This crazy thing I used to do when I was a punk teen (actually, I was a pretty mild-mannered teen, I veered away from trouble), you see, I used to have a clever trick for enjoying killer game soundtracks in the car: I would take CD-based game discs from systems like the TurboGrafx-CD and Sega Saturn and play them in my car stereo.
In the era of cartridges, this was often the only practical way to listen to game music outside of a sound-test menu on our game consoles. On my bedroom single speaker TV, it sounded ok, sure…. but… CD-based games allowed players to simply insert the disc into any standard CD player and listen to the audio tracks.
Crucial Warning: Players must never attempt to play Track 2. This track typically contains the game’s data, and attempting to play it can potentially damage your audio equipment.
One title stood out for taking advantage of this feature in a unique way: the disc not only contained the standard game soundtrack but also included hidden audio tracks that were only accessible when played in a separate CD player.
That game was SegaSoft’s: Scud the Disposable Assassin for the Sega Saturn.
“Drywall” by Fidget-X
First off, do you know who or what Scud is? If you don’t know, Scud is a humorous, hyperkinetic science fiction comic by Rob Schrab about a world in which one can buy robot assassins out of vending machines, the most popular of which are intelligent robots that kill a specified target and then self-destruct!! Yeah THAT Rob Schrab, from Milwaukee Wisconsin! AND YES that Rob Schrab who has also been featured in many Adult Swim shows like Rick & Morty as well as worked with the Dead Alwives!!
Self Destruct – by TEKKEN Project
The little collection of musical works is similar in ways to the collected works of Schrab’s Scud comic series, and zany video game for the Sega Saturn. It’s full of dark tone, witty as hell and contains some of the best one-liners in comic (and gaming) history!
Even more amazing was this hilarious audio bit done by the Dead Alewives. This was literally just thrown in for laughs, can you believe that? Who knew to check this?
Hilarious bit called “Answering Machine” by the Dead Alewives
What are some CD-ROM/disc games you couldn’t help but listen to in car CD players or your own boombox? It was all the rage with the cool kids back in the day. Actually, not really, but I did love listening to game OST’s in this fashion! Not to mention the cool discoveries with this random Saturn game!
