Old PC Music

[XoPachi]

I love this ancient shit from the early and mid 90's before games really went full 3D.

https://youtu.be/Vl2l1Cija8U
https://youtu.be/ueTc6jhl-1I
https://youtu.be/cNZq0euNTO0
https://youtu.be/hlvd0nJJPI

I didn't start playing PC games until 2010 and I never really played much that wasn't an Id game. I dont have any real nostalgia for any of this. I just like much of the aesthetic for reasons I can't put my finger on.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

I always really enjoyed Nitemare 3D's soundtrack, a Wolfenstein 3D styled spinoff of a text based adventure game of all things (Hugo's House of Horrors). Best ones imo are Level 1-6, Level 1-3, Level 1-2, and Level 2-1.

The game itself isn't all that great, though it tries some innovative stuff with the enemy detector and really clever automatic map, but falters due to really inconsistent enemy difficulty. Enemies are either pathetic melee attackers, or nightmarishly deadly hitscan attackers, mostly the latter are a threat as your weapons are nowhere as user friendly as Wolfenstein's machine gun or chainguns are. You can also render the game unwinnable if you accidentally screw up certain push block puzzles (better hope you saved!).

Wrath of Earth, coincidentally another first person shooter albeit one that's FAR more interesting and enjoyable, also has some great tunes (final level for instance).

A really great top-down adventure/RPG (think Zelda with way more of a focus on the RPG/storytelling elements) called Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse also had a fantastic soundtrack, but I can't find a rip of the original OST anywhere...

[ZacharyB]

I have no idea if you know about the .MOD or tracker scene, but I'd highly suggest checking those out, if you aren't already.

http://www.youtube.com/user/off1k/videos

That's a great channel of .MOD compilations that I found several years ago.

[XoPachi]

I have no idea if you know about the .MOD or tracker scene, but I'd highly suggest checking those out, if you aren't already.

http://www.youtube.com/user/off1k/videos

That's a great channel of .MOD compilations that I found several years ago.

I'm aware of them, but never really followed it. I should probably look at the old demo scenes as well.

[Mischief Maker]

This is an all-time classic:

https://youtu.be/ukZFtmXI_8w?t=10

And this:

https://youtu.be/934jQZQy-VU

[SuperDeadite]

Descent (FM version) is a true classic.

[Mischief Maker]

Oh, youtube reminded me about THIS:

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

[BIL]

Came just to see if the Crusader BGMs were posted, haha. Legendary tunes, that title menu especially. In-game, there's this unforgettable contrast between the infernally catchy polyrhythms and the chillingly ultraviolent sound design. RIP random scientist/worker dudes caught in the ripping gunfire and screen-rattling detonations. First-rate dark cyber commando aesthetic, very Verhoeven-esque in hindsight.

I never really understood or cared what the distinction was between Remorse and Regret BITD, having scored a technically brand-new but boxless copy (just the jewel-cased disc and b/w pamphlet manual in a baggie) of the latter FO FREE with our family's late-90s upgrade PC (a thing of shamelessly holy reverence to preteen me, yo, mahfuckin 60FPS DOOM and Duke3D and BLOOD and Quake with sound card and LAN ). I actually wondered if it was some kind of alt-region release of Remorse, which was all over mags at the time and looked interchangeable in stills. Finally played Remorse years later, was pleasantly surprised to hear that classic title BGM again.