Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Track number: 02/04
Track name: I'm Fine (prelude)
Album name: The Tale of the Extended Warranty OST
My first ever 1st place jam entry, collaborating alongside David from Vidvad Games!
The original soundtrack to "The Tale of the Extended Warranty", a short retro twin-stick shooter designed and programmed by David of Vidvad Games (twitter.com/VidvadGames).
This game was an entry into this year's Juice Jam, running from 3rd-11th January 2022, with the main theme being "DON'T STOP". I had a lot of fun with this one, trying to capture the essence of the Genesis era, as well as creating a main full-flowing piece that doesn't let up and just keeps on going!
Made lovingly with FamiTracker, bringing some FM Synthesis to the party with that Genesis style.
Game description:
"The staff at the GREAT ELECTRONICS store has a new strategy to make more profit: mobilize all associates on one customer and never stop pushing for the extended warranty!
Can you defeat the sales people and leave with your laptop without extra charge?
Inspired by my experience as a salesman at an undisclosed electronics store, I present to you "The Tale of the Extended Warranty". Fight 3 waves of associates as well as 3 bosses in this retro twin-stick shooter inspired by Smash TV and Robotron."
Game link: vidvadgames.itch.io/the-tale-of-the-extended-warranty
Jam entries/results: itch.io/jam/gdb-juice-jam/results
credits
Album art by SuperMegaDav (twitter.com/Supermegadav).
All the best.
#FamiTracker #Chiptune #juicejam
Discord: Jonpon#7978
Skype: herbtaculargames@gmail.com
Twitter: twitter.com/jonponsvids10
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Track number: 02/04
Track name: I'm Fine (prelude)
Album name: The Tale of the Extended Warranty OST
My first ever 1st place jam entry, collaborating alongside David from Vidvad Games!
The original soundtrack to "The Tale of the Extended Warranty", a short retro twin-stick shooter designed and programmed by David of Vidvad Games (twitter.com/VidvadGames).
This game was an entry into this year's Juice Jam, running from 3rd-11th January 2022, with the main theme being "DON'T STOP". I had a lot of fun with this one, trying to capture the essence of the Genesis era, as well as creating a main full-flowing piece that doesn't let up and just keeps on going!
Made lovingly with FamiTracker, bringing some FM Synthesis to the party with that Genesis style.
Game description:
"The staff at the GREAT ELECTRONICS store has a new strategy to make more profit: mobilize all associates on one customer and never stop pushing for the extended warranty!
Can you defeat the sales people and leave with your laptop without extra charge?
Inspired by my experience as a salesman at an undisclosed electronics store, I present to you "The Tale of the Extended Warranty". Fight 3 waves of associates as well as 3 bosses in this retro twin-stick shooter inspired by Smash TV and Robotron."
Game link: vidvadgames.itch.io/the-tale-of-the-extended-warranty
Jam entries/results: itch.io/jam/gdb-juice-jam/results
credits
Album art by SuperMegaDav (twitter.com/Supermegadav).
All the best.
#FamiTracker #Chiptune #juicejam
Discord: Jonpon#7978
Skype: herbtaculargames@gmail.com
Twitter: twitter.com/jonponsvids10
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/jonponsvids
![Phantasy Star IV - The End of the Millennium [intro sequence] (FamiTracker 8-bit)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vhoOVxewf2k/mqdefault.jpg "Phantasy Star IV - The End of the Millennium [intro sequence] (FamiTracker 8-bit)
Before I start, I do hope that you enjoy my relatively new attempts at making something a little more interesting in the background while FamiTracker is running and the music is playing. In the end, it probably just looks like a weird representation of my face spinning wildly for no apparent reason but I do hope to extend on this in orders of magnitude to improve the viewing experience if you do happen to come across these. Maybe some nice animated textures and different backgrounds perhaps.
Returning to the music itself, I adore the grungy style from the Sega Genesis and especially so with the incredible Phantasy Star IV OST. I never actually played a lot of the game itself - I think I played up until and including the first boss and then stopped for some reason. I believe that it was included on the Sega Mega Drive Collection for the Xbox 360 but its not on the list of backwardly compatible titles for the Xbox One it seems.
Its very much that old-school RPG where you control a team that is likely attempting to stop a threat that may take over the world and/or destroy it entirely. I dont know the premise of Phantasy Star IV and would not want to spoil it for any players who may want to try it but the JRPGs of this era tended to stay relatively stereotypical.
It was fun transcribing this song that plays during the intro of the game down to 4 channels and it translates really well. Its likely down to the simple melody but it is incredibly catchy for the two minutes that it plays.
I hope you enjoy this rendition and as always, let me know what you think in the comments below!
All the best.
#famitracker #8bit #chiptune
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