This weekend returnouts, what's the frequency, Cushiro?

So I recently received a copy of another Game Soundtrack LP release for which I wrote

the liner notes, shipped to shores newly minted LeGrange.oST.

I doubt my contributing to Game Soundtracks will become a regular occurrence, which is

probably just as well.

This means I can't write a proper review of those disks.

The concept of avoiding conflict of interest has been run rough shot of late, but I'm

still a fan.

The Grenchpoint in particular is a frankly incredible project to have been a part of, because

honestly it logically never should have happened.

One, it's the American issue of a classic video game soundtrack, which itself is rarefied

enough territory.

Two, it's a game that was never released in the US and can only be played in English through

a fan translation.

And three, the game itself was completely improbable in its own right.

The Grenchpoint showed up in 1991 for the Nintendo Famicom, and in the process it arguably

represented the pinnacle of over-the-top game cartridges for the system.

It came to a courtesy of Konami, of course, the kings of crazy expansion technology for

Famicom, and LeGrangepoint represented those kings crowning achievement.

By this point, regular retronous listeners are well aware of Konami's propensity for

beefing up their Famicom games with secondary processors to add capabilities that would

have been impossible with the Famicom's base hardware.

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