Computer games and their music.

[Richard1978]

Re: Computer games and their music.

The console market can be interesting with some systems being more popular in some places than others.

IIRC the Mega Drive sold better in Europe compared to the SNES, which was more popular in the USA & Japan.

[catflap]

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I remember the Turrican games being highly lauded by everyone. For me they were only worth loading up for the music, the games themself were a bit boring.

I remember only really liking the stage they did where you controlled a spaceship - was like a scramble clone.

[trip2themoon]

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I loved my Master System (and still have a decent collection of Master System games for the Power Base Converter for my Mega Drive) but was always a bit disappointed with its weak sound chip. I think the Zilog CPU also did the Master System's sound. Despite being the older system the NES seemed to have much better sound. I was even more disappointed when I discovered that for the Japanese Master System there is an add on that gives the console FM sound that is almost as good as the Mega Drive's sound. You can see videos of the Master System games in FM on You Tube and the FM sound makes a huge difference for the atmosphere in games like Outrun and R Type.

The RetroN5 console has almost every cartridge slot on it except the Master System but you can play Master System games on it through the Mega Drive slot if you have a Power Base Converter and interestingly enough it plays the Master System games in FM if it was an FM compatible game. I watched a vid on You Tube and the guy was playing Outrun on it with the Power Base Converter and it was playing the FM sound. I really want to get myself one of those RetroN5s. Would be great to have an all in one like that and it's compatible with all the old control pads too.

When I got my Master System I would have happily paid an extra £20 or whatever to have the FM sound chip.

Us Europeans made the Master System a success yet the Japanese never seem to respect the European market. They favour the Yanks despite us having more then double the population.

[darren]

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METROID FOR THE NES.

GREAT GAME MUSIC.

https://youtu.be/emCiJZJ5V3o

[darren]

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METROID PRIME SOUNDTRACK.

https://youtu.be/tBq_SueS8oo

[darren]

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thats a bit steep 3 hundred and 99 for mw.
And 3 hundred and 50 for st.

Ive heard its a mix of both 1 and 2 myself.

both have superb game music tho.

i'd like to get super turrican for my snes but people are wanting silly money for it. Someone on ebay wants £350 for his just because it's boxed with the instruction book. Some people place way too much value on the box and instructions. I once saw mario world on ebay for £399, the stupid price was because it was still factory sealed. £400 for the most common game on the snes, an absolute mad man.

I've heard that super turrican is a mix of both turrican 1 and 2. On the amiga turrican 1 and 2 are almost the same game.

[trip2themoon]

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MUSIC WAS FANTASTIC SOME TURRICAN GAMES WHERE BETTER THAN OTHERS THERE WAS A SUPER TURRICAN GAME.

FANTASTIC MUSIC FROM MEGAMAN X STORM EAGLE STAGE.

https://youtu.be/6UftGhgLpts?t=10s

I'd like to get Super Turrican for my SNES but people are wanting silly money for it. Someone on Ebay wants £350 for his just because it's boxed with the instruction book. Some people place way too much value on the box and instructions. I once saw Mario World on Ebay for £399, the stupid price was because it was still factory sealed. £400 for the most common game on the SNES, an absolute mad man.

I've heard that Super Turrican is a mix of both Turrican 1 and 2. On the Amiga Turrican 1 and 2 are almost the same game.

[darren]

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MUSIC WAS FANTASTIC SOME TURRICAN GAMES WHERE BETTER THAN OTHERS THERE WAS A SUPER TURRICAN GAME.

FANTASTIC MUSIC FROM MEGAMAN X STORM EAGLE STAGE.

https://youtu.be/6UftGhgLpts?t=10s

^

I remember the Turrican games being highly lauded by everyone. For me they were only worth loading up for the music, the games themself were a bit boring.

[trip2themoon]

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^

I remember the Turrican games being highly lauded by everyone. For me they were only worth loading up for the music, the games themself were a bit boring.

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i loved this piece of music in turrican 2.

[darren]

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Wonderful music to that stage.
Konami did some great game music as ive got quite a lot of there game.

THOUGHT THIS HAS A WONDERFUL SOUNDTRACK.

WONDERBOY IN MONSTERLAND.

I PLAYED THE ARCADE VERSION SO NOT SURE IF BOTH SOUNDTRACKS ARE THE SAME.

https://youtu.be/EYe37VgGMeM?list=PL...OKjf9HtdB85fEO

the uploader of the strider soundtrack deserves kicked balls for using that cover. I don't know who that is on that cover but it's not hiryu. Strider hiryu is not a white european, he's japanese or possibly from hong kong. I have the jap version and it's cover really is a work of art:



sometimes i like to dig out my nes just for dd2 just to hear that intro. Here's the greatest 16 bit bgm ever. No one on the super nintendo could top konami for music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afbdur-l6nq

[trip2themoon]

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HERE IT IS AND YES ITS SUBERB INDEED.

https://youtu.be/hLGCVvzCaik

ANOTHER COOL ONE IS DOUBLE DRAGON 2.
https://youtu.be/MPjvRddcECA

SOMETIMES I COULD SIT AND LISTEN TO THESE AMAZING SOUNDTRACKS NOT PLAY THE GAME.

The uploader of the Strider soundtrack deserves kicked balls for using that cover. I don't know who that is on that cover but it's not Hiryu. Strider Hiryu is not a white European, he's Japanese or possibly from Hong Kong. I have the Jap version and it's cover really is a work of art:



Sometimes I like to dig out my NES just for DD2 just to hear that intro. Here's the greatest 16 bit BGM ever. No one on the Super Nintendo could top Konami for music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfBDur-l6nQ

[darren]

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VERY NICE MATE.

AND ANOTHER FAVE OF MINE F ZERO X.

https://youtu.be/EPn4kCTnJ-0

Here you go. Probably my all time favourite computer game music - especially the bit from 1:46:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4QKvV1DshE

[Cartimand]

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Here you go. Probably my all time favourite computer game music - especially the bit from 1:46:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4QKvV1DshE

[darren]

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HERE IT IS AND YES ITS SUBERB INDEED.

https://youtu.be/hLGCVvzCaik

ANOTHER COOL ONE IS DOUBLE DRAGON 2.
https://youtu.be/MPjvRddcECA

SOMETIMES I COULD SIT AND LISTEN TO THESE AMAZING SOUNDTRACKS NOT PLAY THE GAME.

Strider has some of the most wonderfully atmospheric music I've ever heard in a game. Roaring is a beautiful tune and I love the crazy accordion sounds of Gravity Unusual. The slow organ music as you approach Grandmaster Meio is quite stunning and sets up the final fight perfectly.