Hero Quest (NES)(Prototype)(If anything ever deserved FLAC)

Neil Baldwin kills on Hero Quest. Seriously, all his stuff his far above your average NES fare, but Hero Quest is just completely mind-blowing. There are enough harmonious, cascading rhythms here to leave even the most chip-acquainted listener slack-jawed, and the depth of the bass is just mesmerizing sometimes. Neil has been kind enough to provide his entire ‘discography’ of sorts in the form of Duty Cycle Generator (http://dutycyclegenerator.com/), but these are only in mp3. Although Hero Quest’s nsf only has 3 tracks (and 2 SFX tracks), it’s really best to treat this like an EP more than an album. All 3 songs are excellent, but I especially recommend BGM and Final Track.

Neil Baldwin – BGM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naSUlDfO2d8)

Neil Baldwin – Final Track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZrRisstvGk)

Hero Quest may have never been released, but its music well-deserves a wider audience. It’s an excellent use of the NES’ sound capabilities while being interesting and well-aged music in its own right, and I (and hopefully many other chiptune enthusiasts) would appreciate a clean FLAC rip of any kind (vgm/line-out). Thank you so much 😀 😀 😀

Just a friendly bump

If I’m going to bump for interest, I might as well provide relevant content! Here’s a photo of the prototype cart this was all discovered on.

Gamester81 is a pretty straight reviewer and definitely knows his stuff, so its cool hearing his opinion on the game (and he shows off a repro too).

YouTube link because for whatever reason I can’t figure out embedding. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbjZOveCRro)