Whats your favorite 2600 game theme/music?

[mark]

Mine is pitfall 2 and moon patrol. I never get sick of moon patrols music when playing. Whats yours?

[rolenta]

Not exactly my favorite but I find myself whistling the Frogger theme all the time.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Thrust Platinum of course!

 

Or any other great Paul Slocum music.

[sku_u]

That's like asking if you'd rather have a root canal or a rectal exam

[Tempest]

Either Pitfall II or Pressure Cooker.

 

I also love that opening tune in Bionic Breakthrough.

 

Tempest

[Inky]

Pitfall2 and Frogger.

[foxglove9]

#1 favorite is Sorcerers little sound loop.

 

Frogger is a great little tune as well. I can't think of anything more annoying than Pitfall 2's soundtrack. I usually turn the sound down to play that, and that's the only Atari game I'll do that to.

[ZylonBane]

Hands-down, any tune from BMX Airmaster.

 

Paul Slocum's stuff is interesting, but IMHO sounds more like he's trying to beat the 2600 into submission.

[intvgene]

Pitfall II.. I loved how after dying, you could grab some treasure and use the music to boost your spirits. What a great tune.

 

Mountain King.. also another great musical game. The tune is great and I love how it is used in the game.

[liquidcross]

Raiders of the Lost Ark. That intro music is classic.

[bjk7382]

It has to be Thrust. Hey Thomas, I listened to the intro tune before I bought the game, and after I got it it sounds a little worse on the actual hardware. Why is that? It is still a good song nonetheless, and about 3 times as long as anything that came out of the 80's. I think Pitfall 2 gets so annoying, I usually end up putting it on mute, it is like the same 3 notes over and over and over and over and over again. Unless that is what you like.

[bcprs1]

Pitfall II is definitely the best. I wish they could have done that in more games.

 

I also like all the intro maze tunes in Jr Pac-Man especially the one before the 6th maze.

[bjk7382]

I just remembered Double dragon has pretty good intro music and also has game music. Probly because it is copyright 1989.

[Godzilla]

for me its still 2600 mountain king, love the way it sounds, and how the music is part of the game, and the rush when it keeps getting faster.

[the 5th ghost]

Up'N'Down is my winner, hands down!

[sku_u]

 

Paul Slocum's stuff is interesting, but IMHO sounds more like he's trying to beat the 2600 into submission.

 

That's the quote of the year!

[MegaManFan]

Thrust Platinum of course!

 

[Video]

Pitfall II has to take it. Nothing else on the 2600 (back then anyways) had such a complex and lovely set of music pieces.

 

Beyond that, I liked the music intro on Crystal Castles, and the cut scene music for Frogger.

 

Nowdays, I'd say that, actually the Test cart has some the best modern music. Kind of funny, I think it would have been great music on a space shooter of some kind actually.

[joeybastard]

BMX, Pitfall II and Moon Patrol.

 

The Mythicon games "music" is god awful.

[Rick Weis]

my favorites are:

 

Halloween

journey escape

marble craze

pitfall 2

 

Take care,

 

rick

[+Nathan Strum]

Favorites: Gyruss, Pitfall II, Tunnel Runner, Reactor

 

Honorable mention: Crystal Castles, Spider-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Racquetball, Midnight Magic (charge!), Star Trek, Star Wars: Jedi Arena, Spy Hunter

 

Most annoying: Miner 2049er I & II, Starmaster, Ghostbusters, Tapper

[mark]

How about the beginning of ET? That was the only part of the game that was thought out. Pretty good.

[Inky]

Favorites: Gyruss, Pitfall II, Tunnel Runner, Reactor

 

Honorable mention: Crystal Castles, Spider-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Racquetball, Midnight Magic (charge!), Star Trek, Star Wars: Jedi Arena, Spy Hunter

 

Most annoying: Miner 2049er I & II, Starmaster, Ghostbusters, Tapper

 

Ooohhh... Forgot Ms. Pac and Reactor!

[Thomas Jentzsch]

It has to be Thrust. Hey Thomas, I listened to the intro tune before I bought the game, and after I got it it sounds a little worse on the actual hardware. Why is that?

I have no idea, and since I don't have that cart myself I cannot confirm that. Maybe some hardware differences.

 

Can you describe the differences?

[bjk7382]

my favorites are:

 

Halloween

journey escape

marble craze

pitfall 2

 

Take care,

 

rick

 

I forgot about Journey escape, not a very good game but good intro music. (Although not by the band journey for which the game was based)