In this Friday feature, I take several pieces of music from different video games and mess them up somehow (like playing in reverse). Your job is to figure out what songs they are and what games they're from. Last week I offered up some (mediocre) prizes to the top two people. So, without further ado, the results, ranked by how many each got right (I broke the tie for 2nd by who sent their answers first):

1st Place: Blorp - 8
2nd Place: Changston - 6
3rd: Odber, Sentry - 6
4th: Batthink, Occams Electric Toothbrush, vApathyv - 5
5th: Poe - 4
6th: Wry Guy - 3
7th: supermariobob - 1 (He ain't heavy, he's my brother. Literally.)

Good work everyone! Even the incorrect answers people gave were interesting. The winners have been contacted, so enjoy your games (or whatever I end up giving to you)!



Ok, so to give everyone a fresh start, I'm going to restart the scoreboard (and after every 10 puzzles from now on). The winner of each 10 puzzle "season" will be ranked in a Hall of Fame of sorts (I'll make some neat picture for it when I have time). Here's the final results of "Season 1":

1st: odber: 13
2nd: Batthink: 11
3rd: EnoSachran, AlphaDeus, Blorp: 4
4th: Bulkmailer, vApathyv, Changston: 3
5th: Anonymouse, Cataract, etirflita, SteezyXL, Wryguy, Sentry, Xyzliac: 1



Here's the answers to last week's mega-puzzle:

#1) Reversed: Chrono Trigger - Delightful Spekkio
#2) Reversed: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins - Athletic/Normal Level Theme
#3) Reversed: Sonic 3 - Desert Palace
#4) Cutback: Mega Man X - Boomer Kuwanger
#5) Cutback: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - Athletic
#6) Cutback: Super Ghouls and Ghosts - Level 1/Graveyard
#7) Messed Up: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Hyrule Castle
#8) Messed Up: Super Smash Bros. Brawl - King Dedede (I gave it to anyone who answered with Dedede's boss theme)
#9) Messed Up: Mega Man 1 - Elec Man
#10) WTF?: Carousel of Progress - There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (It's a Disney ride)



As the title says (and the image shows, if you're familiar with Doctor Who), this week is back to basic reversed tracks. Since I spent more time than usual checking all the answers and playing around with video editing, this week it's back to the usual 5 reversed songs.



(I've finally upgraded from Windows Movie Maker to Sony Vegas, so the video looks a bit different. I'll try to improve things as I become more familiar with the software)

The tracks run about 30 seconds each. Here are the clues:

#1) Easy: I'm sure most of you from my generation won't run afowl of this one.
#2) Medium: Enter, Stage Right!
#3) Medium: Don't blow this one.
#4) Hard: I wonder how secret this song is.
#5) WTF?: I mustn't run away...

Good Luck!