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« Reply #75 on: October 18, 2006, 02:34:11 PM »
nodtveidt thanks for bringing fileanchor to my attention I sure hope these links work much better than the geocities ones (which now been removed)

Batman
Open batman.mp3

Magical Chase
Open magicalchase.mp3

Moto Roader II
Open motorroader2.mp3

Populous (medieval intro theme which im currently listening to over and over)
Open populous.mp3

Valkyrie no Densetsu
Open valkyrie.mp3

waaaahhh these mp3's already taken up 11 megs on fileanchor..

not bad for a 19 yr old console neh ??

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« Reply #76 on: October 18, 2006, 02:45:34 PM »
That Batman tune just kills the nes version.  :)

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« Reply #77 on: October 18, 2006, 02:48:51 PM »
Moto Roader II has an incredible sound to it, especially the song you posted, Digi.k. I love the distored guitar sound you hear in the background of that tune, it really adds quality to it and everything else sounds great too.
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« Reply #78 on: October 18, 2006, 07:05:57 PM »
Thanks for uploading those.  Are they recorded from an emulator?  If so I wonder how they'd sound on real hardware, as I've never found emulation to be 100% exact.

Anyway, my highly anticipated opinions:

BATMAN -
Great tune, same tune that is found in the NES version (but much better here, of course).  All Batman games had good music... the original Batman based on the first movie, anyway.  That tunes sounds like it is closely related to "The Streets of Gotham" from the Genesis version.

MAGICAL CHASE -
Pretty good, but doesn't seem too memorable to me.  I found myself skipping through it.

MOTO ROADER II -
Definitely some good sound quality here.  I wish more PC Engine/Turbo games would have strived for sound quality such as this.  I wonder why they didn't?  The tune itself is good as well.

POPULOUS -
This is alright.  Nothing tremendously special here, I don't think.  There are some pleasant sounds to it, but the constant digitized clangy thing annoys me.

VALKYRIE NO DENSETSU -
I have no goddamn clue what a "Densetsu" is, but I'm glad this game doesn't have any.  The title of this game kind of reminds me of ordering a cheeseburger at McDonalds (or wherever) without onions.  Cheeseburger, no onions!  Anyway the occasional chimes towards the beginning almost hurt my ears (physically) and I'm not even wearing headphones.  And the constant buzzzzzz in the background doesn't sound impressive.  The drums sound good.  The melody itself isn't anything too special.

Anyway thanks for posting some of your favorites.  It would be awesome if more people did that.

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Speaking of which, here are some of my current favorite HuCard tunes recorded from real hardware (and like Digi.k's MP3s, there is no branding so feel free to put them on your playlists).  I'm usually more concerned with melody and overall enjoyable-ness of the tunes.  The file names are not the official song names so I don't want to hear any bitchin' about that!  In alphabetical order:

Blazing Lazers:http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/BlazingLazers_1.mp3
http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/BlazingLazers_2.mp3
http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/BlazingLazers_3.mp3


Dragon Spirit:http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/Dragon_Spirit.mp3


Dragon's Curse aka Wonder Boy III:http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/DragonCurse_Desert.mp3
http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/DragonsCurse_Entrance.mp3
http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/DragonsCurse_Forest.mp3
http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/DragonsCurse_Seaside.mp3


Dungeon Explorer:http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/DungeonExplorer_1.mp3
http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/DungeonExplorer_2.mp3
http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/DungeonExplorer_3.mp3


Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu:http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/JackieChan_level1_2.mp3
http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/JackieChan_level2_1.mp3


Legendary Axe 2:http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/LegendaryAxe2_Stage3.mp3
http://pixelcraze.film-tech.net/hucardmusic/LegendaryAxe2_Stage4.mp3



There ya go.  All MP3s combined somewhere around 37MB so don't hurt yourselves.  :)

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« Reply #79 on: October 19, 2006, 01:59:54 AM »
Just throwing this question out there - any objections to adding these mp3's to the Turbo2k mp3 player?  If there is enough interest and the original "owners" of the recording approve (Digi.k, Joe Redifer) I can add these no problem.

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« Reply #80 on: October 19, 2006, 04:47:20 AM »
yes its recorded from emulation.  Using Yame but its not compatible with HES files..

Wow I really love Magical chase.. especially if u can hook it up to an old analogue amplifier as the base is really deep :shock:  
Moto Roader.. Masiya got much better with their music later on as well as Naxat.. but I honestly wished companies like Hudsonsoft and NEC pushed the system further as  even some of their later games IMO just sounded lacklustre.. (compare bomberman 94 to 93's music)...
Valkyire: Some of Namco's early games some of the high pitched notes it outputs a bit distorted and scratchy at times but I still love it.

Odon go ahead I dont mind.

and I'll try and get some more stuff recorded from hooking real hardware to PC when I can finish downloading *cough* nero wave editor and stuff..

EDIT:
a few recordings done with real hardware hooked up to my pc.. My line in don't work so I can only record from mic and the stereo been downgraded to mono mix..




Populous recording with real PCE hardware. mono mix (can you tell the difference between this and the emulated populous above)??
Open populoustest.mp3

Dragon saber lvl 3 recording with real PCE. mono mix
Open dragonsabertest2.mp3

Dragon saber lvl 9(?) recording with real PCE. mono mix
Open dragonsabertest3.mp3

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These are the arcade arrangements.  I thought it be interesting to make comparisons.  Generally IMO the arcade arrangement blows the pce out of the water but these particular tracks the vote on which version sounds better is divided.. They not staying up for long so get them while they're fresh!

Dragon Saber arcade lvl 3
Open dsaber-arcade rom lvl 3.mp3

Dragon Saber arcade lvl 9
Open dsaber-arcade rom lvl 8.mp3

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« Reply #81 on: October 19, 2006, 11:26:18 AM »
Quote from: "Odonadon"
Just throwing this question out there - any objections to adding these mp3's to the Turbo2k mp3 player?  If there is enough interest and the original "owners" of the recording approve (Digi.k, Joe Redifer) I can add these no problem.

OD


I see no problem with that.

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« Reply #82 on: October 19, 2006, 02:14:10 PM »
I wanna add some more pc engine vs arcade game music comparisons:

These are ripped from pce emulation:
PCE Salamander area 1
Open salamanderlvl1.mp3

PCE Salamander area 4
Open salamanderlvl4.mp3

PCE dragon spirit area 2
Open dspirit2.mp3

PCE dragon spirit area 6
Open dspirit6.mp3
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arcade version music arrangements:

arcade salamander area 1
Open level1mp3.mp3

arcade salamander area 4
Open level4.mp3

arcade dragon spirit area 2
Open dspirit-2-arcade rom.mp3

arcade dragon spirit area 6
Open dspirit-6-arcade rom.mp3

Apart from the pce mp3's, the arcade music is not staying up for long so get them while they're hot!

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« Reply #83 on: October 19, 2006, 03:02:53 PM »
Quote from: "Digi.k"
I wanna add some more pc engine vs arcade game music comparisons:

These are ripped from pce emulation:
PCE Salamander area 1
Open salamanderlvl1.mp3

PCE Salamander area 4
Open salamanderlvl4.mp3

PCE dragon spirit area 2
Open dspirit2.mp3

PCE dragon spirit area 6
Open dspirit6.mp3
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arcade version music arrangements:

arcade salamander area 1
Open level1mp3.mp3

arcade salamander area 4
Open level4.mp3

arcade dragon spirit area 2
Open dspirit-2-arcade rom.mp3

arcade dragon spirit area 6
Open dspirit-6-arcade rom.mp3

Apart from the pce mp3's, the arcade music is not staying up for long so get them while they're hot!


I liked the PC Engine versions of Salamander and Dragon Saber better.

I couldn't get more than one Dragon Spirit arcade track to play on the fly and I'm too lazy to download them right now.  :wink:
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« Reply #84 on: October 19, 2006, 04:19:15 PM »
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I see no problem with that


Thanks guys, I've added them to the site.

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« Reply #85 on: October 19, 2006, 11:43:10 PM »
Quote from: "Digi.k"
I wanna add some more pc engine vs arcade game music comparisons:

These are ripped from pce emulation:
PCE Salamander area 1
Open salamanderlvl1.mp3

PCE Salamander area 4
Open salamanderlvl4.mp3

PCE dragon spirit area 2
Open dspirit2.mp3

PCE dragon spirit area 6
Open dspirit6.mp3
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arcade version music arrangements:

arcade salamander area 1
Open level1mp3.mp3

arcade salamander area 4
Open level4.mp3

arcade dragon spirit area 2
Open dspirit-2-arcade rom.mp3

arcade dragon spirit area 6
Open dspirit-6-arcade rom.mp3

Apart from the pce mp3's, the arcade music is not staying up for long so get them while they're hot!


I've always been torn on which sound I like the best.  Dragon Spirit music is good on both the arcade and PCE, but just depends on my mood on which version I like better.

You should check out the Dragon Spirit music played from the Dragon Saber hardware.  Those are some really nice remixes.  It would be interesting to compare three different versions.

Haven't checked the Salamander tunes yet, but I remember the PCE music being fairly faithful to the original.

EDIT:  Ok, listened to the Salamander tracks.  I like the PCE ones better.  Hell, I think even the NES music rivals the arcade.  The arcade sounds nice, but doesn't seem as upbeat as the PCE and NES... especially the area 4 music.  The faster beat on the consoles make it much better than the arcade IMO.

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« Reply #86 on: October 20, 2006, 06:59:27 PM »
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VALKYRIE NO DENSETSU -
I have no goddamn clue what a "Densetsu" is, but I'm glad this game doesn't have any.  The title of this game kind of reminds me of ordering a cheeseburger at McDonalds (or wherever) without onions.  Cheeseburger, no onions!  Anyway the occasional chimes towards the beginning almost hurt my ears (physically) and I'm not even wearing headphones.  And the constant buzzzzzz in the background doesn't sound impressive.  The drums sound good.  The melody itself isn't anything too special.


Densetsu means Legend or Legendary.  Like Ankoku Densetsu(Legendary Axe 2) means Dark Legend.  Kaze no Densetsu Xanadu(Legend of Xanadu) means Wind of Legendary Xanadu, Seiken Densetsu I think means Holy Sword Legend, but don't quote me on that one :roll:   I've gotten used to some words, so that I can sometimes figure out what the name means.  Eiyuu Densetsu(Legend of Heroes) is Hero Legend :D

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« Reply #87 on: October 20, 2006, 08:48:32 PM »
So I assume the English translation would be Valkyrie Legend or Legend of Valkyrie?

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« Reply #88 on: October 20, 2006, 09:52:19 PM »
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So I assume the English translation would be Valkyrie Legend or Legend of Valkyrie?


The 'no' is a possessive particle so 'Legend of Valkyrie' is more exact.
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« Reply #89 on: October 21, 2006, 12:34:21 AM »
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[I liked the PC Engine versions of Salamander and Dragon Saber better.

especially the salamander tracks. they are by far better than the arcade pendants.
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