In The Streets / Witchcraft '70

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