I always try to come out with a rare or "Hidden Gem" discovery. The recent top 100 Official, Unofficial Video Game Soundtracks and the Video Game Preservation articles got me thinking about some of my older PC games.
Older Game Discs that have music tracks that do not need any special programs to extract the music. These discs have the game data on track one, the remaining are music tracks in Redbook Audio easily played on a regular music CD player.
Feel free to post any game discs that have this, curious if some console games also have Redbook Audio music tracks.
Here's a couple PC Games to start the list:
PC Inferno - Ocean/D.I.D. Software
http://www.mobygames.com/game/inferno
PC TFX - Ocean/D.I.D Software
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/tfx
I wrote an earlier post, so easier to update it and quote rather then writing all over again. This game soundtrack is still one of my favorites.
CRTGAMER wrote:
Many great DOS games forgotten, the reason I keep a separate DOS 6.22 removable drive. Wait a minute, they are on YouTube. However the original Game and Music CD do sound better.
A lot of the older PC CD games have actual music tracks that can be played on a regular CD player.
Click this and be blown away by this forgotten gem.Inferno
Crank up the volume on these.
Forward pass the monologue on these for great Synthesized guitar.
One of the best Game Over death tune ever made.
A great DOS game called Inferno by Ocean, they also made TFX. I have the Tin Collectors box with the Flight Sim PC game CDs of Inferno and two versions of TFX.
Even more rare is the mail in Original Alien Sex Fiend Music CD. Now If I can only track down the PS1 version of TFX.
The forgotten games of DOS don't increase in money value but the great ones are a collector's value.
Here is TFX in Top Gun polygon VGA glory. "Looks like the Lizard!" Look for the newspaper clip of Stormin Norman and the camera pan float into Pilots seat.
The rare collector tin edition. The even more rare out of print music CD from Europe could only be acquired by a mail. The mail in coupon is only distributed with this collector's edition. The Game CDs also have music tracks.
