Everyone, request/give all you can think of at the KHID site! Make it even greater!

Great Ruiner! And now you're adding several soundtracks, Serious excellent view the soundtrack of Martial Champion of PC Engine CD, even
though the game is not the best, the music is unmissable. :D

For later,,,


Thrillville and Off The Rails (2)
YuGiOh Dawn Of Destiny
Harvest Moon N64
Evolution Skateboarding
Evolution Snowboarding
Broken Sword Sleeping Dragon

Heyo Ed :D
My newest request:
- Baseball 2020 (Arcade Neo-Geo)
- Super Frog (AMIGA)
- The King of Fighters KYO (PSX)
- Zool 2 (AMIGA)
- Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22 (PSX)

For later,,,


Thrillville and Off The Rails (2)
YuGiOh Dawn Of Destiny
Harvest Moon N64
Evolution Skateboarding
Evolution Snowboarding
Broken Sword Sleeping Dragon


Heyo Ed :D
My newest request:
- Baseball 2020 (Arcade Neo-Geo)
- Super Frog (AMIGA)
- The King of Fighters KYO (PSX)
- Zool 2 (AMIGA)
- Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22 (PSX)


Great Ruiner! And now you're adding several soundtracks, Serious excellent view the soundtrack of Martial Champion of PC Engine CD, even
though the game is not the best, the music is unmissable. :D

Too...many...requests.....

https://33.media.tumblr.com/883ad25c5bbbeb9e70e18eea7cd41ecc/tumblr_nfpv6pLNja1qdnqf1o3_400.gif

He says he needs rest, guys, lol. :P

Repairs are being made... this time it's fixes to Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! (NES) and Mega Man 7 (SNES)!

Also, there's one new title in the form of Return of the Ninja (GB). I had to get the music from it for out next episode so I figured I'd upload it. Some of the songs are pretty bad, but track 3 (Character Select) is AMAAAAZING!

Enjoy!

He says he needs rest, guys, lol. :P

Not to mention he has a lot of previous requests on the queue already.

Not to mention Panel de Pon GC.

Right now, including Panel de Pon, I'm sitting at 34 requests, and most of them aren't the easy SNES and Genesis ones. They'll all get done, as long as they're rippable! Right now I'm on song 25 of 57 in Panel de Pon and still chugging away, a little bit every night. :)

Big news!

Starting tonight, I'll be going to releasing nothing but Atari Jaguar soundtracks, and taking all of the other soundtracks down to make room for them. This is going to be SO COOL, because you can't find Jaguar music anywhere on the internet!

Start downloading all of the stuff that's in the top post, because it's ALL going away in 12 hours! ;)

NOOOOO!!! NOT ALL THE SOUNDTRACKS!! :O

Right now, including Panel de Pon, I'm sitting at 34 requests, and most of them aren't the easy SNES and Genesis ones. They'll all get done, as long as they're rippable! Right now I'm on song 25 of 57 in Panel de Pon and still chugging away, a little bit every night. :)

PERSEVERANCE! YOU CAN DO IT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klqsMQQVZ34


Big news!

Starting tonight, I'll be going to releasing nothing but Atari Jaguar soundtracks, and taking all of the other soundtracks down to make room for them. This is going to be SO COOL, because you can't find Jaguar music anywhere on the internet!

Start downloading all of the stuff that's in the top post, because it's ALL going away in 12 hours! ;)

lol! I wouldn't mind some Jaguar stuff anyway.

Big news!

Starting tonight, I'll be going to releasing nothing but Atari Jaguar soundtracks, and taking all of the other soundtracks down to make room for them. This is going to be SO COOL, because you can't find Jaguar music anywhere on the internet!

Start downloading all of the stuff that's in the top post, because it's ALL going away in 12 hours! ;)

Hopefully, you all have guessed by now... APRIL FOOLS! :D

To repeat, request or give links to Kingdom Hearts Insider Downloads!

...Did anyone not know what KHID was short for...

That site can become much greater than it is now, and when the new GH is finished, it can have ALL of the downloads from KHID!

COOL!

Hopefully, you all have guessed by now... APRIL FOOLS! :D

Jeez... even though I knew you were working (wrestling term) us for a loop, you almost gave me a scare, lol. XD

Long time no see Ed, so anyways I have a few things that I have found during my hitas on this lovely form asides downloading some soundtracks of yours as well as some of lossless's stuff.

So first up I have some SEGA stuff here that I've uploaded thus far, and their is some more of it coming your guy's way!

Fantasy Zone - Ultra Super Big Maximum Great Strong Complete Album : It includes every single piece of Fantasy Zone music ever to be written as well as some nice remixes include, and it even includes in the System 16 Remake of Fantasy Zone 2!

After Burner Completed Album : Same thing as the Fantasy Zone Album - Melody versions

Columns Semi-Complete Collection : Same thing as before! Even includes music from Columns 2, but not any other Columns game after that! :|

Power Drift : It's got some neat Remixes and that's it besides stuff that you already ripped!

System 16 Collection : Mostly SEGA arcade games with a little bit of variety!

Hang on Collection : This is the same as the others.

Other Stuff

Project MD : I've finally found a rom that actually has the music in it! So maybe sometime in the near future you could rip?

Bill Tomato Game MD : It's a port of a Amiga that was was set release back in 94 but was never release intl a rom of the game was leaked on to the inter-webs in October of 2014! It's an interesting little momentum base puzzle game that is worth checking out as well as the same people who worked on resq worked on too that which includes the all mighty Matt Furniss!

Honoo no Toukyuuji - Dodge Danpei 1 & 2 : Two more great soundtracks come out of Sunsoft with there signature bass being included for no extra charge! Defiantly worth a listen and maybe a possible rip?

Links

Honoo no Toukyuuji - Dodge Danpei 1 : http://www.mediafire.com/download/feb82d5c0lfclpf/Honoo_no_Toukyuuji_-_Dodge_Danpei.zip

Honoo no Toukyuuji - Dodge Danpei 2 : http://www.mediafire.com/download/pob23yqc54ne797/Honoo_no_Toukyuuji_-_Dodge_Danpei_2.zip

Project MD rom : https://mega.co.nz/#!d1tHRRgY!lrtGAtJ0ECekIxv3kYmjSe_3VMXkUvswLi7hNP1 ZVFo

Fantasy Zone - Ultra Super Big Maximum Great Strong Complete Album : https://mega.co.nz/#!p4twRT5T!ZmoGMV9NWFl7EiWCg2X8Fh9s00Aq8Mml6_DrFEM yW7I

After Burner Completed Album :
https://mega.co.nz/#!VtUwXCTY!f0S4uG-hZShlvIyRUtOWjzP1mW6iu_jj7YpuNfWIPnI

Columns Semi-Complete Collection : https://mega.co.nz/#!xl0HBJTR!Ay0EQl1gf2TJcDFPcI9l7YPSh8GT-yr_64X3U7iMAmo

System 16 Collection : https://mega.co.nz/#!0sEXCIST!yI8J9Dul_dFjOYWEyeCitOnlSLeT08Q4TEZfUAD fLx4

Power Drift Album with Arranged versions : https://mega.co.nz/#!QoExTZqT!9MzNcaaiRcG2mmVOZ05Up3ALguT8ac-KjKb6zjbmbmI

Bill Tomatoes MD Game : https://mega.co.nz/#!4wNyHKzA!sO2X6DzdBoX20B8vEt7wRvDRlsRMtUdSfDmak6k-k6Q

Hang on Complete Collection : https://mega.co.nz/#!dpd3TIoS!FpaKG2Nkc-alpoG3TzFyG42eWDyyUKnvQQeEZLg5RJM

P.s, If you could tell me what you think of these thing that I've found if you see this and have time I would most defiantly appreciate that very much! :D

How's that Bureau of Astral Troubleshooting, aka B.A.T. 2 coming together?

Long time no see Ed, so anyways I have a few things that I have found during my hitas on this lovely form asides downloading some soundtracks of yours as well as some of lossless's stuff.

So first up I have some SEGA stuff here that I've uploaded thus far, and their is some more of it coming your guy's way!

Fantasy Zone - Ultra Super Big Maximum Great Strong Complete Album : It includes every single piece of Fantasy Zone music ever to be written as well as some nice remixes include, and it even includes in the System 16 Remake of Fantasy Zone 2!

After Burner Completed Album : Same thing as the Fantasy Zone Album - Melody versions

Columns Semi-Complete Collection : Same thing as before! Even includes music from Columns 2, but not any other Columns game after that! :|

Power Drift : It's got some neat Remixes and that's it besides stuff that you already ripped!

System 16 Collection : Mostly SEGA arcade games with a little bit of variety!

Hang on Collection : This is the same as the others.

Other Stuff

Project MD : I've finally found a rom that actually has the music in it! So maybe sometime in the near future you could rip?

Bill Tomato Game MD : It's a port of a Amiga that was was set release back in 94 but was never release intl a rom of the game was leaked on to the inter-webs in October of 2014! It's an interesting little momentum base puzzle game that is worth checking out as well as the same people who worked on resq worked on too that which includes the all mighty Matt Furniss!

Honoo no Toukyuuji - Dodge Danpei 1 & 2 : Two more great soundtracks come out of Sunsoft with there signature bass being included for no extra charge! Defiantly worth a listen and maybe a possible rip?

Links

Honoo no Toukyuuji - Dodge Danpei 1 : http://www.mediafire.com/download/feb82d5c0lfclpf/Honoo_no_Toukyuuji_-_Dodge_Danpei.zip

Honoo no Toukyuuji - Dodge Danpei 2 : http://www.mediafire.com/download/pob23yqc54ne797/Honoo_no_Toukyuuji_-_Dodge_Danpei_2.zip

Project MD rom : https://mega.co.nz/#!d1tHRRgY!lrtGAtJ0ECekIxv3kYmjSe_3VMXkUvswLi7hNP1 ZVFo

Fantasy Zone - Ultra Super Big Maximum Great Strong Complete Album : https://mega.co.nz/#!p4twRT5T!ZmoGMV9NWFl7EiWCg2X8Fh9s00Aq8Mml6_DrFEM yW7I

After Burner Completed Album :
https://mega.co.nz/#!VtUwXCTY!f0S4uG-hZShlvIyRUtOWjzP1mW6iu_jj7YpuNfWIPnI

Columns Semi-Complete Collection : https://mega.co.nz/#!xl0HBJTR!Ay0EQl1gf2TJcDFPcI9l7YPSh8GT-yr_64X3U7iMAmo

System 16 Collection : https://mega.co.nz/#!0sEXCIST!yI8J9Dul_dFjOYWEyeCitOnlSLeT08Q4TEZfUAD fLx4

Power Drift Album with Arranged versions : https://mega.co.nz/#!QoExTZqT!9MzNcaaiRcG2mmVOZ05Up3ALguT8ac-KjKb6zjbmbmI

Bill Tomatoes MD Game : https://mega.co.nz/#!4wNyHKzA!sO2X6DzdBoX20B8vEt7wRvDRlsRMtUdSfDmak6k-k6Q

Hang on Complete Collection : https://mega.co.nz/#!dpd3TIoS!FpaKG2Nkc-alpoG3TzFyG42eWDyyUKnvQQeEZLg5RJM

P.s, If you could tell me what you think of these thing that I've found if you see this and have time I would most defiantly appreciate that very much! :D

Nice! I've gotta listen to that Power Drift album... those are some of my favorite tracks ever. Hang-On was also written by Hiro, too, and after spending a lot of time with Space Harrier in the last podcast, I've come to appreciate his work a bit more. I'll check that one out, too! As far as Bill's Tomato Game MD goes, it doesn't have a sound test so I can't rip it. Project MD can be ripped, and I'll add it to the queue, but you may not see it for quite a while.



How's that Bureau of Astral Troubleshooting, aka B.A.T. 2 coming together?

I announced it's upload on March 16, and it's been in the OP ever since! :)

By the way, Patrick 1287 and anyone else interested, nx666 sent me a link to his rip of Zool 2 (Amiga) and it's quite good. Enjoy!

Zool 2.7z 102.2 MB
https://mega.co.nz/#!RtEQzI4Q!9K_ljd3fPjX9R6obdcJJ1fg9-RPT60w0Dq_MWzWcvR8

Too...many...requests.....

https://33.media.tumblr.com/883ad25c5bbbeb9e70e18eea7cd41ecc/tumblr_nfpv6pLNja1qdnqf1o3_400.gif

Let me join you with my friends, Ed.

http://i.imgur.com/hVLVVxo.gif

The Wipeout games (mainly Wii) from the TV Game Show, if you can.

Hey Ed quick question, Have you ever made music before and if so what procedures did you go throw in the process?

Hey Ed quick question, Have you ever made music before and if so what procedures did you go throw in the process?

No, I don't really make music myself. I do remixes and such using the same tools that I use to make the podcasts (Sony Sound Forge and Acid Pro,) but that's mostly overlaying tracks on top of each other. I'm no musician, I just love music!


The Wipeout games (mainly Wii) from the TV Game Show, if you can.

ghdude, you already have 6 games in my queue, please re-request these after your previous ones are filled.

Seriously folks, take a chill.

I mean I remembered a few more soundtracks I want to request, but Ed's obviously up to his eyeballs in requests right now. Have some patience!

And how are things going with Panel de Pon GC?

New request: Caliber.50 by Seta corporation (Arcade)

New request: Caliber.50 by Seta corporation (Arcade)

I think I've requested this version before, but I can't remember. I don't think it is currently possible, because I tried requesting to ruiner one time a Seta arcade game (I think it was Meta Fox or Twin Eagle, not sure which) and he told me it wasn't possible.

And how are things going with Panel de Pon GC?

I'm on track 45 of 57... It should be done within the next few days... I'm hoping to have it up by Wednesday or Thursday.


New request: Caliber.50 by Seta corporation (Arcade)

KingTengu is right; the Seta arcade sound system is proprietary (it doesn't use any common YM chips or anything like that) so it hasn't been emulated for ripping yet. Sorry!

I think I've requested this version before, but I can't remember. I don't think it is currently possible, because I tried requesting to ruiner one time a Seta arcade game (I think it was Meta Fox or Twin Eagle, not sure which) and he told me it wasn't possible.

Here is a MAME recording of Caliber .50. Using the same method, it should be possible to create soundtracks for Meta Fox and Twin Eagle as well (and potentially other Seta games using the same board). If I have time, I'll give it a shot next week.

Caliber .50 MAME Recording (https://mega.co.nz/#!CMZXkC6Z!AAKI-qaAYBroODh8v5YsJlhvHBh9uyxAjytS0zUw718)

Could you look into Elite Beat Agents for the Nintendo DS?

There are no SFX in Panel de Pon GC, right?

Of course not.

Meta Fox only has 2 tracks, but the boss theme (with vocals) is absolutely fantastic. Too bad this is all kinda ruined by the poor sound quality. This isn't just a problem with MAME either, as the original sound files have these issues as well. I would love to hear a clean recording of this song.

For those interested: there are two files (up001014,up001015), that are part of the Meta Fox rom set, containing the sample data of these two tracks + sfx. You can import them into your editor of choice as raw audio using these settings: signed 8-bit PCM, mono, ~7800 kHz. The archive below contains both, a rip directly from the rom, and a MAME recording.

Meta Fox (Arcade) (https://mega.co.nz/#!iFxHHQaC!Cw0V-PWTcUTGcSVB688VbXnYoIF6RpUVC527WclpcCw)

...signed 8-bit PCM, mono, ~7800 kHz.

OMG, my ears hurt just thinking about that. You get better quality sound through a landline telephone!

OMG, my ears hurt just thinking about that. You get better quality sound through a landline telephone!

Agreed, what a way to completely destroy this great track. Here is Twin Eagle, which also only has 2 tracks. Despite being the older game, the sound quality is actually a bit better.

Twin Eagle (Arcade) (https://mega.co.nz/#!aY4TAYRY!TtJ3rosqNA3Qk7JI1-PkKmQ6Ptp3W8T5kCJ16pjG1OU)

Here's the new episode of PixelTunes Radio! I'm hoping (fingers crossed!) that I'll finally have Panel de Pon tomorrow!



Episode 32: NINJAS!
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Ninjas were masters of espionage and assassination, and experts in martial arts and acrobatics. It only makes sense that ninja video games were some of the most thrilling and intense titles to ever grace our consoles! Kids in the 90’s fell in love with Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi, and Mike and Ed were no exception. Join them as they play tracks from their favorite ninja-tastic video games!

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The Tracklist:



*1 – Shadow of the Ninja (NES, 1990) – Stage 2 – Iku Mizutani, Kouichi Yamanishi



*2 – Ninja Warriors (Mega CD, 1993) – Daddy Mulk – Hisayoshi Ogura, Tamayo Kawamoto, Junichi Kawaguchi



*3 – Ninja Warriors (SNES, 1994) – City – Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Yasuo Yamate



*4 – Return of the Ninja (GBC, 2001) – Character/ Stage Select – Kiyoshi Kusatsu, Yoshio Watanabe



*5 – Shinobi 3:Return of the Ninja Master (Genesis, 1993) – Idaten – Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, Masayuki Nagao



*6 – Ninja Gaiden (Sega Master System, 1992) – Escape in a Forest – Takashi Horiguchi



*7 – Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (PS2, 2003) – Echigoya’s Estate – Noriyuki Asakura



*8 – Ninja Blade (X360, 2009) – Speed Chase – Norihiko Hibino, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Takahiro Izutani, Takahide Ayuzawa



*9 – I-Ninja (PS2, GCN, XBOX, PC, 2003) – Rocket Factory – Nick Arundel, Mark Bandola, Rob Lord



*10 – Nintendo Land [Takamaru’s Ninja Castle] (Wii U, 2013) – Boss Battle – Ryo Nagamatsu



*11 – Goemon’s Great Adventure (1998, N64) – Taking Care of the Horses – Shigeru Araki, Yasumasa Kitagawa, Hirotaka Kurita, Yusuke Kato, Nobuyuki Akena



*12 – Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension (Amiga, 1993) – Sonic Basher – Patrick Phelan



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It might sound stupid cos it seems you can get any soundtrack you want, but...
Is there any soundtrack you really want but you can't get it?
I wish I could "pay" you back by giving you a rare ost you can't find. he he :)

There's one I can think of right away... a long time ago, there was a CD OST released of Dark Wizard for the Mega CD which had extended versions of the tracks that are on the game disc. The only rip I could ever find of that was a terrible, low-quality and very quiet rip that wasn't even worth listening to.

Here's the link to the page on VGMdb:

TOCT-6635 | Dark Wizard Symphony - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/2877)

If you ever happen to find the full soundtrack in quality better than what's found on this page:

RPGFan Music - Dark Wizard Symphony (http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/dark-wizard/)

Please let me know! I've been searching for it for years! :)

Gee it sure seems to be rare... I do have this ost but it's not better than what you already have...
Most of the tracks last around 1:30... Hmmm anyway I'll keep an eye on it! :)

Well you can still try to download the iso from "Gametronik", I see it includes mp3s in it, and the quality is not that bad, but I admit, it IS quiet. =>
http://dl.gametronik.com:8080/72dbd4e0ea24b073d999e8bb0a902083/Dark%20Wizard%20%28U%29.7z

Gee it sure seems to be rare... I do have this ost but it's not better than what you already have...
Most of the tracks last around 1:30... Hmmm anyway I'll keep an eye on it! :)

Well you can still try to download the iso from "Gametronik", I see it includes mp3s in it, and the quality is not that bad, but I admit, it IS quiet. =>
http://dl.gametronik.com:8080/72dbd4e0ea24b073d999e8bb0a902083/Dark%20Wizard%20%28U%29.7z

Oh, that seems to be a rip of the actual game and not the extended retail CD. Oh well... thanks for looking! I should post about soundtracks I'm having trouble finding every once in a while... maybe I'll get lucky! :D

Yeah it would be interesting to create a new thread like "Ruiner9's Requests"! :) he he

And well I really tried hard for 30 min. to find that ost, but it seems impossible. :O
I even tried to do some researches in Japanese and Russian...lol (sometimes their websites have incredibly rare stuff)
Sorry! m(_ _)m

Hey, nx666, is there any chance of the soundtrack for U.S. Classic by Seta? It had some very relaxing tracks and some good percussion work.

Also, what about titles about Athena and Allumer? Is there a chance of those as well? I requested Rezon from ruiner, and it wasn't possible.

Some Athena games like Daioh and Dragon Unit aren't possible to rip straight from the ROM, unless you turn off some sound channels to play music alone, but you got to be good enough to play through each game long enough.

I noticed that Allumer's Blandia arcade had longer music in the prototype than in the final version. The FM Towns version's BGM is based on the prototype version's.

And ruiner9 (or Ed). I have five requests for you to rip:

Ningyou Tsukai (PC-98)
Metal & Lace (MS-DOS)
Ningyou Tsukai 2 (PC-98)
Ningyou Tsukai 2 (Windows)
Pebble Beach no Hatou (PC-98)

If I had to pick one, it would be Pebble Beach no Hatou (PC-98).

Some Athena games like Daioh and Dragon Unit aren't possible to rip straight from the ROM, unless you turn off some sound channels to play music alone, but you got to be good enough to play through each game long enough.

I noticed that Allumer's Blandia arcade had longer music in the prototype than in the final version. The FM Towns version's BGM is based on the prototype version's.

And ruiner9 (or Ed). I have five requests for you to rip:

Ningyou Tsukai (PC-98)
Metal & Lace (MS-DOS)
Ningyou Tsukai 2 (PC-98)
Ningyou Tsukai (Windows)
Pebble Beach no Hatou (PC-98)

If I had to pick one, it would be Pebble Beach no Hatou (PC-98).

I'd imagine that a combination of turning the sound effects off, using a time freeze cheat, and using an invincibility cheat in MAME would be a pretty good combination for recording some music.

I'd imagine that a combination of turning the sound effects off, using a time freeze cheat, and using an invincibility cheat in MAME would be a pretty good combination for recording some music.

A lot of arcade machines have built-in sound tests as part of their service mode. That's how I recorded the Seta games. For MAME service mode is enabled like this:

1) Start the game normally, maybe wait until you see the title screen
2) Press F2 once to turn on service mode (only becomes active after reset)
3) Press F3 to reboot the game

This will take you to a test screen that can be navigated with the start buttons (by default "1" and "2") and joystick controls. Some games have a sound test on that screen that allows you to listen to all the in-game tracks without those pesky sfx. I just did a few quick tests, at least Daioh and Rezon have this option, and rips should be possible. I usually make a save state once I'm in service mode to have easy access to the sound test later on.

A lot of arcade machines have built-in sound tests as part of their service mode. That's how I recorded the Seta games. For MAME service mode is enabled like this:

1) Start the game normally, maybe wait until you see the title screen
2) Press F2 once to turn on service mode (only becomes active after reset)
3) Press F3 to reboot the game

This will take you to a test screen that can be navigated with the start buttons (by default "1" and "2") and joystick controls. Some games have a sound test on that screen that allows you to listen to all the in-game tracks without those pesky sfx. I just did a few quick tests, at least Daioh and Rezon have this option, and rips should be possible. I usually make a save state once I'm in service mode to have easy access to the sound test later on.

This is great information nx666. Thanks for sharing with the group! :)

Hey, nx666, is there any chance of the soundtrack for U.S. Classic by Seta? It had some very relaxing tracks and some good percussion work.

Also, what about titles about Athena and Allumer? Is there a chance of those as well? I requested Rezon from ruiner, and it wasn't possible.

If a game has a sound test, you should be able to record the music in MAME. That is the case for U.S. Classic and Rezon. You can easily verify this yourself using the method I described above. All the Seta games from that time seem to have sound tests.

It's finally done! Nintendo Puzzle Collection - Panel de Pon (GC) is new in the OP! Man, that was a pain in the neck, but I'm glad I have all 3 games up now. Whew!

So, I said I was going to take a break after completing this album, and that's true, but I think I'll still put a request or two up here and there when I'm bored and feeling like ripping. It's not going to be on the level of "5 albums a day" or anything, but I'll make sure there's some new stuff here and there.

Enjoy! :)

i didn't even know about existence of Panel de Pon!

i didn't even know about existence of Panel de Pon!

It's the third game on the Japan-only Gamecube title "Nintendo Puzzle Collection."

Woooo, thanks heaps, Ed! Great stuff, I can't wait to listen!

Great work! I've actually been doing the same thing with another GC game you couldn't rip for the last weeks, so I know how slow the process is... Only that it has 200+ songs :p

Anyways... I know you'd like to relax and rest for some time, but I'd like to make a request so I don't forget lol
Could you please re-do Pokemon Yellow for the GBC the same way you did with Pokemon Crystal? It has some missing tracks and, surprise surprise, the accursed click sound at the beginning of each song. In fact, I've been re-listening to other GB and GBC albums and they have the sound too (like the Game & Watch Gallery games, but I'll leave those for another request), I guess it was because of the old ripping method and not the game itself after all.

Again, this is just so I don't forget, please do it whenever you feel like it. Thanks in advance!

Hey, nx666, is there any chance of the soundtrack for U.S. Classic by Seta? It had some very relaxing tracks and some good percussion work.

Also, what about titles about Athena and Allumer? Is there a chance of those as well? I requested Rezon from ruiner, and it wasn't possible.

More Seta arcade music: U.S. Classic. This one actually has sequenced music which made a rip directly from the rom impossible. The overall sound quality is not that great, I don't know if that is an issue with the emulation or the songs themselves though. Going by the rest of the Seta soundtracks from that year it might very well be the latter.

U.S. Classic (Arcade) (https://mega.co.nz/#!GFZhgAJL!gvdlIFQq1X3VTpXR5QI6NwrO7A2JaCxoqVVuP73 IH2Q)

Is MEGA not working for anyone else? I can't download or upload right now, but the site itself loads just fine.

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Great stuff! I just can't wrap my head around the fact that you somehow managed to fill 2 hours with ninja music without playing at least one track from the Last Ninja (aka Best Ninja) soundtracks :)

I'm now looking forward to the Amiga podcast. If you ever get around to doing that episode, I'd have plenty of recommendations!


Edit: MEGA seems to work on my end

Great stuff! I just can't wrap my head around the fact that you somehow managed to fill 2 hours with ninja music without playing at least one track from the Last Ninja (aka Best Ninja) soundtracks :)

I'm now looking forward to the Amiga podcast. If you ever get around to doing that episode, I'd have plenty of recommendations!


Edit: MEGA seems to work on my end

Mostly it stems from the fact that neither Mike nor I ever owned a Commodore 64, so we're not too well-versed on the games. I've obsessed over the X68000, now I'm immersing myself in Amiga stuff... who knows which system I'll get into next?

I'm thinking the firewall here at work doesn't like MEGA suddenly. This could be an issue... :-/

MEGA worked fine for me!

Also, I checked out Panel de Pon GC, and I can hear Furil speaking in a number of tracks.

MEGA worked fine for me!

Also, I checked out Panel de Pon GC, and I can hear Furil speaking in a number of tracks.

Yeah, there's no way around that in the quieter tracks.

Actually, I HAVE found a way.

Make Furil shut up:
3A1FDEA4 00000020
00A99CA3 00000004

Press R after selecting track.

Well, if you want to spend 7 hours re-recording the music, be my guest!

Since my last request didn't work out, this time: Wild Guns by Natsume (SNES)

Mostly it stems from the fact that neither Mike nor I ever owned a Commodore 64, so we're not too well-versed on the games. I've obsessed over the X68000, now I'm immersing myself in Amiga stuff... who knows which system I'll get into next?

Here is a little Last Ninja "discovery package" with 6 great tracks from the first 4 games. These are all recordings from original hardware.

Last Ninja Series (C64) Discovery Package (https://mega.co.nz/#!HcY2iYLC!EixRv-uQB6kHmNKjM6HNYx10eYmvOnTpq9QKX4mMrHI)


Remember Carat: Magical Block and its awesome X68000 music? Well, I finally caved and bought an SC-55 to listen to all of these MIDI files I had amassed 20 years ago. As a little side project, I did a recording of the SC-55 version of that soundtrack.

Carat: Magical Block (X68000) SC-55 version (https://mega.co.nz/#!KZhAnJZR!AdTILajtksAZvZLVfQ0kMHpHompnnXo3eKmMvUj 8yto)

Here is a little Last Ninja "discovery package" with 6 great tracks from the first 4 games. These are all recordings from original hardware.

Last Ninja Series (C64) Discovery Package (https://mega.co.nz/#!HcY2iYLC!EixRv-uQB6kHmNKjM6HNYx10eYmvOnTpq9QKX4mMrHI)


Remember Carat: Magical Block and its awesome X68000 music? Well, I finally caved and bought an SC-55 to listen to all of these MIDI files I had amassed 20 years ago. As a little side project, I did a recording of the SC-55 version of that soundtrack.

Carat: Magical Block (X68000) SC-55 version (https://mega.co.nz/#!KZhAnJZR!AdTILajtksAZvZLVfQ0kMHpHompnnXo3eKmMvUj 8yto)

Oooh, excellent! I'll take a listen on my way to work today! Thank you!

Here's a few requests... both are Hoot recordings:

Last Armageddon (PC-88) - I wasn't really impressed with this one. The soundtrack comes in both OPN and OPNA flavors, and the OPNA was actually much worse than the OPN. I guess the other soundtrack ports are more worthwhile!

Marine Philt (PC-98) - Some decent tunes from a weird sci fi/ horror/ visual novel kind of game about an alien terrorizing a (what else?) Japanese high school. The music is pretty dramatic, and there are some suspenseful tunes in here too.

ALMOST FORGOT! - I've redone Masahiro Kajihara's awesome Hole Chaser soundtrack! The OPNA version sounds much better now, and the OPN version is included, too!

Enjoy! :)

Carat: Magical Block is pretty good with the SC-55! I really liked the ending theme and some of the more lighthearted tracks with the MIDI enhancements, but I felt the Crisis songs and some of the heavier tracks sound better to me in FM. Thanks for sharing that... do you mind if I package the MIDI track with my FM for download in the OP?

And that brings me to some new releases. Yes, new releases! Crazy! :)

Arcade

Elevator Action Returns - A great soundtrack from Yasuhisa Watanabe. There's some electronic in here, along with some James Bond-style sneaky music. It's worth a listen!

Chelnov - Atomic Runner - The "Chelnov Theme" is soooo catchy! I always end up humming it to myself for the rest of the day when i play the X68000 version. The rest is mediocre IMO, but get this just for the theme.

Ghosts 'N Goblins - SpOooooOOoOOky! Haha, these are the classic tracks I'm sure you're familiar with.

Golden Axe - Just a lone YM2151 playing these songs, which is neat because that means all that heavy percussion is FM and not PCM. Anyways, it's a very cinematic sounding set of tunes.

Syvalion (Arcade and X68000) - Coincidentally, this was also composed by Yasuhisa Watanabe like Elevator Action Returns, from two different requesters! I've also uploaded the X68000 version of this soundtrack. They sound very similar, but there's a few differences here and there. Which is your favorite?

Carat: Magical Block is pretty good with the SC-55! I really liked the ending theme and some of the more lighthearted tracks with the MIDI enhancements, but I felt the Crisis songs and some of the heavier tracks sound better to me in FM. Thanks for sharing that... do you mind if I package the MIDI track with my FM for download in the OP?

Not at all, feel free to add it to the first page. The same goes for anything else I have posted in this thread (or will post in the future). I also don't mind if you convert the Flacs to Mp3 in order to save some space :)

Quite a coincidence that X68000 rips are being discussed here, because I've really been into those lately myself. For anyone who hasn't yet, you should check out some of the rips I've got over at my thread like Etoile Princesse, (http://www.mediafire.com/download/jss3g5iauwpo96w/Etoile+Princesse.rar) Neural Gear, (http://www.mediafire.com/download/269hwc9t6r566it/Neural+Gear.rar) Sion II (http://www.mediafire.com/download/hj0j22csapqsen4/Sion+II+%28OPN%29.rar) and IV, (http://www.mediafire.com/download/td0udtxa0vt1m8p/Sion+IV.rar) and various others! ;) Sadly, my attempts at ripping the MIDI tracks leave something to be desired (see: my MT-32 rip of Sion II)....


But anyway, this leads to a request: Ruiner, do you think you can get the FM version of a X68k shmup called Ku2? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1831WtTFAYQ) I tried to make a rip myself, but for some reason it won't load up in any version of Hoot I have. Therefore, I figure you might have better luck than me in this regard.


And on a somewhat related note:


Well, I finally caved and bought an SC-55 to listen to all of these MIDI files I had amassed 20 years ago.


Out of curiosity, is Sion II part of your MIDI collection? I'd love to have a rip of the SC-55 version of that game's tracks. :)

But anyway, this leads to a request: Ruiner, do you think you can get the FM version of a X68k shmup called Ku2? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1831WtTFAYQ) I tried to make a rip myself, but for some reason it won't load up in any version of Hoot I have. Therefore, I figure you might have better luck than me in this regard.


Yes! There's a sound test once you go into the comical/ serious config menu, so I should be able to log VGM files from there and make a hoot-quality soundtrack from that. :) I'll add it to the queue!

Just submitting these if requests are back up
Sonic and sega all stars racing (DS)
The urbz sims in the city (DS)
The legendary starfy (DS)
Kirby's dream course (SNES)
Lethal enforcers II (Sega CD)
If there's a wait it's fine I can handle it. Also I wanted to ask you if you do music for windows games. If so I might request some games from the late 90s early 2000s some time in the future

Just submitting these if requests are back up
Sonic and sega all stars racing (DS)
The urbz sims in the city (DS)
The legendary starfy (DS)
Kirby's dream course (SNES)
Lethal enforcers II (Sega CD)
If there's a wait it's fine I can handle it. Also I wanted to ask you if you do music for windows games. If so I might request some games from the late 90s early 2000s some time in the future

Well, they're not really back up, but nobody seems to listen so I'm just adding them to the long queue anyways! :D

No, I don't do Windows games. Whatever is in the OP is what I'm sticking with... it's enough to keep organized as it is!

If you don't mind me asking, how much stuff you have in the queue right now?

Here's my current queue (I can't rip Espgaluda or Air Attack, Sorry Lily!)

magma dragoon
* Akuji The Heartless (PSX)
* Bomberman Wars (PSX)

MOV-Games
Kirby�s Dream Land (GB) (redo)

Knivesman
Murakumo (XBOX)

zenotron
Cyberbots (Arcade)
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns (PS2)

Cam
Legendary Wings - NES
Low G Man - NES
Karnov - NES
Axelay - SNES
Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood - PCECD
Chakan The Forever Man - Genesis

ghdude
Thrillville and Off The Rails (2)
YuGiOh Dawn Of Destiny
Harvest Moon N64
Evolution Skateboarding
Evolution Snowboarding
Broken Sword Sleeping Dragon

patrick1287
- Baseball 2020 (Arcade Neo-Geo)
- Super Frog (AMIGA)
- The King of Fighters KYO (PSX)
- Zool 2 (AMIGA)
- Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22 (PSX)


BelmontKnight
Martial Champion (PC Engine CD)

MentalHog
Honoo no Toukyuuji - Dodge Danpei 1 & 2 (NES)
Bill�s Tomato Game MD (Genesis Proto) (No sound test?)
Project MD (Genesis homebrew)

Monado Buster
Elite Beat Agents (DS)

Parrothead1983
Ningyou Tsukai (PC-98)
Metal & Lace (MS-DOS)
Ningyou Tsukai 2 (PC-98)
Ningyou Tsukai (Windows)
Pebble Beach no Hatou (PC-98)

Lockdown
Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog - GBA
Frogger's Adventures 2: The Lost Wand - GBA
Frogger's Journey: The Forgotten Relic - GBA
Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs - GBA
Spyro: Shadow Legacy - DS

MagnetMan34
Pokemon Yellow (GB) - rerip

mussangmaster
Wild Guns (SNES)

MarvelB
Ku2 (X68000) - sound test in config menu, hoot doesn�t work correctly

someguy187
Sonic and sega all stars racing (DS)
The urbz sims in the city (DS)
The legendary starfy (DS)
Kirby's dream course (SNES)
Lethal enforcers II (Sega CD)

Out of curiosity, is Sion II part of your MIDI collection? I'd love to have a rip of the SC-55 version of that game's tracks. :)

I don't have midi files for Sion II, but Hoot can use the SC-55 directly so I could record the soundtrack that way. It's very time-consuming though, as you have to do line-in recordings in real time without knowing in advance when a song might loop/end. But I'll see what I can do. Btw, Etoile Princesse is already on my to-do-list, the more orchestral soundtracks usually sound pretty good on the SC-55.

Hmm I was kinda expecting you couldn't rip Espgaluda and Air Attack, they seem harder to do.
Oh I notice you don't have Daytona USA in your Arcade rips!
I don't know much about these things, but maybe it's impossible to rip the Model 2 system?
Then again, I ripped myself the Saturn version, which is very good, but I notice some nice differences in the arcade version, so I was wondering if you could do it.

Besides that, I notice that somebody asked for the Sega CD version of Lethal Enforcers II, but may I request the Arcade version? (I think it sounds different)
So, anyway I'll just write a list, it's simpler lol.

- Daytona USA (Arcade) (if model 2 music is rippable)
- Lethal Enforcers II (Arcade)
- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Arcade)
- Out Run (Arcade) (Everybody has it already, but again, I always want your version, cos I know it'll sound better! he he)
- Progear no Arashi (Arcade)

Thanks for Golden Axe and Elevator Action Returns! (this last one makes me feel very good he he)

I just want to ask, what happened to my Ford Racing 3 request from a month or two ago? Was it somehow impossible to do, did you forget or have I completely missed it due to being rather busy?

- Out Run (Arcade) (Everybody has it already, but again, I always want your version, cos I know it'll sound better! he he)

I found a site that has the soundtrack of the arcade version of Out Run (it also includes three arrangements of the three in-game tracks, too):

http://downloads.*********.com/game-soundtracks/album/outrun

Hope this helps you out. :)

EDIT: I'll message you the blocked word privately.

I found a site that has the soundtrack of the arcade version of Out Run (it also includes three arrangements of the three in-game tracks, too):

http://downloads.*********.com/game-soundtracks/album/outrun

Hope this helps you out. :)

EDIT: I'll message you the blocked word privately.

lol oops! Even in your private message, the blocked word still appears as little stars. (***** etc)
I wonder why... Maybe you can find another way to write it? m(_ _)m

On a side note, I know I should maybe post this in the request section, but...
I'm very interested in a VINYL album from 1986... "Sega Game Music Vol.1" !
It contains the true original Outrun OST.
I have it in mp3, recorded from the actual old 80s tapes. lol
But I would love to find this recorded from the original vinyl.
This and Sega Ages Volume 1 on Saturn were the best versions of Outrun OST imho.

I found a site that has the soundtrack of the arcade version of Out Run (it also includes three arrangements of the three in-game tracks, too):

http://downloads.*********.com/game-soundtracks/album/outrun

KH Insider is the name of the site.

Talking about KH Insider, I noticed a lot of their new uploads are actually Ruiner's Rips. I only noticed as all of the OST's that I tagged for Ruiner have the EXACT same names on there as what I tagged them as, and the ones that arent have Ruiners '01_Name Of Game' naming method.

Thanks!
The one from KH insider does sound good. It's soft with no emphasis on the highs and no compression, I like this, it sounds old school. :)

On a side note, I know I should maybe post this in the request section, but...
I'm very interested in a VINYL album from 1986... "Sega Game Music Vol.1" !
It contains the true original Outrun OST.
I have it in mp3, recorded from the actual old 80s tapes. lol
But I would love to find this recorded from the original vinyl.
This and Sega Ages Volume 1 on Saturn were the best versions of Outrun OST imho.

How about this one? Should be easier to find and technically you would only need the first disc...

OutRun 20th Anniversary Box (http://vgmdb.net/album/5474)

How about this one? Should be easier to find and technically you would only need the first disc...

OutRun 20th Anniversary Box (http://vgmdb.net/album/5474)

Oh I already have this one. ha ha
Thanks for the advice though.

On the other hand, see I'm a real music nerd, so I'm very annoying when it comes to music dynamics and compression.
See, if you open one of the tracks of the Anniversary Box in Audacity, you'll see that the volume has been set so high that it destroys the dynamics.
I'm no expert, but I can tell you that the dynamics is the change of volume in a song. (think of a movie soundtrack which starts very quietly and then end very loud)
When a music is "compressed", it means the dynamics have been reduced, and sometimes, even completely destroyed.
That's why I'm always looking for very old rips, tapes, vinyls, etc.
Cos back then the "compression" was very limited or even non-existent, in some video games.
Compression makes the volume high ALL the time and therefore the music is more tiring to listen to.
The OutRun 20th Anniversary Box is great, but frankly, when I have time, I'll try to rip myself one by one every original ost, with as little compression as possible.
Anyway, again, I'm no expert about such stuff at all, but I know that I became an audiophile a year ago or so and now I'm very demanding when it comes to such stuff. lol
Most of Ruiner's rips sound good cos usually he doesn't touch the dynamics. (only a few of them have bad dynamics, like for example the Road Rash rips on Genesis I think)
So... Yeah, I also realize that 99% of people wouldn't tell the difference though.
But I wish people would take some time to listen with hi-fi headphones the difference between, for example, an old vinyl of Abba, and a new remastered version...
The same process exists in video games as well, unfortunately.
That's why I tend to be very wary when I see big "boxes" like that, with new remasters.
Same goes for Street Fighter II. The old CDs sounded so much better than the 2000s ones.

Sorry I wrote so much. But well it's really a passion for me. lol :)

Talking about KH Insider, I noticed a lot of their new uploads are actually Ruiner's Rips. I only noticed as all of the OST's that I tagged for Ruiner have the EXACT same names on there as what I tagged them as, and the ones that arent have Ruiners '01_Name Of Game' naming method.

Hmm, and ghdude was posting about making their site grow... I'm no detective but I can put 2 and 2 together.

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Oh, Also, MOV_Games, I'll add Ford Racing 3 to your slot on the queue... I remember you requesting it, but must've forgotten to add it to the list.

And Lily, I'll do Outrun anyways because I want it in my collection, and the music is amazing. :)

Sorry I wrote so much. But well it's really a passion for me. lol :)

No worries. I didn't realize Sega's own re-masters were so bad. Well, I guess that's pretty much in line with how they've been treating their legacy in general lately...

Speaking of sound quality: let's not EVER talk about the evils of emulated sound hardware and all the nasty things it does to the source material in this happy place :)

No worries. I didn't realize Sega's own re-masters were so bad. Well, I guess that's pretty much in line with how they've been treating their legacy in general lately...

Speaking of sound quality: let's not EVER talk about the evils of emulated sound hardware and all the nasty things it does to the source material in this happy place :)

Ha ha I hear ya. I think a few emulators SEEM to get it right, but overall I feel like we miss out a lot.
One only has to listen to "theIronGoat" rips or "16-bit audiophile" rips to notice how better they are compared to emulated music. (they're so-called "line-out rips")

In my opinion I don't see any difference with the NES emulator and line-out rips but with
SNES and Genesis line-out rips, I think emulators sound more clear and high quality.

In my opinion I don't see any difference with the NES emulator and line-out rips but with
SNES and Genesis line-out rips, I think emulators sound more clear and high quality.

The sound is definitely more clear, the highs are emphasized.
It depends on your priorities. I don't know about nx666, but I know that I just like the music to be "authentic".
If I'm not mistaken, the sound wasn't as clear on the Megadrive I as the Megadrive II. (16-bit audiophile uses Megadrive I I think)
His line-out rips really remind me of how my first Megadrive sounded.
Personally I prefer this but to each his own.
Also, I would definitely agree that Fusion emulator does a very nice job for the Megadrive. (Genesis)
I always use the lowpass filter to make it sound less closer to the real thing though.

Edit : it's interesting to listen to Ruiner's rip of Sonic 1 on Megadrive and then 16-bit audiophile one.
Ruiner's rip definitely sound HQ and crystal clear. 16-bit Audiophile sounds more muffled.
I was only saying that I prefer the more authentic sound of line-out rips, but still I definitely keep Ruiner's rip as well,
cos it's the best non-line-out rip out there. he he
They sound different enough to keep them both though anyway. he he

I wonder why..

I guess cause KH Insider replaces what Galbadia Hotel site used to be? I can't dload a thing from old gh section and sometimes KH is only thing where i could find smth when i was looking for. Sadly, they don't keep quality and

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do they steal game rips from here? Oh. Could give credit, damn.

I guess cause KH Insider replaces what Galbadia Hotel site used to be? I can't dload a thing from old gh section and sometimes KH is only thing where i could find smth when i was looking for. Sadly, they don't keep quality and

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do they steal game rips from here? Oh. Could give credit, damn.

KHI is similar to what Galbadia Hotel once was. Don't know why GH is even still up when nothing works on there. But it is true that KHI has suddenly gained a substantial amount of rips, and it's pretty evident they get it from these forums, including this very thread. Evidence is there; I've seen several rips from there that I retagged from here, and even a few that aren't even tagged. Plus, right clicking on the files and going to properties will show that ruiner9's name is on the "Encoded by" part. Not sure why they don't give credit to the actual rippers; never did as far as I know.

KH is not interested in giving credit to whomever for the rips, soundtracks, OST of any games, anime, etc that are posted there. The guy who runs it is just throwing up an mp3 collection from anyone (huge emphasis on ANYONE) then fails to give enough information as to what the rip is exactly on many occasions. His goal is to simply put up as many soundtracks as he can. As a result - Depending on the game or format posted, it may be obvious to us what the exact soundtrack is - other times, it is not. That's where the confusion sometimes comes in. He even sometimes duplicates soundtrack listings. So while the site can be nice, it has huge categorization issues, full identification problems & quality upkeep flaws that still exist today.

While I'm grateful that I have access to many of these soundtracks from a variety of sources (including KH), it does begin to beg the question of "who is the source?" as you download and build your personal gaming music library. This can be an issue when trying to find particular or correct soundtracks on KH Insider. So, you have to sometimes be wary.

As for Ruiner's game rips being on KH, that is definitely correct. I have confirmed it on many occasions simply by the number of tracks, the exact matching file size, and the exact track names for particular titles. And yes - The frequency of these rips from Ruiner's Archive of listings has certainly increased at KH over the past few months for sure. Not that it's all a bad thing... It is the Internet, and the purpose is not necessarily to cry wolf or police such things. Some may not even see it an issue. We download the mp3s to do as we wish.

I'm not complaining about it myself. I may sometimes get a soundtrack from there, Ruiner, or a variety of others - but you just have to be wary and "consider the source". Because one thing is certain here & you should keep in mind - Ruiner9 strives for quality in his rips, and our community, of course, wants the same. There have been many postings & re-postings of Ruiner's rips here so he can correct and improve various soundtracks. With KH not keeping up and just "throwing stuff up" as soon as he gets it - some of the those titles may never be updated, improved or corrected should Ruiner9 chose to do so at a later date. Ruiner will do this, and inform us, and we can re-download the improvement, even if it's simply just the proper naming & tagging of the tracks.

Just something to keep in mind when downloading from various sources. It all just depends on the game and the source sometimes.

Knowledge is power. Just be aware. :)

As for ghdude's spamming earlier - the only comment I have is... "a little inappropriate". At least towards respecting of the owner of this thread.

My two cents...

POW! Some new tracks come your way! You attack with your ears! Everyone wins!

First up, though, is a remastered version of Kirby's Dream Land for the Game Boy!

Then we've got two XBOX albums:

Ford Racing 3, which is mostly rock/ funk, and features two tracks from legend Tim Follin.

Also, there's Murakumo - Renegade Mech Pursuit. It's got a huge list of composers in it's credits, and the music has a whole bunch of different sound and themes to match. Word is that this game is pretty awful, so here's your chance to listen to the rad tunes without having to suffer through the gameplay! I've left the tracks titled as they are on the disc in case it helps someone who wants to tag it.

Lastly, Bomberman Wars in the Saturn section. It's quite a departure from the usual Bomberman sound and gameplay, and wasn't composed by series regular Jun Chikuma. It's still really good, though!


I couldn't rip Akuji the Heartless because the music is in an unknown format. Sorry!

Thanks for the two rips, much appreciated! I have to ask, how do you know what songs Tim Follin did in Ford Racing 3? There's no specific song details in the PS2 version's manual.

Thanks for the two rips, much appreciated! I have to ask, how do you know what songs Tim Follin did in Ford Racing 3? There's no specific song details in the PS2 version's manual.

The filenames on the disc are "TFTRACK" for Tim's tracks and "PSTRACK" for Paul Stroud's tracks. Muddy Funker's tracks are "MF(TRACKNAME)." The only unlabeled one was "SPDFRK" so I couldn't tag it with a composer.

@ruiner9: Hmmmm, might be offtopic, but what`s the current filesize of your collection? I need this information for... research... oooooooon... hooooow... yes, on how much disk space rippers have to have available for their hobby. Just kidding, question just popped up and I had to ask. :)

Haha! As of this posting, I currently have about 162gb of music!

Quick update on Ford Racing 3, I swear I've heard at least one track in game on the PS2 version that's not on the album, a techno track that's too quiet for it's own good. Was there an unrippable song or two on the disc? This might be a PS2 exclusive song.

The PS2 version of the game is unrippabke due to the files being compressed into a larger file which hasn't been decrypted yet. This was the entirety of the music on the Xbox disc. Maybe it was during an FMV sequence? Or was it on Ford Racing 2?

Nope, definatly Ford Racing 3 and definatly in game, I replayed it a month or so ago. The song was really quiet, almost inaudible while racing compared to the others. I might be wrong, my memory isn't exactly top notch :P. I'll check the game tomorrow as I'm off College.

Some stuff from the past few days:

Sion II: The First Attack (X68000, SC-55 version) (https://mega.co.nz/#!iMIRCJbZ!8h78dB7cIdIVFcgaVTeYMMUHvM9NP79xoct9yRa g0wk) - Most of the songs included here don't actually seem to be used anywhere in the game. Some of the additional tracks don't sound like they were composed on the SC-55 either. Maybe someone familiar with that series can shed some light on this? Anyway, there are a few really good tracks, my favorite is the Stage 4 theme, which sounds like a positively cheesy 70's pop song.

Barcelona Fighter '92 (X68000, SC-55 version) (https://mega.co.nz/#!iEAjDRAY!fmBc8KWxj7DBhdbsi4s3QbeELiGJVSTcPWceb6q KueM) - A weird Street Fighter 2 parody(?) I mainly did this to test a few things with the SC-55.

Superfrog (Amiga) (https://mega.co.nz/#!uBBAGAQT!VmVCzRRghFn3QbZYikaeve_FuD5xKR1qUvnGaXv Ad4I) - I think this was also requested by someone in this thread.

Rock'n Roll (Amiga) (https://mega.co.nz/#!3ExmBDBL!Qa0Pn93nkfOgqLZg3biMNdRzgLPg7soFEca6kts d238) - A Chris Huelsbeck soundtrack that features - take a guess - rock'n roll music! It's a style you don't get to hear very often in video games and the compositions are really good.

Ghouls'n Ghosts (Amiga) (https://mega.co.nz/#!HRZznZ6Z!NrW3q6CzvUTWDIGamfXpDZbdp9jKjD5gNvQrclO cddc) - This is mostly original music by Tim Follin plus a few tracks from the arcade game. The title music is pretty rad.

Ork (Amiga) (https://mega.co.nz/#!bFRSCTTT!KBuwbbiazSz7EJDjJDOgHir_VoiCviI-7mTrSMevIgE) - A Psygnosis game scored by Tim Bartlett. There are only 2 tracks, including one of my favorite Game Over themes ever.

Amiga stuff is always cool!

I shall put some requests when more are fulfilled.

Hello,

I was wondering if the request for Legend of Mana's OST (http://vgmdb.net/album/77) had already been suggested to you ? If not, is it technically possible for you to upload it ?

Hello,

I was wondering if the request for Legend of Mana's OST (http://vgmdb.net/album/77) had already been suggested to you ? If not, is it technically possible for you to upload it ?

I'll add the soundtrack to my queue!

New request: U.N. Squadron (Area 88 in Japan) for Super Nintendo.

New goodies today!

Arcade

Cyberbots - Fullmetal Madness - This one took me most of yesterday and this morning to do. It's chiprock using the awesome QSound engine, so it sounds really good.


PS2

Fire Pro Wrestling Returns - Whoa, I didn't expect 100 tracks to be in this game, and I didn't expect all of them to sound so great! Good luck to whoever wants to try to tag this thing! ;)


SNES

Axelay - How did it take so long to finally get around to one of the greatest shmup soundtracks on the SNES? I don't know! It's dramatic and amazing sounding.


Genesis

Chakan - The Forever Man - A bizarre and noisy soundtrack, using the YM2612 chip in a lot of different ways. I used to hate this game, but it's grown on me.


NES

Low G Man - A super fast paced collection of tunes that'll get you running around and motivated. This is great music to clean the house to! :D

Karnov - Not much music in this one, but the game was well-loved so I'm sure it has a nostalgia factor.

Legendary Wings - Oh man, that Stage 3 Theme is so good! It's gotta be one of the tracks that Manami Matsumae did!


PC Engine CD

Castlevania - Rondo of Blood - Is this it? Is this rockin' Castlevania score the last pre-Lords of Shadow soundtrack to be posted here? Are there any games I'm missing? If this IS the last, it's quite a fitting ending, right? Such good stuff.


Anyways, that's it for today!

Fire Pro Wrestling Returns - Whoa, I didn't expect 100 tracks to be in this game, and I didn't expect all of them to sound so great! Good luck to whoever wants to try to tag this thing! ;)

In the words of the late, great Ultimate Warrior, "I ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE!!" :D

Oh, amazing stuff! Here's some requests to fill up your queue!

* Alien Storm (Arcade)
* Rayxanber (FM-Towns)
* Rayxanber II (PC-Engine CD)
* Turrican (Amiga)
* Turrican II (Amiga)

Oh, amazing stuff! Here's some requests to fill up your queue!

* Alien Storm (Arcade)
* Rayxanber (FM-Towns)
* Rayxanber II (PC-Engine CD)
* Turrican (Amiga)
* Turrican II (Amiga)

Good choices, except for Alien Storm. It might not be rippable, but I think you can find it in this album:

PCCB-00035 | Hyper Drive -G.S.M. SEGA 4- - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/389)

Hello,

I was wondering if the request for Legend of Mana's OST (http://vgmdb.net/album/77) had already been suggested to you ? If not, is it technically possible for you to upload it ?

For those that are interested --- I have this Legend of Mana OST available for you to download for all that would like to have it. I know Ruiner's got a pretty big queue going, and this soundtrack has got some outstanding & beautiful music music in parts (especially from the cinematics). Too bad the game wasn't so good, but that's why we enjoy what is - THE MUSIC! So.... Enjoy! :)


Legend of Mana OST (https://mega.co.nz/#!fwFlHCzJ!jn8uokY4JgcfkXp6BnNCmHLmfszu8JQHDcGQhW2 sTos)

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Ruiner - Castlevania: Rondo Blood link not present in PC-Engine section! :(

Sad face ensues.

Despair.... utter despair....

Oh wait.... I see Akumajou Dracula X - Chi no Rondo (PCECD) - But I got that from you back in August.

I are confuse.

Thanks Ruiner for doing my requests for both Fire Pro Returns and Cyberbots! Really means a lot to me! :D

Good choices, except for Alien Storm. It might not be rippable, but I think you can find it in this album:

PCCB-00035 | Hyper Drive -G.S.M. SEGA 4- - VGMdb (http://vgmdb.net/album/389)

I can open it fine in M1, so I think it's totally rippable.

* Turrican (Amiga)
* Turrican II (Amiga)

I could upload these two for you if you want

For those that are interested --- I have this Legend of Mana OST available for you to download for all that would like to have it. I know Ruiner's got a pretty big queue going, and this soundtrack has got some outstanding & beautiful music music in parts (especially from the cinematics). Too bad the game wasn't so good, but that's why we enjoy what is - THE MUSIC! So.... Enjoy! :)


Legend of Mana OST (https://mega.co.nz/#!fwFlHCzJ!jn8uokY4JgcfkXp6BnNCmHLmfszu8JQHDcGQhW2 sTos)

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Ruiner - Castlevania: Rondo Blood link not present in PC-Engine section! :(

Sad face ensues.

Despair.... utter despair....

Oh wait.... I see Akumajou Dracula X - Chi no Rondo (PCECD) - But I got that from you back in August.

I are confuse.

Yeah, they're the same. A personal friend requested it and I didn't think to check if I had it under the Japanese name before I re ripped it. I was confuse too.

I had an idea, guys... since a lot of you have lots of Amiga stuff to share, and I haven't been getting very good feedback from the stuff I've ripped so far, why don't you start another thread just for Amiga and C64 stuff? That way it'll be easily found. I'm not too keen on adding rips I haven't done to my OP because then you start getting rips of varying volumes and tags, which goes against the reason why I started this thread in the first place! I'd consider it a "sister thread" and we could request back and forth and have a grand ol' time. :)

I had an idea, guys... since a lot of you have lots of Amiga stuff to share, and I haven't been getting very good feedback from the stuff I've ripped so far, why don't you start another thread just for Amiga and C64 stuff? That way it'll be easily found. I'm not too keen on adding rips I haven't done to my OP because then you start getting rips of varying volumes and tags, which goes against the reason why I started this thread in the first place! I'd consider it a "sister thread" and we could request back and forth and have a grand ol' time. :)

I think that's a good idea, I'm not sure though if there is enough interest for a dedicated C64/Amiga thread around here. This forum has always been very Japan/console-centric. And, at least for my rips, it would still be all over the place thematically: Amiga, SC-55 in combination with various computers, Arcade, etc. But if we get a few people together, I would be more than happy to join. I could even take on a few requests for some of the systems not covered by your thread.

Alternatively, you might want to consider one of these options:

a) We could try to synchronize the settings for whatever mastering you are doing so that our rips are consistent with yours. Not sure how realistic that is though, considering the differences in audio editing software. But at least some approximation should be possible, and I think this would be a good idea even if we decide to go with a separate thread.

b) For soundtracks relevant to this thread I could upload "raw" FLAC versions for you. These tracks would already be looped, faded, and tagged (using your template of course), which should take care of most of the work required. You can then take them through your usual mastering pipeline (which I assume is fairly automated at that point), convert them to mp3s, and post them here. If you want, we can do a test run for this with the Turrican soundtracks.

PS: Your Amiga rips sound totally fine to me :)

I can open it fine in M1, so I think it's totally rippable.

Understood. Anyway, I updated this Support Thread:

Thread 187752

Ed, why you're so evil for Amiga? It needs moar luv! ^_______________^

Ed, why you're so evil for Amiga? It needs moar luv! ^_______________^

I'm not evil for it! I love the music! It's just not easy to rip! :D

Anyways, the amazing KingTengu has reordered and tagged the epic Fire Pro Wrestling Returns (PS2) soundtrack! I'm certain this was no small feat, so thank you very much, sir!

Anyways, the amazing KingTengu has reordered and tagged the epic Fire Pro Wrestling Returns (PS2) soundtrack! I'm certain this was no small feat, so thank you very much, sir!

You're welcome, ruiner! :) (although I am having some trouble with identifying tracks for Fire Prowrestling 3 for the PC Engine. If anyone can help me, let me know)

In return, I would like to make these WWF requests for all that hard work with retagging/reordering Fire Pro Wrestling Returns for you:

- WWF Rage in the Cage (Sega CD)
- WWF RAW (Super Nintendo)
- WWF Royal Rumble (Sega Genesis)
- WWF Super WrestleMania (Super Nintendo)
- WWF Superstars 2 (Game Boy)

If WWE Rage in the Cage isn't rippable, then I would like to substitute the Sega Genesis version of WWF Super WrestleMania in it's place.

Anyways, have a good night, ruiner, and I hope to help out with future retags. :)

For those that are interested --- I have this Legend of Mana OST available for you to download for all that would like to have it. I know Ruiner's got a pretty big queue going, and this soundtrack has got some outstanding & beautiful music music in parts (especially from the cinematics). Too bad the game wasn't so good, but that's why we enjoy what is - THE MUSIC! So.... Enjoy! :)


Legend of Mana OST (https://mega.co.nz/#!fwFlHCzJ!jn8uokY4JgcfkXp6BnNCmHLmfszu8JQHDcGQhW2 sTos)[COLOR="Silver"]
That's awesome, many thanks for that.
I have never played the game, I just know how great its OST is. It's a shame that everyone I have met who played Legend of Mana is sharing the same skepticism towards the game itself, because its OST would suggest an awesome RPG.

I don't know if you still intend to upload this OST now ruiner (perhaps if you can have a better audio quality), but it could still be a great addition to your awesome collection.

Hey ruiner! I just finished the soundtrack for WarioWare, Inc. Mega Party Game$!. I remember I requested it a long time but you couldn't rip it, and other people requested it too, so I thought I would share it here in case someone still wants it! If someone's interested, you can find the link in my signature. :)

Finished my work on Panel de Pon GC:
https://www.mediafire.com/?6966620k9v4b64c
Still needs touching up.

Also, did the main theme and grand credits of Nintendo Puzzle Collection:
www.mediafire.com/download/vsm880owlm203hj/Nintendo+Puzzle+Collection+-+Main.zip

Something for the weekend:

�toile Princesse (X68000, OPM/MSM + SC55 version) (https://mega.co.nz/#!yMASQJQI!qRTRCRPRkzf6lMF3OmAMkSvI-vwY91H0JkNXy3eTqUc) - One of only a few X68000 soundtracks that uses both, the internal sound chip AND the SC-55. It's basically the FM version plus additional MIDI instruments.

The Grail Hunter (PC-9801, SC-55 version) (https://mega.co.nz/#!WEBBlAJK!dfNV9sa0UpPLCxEm-nYdlFb_ldh-4jDI30DxIxlBHFI) - A Wolfteam soundtrack by Sakuraba, Tamura, & co. If anybody has tags for this, let me know. There is very little information to find on that game in general.

I've also been updating my older Amiga stuff. Here is some music by Jochen Hippel (aka Mad Max), one of the stars of the Amiga (and Atari ST) scene. His later soundtracks had a very interesting style that uses a lot of PSG samples and sound like a cross between C64 and Amiga music.

A Prehistoric Tale (Amiga) (https://mega.co.nz/#!yZQlmTzY!NXB9B_JdqqJCfq1fRE66cMYLfIKekkiliyux7na x7Ds) - Obscure puzzle-platformer with a great music.

The Seven Gates of Jambala (Amiga) (https://mega.co.nz/#!CE5hyL5T!t_zOUSoOSBXq2EwP_NlOgeP4k9prJYqCimU6_Hq 46pE) - The title screen and game over songs have been stuck in my head for the last 25 years.

Wings of Death (Amiga) (https://mega.co.nz/#!TZxhnYZS!wkMwjNmtt5C5vsCWmDpDfSjFJFnr2YMMxsf1ep8 IuPo) - Shoot'em up with a fantastic soundtrack. The level themes are all really good.

Wings of Death (Atari ST) (https://mega.co.nz/#!GIBHFL4J!0di2FfKtAek1gko0lubNvz2Xbf_EyzgF2ZJzODm 7DXg) - If you ever wanted to know how a YM2149F (which is is basically a AY-3-8910 PSG) taken to its absolute limit sounds like, then check this out. I like this even better than the Amiga version. Special mention goes to the title tune, which is a multi-channel PCM track played on the humble PSG chip - although it sounds slightly muddier when played on a real ST.

Wings of Death (Atari ST) (https://mega.co.nz/#!GIBHFL4J!0di2FfKtAek1gko0lubNvz2Xbf_EyzgF2ZJzODm 7DXg) - If you ever wanted to know how a YM2149F (which is is basically a AY-3-8910 PSG) taken to its absolute limit sounds like, then check this out. I like this even better than the Amiga version. Special mention goes to the title tune, which is a multi-channel PCM track played on the humble PSG chip - although it sounds slightly muddier when played on a real ST.

Wow, that's crazy. The whole soundtrack is epic, but I can't get over how crisp the title theme sounds! Nice find!

Wow, that's crazy. The whole soundtrack is epic, but I can't get over how crisp the title theme sounds! Nice find!

It's pretty much the same as the Amiga version, which is crazy considering the difference in sound hardware. Although, like I said, it's slightly different on a real machine. Here is a good video comparison. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxWbQM2FDsc)

Here's some stuff!

Super Baseball 2020 (Arcade) - A nice mix of rock and dance, with some crazy time signatures. Take good advantage of the Neo Geo sound chip!

Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22 (PSX) - Kenji Yamamoto wrote this one. it's very upbeat, with powerful horn sections and excellent production.

Patrick1287 made 3 other requests, but Super Frog was already shared here, as was Zool 2, and I can't rip King of Fighters Kyo because I can't even find the music files on the disc! :P


Enjoy!

ruiner9, I've been craving some video game music lately and had trouble finding anywhere reliable to download full OST's, but I've stumbled upon your collection and I want to thank you for making such a huge variety of great OST's easily and readily available for all of us to enjoy. Keep up the great work; you're amazing!

Hey again. I have some new GBC requests for you:

Spider Man (GBC) - This is definatly not the Spider Man games you already have up, I checked to make sure. This one had some solid music. Alas my cartridge is no longer functional, but I should be able to tag it as I still remember most of the music. The Sewer theme in particular stood out for me.
Carmageddon (GBC) - For what I've played it may only have two songs!
Thunderbirds (GBC) - My memory is hazy on this one, I remember some tracks being rather repetitive.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I would also like to add both Medievil and Medievil 2(PSX) to that list. I'm usually hit or miss on Orchestral OST's, but these are two of my all time favourites.

I also have a quick question. Is it possible to rip music from Demo Disks? The Europe PS1 official demos had some pretty cool menu music, though I don't know if any of them were uploaded online.

Time for another PixelTunes Radio! Check out Matt's YouTube videos, too, if you haven't seen them yet. He's got some awesome reviews on his channel!




Episode 33: Cygnus Destroyer's Picks
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Mike and Ed are huge fans of YouTuber Matt Ezero, also known as “Cygnus Destroyer” or “The LJN Defender.” He’s been creating amazing retro game reviews for the past few years, and he specializes in finding the good qualities in games that have been given a bad rap by other reviewers. In this episode, Matt joins the PTR guys and brings along his own music, too! We hope you enjoy this strictly retro episode of PixelTunes Radio!

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The Tracklist:

1 – WWF Wrestlemania Challenge (NES) – Player 1 Theme – David Wise

2 – Bloody Wolf (TG16) – Stage 1 – Shogo Sakai, Yuji Suzuki, Yusuke Takahama

3 – Bubsy (SNES) – War of the Woolies – Matt Berardo

4 – D�j� vu (NES) – Peoria Streets – Hiroyuki Masuno

5 – The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (NES) – World 4 – Hiroyuki Masuno

6 – Solstice (NES) – Title Theme – Tim Follin

7 – Incredible Crash Dummies (GB) – Roof Jump Theme – Matt Furniss, Arranged by Geoff & Tim Follin

8 – Terminator (Genesis) – Holocaust – Matt Furniss

9 – Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (SNES) – Dark Forest – Mari Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Nishimura

10 – Treasure Land Adventure (Genesis) – Magical Moon Theme 1 – Katsuhiko Suzuki, Satoshi Murata

11 – Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) – Alien Power – Yuzo Koshiro

12 – Bucky O’Hare (NES) – Ending Theme 1 – Tomoko Sumiyama

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We've also go some new stuff in the OP:

Martial Champion (PCECD) - Not a great conversion of the arcade game, but the music is very worldly and well-produced.

Project MD (Genesis) - A homebrew action-platformer that's actually really good! The music ROCKS, too. Excellent tunes, and fantastic high-quality PCM samples. They guy who wrote the music created his own sound driver for the console!

Honoo No Doukyuuji - Dodge Danpei and Honoo No Doukyuuji - Dodge Danpei 2 (NES) - Sunsoft has always had excellent tunes, and these are no exception! It's nice to see somebody besides Naoki Kodaka using the "Sunsoft bass," especially when that person is Manami Matsumae!


Enjoy!

Sadly, I can't do the prototype Bill's Tomato Game for the Genesis due to a lack of sound test.

Also, I won't be doing Elite Beat Agents (DS) because they're covers of licensed music.

Spider Man (GBC) - This is definatly not the Spider Man games you already have up, I checked to make sure. This one had some solid music. Alas my cartridge is no longer functional, but I should be able to tag it as I still remember most of the music. The Sewer theme in particular stood out for me.


By any chance, are you referring to the GBC Spider-Man soundtrack done by Manfred Linzner? If so, I actually uploaded rips of both that game and its sequel's soundtracks to my thread a while back: ;)

Spider-Man (GBC) (http://www.mediafire.com/download/410o393cqite0qv/Spider-Man+%28GBC%29.rar)

Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six (GBC) (http://www.mediafire.com/download/sdh81e7330isveb/Spider-Man+2+-+The+Sinister+Six.rar)


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On another note, I have a couple new requests for Ruiner: Do you think you can get the music for a Japan-exclusive 3DS title called Gaist Crusher and its sequel, Gaist Crusher God? I already tried to play/convert the files myself, but 3DS files don't seem to agree with my Winamp configuration (and foobar refuses to cooperate with me period, lol). Been pretty interested in this game's music since it comes from long-time Treasure composer NON. :)

Also, I won't be doing Elite Beat Agents (DS) because they're covers of licensed music.

Well I guess this is to be expected...

What about PMing it?

Well I guess this is to be expected...

What about PMing it?

All of the songs are split into 4 second sections because of how the game works. Joining everything together would be WAY too much work to not even be able to add it to my collection. Sorry.

Besides, you might as well get them form YouTube, torrents or what have you. Or you can, you know, buy them.

Hey Ruiner, I'd like to put a few of my requests in. Finally got another list of five for a wish list if possible:


1. Lost Eden (3DO) - This was an odd game, but just one of those you played on anyway just for the sheer weird, odd-ness of it. But one thing was clear - The Music is really good and like nothing else. While I do have the official soundtrack release, some of the song editions on the 3DO sounded a little different or better in some ways. Would love to have this.

2. Darius Alpha (NEC Supergrafx) - Very rare game for the Supergrafx and proud to have this one in my collection. 1 of only 6 games ever released for the system, and this is by far the hardest to get.

3. Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn) - This had an epic soundtrack, and quite a few of them. Very enjoyable RPG from one of the last 5 Saturn US releases before the canned it. Just great stuff, and tons of it.

4. Battle Ace (NEC Supergrafx) - Another shootemup from the Supergrafx. Love my shooters. :)

5. Trouble Shooter (Genesis) - An odd ball game from the very early years of the Genesis. Mainly for nostalgia.


Appreciate it in advance & certainly no hurries. I'm sure you've got others that may interest ya to do first. Thanks for the great rips!

All of the songs are split into 4 second sections because of how the game works. Joining everything together would be WAY too much work to not even be able to add it to my collection. Sorry.

Yareyare, license companies will do anything to protect their precious merch, even if it's just song covers for a video game... Regardless, I completely understand the situation. Don't worry about it - just keep jammin' on.


Besides, you might as well get them form YouTube, torrents or what have you. Or you can, you know, buy them.

Youtube? The horror... I stopped downloading from there a long time ago.

Torrents are all dead. =/

No outlets are selling the soundtrack either, which is something I don't understand. Why worry about who gets the music if they aren't the real deal (again, song covers)? I might just enjoy the arrangements enough to consider buying the originals, so in that regard they're hurting themselves.

Who is uploading all those music sets from this thread to KHID?

Only one release today, because I've spent a lot of the day trying to get music from other games that won't cooperate.

Spyro - Attack of the Rhynocs (GBA) is similar to the other games in the Spyro GBA series. Very whimsical and cinematic.

Here' a list of the stuff I can't do:

Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog - GBA
Frogger's Adventures 2: The Lost Wand - GBA
Frogger's Journey: The Forgotten Relic - GBA
Spyro: Shadow Legacy - DS
Metal & Lace (MS-DOS)
Ningyou Tsukai (Windows)
Pebble Beach no Hatou (PC-98)
Evolution Skateboarding - Licensed Music
Evolution Snowboarding - Licensed Music
Harvest Moon - N64
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny - Xbox

Yeah, it's a lot. Bummer. Hopefully I'll have more tomorrow!

I'm actually really interested in gaming culture in Russia. What's it like in your country? ...Actually, anyone who'd like to share what gaming is like where they live, I'd love to hear it!



Firstly, i must mention that before 2000s everything was reaching us late.

I can't talk about USSR era myself, but in 1970-1980 there were "clones" (well, made from completely different electronic chip materials and having their own tweaks) of abroad machines of 1960s etc. Here is pretty well written post about that:

Take a Photo Tour of Long-Forgotten Soviet Russian Arcade Games | Motherboard (http://motherboard.vice.com/read/soviet-arcade-museum)

So, let's rewind to 90s.

In early 90s we had clones of Atari 2600 called "Rambo TV Game". No cartridges at all, internal games only, something like 20 games and variations of them.
IBM PC were an impossible luxury at that time, so people had ZX Spectrum instead as computers. A little bit later we got Dendy, that Famicom clone, which was a success through the whole 90s and has cult following nowodays. Most popular games were Battle City, Battletoads, Contra, unofficial bootlegs and hacks (like 8 bit Mortal Kombat LOL). Titles like Ninja Gaiden and Samurai Pizza Cats were beloved too.

In middle 90s PC started finding it's way in Russia. When USA guys were sitting on Pentium with Win 95 we had 80286/80386/80468 w/ MS-DOS, and 486s were very pricey, especially if you live in province. What people were playing? Prince of Persia, Arkanoid, LHX Attack Chopper, Dangerous Dave 3, Wolfenstein 3D and - if u had powerful computer - DOOM. I must note that DOOM is very important for most russian gamers of 90s and early 2000s. And still has much more alive community than Mario or any other "deal breaker" game.

In 1996 Sega Genesis started being sold here. Nintendo tried to officially sell SNES but only kids of rich guys could bought it while not so official Megadrive (made in Taiiwan i suppose) was much more affordable. As for PC, it slowly started being cheaper and in 1998 we had 3dfx Voodoos, Pentiums and AMD K6 etc. Unreal, Half-life, Warcraft, Thief, Diablo... every good game was finging a way to gamer's heart, though it's distribution and localization was unofficial (and often made by enthusiasts) until 2000s.

Snes? N64? Saturn? These words were a mistery for most gamers here. Playstation 1 was the king. Then Dreamcast stepped in and raised the whole generation who believed that Shemnue is the best game ever made. EVER EVER.

Since start of 2000s, gamers started separating into PC and console crowd. PC gamers mostly played FPS and RTS, console gamers... While we had all three consoles represented in market, and people learned things from game magazines, PS2 dominated. Only with PS3/X360/Wii gen people here started buying big trio more equally.

What can i add? Well i must throw out some sad things which DO NOT mean everyone is like that.

- Prices and availability: it's usually PC more affordable and cheaper here (especially if it's custom built) which leads to very strong shift, also sadly many people consider that they won't buy some "useless expensive box for 2-3 games", especially NOW when PS4/X1/WiiU games cost as 1/10 of average salary in Moscow.

- What friends told me to play, wow that's cool: yeah, then again most people don't look for niche/obscure titles

- Love/hate Japan: While mostly everyone was raised on NES/Genesis/PS1 games here, today i meet many many many haters of "OMG that weaboo shit, screw that stupid illogical anime!". What an irony!

- The grass was greener: Mostly actual for PC gamers here, but applies for some console guys too. People fail to see good new games, and consider that since 2006 there is mostly "utter shit that is streamlined and simplified".

- Modding: we usually have ton of talented mappers, modellers, programmers for different games from Quake and Half-Life to Skyrim. "2027" is gorgeous add-on for Deus Ex 1, for example.

- Game dev: well, that deserves it's own post. Long story short: our developers were creating cool and unique games in 1997-2007 era, but nowodays it's only smartphone apps, F2P, MMOs etc.

- Cult games: As i said, people continue praising TES3: Morrowind, Fallout 1-2, Doom, Final Fantasy 7, Contra Hard Corps etc.

Wow! Super informative, Knivesman! My dad majored in Russian history at Yale and has been there a few times before I was born. This was pre Cold War era so I'm sure things were very different back then than they are now. Still, he's always reading books and talking about current events over there, but he didn't know anything about computers or games, which of course is what I was interested in. I'll share your post with him, I'm sure he'll find it really fascinating!

German's rpg Gothic 1-2 or 3DO Company's Heroes of Might and Magic also found huge love here. Or Jagged Alliance, very deep tactic rpg. (Well, our Nival Interactive has made pretty good spiritual successor (gameplay wise, not in setting) called Silent Storm.) If i'll remember some more details, i'll add.

Game magazines were pretty cool since 1998 here, but today they are hardly alive with everyone concentrated on forums and social network. I loved that those zines had CDs with game trailers, demos, software, wallpapers. I didn't have internet connection until 2005.

Mortal Kombat is another title that was HUGE. Oh, UMK3 was among my first games i ever played and guess it was like that for many guys here. So, you can guess, people are happy with MK 2011 and MK X now. Though Tekken 3 on PS1, Tekken 5 on PS2 and Soul Calibur on Dreamcast had pretty big fanbase too. Street Fighter, KOF etc. are more niche here.

Racing games. Well, Gran Turismo is appreciated, i know many people who bought PS2/3 just for GT. I'm under impression that people here prefer simulators over arcades. Well, our game developers created very good flight sims, for example: Su-27 Flanker and DCS Black Shark.

It seems like the later the years get, the more similar to American gaming it gets.

Yeah, you could say that. And i'm relatively young so i didn't witness era of MS DOS and non-IBM gaming here. Oh, i forgot to mention Panasonic 3DO. Not very popular, but wasn't as rare as n64 here.

Btw thanks for Murakumo rip! Really cool soundtrack, full of dirty screaming guitars and funky beats. I guess "ts_" and "kh_" do apply to "Tsukasa Saitoh" and "Kota Hoshino" cause they sound in their style (i still wish to find OST of Spriggan, does it exist?), but have no idea for unmarked tracks.

Ford Racing 3 - "Paul Stroud Track 3" is AWESOME! Sorry, Tim.

I know one thing, Russian seem to LOVE the racing simulation "Assetto Corsa", like me. he he
And I always knew they enjoyed Jagged Alliance and Heroes of Might and Magic series. These people have nice taste. he he :)
Oh hey you should have mentioned the best alternative to Heroes of Might and Magic there is, "King's Bounty", and if I'm not mistaken, it's Russian.
Oh and finally, Russian are also the masters of "casual games", many of them are on Bigfish.com. (lots of the games on this website are American though)
Etc etc. Well gaming is huge in Russia, really. :)
I hope it becomes even bigger in the future!
(they REALLY need to improve their English though. Cos I'm not sure westerners will improve their Russian.
ha ha No offense! Just being realistic. Russian will have to learn English if they want to expand their business. I'm willing to learn Russian though...)

Yes, modern "remake" of King's Bounty is developed by russian devs. Casual games... "Cut the Rope" for smartphones is pretty successful. Sadly no one is able to create AAA games today.

And if you're interested in some "unique games", read about Pathologic. (Yeah, it has not so good english translation which is gonna be improved soon).

Hardcore Gaming 101: Pathologic (http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/pathologic/pathologic1.htm)

And some examples of our vgm composers (may accidently include composers from Ukraine and other ex-USSR countries):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWsAsJlqlko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PToHEAPQ5DM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hgl3mQgPeI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA1SaHFifz0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr3_tweYeH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXGnou1sOs4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McIPgQbklvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZbz6dwb8ho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Sp1L66v5U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQDRjbxXUmc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDBpkhqPtjc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zNyuWryaRk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwrMlv8IEvE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DafvRZCaiTc

Come to think of it, my previous request reminded me of another Treasure-related request I meant to make: Think you can get Mischief Makers for the N64, Ruiner? Always loved how goofy that game was! :) And with that, I think that makes about 4 out of 5 requests from me in your queue, yes?



5. Trouble Shooter (Genesis) - An odd ball game from the very early years of the Genesis. Mainly for nostalgia.

Ah, Trouble Shooter, aka Battle Mania.... I posted rips for that and its sequel (Battle Mania Daiginjou) earlier in this very thread, and I believe Ruiner put up mirrors for them at the front page already. ;)


Edit: Just checked and, sure enough, both Battle Mania games are there!

Yep! They're there, and totally awesome.

How about some new music today? I've got a bunch cuz I need to catch up.


SNES

Wild Guns - is this the SNES game that's worth so much money? Well, I don't know if I'v played it, but Iwatsuki's soundtrack is AWESOME.

U.N. Squadron - Hey look it's Mike's favorite shmup! I still can't hear anything but Chocolate Rain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA) when I listen to the "Briefing" track. :D


PS2

Broken Sword - The Sleeping Dragon - This one took some work. It uses split music tracks that layer together, similar to what some Wii U games do, so I had to combine sometimes up to 4 audio streams to get a cohesive song. Unlike the Wii U games, though, the individual parts were usually only one instrument and not a whole song in themselves so I didn't convert the individual layers. the soundtrack is orchestral and moody, with grinding electronic beats in the suspenseful parts. Pretty good stuff!


PC-98

Metal & Lace - Otherwise known as Ningyou Tsukai. Pretty good tunes for the simple YM2203 chip, but not as good as....

Metal & Lace 2 - Which uses the awesome YM2608 to it's full extent! This is a really excellent Japanese action soundtrack that's worth a listen.


Game Boy

Pokemon Yellow/ Red/ Blue - Updated and sounding much better now. I know you guys were waiting for this one!


I can't do the two Thrillville games due to the files being encoded in a file that can't be extracted at this time. :(

OK, that's it! Enjoy!

Okay! Now do the Wipeout games (from the TV Show) please! Probably Wii/X360.

Just wanted to know how you did Panel de Pon GC. I have been unable to do the longer tracks without getting static later on due to FPS fluctuations.

Hey Dude here's a link to a rip of Trouble Shooter - https://mega.co.nz/#!x8tmgSbC!H6zOvUxlH3Qf8kjH3nEM1W9eirlwdFadPGaJMNq VueQ

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Hey ED thanks for putting Project MD and the Honoo No Doukyuuji game soundtracks out there for people to enjoy! Now off topic a little bit I think that now would a perfect time to rip the Fantasy Zone 2 System 16 remake considering that it was just released like a week on the 3ds eshop! Not only that but they're even a new track from the same guy who made the rearranged FZ2 soundtrack named ENDLESS LOVE that which comes with the new game Loop Links Land that which is bundled in with FZ2 system 16! And the best part is it's only 6 bucks for two fantastic games so if you can just buy for the games themselves plus O think the 3ds section needs a bit more love anyways! :)

P.S. Here's a link to ENDLESS LOVE [https://mega.co.nz/#!pklFFBRK!B_uGOBwhCmZJxDDPxuJSW4UWI09butb7hZiBYKU gjAM]
and when you get a chance if you could tell what you think of this track I would very much appreciate it! :)

Some more requests from me:

1. Super Star Wars (SNES)
2. Super Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back(SNES)
3. Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (SNES)
4. Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures (SNES)
5. Godzilla Kaijuu Daikessen (SNES)

Thanks in advance!

Hey Dude here's a link to a rip of Trouble Shooter - https://mega.co.nz/#!x8tmgSbC!H6zOvUxlH3Qf8kjH3nEM1W9eirlwdFadPGaJMNq VueQ[COLOR="Silver"]

Yeah, didn't realize he put it under Battle Mania this time. Usually he lists them by the U.S. Name as primary, but I guess Ruiner decided not to do that this time with this particular title, so I missed it. But yeah! Glad it's there! Woo-hoo! :)

Thanks,

Yeah, didn't realize he put it under Battle Mania this time. Usually he lists them by the U.S. Name as primary, but I guess Ruiner decided not to do that this time with this particular title, so I missed it. But yeah! Glad it's there! Woo-hoo! :)



Yeah, I put both games up at the same time, and that's how MarvelB labeled them, so that's the reason behind the madness. :)


Just wanted to know how you did Panel de Pon GC. I have been unable to do the longer tracks without getting static later on due to FPS fluctuations.

Well, I have a really fast CPU - 4th gen Pentium i7 and 16gb of RAM, along with a really recent nVIDIA card. My FPS on Dolphin never dip below 60.

Hi ruiner! Been a while since I requested anything. I was wondering if you could do:
Tenchi Muyo! Game Hen (Super Nintendo)
Magic Knight Rayearth (Super Nintendo)
Mr. Nutz (Super Nintendo)
Thanks a lot!

Hello, ruiner9, could you rip the soundtracks of the Sega CD version of Lords of Thunder (It has a distinct sound from the PCE version) and Radical Dreamers from SNES?

I don't mean to be a bother, but do you mind taking a look at your Mouryou Senki Madara rip? For some reason, it's the only album of yours that instantly crashes Winamp whenever it tires to read it... heck, even if I put it in the playlist, it crashes immediately.

All your other albums/rips work perfectly regardless. Perhaps something is wrong with those files??

I don't mean to be a bother, but do you mind taking a look at your Mouryou Senki Madara rip? For some reason, it's the only album of yours that instantly crashes Winamp whenever it tires to read it... heck, even if I put it in the playlist, it crashes immediately.

All your other albums/rips work perfectly regardless. Perhaps something is wrong with those files??

I checked it out, and it works fine with my WinAmp. I'm not sure what could be causing you issues. I use version 5.65 because the latest version, 5.66, crashes with some of my VGM plugins. Maybe jump back a version and see if that works?

I used VLC Player and they worked just fine. That's a really weird bug with the latest WinAmp... But thank you for answering my question.

Yeah, I put both games up at the same time, and that's how MarvelB labeled them, so that's the reason behind the madness. :)



Well, I have a really fast CPU - 4th gen Pentium i7 and 16gb of RAM, along with a really recent nVIDIA card. My FPS on Dolphin never dip below 60.

What about your settings in Dolphin? Still can't get rid of the FPS dip.

Hi ruiner9. I've noticed in your Tomodachi Life rip that there are a number of tracks missing, mainly these ones:

-The Compatibility Tester (most of the music for this, except for the Compatibility Forecast, is different in the English versions of the game)
-The Dock (In the English versions of the game, music for visiting the dock was added, and the music for when boats arrive was changed)
-The Caf� (all the songs in the English versions of the game don't have any lyrics playing, while in Japanese version does have lyrics. There is also another song that plays in the caf� only when two Miis are breaking up.)

I didn't include pieces like the concert hall backing tracks or Mii Apartments due to them being sequenced tracks, and I already know why you didn't put those up, but why not include the tracks I listed? Were these unrippable too? And if they aren't, could you possibly update your rip to include these tracks as well?

Whoops I missed the post where you put the reupload of Pokemon Yellow! Thank you very much! :)

New requests: all Power Dolls soundtracks. I am planning to create a Support Thread for Kogado.


PC-98

Metal & Lace - Otherwise known as Ningyou Tsukai. Pretty good tunes for the simple YM2203 chip, but not as good as....

Metal & Lace 2 - Which uses the awesome YM2608 to it's full extent! This is a really excellent Japanese action soundtrack that's worth a listen.

I appreciate you for uploading these. However, the first one is missing the opening BGM, while the second one sounds different than how it's heard on Neko Project II. The opening theme in the second one sounds shorter than how it's heard in the game itself.

Hi ruiner9. I've noticed in your Tomodachi Life rip that there are a number of tracks missing, mainly these ones:

-The Compatibility Tester (most of the music for this, except for the Compatibility Forecast, is different in the English versions of the game)
-The Dock (In the English versions of the game, music for visiting the dock was added, and the music for when boats arrive was changed)
-The Caf� (all the songs in the English versions of the game don't have any lyrics playing, while in Japanese version does have lyrics. There is also another song that plays in the caf� only when two Miis are breaking up.)

I didn't include pieces like the concert hall backing tracks or Mii Apartments due to them being sequenced tracks, and I already know why you didn't put those up, but why not include the tracks I listed? Were these unrippable too? And if they aren't, could you possibly update your rip to include these tracks as well?

I can only rip what's been uploaded to 3sf.joshw.info. I don't have the unreleased encryption keys to hack into actual 3DS game files.


New requests: all Power Dolls soundtracks. I am planning to create a Support Thread for Kogado.



I appreciate you for uploading these. However, the first one is missing the opening BGM, while the second one sounds different than how it's heard on Neko Project II. The opening theme in the second one sounds shorter than how it's heard in the game itself.

I can only convert the files in the HOOT archives. If those songs aren't present, I can't rip them. I'm not as good with PC-98 emulations as I am with the X68000 ones so I can't use them to log VGM files from missing tracks.

I can only convert the files in the HOOT archives. If those songs aren't present, I can't rip them. I'm not as good with PC-98 emulations as I am with the X68000 ones so I can't use them to log VGM files from missing tracks.

Understood. I wish you the best of luck. If not, then hopefully someone else can upload them.

I had an idea, guys... since a lot of you have lots of Amiga stuff to share, and I haven't been getting very good feedback from the stuff I've ripped so far, why don't you start another thread just for Amiga and C64 stuff? That way it'll be easily found. I'm not too keen on adding rips I haven't done to my OP because then you start getting rips of varying volumes and tags, which goes against the reason why I started this thread in the first place! I'd consider it a "sister thread" and we could request back and forth and have a grand ol' time. :)

I finally got around to actually doing this. I'm still not sure if there is a whole lot of interest for old computer systems around here, but we will see...

nx666's Soundtrack-a-Ganza Vol.2 - Computer Edition (C64,Amiga,MIDI,etc.) (Thread 188804)

To keep my files consistent with the stuff posted here, I tried to use your rules for tagging. Right now, the thread contains all the soundtracks I had posted here in the past, but there is more coming later today or tomorrow.

Nice to see a new section devoted to those rare and awesome games, nx666. I got four requests for you, by the way.

- Acrobat Mission (Arcade)
- Dragon Unit (Arcade)
- Rezon (Arcade)
- Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished (Sharp X68000)

"06" from Marine Philt ROCKS! :zillafire:

Here's something cool for you guys:

I guest star in my PixelTunes cohost Mike's new game review video for Faxandu! Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMadDu54LWI

Oh wow I never knew about the "HOOT" archives! :O
It's like a hidden treasure I just discovered... lol
Gee I was looking for FM-towns osts for a LONG time and I just found them all.. lol
HCS Forum - xxx.joshw.info Music Archive thread of awesome (http://hcs64.com/mboard/forumlong.php?showthread=26929)
:)

There's another archive here, too, which has a slightly different selection. Sometimes sets that don't work from joshw's stie will work from here... plus it's a little easier to navigate!

Home ~ Hoot Archive (http://snesmusic.org/hoot/v2/)

They don't have a ton of FM Towns sets, but they have a good amount of other obscure FM soundtracks and MSX, too.

I'm having a quite difficult time installing Hoot. What are your suggestions, ruiner9?

You don't really need to install it. Just extract it to a folder, make sure you place the correct sound files in the correct folders, and run hoot.exe. You may need to select the <R> option from the dropdown menu to refresh the list. You'll also need the OPNA drum samples from http://snesmusic.org/hoot/drum_samples.zip for the YM2608 tracks to sound right.

There's also a very informative FAQ:

FAQ ~ Hoot Archive (http://snesmusic.org/hoot/v2/faq.php)

I did that, but the list won't show up.

You may need to open hoot.ini and make sure the directories are correct. Also, don't unzip the music files! If you're unzipping them, that's your problem.

I did that, but the list won't show up.

Did you try to press CTRL+R to refresh the list?

Ah, these Chaos Field (ruiner9's Dreamcast section if u missed) remixes are beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXbWMZOezjY

p.s.

Could i req smth now or too much queue?

I've finally found a Audio Recorder that records in good quality and doesn't record at a really low volume like Audacity does on my PC, so when I have time I'll try recording the sequenced Gran Turismo 2 songs like I was going to do quite a while back. I'm also working on my own OST project which is going to take quite a long time to complete.

Ah, these Chaos Field (ruiner9's Dreamcast section if u missed) remixes are beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXbWMZOezjY

p.s.

Could i req smth now or too much queue?

I won't stop anyone from requesting! Currently have 41 requests, though, not counting the 3 I'm posting soon, sooooo... Yeah. Might be a little while until i get to them.

Ok :)

Please, add to your "to do" these:

Revolter (PC-88)
Kaette Kita!! Cyborg Kuro-Chan (PS1)
Soukaigi (PS1)
Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing (NES)
Cool Boarders 2 (PS1)

Alrighty, here's a bunch of requests!


3DS

Gaist Crusher and Gaist Crusher God - Two long and excellent soundtracks from Treasure's long-standing composer, Norio Hanzawa.


SNES

Kirby's Dream Course - Some fun cartoony jams from another talented Nintendo-friendly musician, Hirokazo Ando.


DS

Sega & Sonic All-Stars Racing - It's neat to hear DS-sequenced versions of a lot of the really popular themes from House of the Dead, Sonic, and Jet Set Radio. There's a lot of good music here.

The Legendary Starfy - Why are all of today's soundtracks so long? Here's like, 97 lighthearted songs from a cool and underrated game.


Arcade

Daytona USA - The sequenced version of my favorite (not really) arcade game. Of the two, I hate this one just a little bit more than the Saturn version. :)

Lethal Enforcers II - Chip-country-western? Is that a thing? Well, it is now.

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker - Two YM2612's in tandem belt out MJ's greatest classic hits. Sounds a little better than the Genesis version because there's more available instruments and some better drum samples.


Sega CD

Lethal Enforcers II - These are arranged versions of the arcade songs, which is pretty cool.


There's one unrippable game I've come across so far, and that's The Urbz: Sims in the City (DS). Bummer.

Enjoy!

Oh yeah, I remember you saying you hated Daytona USA's music in one of the Podcasts. It's the lyrics you don't like, correct? Anyway, I was going to ask how what's the best way I send you those songs to add to the OST when I've recorded them.

Thanks a bunch for the Gaist Crusher soundtracks! Downloading them now....



Kaette Kita!! Cyborg Kuro-Chan (PS1)

Well, I can save Ruiner the trouble for this one, at least: ;)

Kaettekita Cyborg Kuro-chan (PS1) (http://www.mediafire.com/download/h7nt1nq8he1q8pf/Kaettekita+Cyborg+Kuro-chan.rar)

Oh yeah, I remember you saying you hated Daytona USA's music in one of the Podcasts. It's the lyrics you don't like, correct? Anyway, I was going to ask how what's the best way I send you those songs to add to the OST when I've recorded them.

Any way you'd like, really. Mega, Mediafire, Dropbox... doesn't matter to me! I can PM you a link to drop files in my dropbox too, if you don't have another way to do it.

Been awhile since I've posted here; been a bit occupied and all that. Plus, I know you've been pretty busy with the other requests, but I'd like to add a couple into your queue.

Super Princess Peach and Fossil Fighters.

Thanks in advance!

Here is something I posted today that might be of interest for people here as well. You can find these soundtracks in my thread (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/nx666s-soundtrack-ganza-vol-2-computer-edition-188804). Shameless plug, I know :)

Cynthia (X68000) SC-55 Version - Obscure doujin shmup with a pretty good MIDI soundtrack. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any information on the composer.

Napo.sun Compilation (X68000) OPM/MSM - This a collection of all the tunes by Japanese musician Napo.sun. While this is not technically game music, it is certainly up there with the best that this system has to offer. Highly recommended for fans of X68000 FM music.

Just wanted to say great job with this. This has been so helpful.

I have a request. It's not a one specific title but more of an genre. I would like more pro-wrestling based games over time. I love those types of games' soundtracks.

Just wanted to say great job with this. This has been so helpful.

I have a request. It's not a one specific title but more of an genre. I would like more pro-wrestling based games over time. I love those types of games' soundtracks.

You're welcome! I've done the only N64 wrestling games that I can, and I stay away from the CD based games because they're just lower-quality versions of the real entrance themes that you can get from WWE and such. Did you have any particular titles in mind that don't have licensed music?

Cool Boarders 2 (PS1)

Heh, this is a good one. Surprised it wasn't mentioned sooner.

Ha ha ha
As a non-native English speaker, I can enjoy silly lyrics, but I can imagine that for a native speaker, it might be unbearable to listen to Daytona USA. ha ha :)
I remember a guy on Youtube commenting that he would like the main theme of Daytona USA to be played during his funeral. XD

Anyway thanks for the great work! :)

nekorb should be happy with me today!


It's a gigantic update!


Here's what's new:


Arcade

Progear - Known as Progear no Arashi in japan, this one's a QSound driven Cave shooter published by Capcom. It's got an interesting soundtrack, it's almost genre-defying. Suspense? Is that a genre? We'll go with that.

Out Run - Kawaguchi's classic original! This guy knows how to create the CATCHIEST melodies! You'll be humming "Magical Sound Shower" in the shower tomorrow!

Alien Storm - Some said it couldn't be done. Well, it can! Feel the FM-driven groove of "100yen!"


Japanese PC

Rayxanber (FM Towns) - Oh man, this is about as 80's as it gets! Violin stings and clean guitar picking with thick synths and heavy snares! Woo!


PC-Engine CD

Rayxanber II More excellent 80's grooves from Yasuhito Saito. Some of this stuff will be great as BGM for the podcast. :)


SNES

WWF Super Wrestlemania - Hmmm, well, between this and the next game, I'd have to say the next game wins out by a mile. The soundfont here is really gritty and abrasive.

WWF Raw - OK, listen to Undertaker's theme in this one vs. Super Wrestlemania. See what I mean? It sounds SO GOOD in this one, and kind of bad in the other. What do you guys think?


Genesis

WWF Super Wrestlemania - Hoo boy. These guys don't know how to use FM synths. That's OK, not many westerners do. So sad.


Game Boy

Spider-Man - This one is the GBC release, and it ROCKS. Fantastic western-styled composition, heavy on rhythm and not as much on melody as Follin and Gonzalez, but still REALLY good. Get this one!

Carmageddon: Carpocalypse Now - I'm a HUGE Carmageddon fan. I used to play the original one on DOS all the time, beat it again when it came out on iPad, and I'm loving the early access Carmageddon Reincarnation game on Steam. Never played the GBC version though, and I guess I missed a pretty decent dance soundtrack. Cool!

Thunderbirds - Ehhhhhhhhhhh I dunno what to think of this one. "Audio Arts" (as the composer is listed) is certainly a western artist, but it doesn't have that quality sound of the two games above this one.

WWF Superstars 2 - Paul Webb knows his stuff, and he did a really good job bringing the themes to life here with some really cool stereo effects.


PSX

Legend of Mana - Was this already posted? No matter, I'd like in my collection anyways. Yoko Shimomura wrote an epic soundtrack worthy of a Square RPG (even if that RPG didn't live up to the hype.)

MediEvil - I used to love this game! There's a lot of spooky orchestral and *ahem* medieval tunes here. Think Tim Burton movie. :)

MediEvil II - Same composers, and a similar vibe, but more orchestral and bombastic, with the addition of french horns and big brass. I'm guessing they had a bigger music budget. :)



OK guys, that was a lot of work, and I'm still not nearly caught up!

Enjoy! :)

Many thanks for Legend of Mana (which was my request) and even more thanks for Medievil II, which I didn't know was on your request list but I was actually looking for.

Probably the first time every request of mine was rippable! Thanks so much, I'll check the Gameboy ones out right now.

Oops, forgot to mention that WWF Rage in the Cage isn't rippable because it's not plain CD audio, and sorry VGManiac456, Super Princess Peach has been requested 3 times already and it's one of the few DS games that can't be ripped. I'll add Fossil Fighters to the list, though!

I can confirm that there's no problem with either Thunderbirds or Spiderman, both sound perfect! Not so sure on Carmageddon, I'll compare it with the in game sound to find out. I should also get Thunderbirds and Carmageddon tagged by the end of today.

EDIT: Also, interesting to see you are a fellow Carmageddon fan! Carma 2 is one of my all time top Vehicle Combat games, the damage model is still pretty impressive even today.

I thought there were Fossil Fighters here 0o

I thought there were Fossil Fighters here 0o

I think I ripped it for you or Lefance a while ago, but it was really big. I probably purged it to make room before the storage expansion. If you still have my old rip and can share it, I'll use that one instead of ripping it again. If not, it's not a big deal. I just don't remember if the original rip had been tagged or not.

It could be somewhere on my external HDD...

OK, let me know when you can. No rush!

Btw here is contender for "most insane boss battle music". Dat bass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlYPoqOg8sc

Btw here is contender for "most insane boss battle music". Dat bass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlYPoqOg8sc

SAKIMOTOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! So thrashy!

Yeah, who would expect after those peaceful RPG motives

Ah okay. I wasn't aware of Super Princess Peach being unrippable, or I was and just forgot. Either way, appreciate you trying, ruiner; as always.

Hm, you forgot to post the link for Alien Storm.

Batrider! Always liked this OST, and the game too, even if I kept dying every 5 seconds.
After playing it for hours, Dodonpachi felt like a breeze to me. ha ha

Oh hey Ruiner I don't see "Alien Storm" in the Arcade section! ( ; _ ; )

Oh and thanks for Outrun and Progear, they actually sound better than what I had before. :)


Edit : oops Magma Dragoon beat me to it! Sorry!

I got to say, I didn't expect Medievil 1 & 2 to have the cutscene music too! Always assumed it was mixed with the sounds/voices like most PS1 games. Nice surprise.

EDIT: Actually only Medievil 2 does. My bad.

Thanks!

Those pesky aliens abducted Alien Storm! Well, I was able to rescue it and put it in the OP where it belongs. Happy listening!

Hey Ruiner! I've been lurking about for quite some time but I've finally decided to break my silence to first thank you for all you've done in this thread and beyond. I was thrilled to find so many of my old, favorite tunes as well as excited to discover new ones I had missed. I check out your new material daily and appreciate the time you invest just for the sake of folks like me. (I know you find much joy in it as well)

I was also hoping you may consider a few requests. I've yet to find any good, clean rips of these:
Rolan's Curse 2 (Game Boy)
Shining in the Darkness (Genesis)
Phalanx (SNES)
Stellar-Fire (Sega CD)
Children of Mana (DS)

If you are able to do any of these, I would be overjoyed. :)

Thanks again for all the rips Figured out some new ones for you to take a crack at
Eco fighters (arcade)
WWF wrestlefest (arcade)
Adventures in the magic kingdom (NES)
Magical flying turbo hat adventure (genesis)
Eternal champions (genesis)

Been a while since we've had any retags, but thanks to MOV_Games and KingTengu, we do now! Carmageddon (GB), WWF Superstars 2 (GB), and Lethal Enforcers II (Sega CD) have all been updated.

Thanks, guys!

Here's a couple of requests:

Kuon (PS2) - From Software; lots of ambient sounds.
Operation Winback 2: Project Poseidon (PS2/Xbox) - Pretty sure this was a Nobuyoshi Sano composition? Sounded like it to me anyway.

Time for today's selections!

SNES

Super Star Wars Trilogy - Yessir, Paul Webb's renditions of all 3 Star Wars movies' soundtrack on the SNES. He did a bang-up job, too!

Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures - Another LucasArts soundtrack, taken from the movie.

Godzilla - Kaijuu Daikessen - Kind of an understated soundtrack for being about giant monsters battling each other. But hey! Whatever!


TG16

Battle Ace - A flying/ shooty game for the SuperGrafx. Really bass-heavy. Some nice grooves, and good melodies too.

Darius Plus - So Darius Alpha was actually requested, but it's the same dang game with the regular levels removed, making it a boss rush mode. Darius Plus has all the Alpha songs plus more, so that's why we're going with it.


3DO

Lost Eden - An RPG of sorts? On the 3DO? Impossible! No, I know there were a few of them out there. Even though this is streaming audio, the source files are 22khz mono, so don't expect high fidelity stuff.


Saturn

Panzer Dragoon Saga - I should really play through this game at some point. I've played them all except this one. It's a really long, epic soundtrack.... very cinematic with hints of electronic in places.


So there ya go! Enjoy! Also, I forgot to celebrate my 1337 posts earlier this morning! :)

Coincidentally i've been listening to Panzer Dragoon soundtracks recently. Yes, they are gorgeous.

I wanna mention heavy usage of ethnic-like percussion which gives music certain mood.

Some TG-16/PCE requests:

* Bonk's Adventure
* Bonk's Revenge
* Mugen Senshi Valis
* Super Darius II
* Super Air Zonk

Oh right, another request sprung to mind! Think you can get the first Bomberman 64, Ruiner? You already have the sequels up, so....




* Bonk's Adventure
* Bonk's Revenge


Bonk's Adventure (PCE/TG-16) (http://www.mediafire.com/download/e3d11nkbc5t2w1r/Bonk%27s+Adventure.rar#39;s_Adventure.rar)

Bonk's Revenge (PCE/TG-16) (http://www.mediafire.com/download/nnr6rbc8bna9ip3/Bonk%27s+Revenge.rar#39;s_Revenge.rar)


*Walks away from thread, whistling* ;)

Can't do Bomberman 64, unfortunately. :(


I do have some retags today, though! Thanks to MOV_Games, Medievil (PSX) and Thunderbirds (GB) are pretty much complete now! Thanks!

I won't have any new releases today because I'll be at a technology conference for work. It'll probably be pretty boring, but hey... catered lunch! :)

Have a great day, all!

You're welcome! I've done the only N64 wrestling games that I can, and I stay away from the CD based games because they're just lower-quality versions of the real entrance themes that you can get from WWE and such. Did you have any particular titles in mind that don't have licensed music?

Any of these would be awesome...

WWE Immortals (mobile)
King of Colosseum II (PS2)
Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 - Oudou Keishou (N64)
WWE - Road to Wrestlemania X8 (Gameboy Advance)
WWE Survivor Series (Gameboy Advance)
Saturday Night Slammasters (Sega Megadrive)
Power Move Pro Wrestling (PSX)
Hammerlock Wrestling (Super NES)
All Star Pro Wrestling (PS2)
All Star Pro Wrestling III (PS2)
Simpsons Wrestling (PSX)
Big Bang Pro Wrestling (NGPx)
Saturday Night Slam Masters (Super NES)
All Japan Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua (Sega Saturn)
Pocket Pro Wrestling - Perfect Wrestler (Gameboy Color)
Giant Gram - All Japan Pro Wrestling 2 in Nippon Budoukan (Sega Dreamcast)


And thanks for posting more wrestling game soundtracks. Nice update. Very happy indeed, sir.

ruiner9, Fossil Fighters are 302 mb and fully tagged. Shall we..?

ruiner9, Fossil Fighters are 302 mb and fully tagged. Shall we..?

Yes! Sounds good! PM me a link if you can!!

Any of these would be awesome...

WWE Immortals (mobile)
King of Colosseum II (PS2)
Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 - Oudou Keishou (N64)
WWE - Road to Wrestlemania X8 (Gameboy Advance)
WWE Survivor Series (Gameboy Advance)
Saturday Night Slammasters (Sega Megadrive)
Power Move Pro Wrestling (PSX)
Hammerlock Wrestling (Super NES)
All Star Pro Wrestling (PS2)
All Star Pro Wrestling III (PS2)
Simpsons Wrestling (PSX)
Big Bang Pro Wrestling (NGPx)
Saturday Night Slam Masters (Super NES)
All Japan Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua (Sega Saturn)
Pocket Pro Wrestling - Perfect Wrestler (Gameboy Color)
Giant Gram - All Japan Pro Wrestling 2 in Nippon Budoukan (Sega Dreamcast)


And thanks for posting more wrestling game soundtracks. Nice update. Very happy indeed, sir.

Only five requests at a time. That's the set amount that ruiner can do.

Only five requests at a time. That's the set amount that ruiner can do.

Ok. Sorry didn't know that. Thanks for pointing that out. I will cut the list down to these.

King of Colosseum II (PS2)
Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 - Oudou Keishou (N64)
All Star Pro Wrestling (PS2)
All Star Pro Wrestling III (PS2)
Giant Gram - All Japan Pro Wrestling 2 in Nippon Budoukan (Sega Dreamcast)

Alright! Knivesman came through, and Fossil Fighters (DS) is back in the OP, fully tagged and ready to be enjoyed. :)

Many thanks, knivesman and ruiner!

A little oversight on my part, "Unknown 3" on the Thunderbirds OST is actually the Game Over music. Whoops!

A little oversight on my part, "Unknown 3" on the Thunderbirds OST is actually the Game Over music. Whoops!

You must be so good at it that you've never died. ;)

You're missing a track in Super Return of the Jedi. The track is "Vader Fanfare", and is only in the sound test.

Also, wanted to ask again what your settings for Dolphin are.

PS1 Radikal Bikers tracks are awesome! Too bad gamers nowodays are ashamed of sunny californian rock

Greetings ruiner9,

would it be possible to upload the WCW Nitro Soundtrack for the PS-One? I have it already, but in a lousy quality.


Kind regards

PS1 Radikal Bikers tracks are awesome! Too bad gamers nowodays are ashamed of sunny californian rock
It's certainly a unique soundtrack, that's for sure.

Talking of Radikal Bikers, it's not exactly much of an issue but at the end of every track is a very brief click. I didn't find out about them until quite a while after tagging it.

Man, Ruiner I thought your Panel de Pon rip was great. I've listened to it a few times now and I'm not sure, but, Mogman I couldn't hear/didn't notice any voiceovers creeping in?

One of my other recent faves from this thread has been Autobahn Tokio, I think I'm missing/craving more rock-oriented soundtracks.

Also, wanted to ask again what your settings for Dolphin are.

Here's my config. If anything, this will slow you down from the default settings. Everything in the "advanced" tab is unchecked:

Thanks so much for my rips Ruiner! I'm listening to Lost Eden now - awesome!!!!!!!!11111!!!oneone!!!one!!1

Thanks so much for my rips Ruiner! I'm listening to Lost Eden now - awesome!!!!!!!!11111!!!oneone!!!one!!1

You're welcome! The last few tracks aren't "official" titles, so if you happen to have a better name for them, let me know. Otherwise, I think they're fine the way they are.

Could you do Disney's Beauty and the Beast Roar of the Beast for Sega Genesis, From the Abyss for Nintendo DS, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories for Game Boy Color? I've been looking for these soundtracks for years and can't find them! Thank you VERY much in advance!

Greetings ruiner9,

would it be possible to upload the WCW Nitro Soundtrack for the PS-One? I have it already, but in a lousy quality.


Kind regards

I try to stay away from doing rips of the wrestlers' live entrance themes unless they're a chiptune version, but if the majority of the tracks aren't able to found elsewhere, I'll take a crack at it. Keep in mind too that PSX audio is sometimes lousy quality on the disc itself, so my rip may not sound any better! :)



Could you do Disney's Beauty and the Beast Roar of the Beast for Sega Genesis, From the Abyss for Nintendo DS, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories for Game Boy Color? I've been looking for these soundtracks for years and can't find them! Thank you VERY much in advance!

I'll add them to the queue! It may be a while since the list is long right now, but I'll get to yours eventually!

Quick question, Ed! Please, can you check if you're able to rip N64's Rakugakids?

Hey Ruiner,

Thanks for the last requests, sorry they weren't really to your taste.

Had a few more I wanted to ask for. No hurry of course, given the size of the queue at the moment.

Legend of the River King 2 (Game Boy) - I was introduced to this soundtrack via this soothing little tune (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2o1NxeNFAI).
Master of Monsters (Genesis) - Which has some good moody tracks like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUfShCLcipk).
Afterburner III (Sega CD) - Not actually an Afterburner game. Actually based on Sega's G-LOC game, the music is arranged Afterburner music from the FM Towns port (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1-gLREz48Q). Mostly it's very rock heavy, but then there's this track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKhrZnlvHmI) which wouldn't be out of place in a Streets of Rage game.

Hope you enjoy these picks when you get to them!

Rakugakids has been requested before. It's not rippable, unfortunately.

What a shame! ><

Too bad there is no OST released, only 4 tracks on "Konami 99" sampler.

Here's a few soundtracks for ya! These are requests from Antosh and MarvelB:


SNES

Magic Knight Rayearth - The arrangements may leave a bit to be desired in some places, but it's an overall solid RPG style soundtrack.

Mr. Nutz - This one was written by famous French composer Raphael Gesqua. It was one of his first retail games after leaving the demoscene, and it's really good! Solid compositions, very long tracks (some over 5 minutes before looping!) and great instrumentation. Mr. Gesqua now writes movie scores and I can see he had the talent for it even back when this game was made.

Tenchi Muyo! Game-hen or Tenchi Muyo RPG as it's unofficially known in English-speaking countries - A lighthearted soundtrack for this anime-inspired strategy RPG.


Japanese PC

Ku2 [Serious Mode] (X68000) - This is one half of the Ku2 collection, which includes serious and comical mode. Both games are treated like different titles, with different disks to load them and different soundtests. That said, this one doesn't even work in Hoot, so I had to log VGM files from an emulator, so it took a little while. It's worth it though, because it's some really excellent FM shmup music! Comical mode will be coming soon, I'll start on that within the next few days.


Enjoy! :)

Thanks a lot for doing those for me Ruiner!

There's a couple quality titles in store for you today!

Lords of Thunder (Sega CD) - This is an "arranged" or "alternate" version of the original TGCD soundtrack. People around the internet seem to say it's the better of the two. I think I have to agree. It's just overall a better sound.

Ys - Ancient Ys Vanished (X68000) - Here's one of my favorite FM chips belting out legendary tunes from Yuzo Koshiro and Mieko Ishikawa. It's just... it's just perfect! :parrot:


Also, Rezon and Dragon Unit use the Seta x10 sound chip that can't be ripped from, and Acrobat Mission is also incompatible with M1 for unknown reasons, so I can't do those.

Can I request the Etrian Mystery Dungeon (3DS) soundtrack, please?

There's a couple quality titles in store for you today!

Lords of Thunder (Sega CD) - This is an "arranged" or "alternate" version of the original TGCD soundtrack. People around the internet seem to say it's the better of the two. I think I have to agree. It's just overall a better sound.

Ys - Ancient Ys Vanished (X68000) - Here's one of my favorite FM chips belting out legendary tunes from Yuzo Koshiro and Mieko Ishikawa. It's just... it's just perfect! :parrot:


Also, Rezon and Dragon Unit use the Seta x10 sound chip that can't be ripped from, and Acrobat Mission is also incompatible with M1 for unknown reasons, so I can't do those.

Ah... I requested Rezon, Dragon Unit, Acrobat Mission and Ys (X68000) to nx666, but I'm thankful that you managed to cover Ys. nx666 already posted Rezon and Dragon Unit on his topic, and will post Acrobat Mission sometime this week.

Again, thank you very much for posting Ys. :)

Ah... I requested Rezon, Dragon Unit, Acrobat Mission and Ys (X68000) to nx666, but I'm thankful that you managed to cover Ys. nx666 already posted Rezon and Dragon Unit on his topic, and will post Acrobat Mission sometime this week.

Again, thank you very much for posting Ys. :)

Excellent! Is he recording from MAME? I really don't like doing it that way, but if that's what needs to be done to get the soundtrack, I'm glad he doesn't mind!

Can't do Bomberman 64, unfortunately. :(


Well, that's a shame. :( Thanks anyway, though. And even more thanks for the Ku2 rip! :)


I'd still like try one last request for the moment, though.... is an HQ rip of the GBA version of Aero the Acro-Bat doable? I always enjoyed the music from the SNES version and its sequel, but I'd like to hear how the portable version fares in comparison. Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the previous requests, ruiner9. Now I have new ones:

HIBIKI (1992 - PC-98)
Mobile Suit Gundam Hyper Classic Operation (1992 - FM Towns)
Square Resort (1992 - X68000)
AZURE (1993 - FM Towns)
Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman (1994 - PC-98)

The first four were composed by none other than Ryu Umemoto, who later became notable for composing some CAVE games and later died. Except for the Gatchaman strategy game. That's to expand the Family Soft soundtrack library.

Went ahead and did Vader Fanfare, the missing track from Super Return of the Jedi:
https://www.mediafire.com/?pikycbi05i6gqz4

I've updated the missing "Vader Fanfare" track from Super Star Wars - Return of the Jedi courtesy of Mogman, who got to it before I could. Thank you, Mogman!

Sad to say Locke_gb7's NES-SNES Soundtracks is dead. Some copyright troll made a false claim.

Also requesting five games, all from the Same series. In order of priority

1. LUNAR: Silver Star Story (Saturn)
2. LUNAR 2: Eternal Blue (Saturn)
3. Mahou Gakuen LUNAR! (Saturn)
4. LUNAR: The Silver Star (JP Mega CD)
5. LUNAR: Eternal Blue (JP mega CD)

For the first two you can use the PSX versions to compare track names. The music is, in theory, identical to it since the PSX ported the Saturn versions.

With your permission, ruiner9, I can use them to help revive my thread "Songs of the Silver Star", which had all my LUNAR music in it.

Sure thing, KusanagiShiro, as long as I'm credited for the rip. :)

Here's an eclectic trio of soundtracks today!

Revolter (PC-88) - This is the first soundtrack ever written by co-composers Masaharu Iwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto. I was even able to get info on who wrote which song! It's really good, and it seems like they had a lot of fun while making the game's music. They even did some "covers" of existing games for other systems in the sound test!

Soukaigi (PSX) - From what I understand, this game is a bit like Tenchu. The music is very well produced orchestral and very bassy rock. I like it a lot.

Cool Boarders 2 (PSX) - I was surprised to see Japanese names in the composer listing, as this is pretty decent American-style surf rock.


Happy listening!

Maybe this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtwsYtG5nnk from japanese composer?