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Pac-Man Fever's Gary Garcia Passes Away
Pac-Man Fever's Gary Garcia Passes Away
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YoshiEgg25
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Oh man, that's a shame. I actually just contacted them not too long ago about a song they'd never released; I got a response from Jerry Buckner right away. A couple of class acts. Gary will be missed.
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noiseredux
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YoshiEgg25 wrote:Oh man, that's a shame. I actually just contacted them not too long ago about a song they'd never released; I got a response from Jerry Buckner right away. A couple of class acts. Gary will be missed.
what was the unreleased song?
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YoshiEgg25
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noiseredux wrote:YoshiEgg25 wrote:Oh man, that's a shame. I actually just contacted them not too long ago about a song they'd never released; I got a response from Jerry Buckner right away. A couple of class acts. Gary will be missed.
what was the unreleased song?
They did a promotional cover of "Pac-Man Fever" called "Pokémon Fever". I found out about it through searching around for info on the album. I still have the e-mail:
YoshiEgg25 wrote:Hey guys, I'm a big fan of your stuff and was looking up some more of it when I ran across something saying that you did a version of Pac-Man Fever with Pokémon lyrics. Is there some way I can get this online? I run a Pokémon fansite, so between this and my being a fan of you, I'm very much interested in finding and listening to something like this.
Thanks a bunch, and have a good day.
Jerry Buckner wrote:Hi Mitchell:
Thanks for contacting us concerning the Pokemon song.
We did temporarily record a version of Pac Man Fever with Pokemon lyrics as a promotion a few years back but it was never released commercially due to licensing issues.
For that reason we are unable to provide any copies to the public.
Best Wishes,
Jerry Buckner
Buckner & Garcia
He got back to me within a week, and personally. I really appreciated that.
Gaming accomplishments:
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Donkey Kong: 423,100 [L12-1] (150th place as of 2019-01-15)
Super Smash Bros. (N64): Ranked top 5 in Wisconsin from Q1 2016 to Q2 2017
Shrek SuperSlam: won largest tournament in game's history (Shrekfest 2018)
Speedrun.com Profile (contains multiple WRs)
Nibbler (marathon): 251,169,160 / Nibbler (one life): 5,263,360 (WR)
Donkey Kong: 423,100 [L12-1] (150th place as of 2019-01-15)
Super Smash Bros. (N64): Ranked top 5 in Wisconsin from Q1 2016 to Q2 2017
Shrek SuperSlam: won largest tournament in game's history (Shrekfest 2018)
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noiseredux
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that's awesome. I never knew that. Did you ever find a leak of it or anything?
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YoshiEgg25
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noiseredux wrote:that's awesome. I never knew that. Did you ever find a leak of it or anything?
Heh, that's what I tried to do before I e-mailed him. There's next to no information about it, and no music. It's really weird. The fact that I happened to stumble upon the info I did is crazy enough in itself.
I ought to try to find this again. Maybe one of my arcade gaming friends has inside info on where I can find it.
Gaming accomplishments:
Nibbler (marathon): 251,169,160 / Nibbler (one life): 5,263,360 (WR)
Donkey Kong: 423,100 [L12-1] (150th place as of 2019-01-15)
Super Smash Bros. (N64): Ranked top 5 in Wisconsin from Q1 2016 to Q2 2017
Shrek SuperSlam: won largest tournament in game's history (Shrekfest 2018)
Speedrun.com Profile (contains multiple WRs)
Nibbler (marathon): 251,169,160 / Nibbler (one life): 5,263,360 (WR)
Donkey Kong: 423,100 [L12-1] (150th place as of 2019-01-15)
Super Smash Bros. (N64): Ranked top 5 in Wisconsin from Q1 2016 to Q2 2017
Shrek SuperSlam: won largest tournament in game's history (Shrekfest 2018)
Speedrun.com Profile (contains multiple WRs)
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he's going to be the new ghost.
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vlame wrote:he's going to be the new ghost.
Too soon man... too soon.