![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Those corporate duties haven't stopped him from adopting a new nickname, Chip Tanaka, and moonlighting as a DJ. These days, though, Tanaka has his hands full as the president of Creatures, Inc., helping to manage the sprawling Pokémon empire while maintaining a close relationship to his old bosses at Nintendo. Tanaka has his fingerprints all over many of the most beloved games of the ’80s and ’90s. And anyone whose made even glancing contact with 8-bit Nintendo games has almost certainly heard his work: The upbeat ditties that played over the title screens of the Black Box NES games covered in our NES Works videos the earworm melody of Balloon Fight's Balloon Trip mode the haunting atmospheres of Metroid the calliope madness of Super Mario Land the innovative samples featured in EarthBound. Hirokazu Tanaka may not be the best-known name in video game music, though you may recognize his former nom de plume from his days at Nintendo: Hip Tanaka. Not just remakes and rereleases of old games, but the best retro-centric new games and other classic-game-related happenings that have transpired over the past 12 months. Through the end of the year, we'll be looking back daily at the best classic gaming news and releases of 2017. Mission control for retronauts former EIC of 1UP.com and taking dapper (and frogs) back from the Nazis. ![]()
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