Video game music quiz February 2016 - Ends 27th Feb 6pm EST

[Stark]

Man what a fun collection of songs! I may go crazy if I don't get someone to tell me what #8 is.

[alienjesus]

Aaaaaaaand we're done. We got in a couple of last minute responses too!

Here are the scores:

Stark: 1
Sload Soap: 8
Key-Glyph: 2
Sarge: 9
Pierrot: 7

And here are the answers!:

1. Joy Mech Fight (Famicom) - Menu theme
2. Chu Chu Rocket (Dreamcast) - Main theme
3. Tales of Symphonia (Gamecube) - Tethe'alla battle theme
4. Jet Force Gemini (Nintendo 64) - S.S. Anubis stage theme
5. Ufouria: The Saga/Hebereke (NES/Famicom) - Overworld theme
6. Red Alarm (Virtual Boy) - Stage 1 theme
7. Sam & Max Season 3: The Devil's Playhouse (PC) - Opening titles
8. Pokémon Puzzle League (Nintendo 64) - Settings menu (Pokémon Anime title theme remix)
9. Bayonetta (360/PS3/Wii U) - Fly Me To The Moon
10. Professor Layton & Pandora's Box/The Diabolical Box (Nintendo DS) - Iris (Ending credits theme)
11. Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Master System) - Sidecrawlers Dance (beach route theme)
12. To The Moon (PC) - 'For River'
13. Dynamite Headdy (Mega Drive) - Escape Hero (stage 1 theme)
14. Half Minute Hero (PSP) - Title theme
15. Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii/Vita) - Dim Twilight A
16. Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg (Gamecube) - G.I.A.N.T. E.G.G. (Title theme)
17. Valis III: The Phantasm Soldier (Turbografx CD) - The Battle of Valis 1
18. Sonic Jam (Saturn) - Sonic World theme
19. Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (Game Boy Advance) - Summer theme
20. The Mysterious Murasame Castle/Nazo no Murasamejou (Famicom Disk System) - Castle Town theme
21. For The Frog The Bell Tolls (Game Boy) - The Prince's Adventure (Overworld theme)
22. Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) - Title theme
23. Ecco the Dolphin (Mega Drive) - Welcome to the Machine (final stage theme)
24. Blazing Lazers (Turbografx) - Stage 1 theme
25. The Denpa Men (3DS eShop) - Denpa Ningen (main theme)
26. Hotel Mario (CDi) - Main theme
27. Wild Arms (Playstation) - Into The Wilderness (Intro theme)
28. Lost Kingdoms (Gamecube) - Intro theme
29. Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe (Game Gear) - Village theme
30. Cheetahmen II (NES) - Main theme

[Sload Soap]

That was fun. I really thought I recognised #4 and #21 but nope. Might be because the N64 and Game Boy have very distinctive sound chips.

[Stark]

Holy crap I just played Chu Chu Rocket for work. I should be ashamed I missed that one. I'm not surprised I didn't know 8 I've barely played any Pokémon. It sounded like an 80s cartoon intro and it was killing me.

[pierrot]

Dammit, they were Tales of Symphonia and Bayonetta! I can't believe I messed up which Wild Arms game that track was from, either.
AGH, and Blazing Lazers! Damn you, Compile! The rest I would have had almost no reason to know, aside from maybe Lost Kingdoms and Xenoblade Chronicles.
The one from Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru sounded really familiar, but I think it's probably just that it sounds a bit like a GB rendition of something from a Climax Entertainment game. It kind of makes we want to play it, though--and by extension the Xerd no Densetsu games.

[alienjesus]

I think one of the coolest things about running these quizzes is finding out not only how distinctive each consoles soundchip is (which I kinda knew already) but also how distinctive certain developers are.

When people didn't know or would guess, they would frequently name the developer or another game by the same developer. Sunsoft in particular obviously has a very distinct sound that you guys all latched onto pretty quick!

Also, I chose a fair few songs that sounded like they could have been in a Western, and I'm really sorry to the couple of guys and gals who kept guessing Sunset Riders for those games. I've never actually played that one

[Sload Soap]

Yeah, for number #4 I my intial reaction was Perfect Dark because of those classic Rareware synth-strings. Is JFG a Grant Kirkhope joint?

[Tiduas]

Nooooooo, I missed the deadline, I'm so angry at myself.

Anyway, congratz to Sload Soap and Sarge for winning! I will try not to suck next time and actually participate.

[alienjesus]

Nooooooo, I missed the deadline, I'm so angry at myself.

Anyway, congratz to Sload Soap and Sarge for winning! I will try not to suck next time and actually participate.

Curious to lknow which ones you would've known. Did you make any progress on guessing before now?

[Sarge]

5. Ufouria: The Saga/Hebereke (NES/Famicom) - Overworld theme
9. Bayonetta (360/PS3/Wii U) - Fly Me To The Moon
13. Dynamite Headdy (Mega Drive) - Escape Hero (stage 1 theme)
16. Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg (Gamecube) - G.I.A.N.T. E.G.G. (Title theme)
21. For The Frog The Bell Tolls (Game Boy) - The Prince's Adventure (Overworld theme)
22. Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) - Title theme
27. Wild Arms (Playstation) - Into The Wilderness (Intro theme)
29. Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe (Game Gear) - Village theme
30. Cheetahmen II (NES) - Main theme

By my count, I got these right. Does that mean I actually got nine of them? Not that it really matters.

And seriously, that's a weird set of tunes to get right.