Mysterious Chiptune... (can you identify it?)

[esteban]

Word up, comrades. I'm not sure how many folks read the "Hudson GameBox (iOS)" thread, so, here's the challenge...

Can you identify the chiptune? It's a damn catchy tune that sounds like it is ripped from an existing PCE/TG-16 game...but I (and many fellow pcefxers) can't figure out what title (if any) the song originates from. What are the chances that Hudson commissioned (created) a new chiptune for the GameBox emulator?


TurboGrafx-16_GameBox_(iOS)_Title_Theme.mp3  (right-click to save .mp3)

I have a hard time believing that Hudson would have taken the time to create a brand-new tune. Call me cynical.

GOOD LUCK!

Special Thanks! to farankoshan for providing the .mp3!

[motdelbourt]

I just realized what it is. It's

[Black Tiger]

It's the stage 1 bgm from PC Cocoron.

[Tatsujin]

damn, I've thougt it was stage 3

[motdelbourt]

If it's anything, it's likely to be from one of the games included in the app. I ruled out a few. Haven't confirmed these yet:

New Adventure Island:© HUDSON SOFT

Military Madness:© HUDSON SOFT

Victory Run:© HUDSON SOFT

Jaseiken Necromancer:© HUDSON SOFT

Detana!! TwinBee ©1992 Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman ©NCS/extreme

Double Dungeons ©NCS/extreme

Benkei Gaiden ©SUNSOFT

Break In…© KAGA CREATE CO.,LTD.

Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu PC Bangaihen…© 2011 Million co.,ltd. / © 2011 KAGA CREATE CO.,LTD.

Raiden…© SEIBU KAIHATSU INC.

Shockman…© NCS/extreme

Moto Roader…© NCS/extreme

Dragon's Curse…© HUDSON SOFT

OUT LIVE…© SUNSOFT

[nat]

It sounds, to me, like something done by the Air Zonk/Coryoon/1943 soundtrack guy(s). I don't recall it being a part of any of those games, however, although I haven't ever completed 1943.

[esteban]

If it's anything, it's likely to be from one of the games included in the app. I ruled out a few. Haven't confirmed these yet:

New Adventure Island:© HUDSON SOFT

Military Madness:© HUDSON SOFT

Victory Run:© HUDSON SOFT

Jaseiken Necromancer:© HUDSON SOFT

Detana!! TwinBee ©1992 Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman ©NCS/extreme

Double Dungeons ©NCS/extreme

Benkei Gaiden ©SUNSOFT

Break In…© KAGA CREATE CO.,LTD.

Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu PC Bangaihen…© 2011 Million co.,ltd. / © 2011 KAGA CREATE CO.,LTD.

Raiden…© SEIBU KAIHATSU INC.

Shockman…© NCS/extreme

Moto Roader…© NCS/extreme

Dragon's Curse…© HUDSON SOFT

OUT LIVE…© SUNSOFT

[ccovell]

It actually sounds to me like a modern, original composition.  Some parts are pastiches of Konami games, others Hudson games.  But some of it is off-key, leading me to believe it was made by Japanese or European chiptune artists of this era.  Not from the 80s / early '90s...

[Arkhan]

parts of that sound like Twinbee

but Twinbee for PCE was not as bright.

It's not Dragons Curse (from above posts).  Dragons Curse uses chipdrums instead of sampledrums.

[Mishran]

It actually sounds to me like a modern, original composition.  Some parts are pastiches of Konami games, others Hudson games.  But some of it is off-key, leading me to believe it was made by Japanese or European chiptune artists of this era.  Not from the 80s / early '90s...

I have to agree here. It may be an original piece and not from a game at all. It's definitely a tune that gets stuck in your head. I was playing a little TG Gamebox yesterday while waiting to head into work and was repeatedly replaying that tune in my head the rest of the evening. :-"

[ParanoiaDragon]

And....I can't get the link to work no matter what I do

[Necromancer]

And....I can't get the link to work no matter what I do

Did you try farankoshan's link?  If that won't work either, send me your e-mail address and I can forward it that way.

[ParanoiaDragon]

It's working now, to my ears, it sounds like a mix between Coryoon & Soldier Blade...

[esteban]

It actually sounds to me like a modern, original composition.  Some parts are pastiches of Konami games, others Hudson games.  But some of it is off-key, leading me to believe it was made by Japanese or European chiptune artists of this era.  Not from the 80s / early '90s...

Initially, I thought this might be a new, original tune. Then I thought, "but what if this is the ending credits tune for a game I never beat?"

Your reasoning is sound. 

I just wish we could find out who composed it and how much creative control they had (i.e., was it commissioned as a pastiche?)

I rather like the song, despite any flaws. 

It actually sounds to me like a modern, original composition.  Some parts are pastiches of Konami games, others Hudson games.  But some of it is off-key, leading me to believe it was made by Japanese or European chiptune artists of this era.  Not from the 80s / early '90s...

I have to agree here. It may be an original piece and not from a game at all. It's definitely a tune that gets stuck in your head. I was playing a little TG Gamebox yesterday while waiting to head into work and was repeatedly replaying that tune in my head the rest of the evening. :-"

 
It is a damn catchy tune. 

[farankoshan]

Ain't it just the catchiest? Damn, if it is an original, I love how they captured the PC-Engine/Turbo chiptune sound.