What music do you associate with what game?

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Since video game music & sound effects tended to be shite until the mid-late 90's, I always listened to something else. And since the associations get burned in pretty quickly, I can no longer recall the game w/o recalling the tunes.

Here's a quick sampling:

River City Ransom -- Early 1991 -- Aerosmith's "Toys in the Attic" on cassette tape.
Almost all NES games from '89-90 - Faxanadu/Legend of Zelda 1 & 2/Contra/Blaster Master -- the local top 40 station (Technotronic, Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, etc)
Battle of Olympus -- B-52s - "Cosmic Thing"

What about you? What do you remember? From when?

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 16:58 (eighteen years ago) link

River City Ransom -- Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam" on cassette

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Quake (1996-7) - Prodigy, "Fat of the Land". I'm not even sure if I listened to that whilst playing Quake, I've just always associated them somehow.

― melton mowbray (adr), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link

I have the same Quake association. Also -- GOD LIVES UNDERWATER!

― Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link

FFIII: Soundgarden - Superunknown

― Laura H. (laurah), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh yeah, and I played Ultima 5 for like an entire year, listening to my dad's little clock radio thing set to the same Top 40 station. For some reason, I can't think of the game without Aerosmith's "Janie's Got a Gun," which got huge during that period.

Actually, i just realized that it wasn't until the advent of talkie games that I ever listened to the game, especially where you needed to hear dialogue to advance the plot.

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link

street fighter 2 : sonic youth & "nevermind"

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link

sneakerpimps becoming x - dave mirra bmx bottom bollox

the specials ghost town - pleiads, galaxians, phoenix

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: The Chameleons UK 'Swamp Thing' on repeat for hours and hours

Final Fantasy Tactics: Outkast's Stankonia and Goodie Mob's Soul Food

Street Fighter Alpha: Orbital 2

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Sim City: Autechre

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link

oddly enough, bjork's vespertine with golden sun. got them the same christmas. oh, and ladytron's light & magic with megaman battle network 2. apparentyl my gf has super mario bros 3 and insane clown posse stuck together because of her brother.

― Will M. (Will M.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 05:36 (eighteen years ago) link

oh, and tofu-- you didn't listen to FFTactics with the original music? that game had some of the best music in any square game ever. definitely worth going back and checknig out.

― Will M. (Will M.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 05:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Will: I did for awhile, but I played the baJESUS outta that game and I eventually reached burnout point.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 October 2005 05:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Mmm, same. I can't even remember waht it's called now, but did you gouge your own eyes out spelunking into that damn super-dungeon?

― Will M. (Will M.), Thursday, 13 October 2005 06:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Xenogears -- Sunny Day Real Estate's last album.

I don't know if this is appropriate or not.

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 13 October 2005 06:08 (eighteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

oddly enough, bjork's vespertine with golden sun. got them the same christmas. (snip)
― Will M. (Will M.), Thursday, October 13, 2005 1:36 AM (twelve years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol this current music poll is really fucking with me for this reason!

― challops trap house (Will M.), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link

Super Mario RPG - Tool Ænima
Shingen the Ruler - Paul & Linda McCartney Ram

― cwkiii, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link

Wolfenstein 3D - 2 Unlimited - No Limit, Prodigy - Experience, rave tapes - Slipmatt, Ellis Dee, DJ Sy etc

― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link

Megadeth - Liar with Ace on the zx spectrum.
Slayer - Angel of Death with using DPaint on the Amiga

― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link

massive nostalgia!

bbc micro scramble + meteors etc - born in the usa
turbo pascal - hunkydory + led zep 3
transport tycoon - britpop, most strongly sleeper for some reason
super mario world - pj harvey and the smiths

― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 12:51 (five years ago) link

Led Zeppelin - Coda / Ultima IV

― calstars, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link

I used to play old-school GTA (like the top-down version) with the Birthday Party's 'Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow)' on repeat.

Also, I have no idea what Reznor's music for Quake even sounds like because I always popped SAWII in the CD tray instead.

― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link

I’m no Reznor fan but the quake 2 soundtrack is some good shit

― calstars, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link

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