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codeman38:
Ever encounter a retro game soundtrack that's just so amazingly over-the-top you can't believe it's actually playing on the hardware it's playing on? Well, this thread is for those.

Here's one to start things off: Ottifanten: Kommando Störtebeker for Game Boy Color. What, you've never heard of it? Neither had I. It's a rather boring licensed game based off of a German cartoon, and was only released in German-speaking countries. But the soundtrack was done by Stello Doussis, a guy who'd gotten his start in the Commodore 64 demoscene... and oh, does it show. I seriously had no idea some of these sounds could be produced on 8-bit Game Boy hardware.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ2PjbKfpvs&p=7ACBE540FC2DF52D&index=1


Edit: And a second one: Super Adventure Island for SNES. Just keep in mind this is from an SNES game from 1992. Heck, I couldn't believe it in 1992.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5nVYcfylzc


Edit #2: Feel free to move this to the music forum if it fits better there, mods. I couldn't decide which one it went better in, since this is about music that was actually in retro games.

Awesome Panda:
Lagrange Point on the Famicom, mainly because it used a VRC7 chip which made the music sound like it was being played on a Mega Drive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRQAG_jODy0&feature=related

The intro to Action 52. As horrible as the multicart itself is, the PCM music in the intro (which is ripped off from It Takes Two by Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, BTW) is actually pretty clear for a NES game, certainly better than "GOASHTBUSHTAZ!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COxUuxJ8-rs&feature=related

taizou:
i always felt that way about Sunsoft's later stuff on the NES. Its hard to believe something like Journey to Silius is coming from the same console as 99% of other NES games.
 I'm not sure if I'd count Lagrange Point though. since it basically bypasses the FC sound chip entirely :D

[and Super Adventure Island is awesome! i've never heard that one before]

brightentayle:
Summer Carnival '92: Recca and Gimmick! Nuff said.

Awesome Panda:
taizouSep 26 2010, 07:25:23 AMi always felt that way about Sunsoft's later stuff on the NES. Its hard to believe something like Journey to Silius is coming from the same console as 99% of other NES games. [/quote]Gotta agree with you on that. Super Spy Hunter was always one of my favourite soundtracks on the NES.

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