Best Old School Game Music

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Ok, I'm talking pre playstation days here. I'm thinking the top are

1. Megaman 2 - Simple, but perfect for what it was:D
2. Super Metroid - One of the few soundtracks that could really work your emotions in an action game. :eek:
3. Zelda - Just because it was Zelda, heh heh;)
4. Gunstar Heroes - Best 2 player shooter of all time had great music as well.:p
5 Castlevania Series - Just good stuff all around.:cool:

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Super Mario Bros. : )
 
Miata: Really? SMB? the whole series or just the original.
 
Just the original. . . It is one of those songs that you can get stuck in your head for days unless you actually play the game. If you are musically inclined too, you can put a pretty dope beat to it and jam out all day : )
 
That much is true. I have a few SMB remixes. Of course I think the Megaman OC remixes are the best. And the the airman one the best of those.
 
Kirby's Adventure for the NES.
 
kof 96! concuring with castlevania >> and sekon dehuitseden 3
 
Dquan: My fiance` has the movie of the guy playing that tune on the guitar. It's a trip to watch. Pretty amazing actually.
 
Chrono Trigger and FF3(6) had some great music, but for the time Starfox had the best music by a good margin.
 
Originally posted by Swift
Dquan: My fiance` has the movie of the guy playing that tune on the guitar. It's a trip to watch. Pretty amazing actually.
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The link I posted is that movie. You can either left click and play it streaming, or right click and save it.
 
Dquan: Doh! I'm on this work machine and it doesn't have the latest Windows Media Player. So only the audio came through. My bad. but good link. Thanks
 
TOP 3
1. Castlevania series - owns all imo
2. Sonic the Hedgehog series - just brilliant
3. Epica Stella / Vanguard Bandits - sounds very much like 16bit Sonic games

Sony PlayStation (have to name few y'know)
Wild Arms series - very original western style music
Tales of / Star Ocean series - nice and touchy
Ridge Racer series - only racing game where i don't turn game music off

Sega MegaDrive
E-Swat - especially that 1st helicopter boss theme
Streets of Rage - what a killer soundtrack...
Second Samurai - stylish and good
Shinobi - Idaten!
Mick & Mack: Global Gladiators - ya!
Dune: the Battle for Arrakis - nice appropriate sounding music
OutRun - Magical Shower ^_^
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - 2 player battle music

NES
New Ghostbusters II - i believe it was that 2nd level theme that i much liked
Astayanax - ya!
Contra - ownage nes soundtrack!
Mighty Final Fight - amazing music
Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers series - aww

Sega MasterSystem
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - superb music
Alex Kidd in Miracle World - sounds kinda cheesy now...
Miracle Warriors - rpg goodness

Sinclair ZX Spectrum
H.A.T.E. - intro music...
...damn, i feel old now
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btw
http://www.zophar.net/music.html - has lotsa videogame music in it's original format + players and plugins for winamp
http://www.vgmusic.com - videogame midis
 
Originally posted by Kaniyodrift

Mick & Mack: Global Gladiators - ya!
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Wasn't that the stupid McDonalds game. How that was the suck.
 
Originally posted by Race Idiot
Wasn't that the stupid McDonalds game. How that was the suck.
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Wasn't this thread about old school vgm?

oh and btw, i enjoyed that game ;)
 
Kaniyodrift: I have to agree with you about the music for the Ridge racer series. Except for Wipeout XL, all the other racing game music pretty much blows!
 
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