Nintendo (NES) versions of DT songs

[Mebert78]

I absolutely love the 8-bit versions of DT songs that are on YouTube.  There's a bunch of good ones.  Right now, I'm loving "The Count of Tuscany."  Has anyone else checked these out?  Here's TCoT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UutVyoE8ak0.

[PlaysLikeMyung]

DARK NINTENDO NIGHT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfAz35yhn7U

[King Postwhore]

DARK NINTENDO NIGHT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfAz35yhn7U

[Jarlaxle]

Listening to The Count of Tuscany, it sounds pretty awesome so far.

[AcidLameLTE]

The War Inside My Head one is awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icEC9z-Yw8E&feature=related

[Jarlaxle]

DT should just use this for their new drummer.

[tri.ad]

Somehow, I'm not surprised that the TCOT keyboard solo sounds almost exactly the same as on the actual album.

[robwebster]

Brilliant game I've just been playing - go through all the songs and pick the ones that'd work best as boss themes.

The Root of All Evil works surprisingly well. Although given the name, maybe it should've been a given.

[Chino]

Someone find a way I can use these while I play mario on my emulator.

[wolfking]

These are just midi/guitar pro files.

[Jarlaxle]

They still sound fucking awesome.

[juice]

Find the Test That Stumped Them All.

BOSS BATTLE MUSIC I SAY!

[Jarlaxle]

Same with Constant Motion.

[CrimsonE]

The one for Pull Me Under is pretty cool, although it gets cut off at the end 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqTfoxZm3OI&feature=related

[RG93]

These are just midi/guitar pro files.

That doesn't make them any less awesome.

[PetFish]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1BmRZwjPcE&feature=related

This guy takes it to a whole 'nother level.  Reminds me of the video game orchestra music tour where they play live to footage of old games.

[tri.ad]

That was a really cool video. Good find!

[kirbywelch92]

These are just midi/guitar pro files.

That doesn't make it them any less awesome.

So I suppose they are......the best it them?

[Rina]

The War Inside My Head one is awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icEC9z-Yw8E&feature=related

THAT IS AMAZING. 

[LCArenas]

For some unknown reason this reminds me of Chrono Trigger:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvhJNV9Equ4&feature=related

[RG93]

These are just midi/guitar pro files.

That doesn't make them any less awesome.

So I suppose they are......the best it them?

*edits post*

[Global Laziness]

Aw man, these are so awesome!

[Sycsa]

Majestic necro for BAI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLwhgr_Unc
3:40 sounds like a boss fight which is triumphantly resolved at 4:18. 

[Big Hath]

The War Inside My Head one is awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icEC9z-Yw8E&feature=related

wow, this reminds me of Bionic Commando so much

[Mindflux]

wow, this reminds me of Bionic Commando so much

I loved that game!

[dparrott]

We did a version that goes farther back than NES, it's based off Intellivision sounds:

https://soundcloud.com/tacrec/astrosmash-the-dance-of-eternity

We also did Inty covers of songs by Porcupine Tree, Metallica, and lots more.

[Onno]

This is epic.

[PwnsomeWin]

Find the Test That Stumped Them All.

BOSS BATTLE MUSIC I SAY!

Made this just for you. =P

[Big Hath]

wow, this reminds me of Bionic Commando so much

I loved that game!

it's probably my second most played NES game after RBI Baseball

1 RBI Baseball
2 Bionic Commando
3 Tecmo Bowl
4 Contra
5 Baseball Stars
6 Blaster Master
7 Double Dragon III
8 Zelda II
9 SMB II
10 Ninja Gaiden

something like that

[The Stray Seed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_479Gc0GLk

Amazing.

[BlobVanDam]

One thing that slightly bothers me about these "NES" / "8-bit" remixes is that they're really not. Running a MIDI file through a soundfont of square waves doesn't make it truly sound like the old consoles at all.

They had a limitation of 4 channels of sound, one of which was the drum track (which could do either the click or the pop or the fuzz at once, but not all at once), and they didn't really use frequencies as low as metal songs do.

Rarely do I hear someone actually arrange a song properly to work within the actual limitations that the hardware had. To me that's half of the fun and the challenge. Hearing something that the NES could legitimately play, not just something that uses bleeps and bloops (although I do love the bleeps and bloops).

[?]

The War Inside My Head one is awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icEC9z-Yw8E&feature=related

Just like the theme music to some boss fight!

[Sycsa]

One thing that slightly bothers me about these "NES" / "8-bit" remixes is that they're really not. Running a MIDI file through a soundfont of square waves doesn't make it truly sound like the old consoles at all.

They had a limitation of 4 channels of sound, one of which was the drum track (which could do either the click or the pop or the fuzz at once, but not all at once), and they didn't really use frequencies as low as metal songs do.

Rarely do I hear someone actually arrange a song properly to work within the actual limitations that the hardware had. To me that's half of the fun and the challenge. Hearing something that the NES could legitimately play, not just something that uses bleeps and bloops (although I do love the bleeps and bloops).

I love you. No homo.

[dparrott]

Personally, though I find 8-bit versions amusing, they are too one-dimensional for me to listen to after the first listen.  That's why I take 8-bit music and run it through VST effects to give them more of a shaped sound.  It's 8-bit at the start, but more of a full song when completed.  Plus 8-bit is such a common genre these days, I like to be different.

[philippaopao]

Breaking All Illusions....Boss fight starts at 3:40, haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLwhgr_Unc