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What are some of the catchiest tunes on 8-bit and 16-bit hardware ?

>> No.6106492

Absolute Sega kino.

It just has that...rawness that only the Sega has ever had.

https://youtu.be/TnLAC5AJPuM

>> No.6106494

>>6106492
Mah nigga

>> No.6106496

>>6106494
I've never had a console that has such a distinctive soundchip than the Mega Drive/Genesis.

CD audio ruined soul in gaming music

>> No.6106513

Gradius II - Ending Farewell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oLyoGoiYxs

Power Drift - Like the Wind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NQBLaSvPow

After Burner II - After Burner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyIIEBMh_2k

Zero Wing - Stage 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVdW72_B4_c

>> No.6106518

>>6106496
>CD audio ruined soul in gaming music
I agree :(

>> No.6106523

>>6106513
not op but those are some good choices that after burner song always gets me so amped up i always gotta fly max speed haha.

my fave from power drift is this one though
https://youtu.be/UaY2jPijF6Q

>> No.6106524

>>6106518
There's been some good technical music, sure. But it's all orchestrated shit nowadays, or that fake chiptune shit like in Undertale

>> No.6106535

>>6106490
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jcdiSG1uVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX4-NfrDN58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqgCsdFaJlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tj_CsCt6vY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgWTjsekm0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IyCb-jFfUY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1dRzjA_Xlc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glEoILTAxvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ4IYPUsToc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gRaomMrMR0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCrAyZHYipw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5OMA21uyXE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrWp4taT4yI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdI9eLBHQI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZpS7u0u52E

>> No.6106556

>>6106535
Gold

>> No.6106565
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>>6106518
>>6106496
Constraint is the fertile soil for creativity.
Hardware constraint pushed composer to create themes ans suites.
Themes is what define video games scores for a very long time and that why older tunes are so catchy and memorable.

Problem is with less and less constraints, the medium got open to un-specialized composers who work on a game like they would work on a commercial or a movie.


Here is what I am into recently (going for an all clear), This is game is outstanding in so many ways.

Even if it's his first work Shinji Hosoe made an amazing compositions like Area 2 (volcanic level) or Area 6 (Ice Age level).
Dragon Spirit Area 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGVYLBtzDzY
Dragon Spirit Area 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlFotEsi-ME

That why when he worked on more complexe hardware (like ZN1 or namco system) or optical media his compositions stayed as catchy and memorable.
Sorry for the bad english by the way.

>>6106535
This kind of post kill soundtracks topics.
1 to 3 links at max with an explanation for why is better.

>> No.6106576

Misty Blue (PC-88)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KOiDPpHFgw

Trouble Outsiders - A Battle with Destiny (PC-98)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW0ILbGhTNM

>> No.6106712

>>6106490
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NshpuMDgK6M

>> No.6106781

>>6106565
What's there to explain? Music speaks for itself

>> No.6106805
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6106805

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65vZZzAXnfE

>> No.6106850

>>6106781
Music has codes and definition, video game music was mostly pieces and to be prise Themes because technically you could not compose something else.

sticking to theme form is what make it "speak for itself" and why you like it.

>> No.6107820

I like https://youtu.be/bkyTz1Lwqvw?t=14

>>6106513
Like the Wind has a fun Vocaloid remix if you've never heard it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwv_WK1XaSM

Same with the quartet theme I posted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJX6MYV7A4s

>> No.6108538

>>6106490
C64 comin' in to show you how it's done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM8DxE5nt4U

>>6107820
>Quartet
Probably some of the best depth I've ever heard from just three squarewave channels.

>> No.6108993

>>6108538
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRoghzdWGxA is catchier.

>> No.6109348 [DELETED] 

>>6106490
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaXZ45oa1gs

>> No.6109352

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZilEDl2zi4

>> No.6109358

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE

>> No.6109509

>>6106576
mein neger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFXiAh7cGnY

>> No.6109520
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6109520

This one still makes me sweat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EygizeYq0xU&list=PLEOQ0YA_1DWkuZHo0yrOJz0PJEBlzmNou&index=3

>> No.6109532

>>6106565
>Constraint is the fertile soil for creativity.
this is why my favorite vg music is short loops

A lot of great ones are just 45 to 60 seconds. Japanese composers for NES did that very well.

Compare thart to the long wannabe mozart shit wankery the brits were doing in the same generation becasue space wasn't as restricted writing for commodore

>> No.6109543

>>6106496
>>6106518
Lies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSJeWCz2cXo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-xLS7W5vNY

>> No.6109559

>>6106490
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap-pO4pRYbA
catchiest track at 17:04

>> No.6112095

bamp

>> No.6112125

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6KqMUBSEWg
pc engine version is slightly better then the genesis

>> No.6112245

>>6109532
Whip Rush on MD is a perfect exemple of this art

Some brits done some amazing theme best exemple would be Matt Gray and his work on Last ninja 2

>> No.6113194

>>6106518
Some games took advantage of the new medium to make music that wouldn't be easily feasible in the past, such as jet set radio's music. And not retro but astral chain for the switch has music with two versions, the 'overworld' and 'battle' versions, and the music fades into the other when the time is right. I'm sure other games done this before, and I'm sure you could've done this in the past also, but still neat.

>> No.6113616

>>6106518
This don't apply to PCE Super CD

Cotton, Double Dragon 2, Nexzr, Y's 3, this list can be nearly endless.