Shmup with the Worst soundtrack

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:15 pm

Side Arms.

I can't take that shit, it sounds like a fucking underwater pipe organ or something. Especially stage 2's music. Good God Capcom, way to make a good soundchip.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:40 pm

whaaat

Side Arms has great music. Are you talking arcade or port?

zaphod · Post by **zaphod** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:46 pm

Stormwatch wrote:Unless MAME is seriously flawed, 1942 sounded awful in the original version.

But Xevious remains undefeated in its audio crapness.

The NES version is FAR WORSE. FAR WORSE. Instead of it actually sounding like a whistle, it's simply a beep with a little noise over it. It soudls like a slightly distorted telegraph, going "beep, beep, beepbeep, beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeep."

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:38 pm

Ed Oscuro wrote:whaaat

Side Arms has great music. Are you talking arcade or port?

Arcade.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:48 pm

ZeetherKID77 wrote:
Ed Oscuro wrote:whaaat

Side Arms has great music. Are you talking arcade or port?
Arcade.

I...see...so I shouldn't assign any significance to the "make a soundchip" bit.

The Side Arms track is my favorite from the Capcom Game Music Vol. 2 CD, and that one also has Top Secret (Bionic Commando), Rush & Crash, Street Fighter (1), and a Rockman arrange track.