The Powerful Emotional Pull of Old Video Games (2014)

Re:The Powerful Emotional Pull of Old Video Games (2014) by nistur on Sunday March 13, 2016 @02:43PM (#11278796)

I am very sad never to have had a C64 at the time pretty much because of the SID. The first (and for a while only) computer/console I had was an AtariST which had decent sound chip too but looking back at what people are, and were fondest of, I feel I'm missing out on the nostalgia a bit.

However, I did get Bitmap Brother's Magic Pockets... and now the intro music is stuck in my head... Betty Boo.

On a tangential note, does anyone remember many games that had their soundtrack on audio cassette? I had a copy of Star Glider 2, which had a synth-y track on tape, which you were meant to play on your hifi while playing the game.

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Re:The Powerful Emotional Pull of Old Video Games (2014) by richardjdare on Sunday March 13, 2016 @03:00PM (#11278864)

Carrier Command (Rainbird 1988) had a great tape soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUYKauCcutw

I remember the (terrible) home computer conversions of Outrun came with a tape of the arcade music, which was some consolation.

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Re:The Powerful Emotional Pull of Old Video Games (2014) by nistur on Sunday March 13, 2016 @06:05PM (#11279574)

Carrier Command was one of my favourite games, but I don't recall ever having a tape soundtrack. Looks like I was missing out.

I tried playing it again recently though and, although there was the nostalgia there, but it just wasn't the same. As someone else mentioned, some games just haven't aged well unfortunately.

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