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Post by 1983parrothead on Aug 20, 2014 12:57:11 GMT -5
Perhaps the earliest vocal music to chiptune conversion was Ray Parker Jr.'s Ghostbusters theme song for various platforms, perhaps initially starting with the Atari 2600 version in 1985. Correct me if I am incorrect.
But the first video game to feature vocal music in Japanese and English versions was Psycho Soldier's arcade theme song. While the first Japanese vocal song to chiptune conversion was Teddy Boy Blues (Song by Ishino Yōko).
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Post by moran on Aug 20, 2014 14:05:18 GMT -5
The Goonies game had the Cyndi Lauper song The Goonies R Good Enough as its main theme.
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Post by strizzuth on Aug 22, 2014 13:21:40 GMT -5
Goonies came out in '88 while Teddy Boy Blues was released in '85. The Mark III version, Teddy Boy, came out in '86. Ghostbusters was actually first released in 1984 for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit. It was then ported to other platforms including the Apple II and ZX Spectrum that same year. The theme song was present in all 4 versions including a bouncing ball karaoke effect on the more advanced C64 and Atari, and a simpler effect for the Apple II and Speccy.
However, all of this is preceded by Journey Escape for the 2600 from 1982 which had a short chiptune version of Don't Stop Believin'. Journey for arcades in 1983 had longer versions of a few more songs including Wheel in the Sky.
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Post by Lord Dalek on Aug 23, 2014 18:54:43 GMT -5
Journey arcade also has a single of Separate Ways on a cassette tape that plays when you clear a loop.
I think Psycho Soldier was the first game to sing a full song in game.
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Post by moran on Aug 25, 2014 7:30:01 GMT -5
The first game was released in 86 and used the same music. Goonies II was released in 87.
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Post by ommadawnyawn2 on Sept 1, 2014 12:02:23 GMT -5
A couple from the early 90s: Cannon Fodder (1993) - "War Has Never Been So Much Fun" Sensible World of Soccer (1994) - "Goal Scoring Superstar Hero" Road Blaster (ARC, 1985) has someone acting as a DJ in the intro track: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciMTAcqdh4oThe SCD version's intro has the hilarious 'On the Road' instead: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke9_D890saY
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Post by strizzuth on Sept 2, 2014 10:56:00 GMT -5
I unironically love On The Road.
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Post by Diego on Sept 3, 2014 18:53:41 GMT -5
The first vocal theme I can remember is (as TC said)from Psycho Soldier. The second one (from a non-CD source)is the intro from Down the World, on the SNES: There's a arrange version out there. I remember I used to like that song a lot. Edit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fetl0aXP1_4
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Post by 1983parrothead on Dec 22, 2015 16:52:03 GMT -5
There are more games with a great deal of real vocal music other than rhythm games:
B. Rap Boys Violent Storm Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
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Post by vnisanian2001 on Dec 22, 2015 21:40:27 GMT -5
1984's Freshman Tooru-kun (a.k.a. High School Graffiti: Mikie) featured covers of the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, and Twist and Shout (the latter was technically not originally a Beatles song, but the arrangement was based on their cover).
It was a very early arcade game for Konami.
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Post by lanceboyle94 on Jan 1, 2016 3:39:47 GMT -5
A couple from the early 90s: Cannon Fodder (1993) - "War Has Never Been So Much Fun" Sensible World of Soccer (1994) - "Goal Scoring Superstar Hero" Vocal tunes was Sensible Software's kinda thing ever since Cannon Fodder, really. There's actually three versions of Goal Scoring Superstar Hero: the original from the Amiga SWOS, an arrangement for the intro of the DOS version, and yet another arrangement initially for Sensible Soccer 2006 but also used on the XBLA port of SWOS, this time titled Goalscoringsuperstarhero for some reason. On the Road is the fucking best, I love it.
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Post by magic89 on Jan 4, 2016 18:56:45 GMT -5
I dont know what first vocal music in VG history was, but my first time heared vocaled* song was "Walker" for Amiga. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWwqKPr4E0*If can call this because only sampled voice clips only are heared,
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