All my cats have been named after video game characters, so this very personal episode is about those cats, their various namesake characters, and some music from the relevant games.

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.
• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

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Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:06 - Kingdom Hearts (PS2) - Welcome to Wonderland (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

01:59 - Talk Segment 1 - Athena

09:11 - Athena (Arcade) - World of Ice (composer: unknown)

10:31 - Athena: Awakening From the Ordinary Life (PSX) - Theme “Athenacchi” (composer: KIKU)

11:30 - King of Fighters 2000 (Neo Geo) - Will (composers: Hideki Asanaka, Hiroshi Yamazoe, and Yasuo Yamate)

15:30 - Capcom vs SNK 2 (Arcade) - Happiness (composer: Satoshi Ise)

17:49 - King of Fighters XI (Arcade) - PURE ~at good old days~ (composer: Hideki Asanaka, Marimo, and USAKO-X)

21:07 - King of Fighters ‘96 Arrange Sound Trax (arrangement) - Psycho Soldier REMIX’96 (composers: Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan; lyrics: MOMO; vocals: Tamao Sato)

24:29 - Talk Segment 2 - Sakura

33:13 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (PSX/Saturn) - I Want You To Know (composer and lyricist: Tatsuro Suzuki; vocals: Yuko Sasamoto)

37:13 - Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade) - Breeze (Sakura’s Theme) (composer: Yuki Iwai)

40:08 - Street Fighter IV (PS3 / Xbox 360) - Theme of Sakura (SFIV Arrange) (composer: Tatsuro Suzuki; arrangement: Hideyuki Fukasawa)

43:19 - Street Fighter EX3 - Precious Heart (Sakura’s Theme) (composer: Takayuki Aihara)

46:49 - Talk Segment 3 - Blaze and Cherry

53:09 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Character Select (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

56:46 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - It’s Extra (composer: Motohiro Kawashima)

58:56 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - Funky HQ (composer: Olivier Deriviere)

1:01:36 - Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - Under Logic (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

1:03:32 - Streets of Rage (Genesis) - Good Ending (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

1:05:14 - Outro Talk Segment

1:07:46 - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (arcade) - Stage Felicia (composers: some combination of Takayuki Iwai, Hideki Okugawa, Tatsuro Suzuki, Isao Abe, Yuko Takehara, Syun Nishigaki, and Setsuo Yamamoto)