Dan Forden
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Oct 7, 2026
Rob F. SwitchHOST
And they always say, yeah, they say, "What is that?" I said, "Toasty."
Brent WeinbachHOST
[laughs] You don't say Dan Forden?
Rob F. SwitchHOST
No, I always, I say, "Why'd you make me look like Toasty?"
Brent WeinbachHOST
[laughs] That's funny.
LeeHOST
different.So, um, sound desk and to keep it fair, we're playing the music from the same stage on all three, the one called The Pit.
LeeHOST
Dan Forden wrote the arcade music, and on the Mega Drive, it was arranged by Matt Furniss at Probe using the Mega Drive's Yamaha FM chip.
LeeHOST
Here's the Mega Drive.
LeeHOST
[upbeat music]
Mark WebbHOST
A bit buzzy and metallic, but it really drives along.
Mark WebbHOST
Uh, it's got that slightly harsh, grinding edge, which really suits a game this nasty.
LeeHOST
Now, the Super Nintendo, where Sculptured Software kept Dan Forden's arcade tunes and the sample chip Sony made for Nintendo, could get much closer to the real thing.
LeeHOST
Here's the Super Nintendo.
Lawrence AdamsHOST
And after this didn't make, he stopped programming pinball because he was doing a little game called Mortal Kombat.
Lawrence AdamsHOST
Sound on this game was Dan Forden, Mr. Toasty himself, who before this was doing Atlantis and after this was doing Bad Cats, which is just
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an amazing game.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah.
speaker_0HOST
Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of the Wedgehead Pinball Podcast.
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In our last episode, we were fortunate enough to chat with one of the most legendary pinball sound designers of all time, Mr. Dan Forden.
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We dug into his career, picked his brain on his creative process, but in this episode, we're going to listen to some of his actual compositions and music and see if any of these clips can jog some memories and stories from our guest of honor.
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He has worked on over 15 pinball machines, and we're going to cover most of them, at least as many as I can find good sources to rip clips from, and it should be a good time.