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| Swimming in Nostalgia
I started working on a new project on my spare time and while trying to pick something to listen to I accidentally found the OST of a game I played when I was a kid, so I ended up listening to a bunch of soundtracks from old games for that sweet nostalgia and now I'm addicted to this. Here's some of my favourite tracks | | 1 | Homeworld
Composer: Paul Ruskay
HW is one of the most immersive RTS games I've played, the music plays a huge role in setting the tone, I don't remember ever being so emotionally invested in a game like this. Also my favourite game soundtrack ever
Imperial Battle Music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2re702QU6Ls | | 2 | Quake
Composer: Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)
I played this on the Sega Saturn at first and it was really impressive back then, the first Quake was ambient heavy with Lovecraftian influences. It really felt as if you were exploring bizarre worlds filled with castles, dungeons and ungodly monsters to kill. The soundtrack isn't spectacular on its own but it fits the game like a glove.
Parallel Dimensions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYi3qT1rQzA&ab_channel=keeroykeeroy | | 3 | Armored Core: For Answer
Composer: Kota Hoshino
AC is an old game series by From Software, I've honestly only played this one and 4. What's it about? Well ever wanted to build your own giant Japanese mech? If so, this is the game to play, it's probably the best Gundam simulator out there, the amount of customization is insane! The game is also fast paced fun and challenging, the story is subtle and in some cases even brilliant if you think about it, it packs a bigger punch if you've played the 4th game as FA is a direct sequel. The music is simple and catchy, it does get more and more eerie as you progress through the game and make your own plot choices
Turn It Around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0itPcwXwvU&ab_channel=keeroykeeroy | | 4 | Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Composers: Maki Kirioka, Akihiro Honda, Toshiyuki Kakuta, Norihiko Hibino
The sequel to the first ZOE was everything we could've hoped for and much more, it's got better gameplay, story, characters, and the music is so fucking good, you can play this stuff in your car. I played the PS3 HD version, highly recommended
Bahram Battleship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKMBeYKhcFg&ab_channel=MrGameSoundsMrGameSounds | | 5 | Sonic 3D (Saturn)
Composer: Richard Jacques
The first Sonic game I ever owned and it sucks balls, although it's not as bad as R it still has very mediocre gameplay. The music however is really good, when I was a kid I would legit play through this game because of the soundtrack.
Panic Puppet Zone (Act 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKtk_WhV3I8&ab_channel=DeoxysPrimeDeoxysPrime | | 6 | Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu
Composer: Kenji Yamamoto
When my parents bought me the Saturn, which was my first console, they bought me Sonic 3D and this DBZ game as they knew I was a huge fan of the show. The gameplay is monotonous and repetitive but it was for at least 15 years the most faithful game to the anime, because it felt like you were fighting in a real Dragon Ball high octane battle, the environment has destructible rocks and trees, you can feel the impact of the blows and there was for the first time a story mode to complete. The soundtrack feels like the original Japanese and American soundtracks had a baby, easily one of the highlights of the game
Ginyu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ICDkjSLpYE&ab_channel=Tyler6I9ITyler6I9I | | 7 | Streets of Rage
Composer: Yuzo Koshiro
I first saw this game at my cousins place, it looked SO FREAKIN COOL, and then he called the police car with the bazooka and I almost lost my shit. The music is perfect to beat up those green haired mohawks walking around, guess they got sick of getting murdered by Kenshiro and came to SoR instead
Moon Beach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkHjQMc5oiQ&ab_channel=illmatic28illmatic28 | | 8 | Apocalypse
Composer: Jeehun Hwang
Aight so this is a 3D third person shooter for the PS1, and probably the best one available for the console. You can shoot in any direction effortlessly and never wrestle with the controller. The gameplay is fast and brutal, with lots of variety and insanity. Also, did I mention that Bruce Willis is in this game? He was my idol when I was a kid.. stop laughing
Rooftops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lcRdhQGUfc&list=PLehGU6buK6s0irajnvjLiFkaJ4oe2FvEI&index=5&ab_channel=Vinyl666Vinyl666 | | 9 | Gauntlet IV
Composers: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata
Another gem that I played on my cousins Mega Drive, a top down hack and slash where you kill thousands of monsters, loot treasures and explore all the dungeons. The music is really epic for the system, you actually feel like a barbarian going on an adventure to find glory and all that good shit
Adventures of Iron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPNb82nAkcc&ab_channel=AccelJoeAccelJoe | | 10 | Tunnel B1
Composer: Chris Huelsbeck
So, this is a weird one. T B1 is a mix between a racing game and a FPS, with the most bizarre controls I've ever seen in a video game. I played this on the Saturn, to move forward you hold A but to turn or move back you use the D-Pad, no joke. If you press up on the Pad it uses some weapon. it's really awkward to get around the control scheme but when you do it's actually a lot of fun, specially the later stages
Tartarus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOvMXAapk3M&ab_channel=SikkySikky | | 11 | AMOK
Composer: Jesper Kyd
Another Saturn game, but this one kicks ass. It's a fully 3D third person shooter where you control a Mech and shoot the fuck out of everything, really. The body count at the end is so high that even the plot stops making sense, you're actually a mercenary trying to kick start a war, yeah in this game you're the bad guy! But I'm pretty sure the war is over at the end of the game
Credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90D4N6cCO-c&ab_channel=Banzay27Banzay27 | | 12 | Resident Evil
Composers: Makoto Tomozawa, Koichi Hiroki, and Masami Ueda
My favourite video game franchise, it had to be here. Now RE1 wasn't the first in the series that I played but it was the first one I owned and completed. After this I fell in love with survival horror games. Not much to say about this game that hasn't been said already but I had to put it here as I freaking love the OST.. the original I mean.. no clown trumpet bs
Save Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb_Bb8JA2pg&ab_channel=wickedslicks1003wickedslicks1003 | | 13 | Ace Combat 5: Squadron Leader
Composer: Keiki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Okubo and Junichi Nakatsuru
AKA The Unsung War in the rest of world, probably one of the best games I played on the PS2, the campaign is huge and it also has an arcade mode with different routes. The music fits the aviation theme perfectly, they even had Blurry by Puddle of Mudd in this game and as kid I loved it
White Bird (Part II): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkCMVsGy8Kk&ab_channel=AceCombatFanAceCombatFan | | 14 | Tekken 3
Composers: a lot of them
Its almost ridiculous how good this game was when released, I played the PS1 version. The only fighting games I had played previously were Fighters Megamix for the Saturn and Mortal Kombat 3, Tekken was better in every way imo, except maybe MK had the better atmosphere and mythos. This game also had fantastic music, one track for each character and although my favourite fighter was Hwoarang, the music goes to Jin
Jin Kazama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVJYtg2ILUU&ab_channel=ShirdelShirdel | | 15 | Sonic 3
Composers: Michael Jackson?
Well? Is it Michaels voice in this song(below) or what? Either way it slaps hard, the whole game is filled with great music from start to finish, the credits theme is also sick. I played this in the Sonic Jam collection for the Saturn which AFAIK is very similar to the original
Act 1 Boss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hZLABxySwE&ab_channel=DeoxysPrimeDeoxysPrimeValidada | | 16 | Chrono Trigger
Composers: Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu
I have to be honest, I never owned or knew anyone who owned the SNES so I played this on an emulator. People bugged me to play this game for ages but they never told me much about it. SO imagine my shock when I started playing an notice the characters were designed by none other than Akira Toriyama! Fine, you got my attention now. The game will forever be my favourite RPG, it's perfect, I loved the story and characters, the game is fun to play, it's not repetitive, there are no random encounters and the music, oh my God the music..
Wind Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu7gbmmiNUE&ab_channel=YumeOSTmusicYumeOSTmusic | |
Shuyin
06.04.21 | Going through my old games to find more stuff, nostalgia is one helluva drug | Egarran
06.04.21 | Awesome list. | Shuyin
06.04.21 | Thanks my man, I also added Chrono Trigger because it needs to be here | Egarran
06.04.21 | I've only played Quake and Tekken 3
but we're talking A LOT
so yeah those soundtracks are deeply embedded | Let
06.04.21 | Quake is metal as fuck, I loved it right away cause of all the tf2 I played. Morrowind is kind of the soundtrack for me, and streets of rage 2 cabinets take me back to being like 10 years old | Shuyin
06.04.21 | Quake is so freaking good, a bit different on the Saturn tho, you can't really blitz through the levels like in the PC version so you can appreciate them a bit more, I think it's also easier as the enemies seem a lot more aggressive on the PC. God tier game regardless | Let
06.04.21 | Yeah such good movement, I was only allowed nintendo stuff as a kid, so I do pretty much only PC gaming (and emulations). I want to check out Dusk, which is a FPS inspired by id games | Shuyin
06.04.21 | From what I've seen Dusk borrows a lot from Quake, gameplay and music are top notch and there's all sorts of weird monsters to kill, which is nice | Drifter
06.04.21 | there's nothing like the epilogue track to halo 2 make you shed a tear of uncontrollable nostalgia
for me at least | Veks
06.04.21 | Boss do caralho.
This list rules. | Shuyin
06.04.21 | Hahahaha mekie | teamster
06.05.21 | Sonic Mayhem - Quake III Arena Noise | Shuyin
06.05.21 | hey hey, wassup dude
Sadly Quake 3 isn't part of my childhood, I got my first PC when I was around 17 and by that time Quake 4 was already out, I'm pretty sure it was my first PC game too and I played the fuck out of the multiplayer during work breaks, that game was awesome! | MO
06.05.21 | fuck yea dude the original soundtrack for streets of rage 1 is a goddamn masterpiece m/ | MO
06.05.21 | like come on this is a straight up JAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1506sqKP3bM | Shuyin
06.05.21 | Elevator level, that song fucking rules! When playing this back in the day with my cousin, we used to go apeshit knocking the guys off the elevator, oh man.. so many memories |
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