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Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 456

To the best of my knowledge, the Nintendo Power article stated that there are no actual portions taken from the original Megaman soundtracks. While that was the observation of the writer, I do believe that, prior to the forum's crash, it was confirmed that the songs were protected under parody and that they do not contain anyone else's material (as that would open the door for a lawsuit).

The similarities are intentional, but the music is not identical.

Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 226 Location: Sweden

Although the tune feels familiar, I don't think I've played this game during my time with the Nes. However .. in the end of the song, there's a sudden stop, a kind of "clink" sound, and then a tune that sound like a boss-apperance , before you can hear something that sound like a swordslice.
You remeber your gamecollection by any chance? Which games had swords in them? Razz

Wow, that is an amazing find. It sounds very megamanish to me (perhaps another Capcom game even?) but I am very curious as to what game it is actually from

Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 226 Location: Sweden

Not Saying it's not Megaman, but I don't recognise it, and I've been through moste of the Mega Man-games for NES.
If it's capcom .. and it involves swords .. it could be from Trojan, good old classic that never made it to the next gen.

Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 68 Location: Chicago land

My gut tells me it's from Strider.

Maybe Battle For Olympus?

Otherwise, I do not think I have played it . . . but the tone felt familiar aside from the similar structure from Will of One.

I've been meaning to refamiliarize myself with some classic NES gaming--this seems like a great opportunity.

Wow... That's... weird.

At first I really, really couldn't place it...

But that part at the end, with the sword... It isn't Battle for Olympus, Rohsiph. Strider? Maybe, but I don't think so...

Assuming that this really is legit (not to call anyone a fraud but there's always the possibility that someone made this by editing together NES sound bites and a synthed version of Will of One...), then my money is ALMOST on...

One of the Ninja Gaiden sequels.

It's that sword sound, then the music right after it, that's pulling me in that direction.

Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 68 Location: Chicago land

Well, right after my last post, I hit Zophar's Domain and started cycling through their .nsf archive--direct rips of Nintendo game soundtracks.

My gut was wrong.

I checked everything that I thought might have a song like that, and some sword clips. . . including Ninja Gaiden. Then I just checked action games, including Kid Icarus and Ikari Warriors. I checked some shooters, and I searched through all of the soundtracks credited to Capcom.

No luck.

If the song is from a NES game, I think it must be an obscure one.

Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 400 Location: Monsteropolis

Woah. That is messed up.

At first, I was like "What are these guys on? This sounds nothing like....WOAH!"

XD That "WOAH" was when the similarities kicked in.

As I was listening to it, I had a mental image of The Protomen rendered in 8-bit sprites jamming on an 8 bit stage to an 8 bit audience. XD

Well, it could always be a case of cryptomnesia.

Or just a random coincidence.

Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 30 Location: Los Angeles

most of my old games are long gone. i think some of them might still be in japan. i'm really wanting to have them shipped over here so i can go through the songs in them Mad

Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 226 Location: Sweden

Guess it could be strider, sounds a bit strider. It sure ain't Kid Icarus or Ikari Warrior, been through both of them, reckon I should know the song had it been one of them.
Vgmusic.com lack Trojan-songs .. and this tune, although it's a bit too "fast" sounds a bit Trojan. Or Contra .. maybe.

So your games is gone .. but do you remember any of them? Names, mainchars, plot? Something? :p

Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 68 Location: Chicago land

Contra was a good idea I somehow neglected to try--unfortunately, another dead end.

For anyone else with free time (I've two days to kill before University classes kick off), here is a direct link to the .nsf archive I've been wading through: http://www.zophar.net/nsf/

And here is a link to the .nsf player archive: http://www.zophar.net/utilities/nsf.html

A file was labeled as being the Trojan soundtrack as well--went through it when sifting through all the Capcom titles, and didn't find it there either. I haven't been listening for the beginning of the song that starts at the end of the track, though--except for the Ninja Gaiden titles, because, indeed, the sword clip sounds very much like the one used in the first two games.

Any help with plot/characters/kinds of enemies/items (generally, anything that might be used to identify the title) would indeed be helpful.

Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 30 Location: Los Angeles

for what it's worth, just from listening to the tape, i don't think the select sound at the end of the track is from the same game. i think it's something i probably recorded over the will of one track. i don't know if that helps any. i can remember recording both famicon and pc engine (turbografx) games.

Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 456

There really is an incredibly large amount of games which this could be from, as the Famicom/NES platform was home to thousands, and the recording was taken in Japan.

Although it is possible that someone will find out what type of game this is, it could be remarkably hard to do so (or require an expansive amount of knowledge). Basically all of the titles mentioned so far have enjoyed a stateside release, but what about the many which didn't?

If we are to keep trying to determine what it's from, however, it's time for some drill-down questions. What types of games did you like? You may have liked everything, but you had to favor some genres if you recorded music from them. When did you get the Famicom? How long did you buy games for it (as in, 88-90)? Did you only have a Famicom and play Japanese games, or did you have a NES at some point (since domestic releases could have edited/replaced music)?

Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 226 Location: Sweden

Also, the games you played the most, what do you remember about them? Main Characters, enemies, plot etc. Important stuff, since that's usually what the rest of us will remember too.

Also .. due to the pretty obvious similiar tunes .. it'sprobably safe to say that the Protomen might have taken inspiration from this game's music, thus, the chance of it being a game released in both the US and Europe is higher :O

Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 15 Location: United Americas

I know that I am new here, but the reason I started getting into the Protomen music was because I thought they played original music that happened to be about games. I can't understand why all of these bands just can't write their own music. Sure, the nostalgia of hearing some song from your favorite game is great, but you can't take the music seriously. I guess I am just disappointed.