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  1. Remix Tuesday #2

    January 24, 2012 by varg

    Best of Video Game Music

    As usual when I try to start a new project something gets in the way. This time it’s been a while without updates, but to compensate for that, today I’ll write about a very nice remix that I actually heard a couple of minutes ago. While I’ve tried to avoid Final Fantasy songs, mostly because that’s what many think about when it comes to video game music. Probably because Nobuo Uematsu is such an amazing composer.

    My friend Zoiy who also enjoys a good remix, he’ll be one of my main sources to find new songs to write about, sent this song to me earlier, and it’s actually a remix of one of my favorite songs from Final Fantasy VII. While the beginning of the song made me think about the IIDX song 5.8.8, which is also good, it soon plays the familiar melody of Cosmo Canyon. The piano arrangement is great and the strings just adds to the greatness. When the wonderful bass line begins there’s also some very nice deep drum sounds that makes me think about those big taiko drums. Just listen to it and you’ll probably get what I mean. Reuben Kee managed to make a great song even better, and it might be even more in the line of what Nobuo Uematsu intended to create while he was limited by the specs of the Sony Playstation.

    Here it is, Ascension to Cosmo Canyon by Reuben Kee, enjoy!

    source: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01306/

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  2. Remix Tuesday #1

    January 10, 2012 by varg

    Best of Video Game Music

    Today it’s time for the first shorter post in this new series where I’ll mention a single remix of a video game tune that I think are worth checking out. I got the idea to start out with this song after watching the Earthbound run at SpeedDemosArchive.com yesterday. Although the song isn’t from that game it’s still kind of related to it. (more…)

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  3. No pain, no nothing. You were slimed.

    January 9, 2012 by varg

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    The image and the title may not have much in common, except for the genre and that both were among the first adventure games I played and they might be one of the reasons why I got hooked. The title is actually one of the many ways you can die in the old MacVenture-game Shadowgate. (more…)

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  4. Merry New Year and a Happy Good Christmas!

    January 8, 2012 by varg

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    It might be the 8th day of the new year, but I haven’t posted yet this year so why not do it now. So what have I been up to lately? First of all I’m taking a little break from my Zelda 100% completion project. Phantom Hourglass decided to die on me pretty randomly and it was a while since I saved when that happened. And at the moment I just can’t get myself to play it, I’m not too fond of some parts of the game, like the Temple of the Ocean King, and all the randomness involved in getting all ship parts. (more…)

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  5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

    December 14, 2011 by varg

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    The first game to be played in my 100% Completion project was A Link to the Past. It’s usually ALttP or Ocarina of Time that people think are the best game of the series, and I would agree with the first one. It might be of the childhood memories, but I’m not entirely sure. So what’s so great about it? (more…)

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  6. The Legend of Zelda

    December 14, 2011 by varg

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    It’s been almost 20 years since I played The Legend of Zelda for the first time. It wasn’t a new game when I first played it, but back then it didn’t matter at all. It was a whole new experience for me. No jumping around on platforms, defeating enemies by jumping on them or capture them in bubbles. Instead it felt like an enormous real adventure. You could also go almost where you wanted, whenever you wanted. That kind of freedom was new to me, and I loved it. (more…)

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  7. Best of Video Game Music – Day 24

    October 25, 2011 by varg

    Best of Video Game Music

    It might be a bit delayed, but here it i,. the last entry for the transportation theme. We’ve mentioned Transformers, a toy-line and animated series from the 80s. But of course there were others. The one i remember the most from my childhood is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, even if they changed ninja to hero over here because ninjas were too violent or something similar. I haven’t played too many of the games based on TMNT, but even if I hate the water stage in TMNT to the NES, I really liked TMNT2 and.. (more…)

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  8. Best of Video Game Music – Day 22

    October 20, 2011 by varg

    Best of Video Game Music

    As we’ve already mentioned, spaceships are another form of transportation, but this time it isn’t about an aerobot transformer. Instead it’s about the kind that humans fly through space and shoot evil aliens, and no it isn’t about Space Invaders. And to be honest, this will include a lot of songs from the game as it’s a remix/medley featured in a rythm-game to the PS2 and Arcade. Here’s a hint: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start. (more…)

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  9. Best of Video Game Music – Day 21

    October 19, 2011 by varg

    Best of Video Game Music

    My second song this week will also feature one of those boring racing games. But even if this song is a lot different from my previous entry it might actually be better. They’re kinda hard to compare. This time it’s actually a song from an arcade game and even if I’ve never played the arcade version myself I’ve played a sequel quite much. And I have to say that it’s very entertaining, even if my friends beat me most of the time. (more…)

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  10. Best of Video Game Music – Day 19

    October 17, 2011 by varg

    Best of Video Game Music

    As I said in an earlier post, the theme this week will be ‘transportation’. And one thing you could use for that is cars. I’m not sure yet but that might be a recurring thing this week. So what can you do with a car? Casual driving or racing. Or why not play a racing video game. There’s a lot of them and while the ones from the past isn’t as realistic and good-looking as the new ones, some of them had really good music. This song is one of the first racing games I played to the old Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and I fell in love with the song at once.

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