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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion => Topic started by: _joshuaTurbo on December 28, 2005, 05:16:45 AM
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I found this from some Cosplay website forums. People are talking about Y's in more than just turbo forums.
When you beat Ys Book I and II, you will see the voice actors in the credits.
Alan Oppenheimer is the voice of the narrator for the game's introduction and the voice of Darm, Book II's final boss.
Jim Cummings is the voice of Dalles, a boss in Book II.
Debi Derryberry is the voice of Feena.
If you go to http://www.imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com/) and search on "Ys", you will find the voice cast. If you cross-reference the actors to other works they've done, you'll find that many of the game's voice actors have experience in other animated shows and TV (I can't tell if it lists theater or radio credits).
just thought that was kinda cool!
TurboSage
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Speaking of cool, Michael Bell (voice of Dark Fact) signed the cover of Ys I&II for a friend of mine at some con he went to.
(http://www.pcenginefx.com/main/dls/autograph-01.jpg)
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Oh yeah IMDB has voice castings for all kinds of games. It's great.
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I was just watching the first episode of Star Trek The Next Generation and Michael Bell was in it, it was awesome. I remembered his voice from Soul Reaver though, I didn't know he did Dark Fact.
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Interesting :wink:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218737/
Lot of times voice actors for games. Do get, around some times they do both video games&anime cartoons etc.
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Yeah on a tangent, the airline pilot in the movie "The Odd Couple II", is Matt McKenzie, the man who voiced Auron in Final Fantasy X.
It's crazy how these game voice actors show up in movies and you don't even know it until you check IMDB. I tried to look for Valis VA's but no avail.
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Yeah on a tangent, the airline pilot in the movie "The Odd Couple II", is Matt McKenzie, the man who voiced Auron in Final Fantasy X.
It's crazy how these game voice actors show up in movies and you don't even know it until you check IMDB. I tried to look for Valis VA's but no avail.
Hey, do you have the text of the ending credits, with all of the names? Could you post it here? :)
It would be awesome just to find out more about the guy & gal who sang the songs in Valis II !!!
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oops!
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the guy & gal who sang the songs in Valis II !!!
Hold it right there, buddy...
There's no song in Japanese Valis 2. Don't tell me they dared add voices in the title and end credits! :shock:
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I don't think the English Valis II voice actors don't even want us to know who they are. Let's keep it that way :lol:
I listened to the English dialogue on the first boss battle in Valis III....no emotion whatsoever. :(
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EDIT: Every time you see "Valis II", swap in "Final Zone II" and this post will be more comprehensible :)
the guy & gal who sang the songs in Valis II !!!
Hold it right there, buddy...
There's no song in Japanese Valis 2. Don't tell me they dared add voices in the title and end credits! :shock:
Kaminari, there are two vocal tracks on Japanese Valis II! :)
The English versions are actually pretty close to matching the originals -- but the music is slightly remixed for both tracks (the rest of the music tracks were left untouched, by the way). Plus, the Japanese male vocal is more "gruff" and "fainter" than the "poppier", "in your face" English male vocal.
Personally, I think they are really catchy, poppy synth-pop. I have yet to hear many songs w/ vocals in a video game that I like as much...
Here is a project that I never finished (I need to update it):
1. Lyrics for "Bowie's Song" (Opening Title Screen in U.S. version) (http://home.comcast.net/~turbografx-preservation-society/final_zone_II_2_opening_theme_lyrics.html)
2. Lyrics for Momoko's Theme Song (whenever you choose Momoko to play a stage) (http://home.comcast.net/~turbografx-preservation-society/final_zone_II_2_momoko_song_lyrics.html)
UPDATE: I was pretty sure Ninja and I had discussed this before... so I found the old thread in which I nearly had an orgasm praising the music in Valis II (http://pcenginefx.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=994&highlight=final+zone&sid=9845a638790d510c443a1b929c16e898).
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the guy & gal who sang the songs in Valis II !!!
Hold it right there, buddy...
There's no song in Japanese Valis 2. Don't tell me they dared add voices in the title and end credits! :shock:
Kaminari, there are two vocal tracks on Japanese Valis II! :)
The English versions are actually pretty close to matching the originals -- but the music is slightly remixed for both tracks (the rest of the music tracks were left untouched, by the way). Plus, the Japanese male vocal is more "gruff" and "fainter" than the "poppier", "in your face" English male vocal.
Personally, I think they are really catchy, poppy synth-pop. I have yet to hear many songs w/ vocals in a video game that I like as much...
Here is a project that I never finished (I need to update it):
1. Lyrics for "Bowie's Song" (Opening Title Screen in U.S. version) (http://home.comcast.net/~turbografx-preservation-society/final_zone_II_2_opening_theme_lyrics.html)
2. Lyrics for Momoko's Theme Song (whenever you choose Momoko to play a stage) (http://home.comcast.net/~turbografx-preservation-society/final_zone_II_2_momoko_song_lyrics.html)
UPDATE: I was pretty sure Ninja and I had discussed this before... so I found the old thread in which I nearly had an orgasm praising the music in Valis II (http://pcenginefx.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=994&highlight=final+zone&sid=9845a638790d510c443a1b929c16e898).
Are you talking about Valis II or Final Zone II? I don't remember any songs in Valis II and I couldn't find them after skimming through the CD.
If you are talking about Valis II, which track numbers are they?
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That's crazy that you made this thread because I was actually thinking of doing the same thing :D . I found the link on IMDB two or three years ago and I was really amazed back then (I even submittied a shitty review for the game). My personal favorite person in the casts was Thomas Haden Church, who does the voice for Goban. You might have seen him in a little early-90's sitcom called Wings :D . I'm not really a fan of that show, but I just watch it because of that sometimes. He also recently appeared in that movie about wine, with that Vincent guy.
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Are you talking about Valis II or Final Zone II? I don't remember any songs in Valis II and I couldn't find them after skimming through the CD.
If you are talking about Valis II, which track numbers are they?
Oh crap, my bad! I love the Valis 2 soundtrack the most! But I mixed it up with FZ II! In FZII, my favorite tracks are the ones with vocals :)
Kaminari rarely errs, that should have alerted me that I was mistaken... :)
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That's crazy that you made this thread because I was actually thinking of doing the same thing :D . I found the link on IMDB two or three years ago and I was really amazed back then (I even submittied a shitty review for the game). My personal favorite person in the casts was Thomas Haden Church, who does the voice for Goban. You might have seen him in a little early-90's sitcom called Wings :D . I'm not really a fan of that show, but I just watch it because of that sometimes. He also recently appeared in that movie about wine, with that Vincent guy.
I think the movie is "Sideways" -- Mr. Church was pretty good in that :)
Yeah, the old TurboList had some discussions on the voice actors. Needless to say, Ys I & II had a bigger budget than FZII and Valis II :)
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I listened to the English dialogue on the first boss battle in Valis III....no emotion whatsoever. :(
:wink: :lol: :lol: :wink:
TTI, took forever to release it here... then when they dub it.It's like they didn't bother to try at all.
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swap in "Final Zone II" and this post will be more comprehensible :)
Ah, you gave me a false hope... I would have loved to hear a dude and a lass sing in English the Valis 2 credits, now that would have been funny ;p
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swap in "Final Zone II" and this post will be more comprehensible :)
Ah, you gave me a false hope... I would have loved to hear a dude and a lass sing in English the Valis 2 credits, now that would have been funny ;p
My thoughts exactly! :)
Seriously, though, I get so excited when I talk about Valis II / FZ II that I go into a frenzy.
Important: If you have any suggestions for VGM that...
1. has an overall soundtrack similar to Valis II (my favorite VGM in the synth-pop category -- it is very catchy, somewhat somber & moody, not overly saccharin), or
2. catchy synth-pop songs w/ vocals like those featured in Final Zone 2 (I love both English and Japanese varieties), or
3. slightly bland, yet still catchy synth-J-pop like those featured on Kagamai No Kuni No Legend (particularly tracks 3 & 4)
... then I would be eternally grateful :)
MegaCD suggests are welcomed as well!
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I wonder if there's a way I can rip the music off my Final Zone II CD to MP3.
Hansen's theme is so damn addicting! :lol:
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I think the movie is "Sideways" -- Mr. Church was pretty good in that :)
Yep that's the one, I found the movie on my hard drive after posting.
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I wonder if there's a way I can rip the music off my Final Zone II CD to MP3.
Hansen's theme is so damn addicting! :lol:
Oh, absolutely. Lots of ways to do it, depending on what type of machine you have (PC / Mac) and OS you're using. I don't have the time now, but it's incredibly easy to rip the redbook audio from PCE games.
I can do it for you tonight / tomorrow, though, since I have a bunch of PCE CD's that I want to rip the soundtracks from.
Hansen's theme is sweet :)
An excellent primer on the best way to rip MP3's (http://www.slightlydark.com/forums/showthread.php?t=850).
That's the method I use, but some folks might consider it overkill.
My 2 cents: Personally, if I take the time to rip something, I want it to last a few years before I have do re-rip it. Many years ago, I thought it was a good idea to "save space" by ripping minimalist MP3's... well, guess what, I would have been better served by making decent MP3's in the first place, since I've had to re-rip everything since then. Totally wasted labor.
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NEC actually put effort ($$$) into the dubbing for Ys Book I & II. It was their flagship CD game after all. There was a computer show on TV back in 1990 that had a segment on Ys Book I & II and CD games (a very new thing at the time). They talked to the guy producing Ys Book I & II and went into some of the details about the dubbing process. No VAs appeared on the show, but the producer did talk about how Ys was their showpiece for the Turbo CD and how NEC spent a good chunk of change to get real actors to do the voiceovers (as compared to the janitors and homeless people they got to dub Last Alert I guess). I used to have that show on videotape somewhere along with a bunch of other Turbo stuff I taped off TV (commercials, appearances on various computer shows, and that late 80s/early 90s videogame variety show that I cannot now remember the name of). I've been looking for that tape forever, along with the promotional video that NEC sent out right before TTi was formed and the Duo came out, but I can't find them. Moved too many damn times in the last ten years and lost them I guess :(
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slightly bland, yet still catchy synth-J-pop
Noriko Sakai was in a league of her own, but if you're after J-Pop, there were a number of PCE titles starring then-famous idols. Right off the bat, I can think of Noriko Ogawa (No.Ri.Ko, first PCE CD game ever), Tomomi Nishimura (Meikyū no Elfeane), Mami Inoue (Kono Hoshi ni Tatta Hitori no Kimi) and a truckload of long forgotten teenagers in Mitsubachi Gakuen (a curious contest digicomi from which the winner was the aforementioned Mami). I'm probably missing a couple other names, but those that came later were real duds :)
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slightly bland, yet still catchy synth-J-pop
Noriko Sakai was in a league of her own, but if you're after J-Pop, there were a number of PCE titles starring then-famous idols. Right off the bat, I can think of Noriko Ogawa (No.Ri.Ko, first PCE CD game ever), Tomomi Nishimura (Meikyū no Elfeane), Mami Inoue (Kono Hoshi ni Tatta Hitori no Kimi) and a truckload of long forgotten teenagers in Mitsubachi Gakuen (a curious contest digicomi from which the winner was the aforementioned Mami). I'm probably missing a couple other names, but those that came later were real duds :)
Yeah, I have the Mami Inoue and Noriko Ogawa stuff, for sure. I might have some of the others (gotta check). Unfortunately, Ms. Sakai's tunes are the catchiest :(.
The graveyard of pop music is quite intriguing... were these songs exclusive to the PCE titles, or were they found elsewhere (i.e. singles, albums)? I'd love to get more of Ms. Sakai's stuff (especially if the same songwriters / producers were involved).
HEY! Wasn't the Mami Inoue CD in French? Was it an educational title? Is the written / spoken French acceptable, or did they butcher the French language?
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NEC actually put effort ($$$) into the dubbing for Ys Book I & II. It was their flagship CD game after all. There was a computer show on TV back in 1990 that had a segment on Ys Book I & II and CD games (a very new thing at the time). They talked to the guy producing Ys Book I & II and went into some of the details about the dubbing process. No VAs appeared on the show, but the producer did talk about how Ys was their showpiece for the Turbo CD and how NEC spent a good chunk of change to get real actors to do the voiceovers (as compared to the janitors and homeless people they got to dub Last Alert I guess). I used to have that show on videotape somewhere along with a bunch of other Turbo stuff I taped off TV (commercials, appearances on various computer shows, and that late 80s/early 90s videogame variety show that I cannot now remember the name of). I've been looking for that tape forever, along with the promotional video that NEC sent out right before TTi was formed and the Duo came out, but I can't find them. Moved too many damn times in the last ten years and lost them I guess :(
8) 8) 8) 8)
If only, TTI did that kind of work all the way on dubbing 100% that is :wink:
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The graveyard of pop music is quite intriguing... were these songs exclusive to the PCE titles, or were they found elsewhere (i.e. singles, albums)?
Those were singles that were used in PCE digital comics at the same time as the launch of the idol's carrier, and usually compiled later into an album along other minor singles.
Inoue Mamie is in Japanese, it's just standard practice for Japanese to use randomly chosen French words in their works (think Sakura Taisen here). The French language must sound as hype to them as Latin does to us :)
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The graveyard of pop music is quite intriguing... were these songs exclusive to the PCE titles, or were they found elsewhere (i.e. singles, albums)?
Those were singles that were used in PCE digital comics at the same time as the launch of the idol's carrier, and usually compiled later into an album along other minor singles.
Inoue Mamie is in Japanese, it's just standard practice for Japanese to use randomly chosen French words in their works (think Sakura Taisen here). The French language must sound as hype to them as Latin does to us :)
Thanks for the info on the idols :). I am going to see what I can find. Amazon.jp, here I come!
As for the other matter: I thought I remembered hearing a bunch of spoken French audio tracks on the Mami Inoue CD... perhaps it was a different title, but I swear they were speaking French!
You know this is going to bug me until I find the PCE CD in question :).
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I personally think J-Pop is retarded but damn I have been wanting to play that No Ri Ko game for awhile just to see what it's like! I can't get enough of games that have digital pictures in them, especially for the Turbo.
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The only PCE title I can think of which has bits of French is The Manhole ("Bonjour, je m'appelle Monsieur Tortoise" -- "He says his name is Mr Turtle !").
I am going to see what I can find. Amazon.jp, here I come!
Her official site (http://sunmusic.org/noriko/) might be a good start too. Most of her early singles from 1987 to 1995 are available on the Twin Best best-of. I admit I never listened to her later works, as IMO good old cheesy J-Pop died in the mid-nineties... She also had anorexia at that time, which made her rather inactive for many years.
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The only PCE title I can think of which has bits of French is The Manhole ("Bonjour, je m'appelle Monsieur Tortoise" -- "He says his name is Mr Turtle !").
I am going to see what I can find. Amazon.jp, here I come!
Her official site (http://sunmusic.org/noriko/) might be a good start too. Most of her early singles from 1987 to 1995 are available on the Twin Best best-of. I admit I never listened to her later works, as IMO good old cheesy J-Pop died in the mid-nineties... She also had anorexia at that time, which made her rather inactive for many years.
Thanks for the link. I have a fondness for 80's style music, that's why I like the PCE soundtracks with the "dated" sound... so I, too, want "good old cheesy J-Pop" as well :). I'm not a big fan of the "serious" ballads, though... I want the catchy, "dancy" bubblegum songs :).
I have "The Manhole", but the audio in that game is pretty lo-fidelity, and I recall listening to a PCE game with good quality spoken French (and spoken by a woman!). Looks like I'll have to open a few boxes in the garage and start rummaging... perhaps it was one of the installments of Ultra Box (I don't think so)?
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Atleast half of the VA's in Ys 1 & 2, were in Transformers & GI Joe, not to mention Debi Derryberry was in Tenchi Muyo! And IIRC, most of the games with bad voice acting, were recorded in Japan, with actors that aren't used to speaking english, so they don't understand how things are pronounced........like if I was told to do a script in Japanese, I'd have no clue where to put emphasis! Though, Ys 3 was done locally, you can tell by the names in the credits.
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As long as we're talking about voice acting in games besides Ys, Dungeon Explorer 2 had awesome voices that highly reminded me of Ys. Any of the same actors, I wonder?
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Dungeon Explorer 2 was voiced by Working Designs & their VA's, so, that would be Blake & the bunch.
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Dungeon Explorer 2 was voiced by Working Designs & their VA's, so, that would be Blake & the bunch.
Are you sure about that? Cause that might just change his opinion about how awesome the voice acting was if Working Designs had anything to do with it. I could be wrong though, just a guess. ;)
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Come on now. I haven't voiced any general hatred of Working Deisgns. Also, if you read the first post I made in the thread you are talking about, I mention how I think they may be OK in some ways and not ok in others. ~ ~
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Yeah, I noted that in the response I made towards the end in an edit. It seemed like you were playing devil's advocate or something right after, so it was somewhat confusing. But I reread that part, so yeah. =\
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Yeah, I think I remember Don Shirley telling me himself that they we're doing the dubbing, with TTI on the text. The same goes for Shockman 2.......which never got finished :(