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Love 8bit game tunes. My fav soundtrack was on sega's Herzog Zwei.
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Oooh, hard to pick from the old Hewson days... Uridium, Alleykat, Morpheus...

Wizball had some amazing music actually. In fact, the Commodore 64 had by far the best sound chip of its era.

Mega Man 2's entire score and Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.

Originally posted by Impediment
Mega Man 2's entire score and Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. The american/european version I hope, the Japanese soundtrack to Castlevania II sucked ass with the exception of silence of daylight.

Anyway, I would defintely add Mega Man 3 and 4 to this list as well as the Japanese version of Castlevania III and the two Metal Gear games on MSX. Oh, and Duck Tales on NES.

Pokemon Gold & Silver Battle with Lance and Red. Then the soundtrack of Kirby's Adventure!

One that comes to mind is Kraid's theme in the original Metroid, in addition to those pokeymanz ones mentioned.

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These deserve mention as well.

There are so many but Battletoads just might win based on the pause music alone.

Battletoads Pause Music? Nahh, I like the level 1 theme more.

Also these are also > Battletoads Pause Music. HFKtYCcMWT4
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Super Mario Brothers 2 -the whole soundtrack (st)-

Sonic 1 (the whole st)

mega mans 1 and 2 -the whole st-

Mortal Kombat pt. 1 (the stage with the crowd of monks clapping after a fight with shang tsung seated in a balcony in the background.)

Actraiser (stage 1 - act 1)

Killer Instinct (saberwulf's stage)

i think a couple of those games were 16 bit though..not sure.

Originally posted by Demonic Phoenix
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100% agreement.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
Super Mario Brothers 2 -the whole soundtrack (st)-

Sonic 1 (the whole st)

mega mans 1 and 2 -the whole st-

Mortal Kombat pt. 1 (the stage with the crowd of monks clapping after a fight with shang tsung seated in a balcony in the background.)

Actraiser (stage 1 - act 1)

Killer Instinct (saberwulf's stage)

i think a couple of those games were 16 bit though..not sure.

Sonic 1 was infact 16-bit.

Originally posted by Demonic Phoenix
Battletoads Pause Music? Nahh, I like the level 1 theme more.

Also these are also > Battletoads Pause Music. HFKtYCcMWT4
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estahuh Battletoads had the best music in their era.

All of the levels actually.
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Originally posted by Impediment
Mega Man 2's entire score

I actually did a multi-track recording of the Wily theme posted earlier on my violin. It's badass.

Originally posted by Tha C-Master
Battletoads had the best music in their era.

All of the levels actually.
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That brings back some fond memories. Ghosts & Goblins and Battletoads are the only games that ever made me damage my console.

Imo, The Spring Yard Zone in Sonic and the password song for Megaman 3 are my wins.

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Originally posted by Tha C-Master
Battletoads had the best music in their era.

All of the levels actually.




Correction, Battletoads had SOME of the best music in the era, not THE best. There are some 8 bit tunes out there that are better than the music in battletoads, but meh, all comes down to personal opinion.

Your Mom came to personal opinion.

Originally posted by No End N Site
That brings back some fond memories. Ghosts & Goblins and Battletoads are the only games that ever made me damage my console.

Imo, The Spring Yard Zone in Sonic and the password song for Megaman 3 are my wins. You're probably a gaming god.Originally posted by Demonic Phoenix
Correction, Battletoads had SOME of the best music in the era, not THE best. There are some 8 bit tunes out there that are better than the music in battletoads, but meh, all comes down to personal opinion.

It's ok to be wrong.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Your Mom came to personal opinion.

Don't confuse your mom with mine.

Originally posted by Tha C-Master
It's ok to be wrong.

Glad you agree you were wrong.

Originally posted by Demonic Phoenix
Don't confuse your mom with mine.



Glad you agree you were wrong. Wrong about you being accurate.

Originally posted by Tha C-Master
Wrong about you being accurate.

But I was accurate about you being wrong.

I was wrong... about you being accurate.

The one for the first level from Ghouls and Ghosts.

While I think Streets of Rage was 16-bit, I just need to mention that its level 1 background music was burned into my subcranium since my childhood.

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Crono's Theme (Chrono Trigger)

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Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Crono's Theme (Chrono Trigger)

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That's 16-bit

Originally posted by Kosmic King
That's 16-bit
That's the 8-bit version CD release by Squaresoft.

The original version from the SNES is 16-bit.

Originally posted by Kosmic King
Sonic 1 was infact 16-bit.
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And yet the 8-bit version of Green Hill from the Master System game was better than the 16-bit one.

I'd also like again that people should specifiy which system. music could vary radically by country especially between NES/Famicom/Disk System games.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
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And yet the 8-bit version of Green Hill from the Master System game was better than the 16-bit one.


You've gotta be kidding me......

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Prelude from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

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Prelude from Akumajo Densetsu, the Japanese version of the same game for the Famicom.

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So far from what I've seen, the games with the biggest discrepancies are mainly games that were released in Japan on the Disk System or had extra sound chips in their cartridges. The big ones are Metroid, both NES Zelda games, Castlevania II and III. Also, though the Japanese versions are generally better, it's not always the case or it's a toss up.

Originally posted by Kazenji
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I like the high melody and reverb on it much more than the 16-bit. It just seems more appropriate.

Two more...

*The Mario Theme
*The sound track of FFIII (though I've only played the DS remake, I liked the soundtrack)

No Zelda love!? FFFFF-

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ZELDA >>>>>>

THanks for reminding me!

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Originally posted by ScreamPaste
No Zelda love!? FFFFF-


ZELDA >>>>>>

Which do you like better? This is the version of the main theme from the original Famicom Disk System release of the first game. The first and second game have pretty significant sound effects and music differences between NES and Disk System and Zelda II has a completely different battle theme and level design.

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Originally posted by ScreamPaste
No Zelda love!? FFFFF-

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ZELDA >>>>>>


Mega Man 2/Contra/Double Dragon >>>> ZELDA >>>>


Originally posted by Impediment
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I like this rendition of MM2's soundtrack more than most other versions.

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Also, yes, I know it has foul language, but it's too ossum. uhuh

Zelda II Title Theme, Disk System Version. Pure Awesome

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I prefer the North American version of the first. mmm I'll listen to the second when I can pull myself away from this playlist, lol.

But yeah, ZELDA >

Then there's the soundtrack to the original Phantasy Star