These are highlights from the Rex Viper/AVGN panel at Game On Expo, Phoenix Arizona 4/6/2025. It was the last panel on Sunday afternoon. Rex Viper performed Saturday, the day before (4/5/2025). We gave the audience a sneak peak at the upcoming videos and the AVGN 8-bit game.
Rex Viper performing Never Surrender by Lion, as heard in the movie The Wraith (1986)!
Rex Viper performing Supersonic by Bad Religion, and Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone theme, and Sonic Boom from Sega CD. The video footage was a rehearsal in June 2022, prior to the live performance at TooManyGames (which is also seen in this video).
Rex Viper performing Push it to the Limit by Paul Engemann as featured in the movie Scarface (1983) and Star Fox (SNES), Stage 1: Corneria. The video was filmed in 2021.
On October 2021, Rex Viper met in-person as a full band for the first time ever at Surreal Sound Studios in Philadelphia to rehearse for our first show. This footage was taken from that very first interaction between us which makes it extra special. The audio is from the final studio recording. So this video […]
Rex Viper performing live at Portland Retro Gaming Expo on Friday the 13th in October of 2023 (Portland, Oregon). This is the band’s very first west coast performance. This recording was taken from multiple sources, mainly Pixel Pond who were extremely helpful, with the addition of various crowd cameras. Tech stuff. The only available recorded […]
Rex Viper “Live at The Water Tower” took place inside an arcade, appropriately, at Arnold’s, as part of TooManyGames, Oaks PA, June 24, 2023. What you see here is partly fan-filmed! This multi-cam edit uses footage from our own cameras on stage, and cameras from the crowd, bringing you the full experience, capturing the excitement […]
Here’s Rex Viper’s fourth song… “Eye of the Tiger Electronics”!!! It’s the classic Eye of the Tiger from Rocky III (originally performed by Survivor) mixed with some Mega Man tunes. The song follows the struggles of a Mega Man 2 Tiger Electronics handheld going up against it’s toughest rival: the Nintendo Game Boy!!
Here’s Rex Viper’s third song… “Hearts on Fire”!!! It’s one of the most badass montage songs from Rocky IV. Originally performed by rock singer John Cafferty and written by Vince DiCola (also on keyboards), Ed Fruge, and Joe Esposito, true legends of the 80’s action montage soundtrack. This song has been called a “high-adrenaline rock’n’roll […]
Here’s Rex Viper’s second song… “Nintendo Power of Love”!!! It’s a Back to the Future medley, combining Huey Lewis’ Power of Love (from the movie) and a faster version of the song (from the NES game.)Here’s Rex Viper’s second song… “Nintendo Power of Love”!!! It’s a Back to the Future medley, combining Huey Lewis’ Power […]
Introducing Rex Viper’s first song… Mighty Wings and Hadoukens!!! A cover of both Top Gun and Street Fighter! We realized Ken’s theme from Street Fighter 2 sounds like the opening riff of Mighty Wings by Cheap Trick (which is in the movie Top Gun.) This is a music video we performed and shot separately over […]