WEEKS 12-13: Amiga Compilation / Ecco the Dolphin / Metal Gear / Otogirisou
AMIGA COMPILATION
5 tracks, 12:57. Samples-
My focus on explod so far has been complete soundtracks as opposed to compilations, but this will serve as an alternative for selections that would be too short to feature individually. It wasn’t uncommon for an Amiga game to have music only at the title screen and silence the rest of the way.
These games here are guilty of exactly that, so each track is a complete OST in itself. The track listing is:
- Crystal Hammer (theme)
- Bubble Ghost (theme)
- Zoom! (theme)
- Eye of Horus (theme)
- Myth (theme + game over)
This compilation is also meant to be open ended. As I find more Amiga music that fits this category, I’ll post updates tagged as the same album, picking up at track 6, and so forth.
ECCO THE DOLPHIN (Sega Genesis)
19 tracks, 30:13. Samples-
The Lagoon
The Vents
Unused (Sound Test 06)
Unused (Sound Test 14)
Released in 1992 for the Sega Genesis, Ecco the Dolphin is the first title in the Ecco the Dolphin series.
Unfortunately some tracks sounded as if they were peaking in volume when I ripped this, regardless of how much the volume was decreased. Most tracks sound fine, but be prepared for some distortion on some of them.
I ripped this one by request for Amy and Joey. Sry I couldn’t find a track called “vortex”, but hopefully its in there with an alternate name!
Watch gameplay from Ecco the Dolphin on youtube.
METAL GEAR (MSX)
10 tracks, 8:28. Samples-
For week 5 I ripped the 3 other classic Metal Gear soundtracks, opting for the NES version of the first game. However, I had a request to complete the collection. With this finally tackled, that covers every Metal Gear game prior to Metal Gear Solid. Hope you enjoy!
Gameplay from Metal Gear on youtube.
OTOGIRISOU (SNES)
14 tracks, 23:30. Samples-
Released for the Super Famicom in 1992, Otogirisou is essentially a playable book. I haven’t been able to check it out, with the language barrier and all, but I like the music. I found the music browsing through random SPC sets, and Otogirisou stood out to me as having a very lush and orchestral sound.
From some google searching I’ve found later titles by the same company for the PS1 which are advertised as “sound novel” games, a genre of which I was unaware. I think the most reading I’ve done in a game was in Myst anyways.
There is very little information on this title available unfortunately.
4 years ago
