Tetris (1984)

1984 – I bet everyone has played at least once this game. I personally found it very addictive and i still play it from time to time, tho i preferred the arcade version and the original game boy porting. Here is my personal arrangement for a srtring quartet.

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Ghouls’n Ghosts (1988)

1988 – Capcom. This was an arcade game i’ve played for a very long time, even today it’s one of my favourite ones to play with MAME. I know the stage1 music by heart, and i decided to remix it sticking as much as possible to the original mood. I […]

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Monkey Island – 1990 – Le Chuck’s Theme

1990 – LucasArts. Ron Gilbert’s Point and click adventures have been a huge milestone in videogame industry, in my opinion also thanks to the great soundtrack that contributed to create a real masterpiece. Here is my tribute version to the famous “LeChuck’s Theme”.

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Outrun (1986) – Magical Sound Shower

1986 – Sega. Among other arcade games, OutRun has been the one where i believe i spent most of my youth pocket money on. I still remember the feeling of inserting the coin(s) and getting to choose the soundtrack as if i was about to drive that Ferrari Testarossa for […]

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Outrun (1986) – Passing Breeze

1986 – Sega Among other arcade games, OutRun has been the one where i believe i spent most of my youth pocket money on. I still remember the feeling of inserting the coin(s) and getting to choose the soundtrack as if i was about to drive that Ferrari Testarossa for […]

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Bubble Bobble (1986)

1986 – Taito. Originally composed by Tadashi Kimijima, the main Bubble Bobble theme has accompained my childhood like no other videogame soundtrack. It’s been years since my last game with this arcade but as soon as i listen to it’s original soundtrak it immediately pops in my head and i […]

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Agony (1992)

1992 – Psygnosis. I’ve loaded Agony’s disk on my old Amiga 500 literally a countless number of times, but I can’t recall the game itself. Why? because i didn’t load the game to play the it, but just to listen to the intro soundtrack over and over and over again, […]

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The New Zealand Story (1988)

1988 – Taito. This was one of the cutest games i’ve been playing as a child. Who wouldn’t love a little yellow kiwi (but i thought it was just a simple chick) that needs to defeat enemies in order to rescue all other kiwis that have been kidnapped. I also […]

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The great Giana sisters (1987)

1987 – Time Warp Productions – Rainbow Arts. This game was a perfect clone of Super Mario Bros videogame, but i remember it for it’s nice intro soundtrack by Chris Hülsbeck. This is my own remixed version where i’ve used the main theme and orchestrated it with a Cello and […]

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Super Mario World (1990) – Castle level

1990 – Nintendo My favourite game on the Super Nintendo console, by one of my favourite videogames music composer, Kōji Kondō. This is my own “orchestral” version, where i’ve managed to change the whole sound mood while keeping all the original notes in place.

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HangOn (1985)

1985 – Sega. The simple yet engaging soundtrack was accompaining the player while virtually riding the motorbike in 5 leverls of adrenalinic racing and breathtaking overtakes. I remember playing this game more for it’s engaging soundtrack then for the game itself.

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Doom (1993)

1993 – IdSoftware. I’ve played Doom for days and days. I’ve created also my own mods. But i’ve lost all the files. Sometimes i wonder if i would have become a game programmer if i was born in a different place. Reading “masters of doom” made me think about it. […]

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Double Dragon (1987)

1987 – Technos Japan Corporation / Taito. This game was one of the first co-op games i’ve played. I still can feel the pain in my right-hand’s fingers that reminds me the thousend times i’ve pushed that kick red button on the arcade cabinet. I remember my favourite weapon was […]

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