masschamber Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 We all know the 2600 had some limits on the sound hardware, but what games got decent music out of it I know the starpath supercharger allowed for a large image but it has pretty good music what else is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spawnshop Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I always love the music for Pitfall 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) Firefly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGa7vDqEjBE Edited September 20, 2015 by Opry99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Pitfall II had a separate chip inside which allowed for the music. Gyruss had some pretty great music using just the standard TIA chip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masschamber Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Firefly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGa7vDqEjBE do sorcerer and star fox have music too since they are all practically the same game, or is it exclusive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Pitfall 2 Lost Caverns and Gyruss are some of the best music wise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Innit Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Can't think of any better music than Pitfall 2 from the original releases even though it does use an extra chip. Enter into homebrew territory though and this beats it hands down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) Big Bird's Egg Catch has a nice classical tune Mountain King has a classical tune too Moon Patrol has good music you can toggle on or off Pressure Cooker tune I like. Journey Escape had rock music, not done too shabby. Edited September 20, 2015 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Pitfall II had a separate chip inside which allowed for the music. So David Crane came up with enclosing an extra chip for anything other than RAM, eg music? Because later, companies like Nintendo and Sega did exactly the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oh I love the rhythm sounds in the pause mode of Snoopy and the Red Baron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfAmongWolves Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Smurf has some decent music as well: I always thought it was brilliant how the pitch changes in the cave, to make the melody darker and more ominous. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Ghostbusters, Bump N Jump, Pressure Cooker, BMX Air Master, Smurf, Double Dragon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mef Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Homebrews: Thrust and Lead have some incredibly good music for a VCS. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spawnshop Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Homebrews: Thrust and Lead have some incredibly good music for a VCS. Those look (and sound) great! I'll have to try those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambouis de l'Atari Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Smurf has some decent music as well: I always thought it was brilliant how the pitch changes in the cave, to make the melody darker and more ominous. I really can't stand the smurf music ! It tears my nerves to pieces On the homebrew shelf, Boulder dash has a great title screen, you'd believe to hear the c64 version. And on the commercial cartridge side, I think Fatal run has a technically high music, I'll have to check I don't remember well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armonigann Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I vote Gyruss..hands down for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Then: Supercharger's The Official Frogger Now: Stay Frosty II Non games: Demos, Paul Slocum Synthcart electronic music, batari Basic music batari Basic: Mappy_TIA_Music_Demo_2015_data_method.bas-(1).bin sf2musicUpOnRoof.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Epyx California Games does a fair rendition of Louie Louie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lentzquest Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Double Dunk has great title screen music. I agree with BMX Airmaster and Journey Escape as well. Skateboardin' gets forgotten a lot. If including homebrew then nothing on the system beats Juno First. Edited September 21, 2015 by Lentzquest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 +1 for California Games! Love the music in the AtariAge Christmas carts too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Innit Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Mr Do's Castle does a perfectly good rendition of the arcade tune 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armonigann Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Wow, that Mr.Do castle is good .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colmino Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 If we're going to cite every 2600 game that used both voices (or more) for music, I may as well mention Strawberry Shortcake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYfPPlfJOZ8&t=0m31s I somehow owned this cart, and yes I did pop it in once in a while - a fact which underscores the boredom only made possible by the non-existence of the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Man Goes Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQPdbdQO7RY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masschamber Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 If we're going to cite every 2600 game that used both voices (or more) for music, I may as well mention Strawberry Shortcake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYfPPlfJOZ8&t=0m31s I somehow owned this cart, and yes I did pop it in once in a while - a fact which underscores the boredom only made possible by the non-existence of the internet. why not, actually would be nice to know every 2600 game with music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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