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Sunday, Apr 13, 2008

Ah, the 16-bit era. Fun times when you're making videos about sweet tunes. There's probably at least one or two titles in there you'll like.

From Bleeps to Beats, The Music of Video Games

Entry 81 - Mega Man X

Entry 82 - Spy Hunter

Entry 83 - Shadowrun

Entry 84 - Sonic the Hedgehog

Entry 85 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Entry 86 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Entry 87 - F-Zero

Entry 88 - Super Castlevania IV

Entry 89 - Castlevania: Dracula X

Entry 90 - Plok

Most here are known quantities, except maybe for the original Shadowrun (cyberpunk goodness) and Plok. The latter was composed by the Follin brothers and has a pretty neat trivia story attached to it. From what I understand, it seems that when he first heard the music to this game, Miyamoto actually thought that the cartridge had a special sound chip included to produce the tunes. Turns out it didn't, and Tim Follin is just a genius at pushing consoles to their auditory limit. I'm impressed. Gar out.

Category: Editorial
Posted by Garudoh, 3:40pm
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Good stuff again.
Posted Apr 13, 2008 4:27 pm PT
Nice, make them editorial man.
Posted Apr 13, 2008 5:18 pm PT
Hot damn, ya gotta love them 'Vanias.
Posted Apr 13, 2008 6:26 pm PT
I've not played either of those Castlevania games (only played from Symphony of the Night and on), but fantastic tracks there. I knew the newer games had fantastic music, but it seems it's a bit of a series tradition from this.
Posted Apr 14, 2008 4:32 am PT
Great music again!
Posted Apr 14, 2008 7:57 am PT
football_legend - Sure, why not. Although it'd be fun to have my series featured once, I doubt that'll happen, if only because my posts aren't very editorial-ish and just have links in them. Oh well, I'll give it a shot.

PAJ89 - Yeah, I'd go back even further to the original Castlevania game to be honest. I'd be hard-pressed to find any game in the franchise that doesn't have a triple-A soundtrack. Check out Castlevania III for NES in particular - absolutely genius.
Posted Apr 14, 2008 9:38 am PT
Hey, I noticed it! This Spy Hunter theme is set to the tune of a song by Henry Mancini. I don't know what it is though.
Posted Apr 14, 2008 10:20 am PT
@angeldeb82: Peter Gunn.

OT: Shadowrun was an awesome game with some good tunes. Why did the latest one have to be a retarded frag fest?
Posted Apr 14, 2008 3:26 pm PT
I'd say because gaming is going the way of Hollywood. A name, a franchise, seems like it can be more important and credible than actual quality, and that's just sad. Yeah, it's a pessimistic view, but I'm sure I'm not that far off the mark. I bet the pitch for the new Shadowrun game sounded oddly similar to some movie producer douchebag selling a crappy remake nobody wanted. Oh well, at least we have the original, that game was friggin' awesome.
Posted Apr 14, 2008 4:18 pm PT
Well it was more of a rhetorical question, Gar, but thanks for answering anyway.
Posted Apr 15, 2008 9:36 am PT
Oh I know, I was just venting.
Posted Apr 17, 2008 9:37 am PT
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