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Post by chaoticgood on Mar 29, 2008 20:01:44 GMT -5
Megadrive was in its time, and probably even more so nowadays known for having a rather bad sound in comparison to other systems of the same time, such as SNES and Amiga... And I agree, as far as the capabilites go, which is why many people might not have even listened to Megadrive music... But with skill and talent some people managed to pull of great music on the MD as well. I suggest people listen to tracks from "Warriors of the Eternal Sun", and ESPECIALLY "Musha Aleste", which has some of the best music ever in a video game... Which is especially funny since the sequel was a Sega CD game, with naturally also CD quality sound. Too bad the actual music was nowhere near as good, so congratulations .
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Post by justjustin on Mar 29, 2008 20:19:55 GMT -5
Ha ha. I much much much prefer the synth sound of the genesis to its other contemporaries. Good suggestions, and may I also recommend Hitoshi Sakimoto's (of Final Fantasy Tactics fame) earlier stuff-- Midnight Resistance, Verytex, Devilish and Master of Monsters. Also, Motoi Sakuraba pulled off some great sound too with Granada. Herzog Zwei is another no-brainer awesome soundtrack, including the legendary Thunder Force series. Phantasy Star II (English version) has a great few songs as well. This site's been linked before around these forums, but here it is again: project2612.org/Genesis/Megadrive music database in a format that kicks the crap out of .gym. Also, check out the forums to witness a really devoted fanbase-- even tools to track/program your own music for the system.
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Post by chaoticgood on Mar 29, 2008 21:22:20 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I forgot Thunder Force 3 "Hydra", awesome!
EDIT: and Gaiares.
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Post by necromaniac on Mar 30, 2008 7:56:31 GMT -5
This is obvious, but Streets Of Rage 2!
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Post by Mia-Mo on Mar 30, 2008 19:15:55 GMT -5
This is obvious, but Streets Of Rage 2! Seconded, with Sonic & Knuckles.
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Post by Weasel on Mar 30, 2008 19:34:21 GMT -5
Freakin' Sub-Terrania!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2008 0:25:16 GMT -5
Yay! You agree that the MUSHA soundtrack is one of the greatest things ever! ;D
To add on top of Sub-Terrania, I offer my favorite work of Jesper Kyd: The Adventures of Batman and Robin's frightening techno soundtrack. That's some good schtuff right there.
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Post by necromaniac on Mar 31, 2008 7:20:27 GMT -5
Mega Turrican! It sounds better than it's Amiga port
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Post by vnisanian2001 on Apr 1, 2008 11:05:47 GMT -5
Anyone remember the Genesis version of Side Pocket? I loved the song that was played during the "Trick Shot" levels.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2008 16:50:48 GMT -5
Many songs from the Genesis version (as well as the other versions) of Side Pocket are good. I also like the music in Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend, also by Data East. Good thing that most of the games comes with the Jukebox mode and has all the tracks named.
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Post by ommadawnyawn on Apr 1, 2008 23:38:52 GMT -5
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Post by DojoCasino on Apr 2, 2008 14:56:13 GMT -5
Sure the SNES technically had superior sound but the megadrive music just sounds so damn cool ;D Here's some of my favourites that haven't been mentioned yet: - Castlevania Bloodlines (though anything castlevania is good - Alisia Dragoon (the stage 3 music is the shit) - Splatterhouse 2 (mainly for that AWESOME boss theme) - Shinobi 3 (just excellent all round) - Anything by Treasure
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Post by Haz on Apr 2, 2008 20:39:52 GMT -5
The Genesis was better at doing rock music than any other console. So, in addition to those mentioned, I'll add in Contra: Hard Corps, and Battle Mania Daiginjou (the Japan-only sequel to Trouble Shooter that was recently fan-transed)
Oh, and Sagaia.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2008 22:15:24 GMT -5
It's not the hardware, but how you use it. For instance the music in the MD/Genesis version of Ys III is much much better than in the SFC/SNES version.
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Post by necromaniac on Apr 4, 2008 8:47:35 GMT -5
Yes, but grainy and gritty always helps when your doing electric guitars. SFC/SNES does the piano/orchestra way better, but I've never herd a guitar on it I like. This goes for most techno as well.
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