Sound of Play: 186

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This week, Sound of Play brings you a musical collage — a constellation of audio memories from the year 1999. Rediscover favourites from 1999 or encounter tunes for the first time. This mix contains excerpts from 154 of the year’s games.

We challenge you to test your knowledge of video game music by trying to identify all of the games included within, and you can collaborate with members of our community by sharing your knowledge in this here thread. On Februrary 28th, a video revealing the identity of each game included will be posted on the Cane and Rinse YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/m-75MnjcAqk.

Sound of Play 186 was edited by Ryan Hamann

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1999 was right where I started as a video game programmer. I should be able to nail this... we shall see...
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Sound of play 1999

Well I guess I’m the first to have a crack at this then...

1999 was my first full year as a professional game dev, so I house shared with lots of gamers and was exposed to a lot of consoles and games I’d never played before.

I think I know about 40 of the 154, have good guesses at another 20 or so, and am going to be deeply irritated by at least another 30 of them. Spoiler tag time:
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So, anything with a ? Is a guess, and some are more wild than others. These are in roughly the order they appear in the montage, and before I’ve actually gone and checked the release year of any of them... (and where I have no idea I’ve skipped it)

Vib Ribbon
? Marvel versus Capcom 2 ?
Rez
Unreal Tournament
? Worms 2 ? (not sure which one, but I recognise the theme)
? One of the early DDR games ?
? Body Harvest ?
Pokemon Red / Blue
Crazy Taxi (this will be why the video has a copyright strike Ryan)
? Star Ocean ?
DK64
? Kirby 64 ? (Was there a Kirby game on 64? Or is this just Smash?)
? Outcast ?
? Vandal Hearts or Suikoden ?
Silent Scope
Metal Gear Solid (VR Missions? Sneaky...)
Samba de Amigo
Seaman
? Definitely a DDR game ?
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
? Chocobo Racing ?
Dead or Alive 2
Final Fantasy 8
Jet Force Gemini
Rollcage (I was working there at the time...)
? A Resident Evil game... no idea which ?
Pokemon Stadium
Star Ocean 2
? Mario Golf ?
? Something from Star Wars episode 1, there were like 10 of the things ?
Omikron: the Nomad Soul
Chrono Cross (best opening movie music ever)
? Perfect Dark ?
Space Channel 5
Shenmue
Pepsiman!
Silent Hill
? Broken Sword ?
Spy Fox
Counter strike
Independence Day
Typing of the Dead
Parasite Eve
Superman 64 (eeshk)
Um Jammer Lammy

There are at least a dozen jrpgs in there that I know I’ve played but can’t place the music to the name... and my word there were a lot of rhythm action games released that year...
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Good picks.

Don't have much to add except that at 38:49, it's definitely the Resident Evil 3: Nemesis save room theme "Free From Fear".
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Nice one, guys. Not every guess is correct so far, but we're off to a very good start!
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Theres a conker track in there at the start?
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Oh yeah, the Conker song was from Pocket Tales. I was surprised that bits of the Pocket Tales soundtrack was reused for Bad Fur Day.
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There were a LOT of rhythm action games released that year...
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Listening and typing guesses in order I remember them. Far too many are on the edge of my memory!

Jet Force Gemini
Crazy Taxi
DK 64
Final Fantasy VIII
100% Jet Force Gemini so ignore the first one!
Resident Evil 3 save room (Free from fear). Best Resi save music ever
Space Channel 5!!!!
Shenmue

Loved this show!
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Rough timepoints for the ones I feel most confident in
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18:24 Ape Escape, specifically mission briefing theme

24: Very Castlevania-Y

32.37: Definetely Castlevania, though sounds like the genesis game? They must've reused the trac for the 64 games...

34.32: Chocobo racing, probably

36.34 FFVIII

43.50 Disneys Tarzan

46: chrono cross

49.12: Crash Team Racing overworld theme

55.55 Theme Park World, Halloween stage! Spent so much time on this thing...

around 57:50: Spyro 2, mixed in with something else?

1.02: 48 Ape Escape again? Training?

1.08:55 Rayman 2
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I love this medley so much, I've created an account just to identify one of the songs:

at 26:26, the tune is from the PC game Alien Vs. Predator.
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Hah! Good work and welcome to the forum
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Well, looks I've been exposed as a fraud for not listening to the medley closely enough and therefore failing to recognize the Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 track at 20:15. Well done Ryan! :P
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I've been patiently awaiting the song-reveal video and now I can't know the tracks because I'm in America. Any chance that Vimeo version might still happen?

I'd even take a C&P of the song list....

EDIT: Used GenYoutube to listen (for those in the same boat, add "gen" to the vid's URL in between the "www." and "youtube")
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catwithjetpack wrote: February 28th, 2019, 6:42 pm I'd even take a C&P of the song list....
From the YT video description:
0:00 Vib Ribbon
0:48 Conker's Pocket Tales
1:13 Pokémon Pinball
1:39 ChuChu Rocket
1:59 Discworld Noir
2:36 Driver
3:10 Persona 2: Innocent Sin
3:26 Power Stone
3:41 Wu-Tang Clan: Shaolin Style
4:02 Dungeon Keeper 2
4:27 Wipeout 3
4:41 Tekken Tag Tournament
4:56 Unreal Tournament
5:15 Worms Armageddon
5:43 Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix
6:11 Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
6:31 Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
6:50 Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
7:21 Kingsley's Adventure
7:33 Pokémon Gold & Silver Versions
8:07 Ghoul Panic
8:34 Vigilante 8: Second Offense
8:56 Crazy Taxi
9:37 40 Winks
9:56 Earthworm Jim 3D
10:08 Mr. Driller
10:46 Quake 3 Arena
11:00 Beatmania IIDX
11:29 Ape Escape
11:39 D2
12:16 Wid ARMs 2
12:31 Gradius IV
12:44 Super Smash Bros.
12:46 Donkey Kong 64
13:48 Doshin the Giant
14:26 Half-Life: Opposing Force
14:46 Homeworld
15:10 The Longest Journey
15:32 Triple Play 2000
16:06 Vandal Hearts 2
16:22 Omega Boost
16:38 Road Rash 64
16:55 SoulCalibur
17:33 SimCity 3000
17:35 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
18:10 Digimon World
18:43 EverQuest
19:06 Beetle Adventure Racing
19:20 CarnEvil
19:33 Aliens versus Predator
19:52 Arc the Lad III
20:03 Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
20:38 Age of Wonders
21:02 Grand Theft Auto 2
21:15 Midtown Madness
21:30 Rampage 2: Universal Tour
21:38 Silent Scope
21:53 Metal Gear Solid: VR Training
21:59 Lands of Lore 3
23:02 Koudelka
23:15 Legend of Mana
24:19 Samba de Amigo
24:35 Seaman
25:11 Twisted Metal 4
25:34 Castlevania 64
26:03 Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix
26:28 Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
26:49 Maken X
27:03 San Francisco Rush 2049
27:17 Silent Bomber
27:24 Chocobo Racing
27:58 Pac-Man World
28:07 LEGO Racers
28:18 Need for Speed: High Stakes
28:27 Ogre Battle 64
28:54 Bloody Roar 2
29:10 Ferrari F355 Challenge
29:20 Dead or Alive 2
29:37 Final Fantasy VIII
29:59 Hydro Thunder
30:17 Jet Force Gemini
30:44 Shadow Man
31:20 Rollcage
31:35 Re-Volt
31:56 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
32:44 Gran Turismo 2
33:48 Pokémon Stadium
34:24 Valkyrie Profile
34:44 Galerians
34:50 MUGEN
35:07 Fear Effect
35:24 NFL Blitz 2000
35:31 Mario Golf 64
35:47 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
36:08 Strider Hiryu 2
36:23 The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
36:51 Tarzan
37:45 Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
38:03 Star Wars: Episode I Racer
38:12 System Shock 2
38:33 Tomba 2
38:58 The Legend of Dragoon
39:20 Omikron: The Nomad Soul
39:40 Planescape: Torment
40:14 Chrono Cross
41:09 Dynamite Cop
41:39 Space Channel 5
42:13 CTR: Crash Team Racing
42:37 Ganbare Goemon: Mononoke Dōchū Tobidase Nabe-Bugyō!
43:18 Garou: Mark of the Wolves
43:34 Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue
44:07 Shenmue
45:14 Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
45:31 Incredible Crisis
46:02 Pepsi Man
46:51 Pokémon Snap
47:15 Prince of Persia 3D
47:48 Silent Hill
48:08 Turok: Rage Wars
48:26 Ultima IX: Ascension
48:44 RollerCoaster Tycoon
48:55 Sim Theme Park
49:16 Spy Fox 2: Some Assembly Required
49:52 The Silver Case
50:27 Tonic Trouble
50:38 Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
51:12 Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
52:26 Harvest Moon 64
52:40 Mario Party 2
53:06 Ridge Racer Type 4
53:32 SaGa Frontier II
54:06 Rocket: Robot on Wheels
54:52 South Park 64
54:58 Ace Combat 3
55:18 Custom Robo
55:56 Extreme-G 2
56:19 Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
56:40 Counter Strike
56:42 Jagged Alliance 2
57:16 Medal of Honor
57:58 MTV Music Generator
58:41 The King of Fighters '99
58:58 The Typing of the Dead
59:22 Outcast
1:00:04 Ore No Ryouri
1:00:16 Dino Crisis
1:00:55 Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
1:01:42 Rayman 2
1:02:26 Jet Moto 3
1:02:45 Parasite Eve II
1:02:58 Syphon Filter
1:03:13 Superman 64
1:03:16 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
1:03:56 UmJammer Lammy
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Thank you so much! (The only description YouTube offered on my end was a list of the copyright-offending titles.)
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catwithjetpack wrote: February 28th, 2019, 6:54 pm Thank you so much! (The only description YouTube offered on my end was a list of the copyright-offending titles.)
You're welcome! And yeah, international copyright fuckery can be a pain and a half sometimes.
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This is incredible Ryan. Again.
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A few where I picked the original game and it’s actually from the sequel, but I did pretty well.

I’m astounded I didn’t pick up the Soul Calibur track, I thought I knew that soundtrack backwards.
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Thanks, all!

Naturally, the time codes pasted above do not correlate with the podcast, as that has the spoken intro. If you wish to match it with just the music, you can use the standalone download link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pVl8b ... qGy1g9OwdZ
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