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This is the last post you'll see on this blog, unfortunately. The roundup posts have become more of a tedious annoyance now, so there's really nothing left for me to contribute here on GameSpot. It's been fun guys and gals, it was nice meeting and chatting about the vidio gamez, but I'm done.
Of course, I'm still alive and well on my YouTube channel, so if any of you want to check up on my videos every once in a while, that'll be the place from now on. I had a lot of fun here on GameSpot, but honestly this site just isn't the same and it's time to move on. Blame Jeff Gerstmann.
Take care y'all, and catch you on the Yootoobs. Gar out.
Well, this one's pretty self-explanatory. All 16-bit titles, and nearly every one of them is a known gem of the past, so there's probably a few games in there that you played a hell of a lot of and enjoyed the tunes as well.
From Bleeps to Beats, The Music of Video Games
If you were a Super Nintendo kid back in the day and let the Streets of Rage franchise pass you by, you missed out on some great soundtracks. At least you got a few vids, and while you're at it, go for Secret of Mana and Super Mario RPG, I know you want to. More later this week. Gar out.
Time to break out the Doritos and the Mountain Dew, because the series has finally hit 100 entries. Still tons of 16-bit games to cover, leaving me to contemplate just how many more hundred videos I'll make in the future. I just thought I was making a little video feature about sweet gaming tunes, but now I've morphed into this completist mega-nerd seeking to leave no stone unturned, so I guess this'll just go on for many months to come.
From Bleeps to Beats, The Music of Video Games
Entry 92 - Zelda: A Link to the Past
Entry 94 - The Secret of Monkey Island
Entry 96 - Donkey Kong Country
Entry 97 - Donkey Kong Country 2
Entry 98 - Donkey Kong Country 3
Entry 100 - Day of the Tentacle
Yep, SF2 and the DKC games have cool music, I agree. That being said, I'd like to bring Snatcher to your attention. Like just about everything else in this game (maybe not the voice acting), the music is phenomenal if you ask me. Seriously Kojima, please go back to this franchise after you've served the fanboys your latest offering of cyber-chicks and ninjas running about. Just too good to let it die in obscurity like that. If you've ever heard the song 'Heat Miser' by Massive Attack, I'm quite certain you'll especially like the first tune in the video. If you haven't heard that song, well, stop reading this blog and go to iTunes or something like that. Gar out.
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 85 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Entry 86 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Entry 88 - Super Castlevania IV
Entry 89 - Castlevania: Dracula X
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.
The series continues, this time with a whole bunch of 16-bit games, most of which you probably know of already. I know, go click on some Final Fantasy games or Super Metroid, I'll just wait and jabber afterwards.
From Bleeps to Beats, The Music of Video Games
Entry 71 - Adventures of Batman and Robin
So yeah, Final Fantasy. Good music. Anyhoo, there's not much here that's really obscure, maybe with the exception of Sweet Home. Personally, I only found out about this game a few months ago, so I won't claim I knew all along, but this game is seriously the origin of Resident Evil, no doubt. Also in the 'whuh?' category, Adventures of Batman and Robin probably has one of the most unique 16-bit soundtracks ever, created by Jesper Kyd, whom some ultra-geeks might know is a pretty damn good composer. More tunes coming over the weekend. Gar out.
Edit: 100 blog posts. Woo.
When you're doing a series of videos about video game music and it takes you over 60 entries to get to Chrono Trigger, you know you're in for the long haul. Yep, definitely gonna take a while. Anyhoo, more tunes, and the bit count has even doubled in this batch, up to a staggering sixteen. Whoa.
From Bleeps to Beats, The Music of Video Games
Entry 63 - Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Aside from the obvious, I recommend some Top Gear awesomeness. If you played this sweet racer back in the day and don't remember any songs, click and ready yourself to say "oh yeeeeah" and nod your head in approval. Well, I did anyway. Terranigma is another overlooked gem if you ask me, so if you like snes-era rpg's, check that one as well. Gar out.
