The Greatest Video Game Music Playlist of All Time [Video Game Music Thread]

[Superfrequency]

It's not so much because it's Guns N Roses, i'd still dislike it if it was a band i liked. It's because it has absolutely fucking nothing to do with megaman and i have zero tolerance for shitty localization team decisions.

Agreed. But also on top of that I hate Guns N Roses.

vidya jams on vinyl whaaaaaaaaaat

That's actually really cool. Most people these days don't really treat video game music like "real" music.


also dang how did they get the huge sounding bass on that Mr. Gimmick track? I didn't even think the NES could produce bass sounds like that...

Sega has actually done a number of limited collectory records. I didn't know they did it as far back as 1987, and with Fantasy Zone. I think it would be appropriate to designate that as way past cool.

I have no idea. Sunsoft is notorious for their thick bass on NES, but the famous "Sunsoft bass" sample heard in Journey To Silius, Gremlins 2 et al. also appears in the same song (0:39), and the phasey bass is clearly not a sample. The only other alternative seems to be additional hardware, but I was under the impression that only the Famicom could handle additional sound channels, and this game did get a limited PAL release. It's definitely not a sample, so if it's not additional hardware some genius programmer figured out how to do big chorusey pulse waves. Just based on my own knowledge of synthesis it sounds like the regular NES pulse with a really thick chorus effect and light phaser on it, but the phasing can be (and likely was) simulated with clever instrument sequencing. You can also simulate a chorus with both pulse channels, but they're both in use in the above song! Whatever they did, it's brilliant.

e: WAIT

IF THEY'RE NOT USING A SAMPLE IN THE PARTS WITH THE CHORUS BASS

ONE OF THE REGULAR SOUNDING WAVEFORMS MUST BE A SAMPLE, FREEING UP BOTH PULSE CHANNELS FOR CHORUS

That's got to be it

[Stij]

that would make sense! Clever.

[ColonelFatso]

The video description states outright that the posted versions are FC versions using the FME-07 for extra squares. Couldn't be a sample anyway, as the DMC is simultaneously being used for drums and I haven't yet seen a 'legit' example of SuperNSF-esque multi-sampling.

EDIT: Okay, not outright, but the implication is there and all other sane solutions are ruled out.

[Superfrequency]

I have to question why the uploader would use the PAL cart art then when the game sounds different in that region but describe it in such detail.



Boring bass.

That also answers my question as to how they could have had the simulated delay on so many channels at once.

Probably going to end up buying a Famicom now for the like six games I want for it :T

[BRPXQZME]

BRPXQZME -> Touhou -> U.N. Owen was Her. What say you?

I say “hey, check this out.”

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(it’s my render of this... better in some ways, but how do i mastered track :| )

By the way, audio was not the only thing Sunsoft was unnecessarily good at on the Famicom.

[Superfrequency]

By the way, audio was not the only thing Sunsoft was unnecessarily good at on the Famicom.

All of a sudden I don't ever want to use an RGB cable. The picture is obviously very sharp on his setup, but it is blatantly oversaturated. All it takes is one look at the official artwork or an emulator to know Mega Man does not have banana yellow skin, and Metal Man is not fuschia (and don't tell me the NES can't display red). My composite hookups are not that blurry or pastelly, and his also look doubly faded because they're being compared to something oversaturated. Also he assumes his capture device is completely neutral.

Sunsoft was a great developer all-round. The way the first Batman game for the NES taught players about the jump and weapon mechanics in the first stage without insulting tutorials was very skillfully done. They're definitely one of my favorite devs of the era. It's too bad a lot of their best stuff never made it over here. I have to import Gimmick!, Hebereke, Super Fantasy Zone and Trip World.

Also they published Power Quest. Which is. Not the best. And has quite possibly the most generic video game title ever conceived.

[BRPXQZME]

All of a sudden I don't ever want to use an RGB cable. The picture is obviously very sharp on his setup, but it is blatantly oversaturated. All it takes is one look at the official artwork or an emulator to know Mega Man does not have banana yellow skin, and Metal Man is not fuschia (and don't tell me the NES can't display red). My composite hookups are not that blurry or pastelly, and his also look doubly faded because they're being compared to something oversaturated. Also he assumes his capture device is completely neutral.

Look at the rest of his site for photographs and you’ll see the colors are less different when used the way they’re meant to be used, as opposed to hooking up a capture card with weird EE shit (not that some degree of that isn’t involved for a lot of systems...). I just linked that one page for the one game’s screenshot; most developers at the time obviously targeted outputs that were about as blurry and artifacted as the average consumer’s.

Hell, I think blarrg’s NTSC filter is one of the coolest things to happen to game emulation in the past several years (even though his work on sound emulation is the true gem ).

Speaking of Sunsoft: Waku Waku 7 (Yes, it’s another weird/cute thing, except this one’s a NEO·GEO fighting game)

[Superfrequency]

I know. Just sayin' his comparison was flawed. Sunsoft games look good no matter how you hook up the NES. Also who is blarrg even though I googled the thing you said

Waku Waku 7 is sadly one of the few Neo Geo games that was not released on the NGCD.



1:39 "Yay."

e: lmao the sandbag in the bonus stage is named Bonus Kun

[Ed]

Waku Waku 7, Yes

'Nother sort of obscure Neo geo fighter:

[BRPXQZME]

I’m kind of into obscure fighters, myself (though how obscure are they really, when they can be looked up fairly easily nowadays?). Have some Matrimelee (part of the Power Instinct series).



Lyrics (romanized from here with a couple modifications, rough translation by me... I normally stay as far away from song translations as I can due to things getting lost/added in translation, but this one is simply a fun song about overclocking):

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Yēi!
Yay!

Kyō mo ryukku seotte Akibahara (rettsu go!)
Another day, backpacking in Akibahara (let’s go!)
Pātsu-ya asari ni ura dōri (waku-waku)
Back alleys hunting for parts shops (woohoo!)
Shuyaku no shīpīyū mo daiji da keredo (de mo sā)
Though the leading role of the CPU is important (well, you see)
Yappari kaname wa mazabō yo (da yo nē)
The vital point is the mobo, of course (yes, it is!)

Asobi kokoro no nai yō na
Baiosu nante kyōmi wa nai wa
We have no interest in BIOS that doesn’t have a playful spirit
Kekkyoku no benchi o mireru yō na
Kyokugen no hayasa made chōsen shitai kara (suitchi ōn!)
Because we will challenge up to extreme speed that will show the ultimate bench (switch on!)

Ra-ra-ra ōbākurokku (Iē!) Netsubōsō (Fū!)
Lalala overclock (yay!) heat running amok (phew!)
Ara-ara reikyaku ga hitsuyō ne (maji de?)
My, oh my, the cooling is essential, you know (seriously?)
Ra-ra-ra ōbākurokku (Iē!) Netsubōsō (Fū!)
Lalala overclock (yay!) heat running amok (phew!)
Urusai no wa iya da kara, seion fan ni shichau wa (ne!)
We don’t want noise, so we’ll use quiet fans! (yep!)

“Yappa kēsu wa furutawā yo ne!”
“Well of course the case is a full tower!”
“Tte yū ka, kono hītoshinku chō-dekai yo.”
“Come to think of it, this heat sink is super-big!”
“Ān, mō, mata furīzu shita! Antei warusugi!”
“Ugh, geez, it froze again! It’s too unstable!”
“Demo jōkaku wa yappa yada yo”
“But we don’t like stock settings!”
“Nē!”
“Yeah!”

Kyō mo kōgu katate ni jisakubeya (rettsu gō!)
Another day, tool in hand in the PC-building room (let’s go!)
Tenareta tetsuki de bara shichau (doki-doki)
Taking them apart with a practiced hand (heart a-pounding!)
Kowareta shīpīyū wa nankome kashira (yada yada)
How many broken CPUs does that make? (oh no, oh no!)
Sore demo yappari yamerarenai (da yo nē)
Despite that, we won’t quit, of course (we mean it!)

Dare demo kigaru ni tsukaeru yō na
Mēkā-hin nado kyōmi wa nai wa
We have no interest in manufactured things that anyone can use easily.
Sekai ni tatta hitotsu no yume miru yō na
Dare mo urayamu mashin ni shitai kara (suitchi ōn!)
Because we want machines that everyone in the world who has this one dream will envy (switch on!)

Ra-ra-ra ōbākurokku (iē!) netsubōsō (fū!)
Lalala overclock (yay!) heat running amok (phew!)
Ara-ara kemuri ga dete iru wa (maji de?)
My, oh my, it’s spewing smoke (seriously?)
Ra-ra-ra ōbākurokku (iē!) netsubōsō (fū!)
Lalala overclock (yay!) heat running amok (phew!)
Moechau no wa iya da kara, suireikyaku ni shichau wa (katchoī!)
We don’t want it to burn, so we’ll put in water cooling (kewwl!)

Suitchi ōn!
Switch on!

“Are? Tomacchatta yo?”
“What? It cut off?”
“Mō! Dō sun no yo~?”
“Geez! What’re we gonna do?”
“Kōyū toki wa ne, kō suru no YO!”
“When this happens, you do THIS!”
“A, ugoita!”
“Oh, it worked!”
“Rakkī!”
“Lucky!”

Ra-ra-ra ōbākurokku (iē!) netsubōsō (fū!)
Lalala overclock (yay!) heat running amok (phew!)
Ara-ara ōesu tachiagaranai (maji de!)
My, oh my, the OS won’t start up (seriously?)
Ra-ra-ra ōbākurokku (iē!) netsubōsō (fū!)
Lalala overclock (yay!) heat running amok (phew!)
Ugokanakerya iya da kara, sai-insutōru shichau wa (saikidō!)
We don’t want it to not work, so we’ll reinstall it (reboot!)

Ra-ra-ra ōbākurokku (iē!) netsubōsō (fū!)
Lalala overclock (yay!) heat running amok (phew!)
Ara-ara shīpīyū itchatta kashira (yabai yo ne?)
My, oh my, did the CPU die? (that sucks!)
Ra-ra-ra ōbākurokku (iē!) netsubōsō (fū!)
Lalala overclock (yay!) heat running amok (phew!)
Kowareta no wa iya da kedo, sunnari iku no mo tsumannai
We don’t like ’em broken, but things running smoothly is boring.

Toraburu mashin ni tokimeku no (moeru wa yo)
Our hearts beat for machines that will break (they burn!)

Admittedly, the game has gotten a bit of exposure in recent years, due to the “Let's Go! Onmyoji” video being a bit meme-tastic.

[Toast]

Not going to bother to check if this has been posted. These pages take a while to load.
Perhaps we should just post links to the videos instead of using the insert video button.

[deathsbuddy]

Sometimes I forget World of Goo exists.

Darn.

[Superfrequency]

[BRPXQZME]

(I’d post one of the orchestral versions except in the “Fithos” version the triangle is way too loud and in the “Distant Worlds” version it’s barely there)

[Quirk]

Just listen to this mashup.

[Superfrequency]

ITT your favorite shop themes

[ndoto]

Favorite shop themes, eh?

[Sheepers]

Well these aren't exactly shop themes more so than town ones. But since the music carries over into interiors in-game it should fit, right? :3'




I'd throw all of Okage's Playlist onto this thread if I could. Because obscure RPGs are amazing. Okage especially.

[Superfrequency]

It ain't all that obscure. I've played it.

's cute.

[LumberJackTV]

Zelda, Mario burned into my memory from playing them all while growing up. Classics!

[Elementoid]

The game technically isn't even out yet but dear god this music

[deathsbuddy]

Does this count
because
my god

[ArmsAreLoud]

I will never play him because fuck grapplers, but damn do I love Tager's theme song.

[ColonelFatso]

I figure this ALMOST counts as a shop theme:



And this one DEFINITELY counts (but isn't as awesome)



On a related note, just about the whole soundtrack is fantastic.

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Hell, even the MAP SCREEN is bitchin'

[Superfrequency]

You guys you know, like. You can post anything you want in this thread. It's sort of silly to try and meet a theme halfway when you can just post something you like for no reason. If it's not a shop theme you can just post it, you don't have to rationalize it.