Old NES games worth buying for the music alone...

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26 Apr 2012, 7:55 am

I'll throw my two cents in later but I'm curious on what other people will say here first.

I'm thinking mostly along the line of 8 bit but SNES or N64 would be fine as well.

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26 Apr 2012, 8:10 am

Yes, but i would also play them too. I have a NES console but no games currently. I also have an app on my windows phone with many of the Super Mario games' (NES/SNES/N64) music on it. I have the title screen music from Super Mario Kart as my ringtone.

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26 Apr 2012, 8:25 am

Lol, sorry, I see where my OP was a bit ambiguous. The question is 'Which games in this group would you rate highly?'.

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26 Apr 2012, 8:57 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYLiktxQ_50[/youtube]

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26 Apr 2012, 12:24 pm

First Legend of Zelda on the NES.

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26 Apr 2012, 12:54 pm

Since I've got a fairly long list I'll refrain from Youtube links.

Mine would be:

1) Shadowgate (NES)
2) Zelda - Ocarina of Time (N64)
3) Metroid (NES)
4) Dragon Warrior I (NES)
5) Faxanadu (NES)
6) Master Blaster (NES)
7) Ghouls & Ghosts (original of originals, NES)
8 ) Batman (NES)
9) Castlevania II (NES)

They're all good though admittedly I think original Shadowgate is about 150% for me.

What's funny as well is just how much of this you hear in other music as well. Anyone who claims it doesn't influence is still listening to golden age radio.

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26 Apr 2012, 12:59 pm

Mario and Tetris...
Final Fantasy
Contra, my lord that was a soundtrack.

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26 Apr 2012, 1:01 pm

To give a few others honorable mention as I think of them:
Bionic Commando
Ninja Gaiden
Rygar

If I can think of more I'll add.

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26 Apr 2012, 1:14 pm

Na na na na, na na na na Pac-Man

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26 Apr 2012, 3:33 pm

Prettymuch anything by Capcom. Seriously.

techstepgenr8tion wrote:

1) Shadowgate (NES)

Ah, yeah, all of those games had pretty swell music (Deja Vu and Uninvited). Maniac Mansion was another adventure game that wasn't that great on the NES, but made up for it with awesome music.

techstepgenr8tion wrote:

The question is 'Which games in this group would you rate highly?'.

Not sure exactly what you mean.

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26 Apr 2012, 6:27 pm

The "Mega Man" and "Mega Man X" series have very catchy music.

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26 Apr 2012, 7:42 pm

Magician and Mega Man 1-3.

I'd have mentioned Shadowgate, Deja Vu and Uninvited, but two people beat me to them.

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26 Apr 2012, 8:39 pm

By far it has to be Mario Paint. You could even make your own music in the game. I have so much time spent making music and swatting flies in this game ... The good old days of childhood. I will probably buy this on Ebay soon, just in case I ever get a kid... Surely, he or she will love it even if it takes me 30 years to find a good woman to pop one out!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gc-1Dq3uQQ&feature=related[/youtube][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woew39Oins4&feature=related[/youtube]

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29 Apr 2012, 4:03 pm

I nominate Desert Commander as a game worth buying for the in-game music:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnW-4Wj2Sk0[/youtube]

This is theme 2 from the game.

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29 Apr 2012, 6:01 pm

NES titles just for the music...hmm!
Okay, how about these:

*Metal Gear 2: Snake's Revenge
*The Legend of Zelda
*Super Mario Bros. 3
*Rockman 1-3 (Megaman)
*Final Fantasy (first one)

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30 Apr 2012, 11:59 am

Douglas_MacNeill wrote:

I nominate Desert Commander as a game worth buying for the in-game music

Dear God. This brings back memories.

This one was one of my favorites from that game:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHt8dNTxpfI&feature=relmfu[/youtube]

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