Genesis games with best music

[midnightrider]

30 Sega Genesis games with best music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QCKYS7OAfw

Nice vid. I was surprised by that EWJ2 song(haven't played much of the original, let alone having touched the sequel), which proves that Rock n Roll Racing should have sounded much better than it did(pretty much from 1:00-1:30).

[SegaSonic91]

Good point.. I hadn't focused that much on the percussion samples in GFII before, though that's almost certianly due to my frustration with the game itself.
The flicker/drop-out and pseudo-scaling is one thing, but the control ruins it for me. it feels unacceptably stiff and sluggish, and something about it feels off in that I don't want to use inverted Y axis... maybe the narrow range of pitch animation, the slow pitch control, and the lack of crosshairs/aiming corresponding to inverted controls)
Hell, the SMS version of GF1 seems better in some respects (the tunnels are terrible to navigate though), though then it's frustrating as you also can't select inverted control when it feels right. (too bad no Sega CD port... at least the Saturn finally got it)
More frustrating as it's a game I really want to like... I am rather partial to railshooters.

Definitely nice to scan through the sound test though.

The game was made by CRI/CSK so it is no wonder it has problems. Having said that, I just watched that YouTube vid and was extremely impressed by the scaling effects. How they managed to make a low memory MD cart kick the arse of that awful After Burner III MEGA-CD game, I will never know. It also looks a HELL of a lot better than the equally awful Night Striker MCD game. Why oh why did the dumbarses at SoJ put Outrun, Galaxy Force II (through CRI), G-LOC and Outrunners on cart? I will never understand it.

As for great quality music, I was really blown away playing GODS last week. That name entry music is amazing!

[QuickSciFi]

There are just so many threads on this...

I'll go with:

-Castlevania: Bloodlines
-Sword of Vermilion
-Vectorman
-Sonic Spinball
-Sonic the Hedgehog
-Sonic the Hedgehog 2
-Sonic the Hedgehog 3
-Sonic the Hedgehog & Knuckles
-Skitchin'
-Outrun 2019
-Phantasy Star III
-Tin Head
-Fire Shark
-Earnest Evans

[tbb033]

Revenge of Shinobi and Super Hydlide both have incredible music.

[The Coop]

Nice vid. I was surprised by that EWJ2 song(haven't played much of the original, let alone having touched the sequel), which proves that Rock n Roll Racing should have sounded much better than it did(pretty much from 1:00-1:30).

That wasn't the Genesis version of the EW 2 song. That was the Saturn version. The Genesis version is here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7DZ5Utuq58

[midnightrider]

^Huh, you'd think with CD quality, a chip tune on a previous console wouldn't so much bassier.

[BrianC]

Thunder Force III/IV
Streets of Rage 1-2
Atomic Runner
Gauntlet IV
Sonic 1 and 2
Decapattack
Fire Shark
Jewel Master
Langrisser 2
Sagaia
Alisia Dragoon
Devil Crash MD
Revenge of Shinobi
Shinobi III
Super Fantasy Zone
Batman

[SEGA.GENESIS1989]

Personally, Thunderforce 2's soundtrack from beginning to end is a masterpiece. The sound effects only heighten the experience.

My favourite track in the game:

[MrTechnoSqueek]

I loved the Vectorman music with this being a favorite like pretty much everyone else


And I have to say most if not all the songs from Phantasy Star End of The Millennium is great. I like their arranged version of the Phantasy Star 1 dungeon theme.

Oh yes and before I forget this...from my favorite Shinobi game

[EPSYLON EAGLE]

Dangerous Seed had great sound

[OverDrone]

I just came here to post about Dangerous Seed. Awesome soundtrack that's better than most other shooters released in 1990 IMO, as good or better than TFIII perhaps.

My top ten:

10) Midnight Resistance
9) Dangerous Seed
8) Thunder Force IV
7) Zero Wing
6) Gauntlet IV
5) Super Shinobi (tied with SS2)
4) Super Shinobi 2 (tied with SS)
3) Bare Knuckle
2) Bare Knuckle 2
1) ? Project Y ?

Honorable Mentions:

Vapor Trail, Panorama Cotton, Gunstar Heroes, Slap Fight MD, Vampire Killer, TMNT HH, Thunder Force II/III, Crude Buster, Puyo Puyo 2, Darius 2, Shadow Dancer, Ghouls' n Ghosts, Snow Bros, Mega Turrican, Jewel Master and Devil Crash.

I haven't spent the time with RPGs like Shining Force 2 to put them on any list yet.

[Mykaizer]

HOLY SHIII

[Gogogadget]

[Chimaera]

So many pages to this thread, so mine have probably been posted before, but man, the soundtracks for Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: Tides of Time are masterpieces of synthesis. It's so amazing what hauntingly beautiful, mellow, forlorn, melancholy, unsettling, perfect tunes the programmers wrangled out of the simple sound chip. They are incredibly unique in the Genesis library. I know a lot of people prefer the Sega CD soundtracks, but not me.

[Chimaera]

One more!

In addition to being an absolutely kickass game, Elemental Master has a beastly OST reminiscent of awesome 80s synth rock! Check it out:



Just spectacular