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Unreal Tournament Music

December 11, 2010April 2, 2014 Honorabili 0 Comments Alexander "Siren" Brandon, amiga, Andrew "Necros" Sega, Dan "Basehead" Gardopée, Everquest 1, fps, Kai-Eerik "Nitro" Komppa, Michiel "M.C.A." van den Bos, old Amiga games, Peter "Skaven" Hajba, Quake 3, remixes, Tero "Teque" Kostermaa, tracker music, unreal tournament, Unreal tournament music, UT99

In the late 90s people in the FPS camp were divided between the people who liked Quake 3 and those who preferred Unreal Tournament. I was one of the ones that fell into the Unreal Tournament camp.

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Super Mario Land: OST

December 10, 2010April 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 2 Comments gameboy, mp3, ost, soundtrack, Super Mario, Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land box Gameboy, the music hall, video game music

Super Mario Land was released for the Gameboy in 1989. This was the first Mario game on the Gameboy and featured Mario going up against a space alien named Tatanga of all people to save Princess Daisy since Peach was off playing Tennis.

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Descent 2 Music

December 8, 2010April 2, 2014 Honorabili 4 Comments Batman Beyond, buy Descent 2, descent, Descent 2, descent 2 music, Descent series, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, epilepsy, fps games, good old games, heavy metal, Interplay, nausea, techno

I remember when I first saw the first Descent while I was in high school I thought that it was light years ahead of Doom and other FPS games that were popular at the time like Duke Nukem 3D. Although they kind of faded into obscurity the Descent series always had a special place in my heart for causing epilepsy and nausea in its players.

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Rogue Trooper Music

December 6, 2010April 2, 2014 Honorabili 6 Comments 2000 ad comic, bink, classic gaming collection, convert audio files, convert video, download rogue trooper soundtrack, Ebay, favorite video game soundtrack, music of mechwarrior 2, rip game music, rogue trooper, rogue trooper game, rogue trooper music, rogue trooper review, rogue trooper video game, Splinter Cell, steam store

Rogue Trooper is a 3rd person shooter action game based on the 2000 AD comic by the same game. If I were to review it off the top of my head, I’d give the game a score of 8 out of 10. Most sites and publications said it was generic and uninspired but I found it pretty neat. It kind of reminded me of a more action oriented Splinter Cell kind of game

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Super Castlevania IV OST

November 11, 2010April 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment Akumajō Dracula, castlevania, Classic Gaming, Dracula, emulator, game reviews, J.A. Laraque, Konami, nintendo, obsolete gamer, ost, platform games, simon Belmont, snes, super castlevania 4 mp3, super castlevania 4 music, super castlevania 4 soundtrack, super Castlevania IV, super castlevania ost, Super Nintendo, the music hall, Virtual console

If you haven’t checkout my review on Super Castlevania IV go see it now. SCV4 was one of my favorite games on the SNES and it featured a ton of great tracks. The music sounded great for even today, but back then it was really incredible. The game features a number of remixes of themes from previous games and many new ones. The Castlevania soundtrack is one of the best in the gaming industry.

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The Music of Heroes of Might And Magic 2

October 18, 2010April 2, 2014 Honorabili 1 Comment Barbarian Castle theme version 2, Barbarian Castle version 1, castlevania symphony of the night, Heroes of Might and Magic 2 OST, kings bounty, Knight Castle theme, Mechwarrior 2, Necromancer Castle, Paul Anthony Romero, Rob King, Sega Genesis, Sorceress Castle, Steve Baca, The Music of Heroes of Might And Magic 2, Turn-based strategy game, Warlock Castle, Wizard Castle

My friends and I played the living hell out of this game and the music never got boring.

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Final Fantasy I: OST

October 12, 2010April 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment FF1, Final Fantasy, hironobu sakaguchi, J.A. Laraque, nintendo, Nobuo Uemastsu, obsolete gamer, obsoletegamer.com, ost, RPG, Square, Square Enix, Squaresoft, the music hall, video game music

The story goes that while working in a music rental shop Uematsu was approached by a woman working in the art department at Square. At the time Uematsu didn’t consider it a career move in fact he thought of it as a part time job, a place to make a little extra cash and in the end would not last long. When he took the job Uematsu met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi who asked him to compose some much for his games. In the end there were only a few requirements which included adding “battle” and “town” music, but besides that Uematsu had free reign to create the music as he saw fit and we all experienced and enjoyed the results.

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Bust a Grove OST

September 28, 2010April 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 2 Comments Bust a grove, bust-a-move, Dance & Rhythm Action, dance dance revolution, enix, fighting game, game music, J.A. Laraque, obsolete gamer, obsoletegamer.com, ost, Parappa the Rapper, playstation, puzzle bobble, Square Enix, you got served

Made by Enix (now Square Enix) you could go up against the PC or another player and as you pressed the correct moves on the direction pad you would “attack” your opponent. Honestly it was like You Got Severed meets Dance Dance Revolution.

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Gamer Culture: OverClock Remix

September 26, 2010April 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment amiga, atari, commodore, djpretzel, Final Fantasy, Gamer culture, J.A. Laraque, LAN, Mario brothers, Megaman, obsolete gamer, obsoletegamer.com, ocremix, overclock remix, profile, Sonic, Super Nintendo, video game music, Winamp

OC Remix’s artists do not just take a song and make a few changes here or there. Sometimes a song is totally re-envisioned creating a completely new piece of music. These are true fans of video game music and offer it to the world free of change. In addition the remixes help preserve the essence of the original music and credit is always given to the original composer.

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Music for the Sharp X68000 computer from Japan

September 16, 2010April 2, 2014 Honorabili 0 Comments '88 ACID REVIVAL by MACK, aggressive trance, Be Invoked by hally, chippy feel, classic Acid tunes, commodore amiga, DEEPXPEED by Speeeed Hysteria, demo-5 by Utabi, demoscene for the X68k, GENOCIDE by hally & Utabi, hardcore techno music, industrial amiga music, japanese computers, KICKPRESSURE by FAAST TYKOON, KICKTOOO by FAAST TYKOON, metazaxxxiremix (remixed by Saitone) by coova & lilil, Neo X Rally Ver. 0.8 by Saitone, old samples, Prodigy music, prototype 980202-028-at by satori, prototype 990826-xpd-04x by FAAST TYKOON, Pyrotek Medley by hizmi, Ratsback2 - Saitone Remix / 鉄コン筋クリートremix by Saitone, Rave 2151 by hizmi, rave music, Razor Destroyer by hizmi, SH2ARP youtube channel, Sharp X68000 computer, Skeng (Version) by quarta330, speed jungle, Summer Carnival '96 by hally, techno amiga music, Tekkno is HardCore by MACK, tribal song, Unreal tournament music, X68000 history, X68000 specifications, Yorumachi by coova, ノチモニトクニモラ by Utabi, 無双太鼓 by hizmi

When we had the Commodore Amiga, Japan had the Sharp X68000 computer. Most hardcore computer enthusiasts know how the c64 and Amiga had a huge underground scene where it came to music, graphics, and warez but the X68k had its own in Japan.

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Sonic CD OST

September 14, 2010April 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 2 Comments Amy Rose, Classic Gaming, Dr. Robotnik, Metal Sonic, sega, sega cd, Sonic, Sonic CD, Sonic CD OST, sonic the hedgehog, soundtrack

Released in 1993 this story takes place after Sonic 1 and once again our hero has to go up against the evil Dr. Robotnik. However this time two new characters are introduced, the pink female hedgehog, Amy Rose and the evil robot Hedgehog, Metal Sonic. I just loved the idea of traveling between four zones in each area including Present, Past, Good Future and Bad Future and it had real reply values because of the different endings. Sometimes only small changes are needed and Sonic CD added just enough to make it new, but didn’t strip away what made it a classic.

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Bubble Bobble OST

September 4, 2010April 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 0 Comments bob, bub, Bubble Bobble, mp3, Music, ost, sound track, the music hall, theme

One my favorite games in the world and that kind of hurts to say because of the happy theme of the game. I mean you are twin Dinosaurs who blow bubbles and eat fruit. The truth is the game was addicting as was the music. You can already view the Classic Gaming Profile on Bubble Bobble, but I wanted to add the full original soundtrack. So enjoy and don’t sue us if you can’t get the songs out of your head.

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Super Mario RPG OST

September 3, 2010April 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment Music, nintendo, ost, RPG, soundtrack, Square Enix, Squaresoft, Super Mario, Super Mario RPG OST, the music hall, video game music

What can I say I fell in love with this game. I was always a big Mario fan and shortly before its release I got big into Final Fantasy so when I saw a Squaresoft (Square Enix now) RPG built around Super Mario Bros I had to get it and was not disappointed. The gameplay was fun keeping the humor and character of Mario and adding in the role playing and battle elements of Sqaure. The story was well done as were many of the boss battles and puzzles and the music, some of the best at the time.

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Halo OST

August 30, 2010April 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment Bungie, fps, Halo, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvator, microsoft, music hall, ost, soundtrack

Reach is almost in our reach and to celebrate the pending release Obsolete Gamer wanted to take you back to the original Halo soundtrack. Composed and produced by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori it was released in the summer of 2002. It is an awesome soundtrack that featured a wise range of musical styles and really gets you into the game.

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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night OST

August 28, 2010April 2, 2014 J.A. Laraque 1 Comment castlevania, castlevania symphony of the night soundtrack, free mp3, free music, Konami, mp3, Music, obsolete gamer, obsoletegamer.com, official sound track, ost, playstation, sotn, sound track, symphony of the night, the music hall, video game music

Today in the music hall I’d like to share with you one of my favorite soundtracks. Castlevainia has always had good music even back to the Nintendo days. I remember many of the memorable tunes from Super Castlevania, but when SOTN was released on the Playstation I was hooked. Not only was it such a great game, but it has incredibly well composed music that I still listen to today.

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