The way it makes 'ya feel..

[Grimblade]

Ok. Since I was very young I've played RPG's, mainly Final Fantasy . Now, whenever I listen to the music from the games (mostly 7 and 8) I get an incredible nostalgic, heartwarming feeling. Most things from my childhood put me on edge and make me feel wrong, but this music can actually bring me to tears in a good way. Even the midi-tone battle themes make me smile, but I'm talking about the piano tunes and hotel music etc. because it represents the world I would always escape to, I suppose. It's what made me want to be a writer. I just thought it would be cool to pay my respects to it with a thread and ask if there's anything about your old favourites that do the same for you? Come on kids, group hug..

[Grimblade]

Nineteen views and nobody's got a comment? I must be one of the few then. Come on people, somebody must like game music! COME ON!

..Come on?

[Talysia]

I have to agree with you, Grimblade. There's a lot of good game music out there. I think my personal favourites have to be Final Fantasy VII - I mean, One Winged Angel (I think that's the music that plays when you fight Sephiroth) is a great piece of music, as is the Jenova theme. As for other games, I love the soundtrack to Star Ocean - Til the End of Time, and some of the pieces in the Suikoden series are quite good, too.

[HoopyFrood]

I spent so long playing Zelda when younger (and so many times...I think I could play that game with my eyes closed now!) that anything that sounds remotely like the music from it immediately makes me remember it. Absolutely loved that game. Definitely makes me nostalgic when I hear the music from it.

[Quokka]

One of the best things about watching FF7: Advent Children was that they played alot of the music from the game through it (I think, ,maybe it was in the extras section??) either way I recently heard alot of it again and its funny just how much memory it can trigger.

One of my friends years ago was a bit of a computer and keyboard wizz, completely self taught, he used to create his own games first on a commadore64 then later on PCs. I'd often walk in and have him say "where's this from" and he'd play a section of music that he had learnt by ear. Sometimes it was a song or movie theme but just as often it was a section of music from a game he had been playing. An amazing talent and such a shame that he was never given the chance to really explore it, the guy works in a brick factory now and if he still tinkers with computers I'm guessing his long ago given up the keyboard .

The music from Shining Force 1&2 is pretty much imprinted on my brain for life now and I really like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata but it was teaching Jill Valentine to play it in Resident Evil where I first heard it.

I just remembered the opening music for Double Dragon (as the roller door opens and the player characters walk out) which not only reminds me of the game scenes but also of the little corner shop garage that we used to play the arcade games in. Which isnt all that suprising considering the amount of time I spent in the place

[Grimblade]

I can relate to that, Quokka. I recently downloaded the Advent Children soundtrack and it's nice to hear the old music, revamped. Or sometimes not at all. Does anybody remember the Golden Axe music? And Super Mario Kart on the SNES? Smash TV, Earthworm Jim, GHOULS AND GHOSTS! If it pops into my head I can't sleep 'til I figure out where it's coming from.

Also, on a slightly off-topic note - does anybody remember a TV program called ''The Hurricanes'' about an American "soccer" team in England? Or was it vicea versa? Hmm..

[Quokka]

I thought of one more that I just had to come back and mention.

The Prodigy's Firestarter and Wipeout 2097. From memory the cover used to say that if any game could make your eyes bleed, this was it. Well my friends and I put enough hours/days/months into that game that I can say with complete confidence that it can't actually cause bleeding eyes, though it maybe can ruin your vision for short periods and with Firestarter playing I can still picture a full lap of Gare D'Europa.

IMO one of the best games ever created and a soundtrack to match

[Talysia]

I've been looking for the Advent Children soundtrack for a while - methinks I'll have to treat myself one of these days!

And yes, I remember the likes of Earthworm Jim and such. Oh, and I think there was a cartoon called The Hurricanes (about a football team) a good few years ago now. I remember something similar, at least.

[dustinzgirl]

I'm not a big final fantasy player, but with most games I turn off the sound and play my own music. Playing Devil May Cry with Devildriver is rather fitting.....

And this is extremely stupid, but I've been stuck on Outlaw Golf 2 for the last few weeks, just playing with the hubby. I can almost beat him now! muahhahahahah

[Somni]

Worms!


Extending my reply as it would not let me just say 'Worms!'

[HoopyFrood]

Oh, man, Golden Axe! I used to love that game. It came as a three-combo on a Sega cartridge...Golden Axe, Streets of Rage and Shinobi. Thanks for reminding me of them, I used to love playing those games.

And Earthworm Jim! A friend showed me where you could download it free from the internet recently and damn, I'd forgotten how hard it is! Or I'm out of practice, I swear I used to be able to get further in it when ah were a little girl playing on t'computer!

Ah, and worms...Another great game. "Incoming!" Heh.

[Talysia]

Oh, I loved worms! One of the greatest little strategy games I've ever played!

[Grimblade]

''You'll regret that!"

"Revenge!"

"Oh no.."

Oh that's good stuff. I just downloaded FF8 for my PSX emulator! I'm so happy, and trying to download FF9. All these emulators and games.. what would I do without them? If anybody wants any of these games I'll lead you in the right direction. Or maybe it's presumptuous of me to think you don't already know how to get it. Whatever!

Streets of Rage man.. What a game! Absolutely classic. I remember the mythical 'super' special attacks that you could supposedly get, but they were only in 2 or 3 and I had 1. I really kicked my pre-pubescent arse about that. Shinobi definitely rocked too.

And dustinzgirl, I agree about the Devil Driver. One of the things that attracted me to the XBOX 360 was the ability to replace game music without losing sound effects etc. Dead Rising is brilliant with Devil Driver. And ANY game is brilliant with Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms. Especially in a 2 player game where you're both getting slaughtered.

[Lucien21]

To be honest I usually turn down the music effects preferring a low background noise with high sound effect and voice levels.

I do enjoy the old adventure game tunes like Monkey Island (this is the ringtone on my phone) and Grim Fandango's soundtrack is fantastic.

[HoopyFrood]

Ah, Streets of Rage...I'd always get so carried away that I'd accidentally hit the "A" button and end up calling the police -- usually when there was just one little punk attacking me, so a complete waste of police support Same with Golden Axe, I'd end up saving all my magic, accidentally hit "A", the huge Dragon would appear, only to fry one little dude. Oh, and the little dragons you could ride on that game! And when I used to play 2-player with my brother, we'd have a fight and race to see who'd get the dragon first. And then knock each other off so we could steal it

Ah, good times, good times...You've certainly opened a whole lot of nostalgia with this thread, Grim! Thanks!