Is there any favourite music in an Old Nintendo, SEGA or NEC console that you would love to share. Please share them here. Furthermore while I am certain old SEGA and NEC consoles aren't too offtopic to post, do keep Playstation and Xbox out of here. Not because they don't have good music, but their consoles simply are too new and they have their own subforum as well .
PS: If there is an MSX or C64 tune you just adore... do share as well, just please do keep it to games as it isn't fair to use demo scene music , developers simply didn't have the same tools back then .
I for one would like to start by posting the following two tunes.
The first is the Famicom Disk System version of the Zelda 2 Intro:
I just love how they used the extra Wave table channel of the system it adds a lot of "oomph" to the already dramatic opening of this offbeat in the Zelda franchise. Just compare it to the original and it is simply blowing you away.
The second is the Japanese version of Castlevania 3:
It uses an extra chip on the cart that added a few more channels. While Nintendo explicitly forbade the use of such chips in the west, and Konami had to make do with a mapper that just added one extra channel. The Japanese version is just a gem to listen to. The atmospheric sound, gritty NES like quality meeting that typical Konami add on chip sound (Also found in the SCC chip, which in turn is surprisigly similar in hardware to the Sound hardware of the PC Engine). Just take a listen and enjoy the magic of the VRC6 .
Specifically "Overture" and the Intro where the lightning strikes the cross are favourites of mine.
Overture is just so.. dark and gloomy knowing that Dracula will be waiting for you, and he's ready:
The subtle use of the Square wave in the background is just pure genius!
As for the intro, it's just the standard epic tune:
Last that I wish to share in this post is a game that made me make this thread in the first place. The Brilliant work of Yuzo Koshiro. Not only known for Act Raiser, he also was behind Streets of Rage and was a fellow Composer in Kid Icarus: Uprising (Magnus's Theme and Dark Lord Gaol).
Specifically I would like to share the work he did for SEGA's Gamegear version of Shinobi 2. With the limited sound available Yuzo Koshiro was able to often get a nice beat out of the system:
And another tune that just spells Yuzo Koshiro in style .
http://youtu.be/2o24H52QX_0
PS: If there is an MSX or C64 tune you just adore... do share as well, just please do keep it to games as it isn't fair to use demo scene music , developers simply didn't have the same tools back then .
I for one would like to start by posting the following two tunes.
The first is the Famicom Disk System version of the Zelda 2 Intro:
I just love how they used the extra Wave table channel of the system it adds a lot of "oomph" to the already dramatic opening of this offbeat in the Zelda franchise. Just compare it to the original and it is simply blowing you away.
The second is the Japanese version of Castlevania 3:
It uses an extra chip on the cart that added a few more channels. While Nintendo explicitly forbade the use of such chips in the west, and Konami had to make do with a mapper that just added one extra channel. The Japanese version is just a gem to listen to. The atmospheric sound, gritty NES like quality meeting that typical Konami add on chip sound (Also found in the SCC chip, which in turn is surprisigly similar in hardware to the Sound hardware of the PC Engine). Just take a listen and enjoy the magic of the VRC6 .
Specifically "Overture" and the Intro where the lightning strikes the cross are favourites of mine.
Overture is just so.. dark and gloomy knowing that Dracula will be waiting for you, and he's ready:
The subtle use of the Square wave in the background is just pure genius!
As for the intro, it's just the standard epic tune:
Last that I wish to share in this post is a game that made me make this thread in the first place. The Brilliant work of Yuzo Koshiro. Not only known for Act Raiser, he also was behind Streets of Rage and was a fellow Composer in Kid Icarus: Uprising (Magnus's Theme and Dark Lord Gaol).
Specifically I would like to share the work he did for SEGA's Gamegear version of Shinobi 2. With the limited sound available Yuzo Koshiro was able to often get a nice beat out of the system:
And another tune that just spells Yuzo Koshiro in style .
http://youtu.be/2o24H52QX_0