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NGI departs for space this week with a special dedicated to the legendary Gradius series! Nemesis, Salamader, Life Force: Whatever you call it, they’re some of the best sidescrolling shoot-em-ups ever made, so it’s only fair that some great remixes by CarboHydroM, SnappleMan, bLiNd, Scaredsim, Benjamin Briggs, and more complement them!
1. WillRock – Nitroglycerin Injection (Theme of KNGI :: Bandcamp)
2. CarboHydroM – Desperate Chase (Life Force [NES] :: Dwelling of Duels)
3. SnappleMan – The Nutsmasher (Parodius DA! [SUFAMI] :: Dwelling of Duels)
4. Ivan Hakštok, Sixto Sounds – The Heavens Are Calling (Gradius Gaiden [PS1] :: OverClocked ReMix)
5. Vic Viper – Starfield, Burn the Wind (Life Force [NES] :: Bandcamp)
6. BrainCells – Power Up! Powered Up!! (Gradius III [SNES] :: Dwelling of Duels)
7. bLiNd – Space Ace (Gradius III [SNES] :: OverClocked ReMix)
8. ansgaros – Dangerous Territory (Life Force, Gradius II [NES] :: Dwelling of Duels)
9. Commandcom – Latis Surrounded (Salamander [ARC] :: OverClocked ReMix)
SOURCE TUNE SPECTRUM: ‘Cosmo Plant’ from Gradius III [SNES]
10. OceansAndrew, Scaredsim – Declaration of War (OverClocked ReMix)
11. Rolando – Cosmo Plant (VGMdb)
12. Benjamin Briggs – Cosmo Plant Zone (SoundCloud)
13. Mystic Wizard – Pharoah Song (Life Force [NES] :: Dwelling of Duels)
14. thesamareaye – Demetrius (Gradius IV [PS2] :: Dwelling of Duels)
15. Dees – The Gradius Rotation (Nemesis [C64] :: KWED)
16. Mutherpluckin’ B – Spaced Salamander (Life Force [NES] :: Artist website)
17. Dave Kellogg, Midee, prozax – Tactile Freefall (Life Force [NES] :: OverClocked ReMix)
18. Jonathan Mann – the FORCE of LIFE (Life Force [NES] :: Bandcamp)
19. Yukio Nakajima – GRADIUS III MEDLEY (Gradius III [SNES] :: VGMdb)
20. Naoto Shibata Project – Maximum Speed (Gradius II [NES] :: VGMdb)
21. Ryo Sakai – GRADIUS II FINAL-STAGE MEDLEY (Gradius II [NES] :: VGMdb)
DOSE OF DUELS: September 2017 Tornado of Solos – ‘Thunderbolt Part 1’ from Life Force [NES]
22. Affection State – The destruction of the fleet (Dwelling of Duels)
23. GearX2 – ThunderNier (Dwelling of Duels)
24. Czyszy – Sally the Funky Salamander (Dwelling of Duels)
25. Ivan Hakstok, Wild_Cat – Speed Up! (Gradius III [NES] :: Dwelling of Duels)
26. Magical Trick Society – Fly High [Salamander] (Salamander [ARC] :: VGMdb)
27. Rare Candy – Gradius (Gradius [NES] :: Bandcamp)
28. rebrained – Dream Fast, Little Pilot (Gradius [NES], Nemesis 2 [MSX], Vulcan Venture [ARC] :: OverClocked ReMix)
29. xoc – Stages 2 & 3 (Life Force [NES] :: Bandcamp)
30. SnappleMan – salaMANNder [part 1] (Salamander 2 [ARC] :: Dwelling of Duels)