I ran into this song today, which is from Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Heroes of the Lance, a game I'd never heard of or played...but the end theme is really good.
https://youtu.be/1bdhy_c3Xlo
Also, the title song to Pictionary is pretty good, but again, a game I didn't even know exists.
Can anyone else think of a non-popular NES/Famicom game which has surprisingly good music?
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Re: Good songs in obscure games
For example Chaos World.
It is a JRPG, which has similiar music what you can hear in Shatterhand.
It is a JRPG, which has similiar music what you can hear in Shatterhand.
Re: Good songs in obscure games
I feel like I have to mention Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge. Obscure and uniniteresting game, but very very awesome soundtrack. Thanks Neil Baldwin !
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I love Koichi Sugiyama's FDS Backgammon soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP7XRFPWXKs
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Re: Good songs in obscure games
I can't think of any good songs in obscure games, but I can think of several (good) obscure songs in good games. It seems to me that the "iconic" song in a game is often not the best one and maybe instead based on how often or where it's heard in the game. I always wanted to share that because I found it odd, but I wasn't ever going to make a whole topic for it.
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I've been liking the Power Blade 2 soundtrack lately, especially this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddkOVXc ... YS&index=4
It's by Kinuyo Yamashita, she also wrote half of the original Castlevania soundtrack.
I like the music to Pinbot, the NES port is pretty good but the original YM2151 version kills it (main theme is awesome too):
https://youtu.be/JNWMJ58aFBw?t=6m1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddkOVXc ... YS&index=4
It's by Kinuyo Yamashita, she also wrote half of the original Castlevania soundtrack.
I like the music to Pinbot, the NES port is pretty good but the original YM2151 version kills it (main theme is awesome too):
https://youtu.be/JNWMJ58aFBw?t=6m1s
Re: Good songs in obscure games
With him being the honourable president of the Japanese Backgammon League made him the obvious choice of this game's composer, otherwise there probably wasn't much chance for a board game that wasn't even heard of by (most?) many people to have such awesome musics.rainwarrior wrote:I love Koichi Sugiyama's FDS Backgammon soundtrack:
Re: Good songs in obscure games
I can name "Crisis Force", a shoot em up by Konami:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWye7hTVahI&t=37s
Also, in how far is "Journey to Silius" obscure?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCNJuxV5EJg&t=1m9s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWye7hTVahI&t=37s
Also, in how far is "Journey to Silius" obscure?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCNJuxV5EJg&t=1m9s
My game "City Trouble":
Gameplay video: https://youtu.be/Eee0yurkIW4
Download (ROM, manual, artworks): http://www.denny-r-walter.de/city.html
Gameplay video: https://youtu.be/Eee0yurkIW4
Download (ROM, manual, artworks): http://www.denny-r-walter.de/city.html
Re: Good songs in obscure games
Two japanese-only(?) games that I think have pretty good music are Dark Lord and Choujin Sentai Jetman.