Vector graphics games (ok, other games too...) with great INGAME(!) music?

dex · 12 August 2011, 21:29

Hello everyone

I recently played a few Amiga games from Hired Guns to Alien Breed to Stryx and I recognized how many of those games actually have a -complete- lack of ingame music due to too many fx being played or all channels used by other stuff. And I couldn't find even one vector graphics game with music

Zeewolf? Killing Cloud? Frontier? (Edit: yeah I forgot I always turned those off to listen to real classical music in that case, thanks Leffmann

) All these have great title tunes but no ingame music. Do you know of any vector graphics that have some ingame music?

Also:

What are your favourite games with continuous ingame tunes?

Of course CD32 counts as well - Heimdall 2 with ingame music on the CD32 is for example far more interesting than the AGA disk version without (the title tune is a great mod, though, Martin Iveson I believe)

Thanks!

What I've got so far:
Frontier
Castle Master
Aquaventura
Subwar 2050
Eco
Guardian (CD32)

Leffmann · 12 August 2011, 21:36

IIRC Frontier does have in-game music. I remember there's a large menu with lots of music to chose from.

The CD32 versions of Oscar and Fire & Ice both have great in-game music.

Retroplay · 12 August 2011, 21:45

I always quite liked the music in Castle Master.
[ Show youtube player ]

dex · 12 August 2011, 22:07

Wow the Castle Master tune is amazing, nice

s2325 · 12 August 2011, 22:11

Aquaventura

dex · 12 August 2011, 22:12

Nice!! Please some more, anxious to read about all and every game you throw at me heh!

dirk_the_daring · 20 August 2011, 11:21

ECO
[ Show youtube player ]
(ok, video is from Atari ST version, but the Amiga version video I've found is played with FX, shame because amiga music (although the same compositions) were much better quality)

dex · 20 August 2011, 11:40

Hehe cool

Well, as you can see, a lot (if not most) of the vector graphics games don't have ingame music. Damocles forever is just too big, I guess the coders must have thought the music would bore people to death after a while. Other games simply have too much sound effects going on or the engine weighs too heavy on performance etc. So it's interesting to see which games actually added music

Coagulus · 20 August 2011, 12:23

Guardian CD32 had cd audio

dex · 20 August 2011, 13:02

Great - yeah CD Audio counts as well of course

B14ck W01f · 22 August 2011, 01:21

Castle Master has the best music I have ever seen in a vector game.

dirk_the_daring · 22 August 2011, 18:37

Robocop 3, at least during the driving sections...
[ Show youtube player ]
The Sentinel (video has low quality audio, as is played with psp uae...)
[ Show youtube player ]
Archipielagos (vectors mixed with sprites)
[ Show youtube player ]
...And also Star Blaze (sorry no video, but believe in me, the music is awesome)
http://hol.abime.net/2103

dex · 22 August 2011, 23:44

Yeah Castle Master actually rocks

Hmmm, Robocop yes! Archipelagos looks and sounds really interesting, too!

CodyJarrett · 23 August 2011, 14:29

Resolution 101 has a lively in-game tune which does get a bit repetitive after a while.

Belgarath · 23 August 2011, 15:41

I always liked the music in F.O.F.T.

s2325 · 23 August 2011, 15:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Belgarath

I always liked the music in F.O.F.T.

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dex · 23 August 2011, 19:34

Yeah FOFT is a great game, too. But the music is not playing ingame, or is it? I can't actually remember 0o

Resolution 101 looks interesting, can anyone recommend it?

Belgarath · 23 August 2011, 20:06

Yeh the music plays ingame, and if you press help you can select different tunes as well.

dex · 23 August 2011, 20:14

WHAT!! Amazing!

Wah, hey do you think that would work in K240, too? Some secret key to play the title tune ingame? I know SubWar 2050 had just that hidden option in the menu - just playing the theme during the game (PC Version didn't have that!). Nah, right. Won't work. Silly idea.

Mh...

Or maybe Breed 96? That game is my favourite SimCitySpaceExplorationRealTimeStrategyTurnBased game but it has NO MUSIC during the game. Damn. And there is that great title tune... I would even hack that thing to have some tune played during gameplay that doesn't come off an external player...

Yeah, yeah... probably also silly...

Jonathan Drain · 24 August 2011, 11:32

K240 has a code to play sound files in game, but the title theme isn't among them. I decompiled the code to see if there were other codes, but couldn't find any. K240's intro sequence was one disk all to itself, and you can actually ignore the disk entirely and boot from disk 2, so the intro music probably isn't even in memory by the time the game loads.

12 August 2011, 21:29	#1
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	Vector graphics games (ok, other games too...) with great INGAME(!) music? Hello everyone I recently played a few Amiga games from Hired Guns to Alien Breed to Stryx and I recognized how many of those games actually have a -complete- lack of ingame music due to too many fx being played or all channels used by other stuff. And I couldn't find even one vector graphics game with music Zeewolf? Killing Cloud? Frontier? (Edit: yeah I forgot I always turned those off to listen to real classical music in that case, thanks Leffmann ) All these have great title tunes but no ingame music. Do you know of any vector graphics that have some ingame music? Also: What are your favourite games with continuous ingame tunes? Of course CD32 counts as well - Heimdall 2 with ingame music on the CD32 is for example far more interesting than the AGA disk version without (the title tune is a great mod, though, Martin Iveson I believe) Thanks! What I've got so far: Frontier Castle Master Aquaventura Subwar 2050 Eco Guardian (CD32) Last edited by dex; 20 August 2011 at 13:02.

12 August 2011, 22:12	#6
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	Nice!! Please some more, anxious to read about all and every game you throw at me heh! Last edited by dex; 12 August 2011 at 23:01.

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12 August 2011, 21:36	#2
Leffmann Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,269	IIRC Frontier does have in-game music. I remember there's a large menu with lots of music to chose from. The CD32 versions of Oscar and Fire & Ice both have great in-game music.

12 August 2011, 21:45	#3
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,079	I always quite liked the music in Castle Master. [ Show youtube player ]

12 August 2011, 22:07	#4
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	Wow the Castle Master tune is amazing, nice

12 August 2011, 22:11	#5
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Aquaventura

20 August 2011, 11:21	#7
dirk_the_daring Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Alicante / Spain Posts: 150	ECO [ Show youtube player ] (ok, video is from Atari ST version, but the Amiga version video I've found is played with FX, shame because amiga music (although the same compositions) were much better quality)

20 August 2011, 11:40	#8
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	Hehe cool Well, as you can see, a lot (if not most) of the vector graphics games don't have ingame music. Damocles forever is just too big, I guess the coders must have thought the music would bore people to death after a while. Other games simply have too much sound effects going on or the engine weighs too heavy on performance etc. So it's interesting to see which games actually added music

20 August 2011, 12:23	#9
Coagulus Gets there in the end... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 862	Guardian CD32 had cd audio

20 August 2011, 13:02	#10
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	Great - yeah CD Audio counts as well of course

22 August 2011, 01:21	#11
B14ck W01f m68k all the way Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Koalaland Posts: 523	Castle Master has the best music I have ever seen in a vector game.

22 August 2011, 18:37	#12
dirk_the_daring Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Alicante / Spain Posts: 150	Robocop 3, at least during the driving sections... [ Show youtube player ] The Sentinel (video has low quality audio, as is played with psp uae...) [ Show youtube player ] Archipielagos (vectors mixed with sprites) [ Show youtube player ] ...And also Star Blaze (sorry no video, but believe in me, the music is awesome) http://hol.abime.net/2103

22 August 2011, 23:44	#13
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	Yeah Castle Master actually rocks Hmmm, Robocop yes! Archipelagos looks and sounds really interesting, too!

23 August 2011, 14:29	#14
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	Resolution 101 has a lively in-game tune which does get a bit repetitive after a while.

23 August 2011, 15:41	#15
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,513	I always liked the music in F.O.F.T.

23 August 2011, 19:34	#17
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	Yeah FOFT is a great game, too. But the music is not playing ingame, or is it? I can't actually remember 0o Resolution 101 looks interesting, can anyone recommend it?

23 August 2011, 20:06	#18
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,513	Yeh the music plays ingame, and if you press help you can select different tunes as well.

23 August 2011, 20:14	#19
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	WHAT!! Amazing! Wah, hey do you think that would work in K240, too? Some secret key to play the title tune ingame? I know SubWar 2050 had just that hidden option in the menu - just playing the theme during the game (PC Version didn't have that!). Nah, right. Won't work. Silly idea. Mh... Or maybe Breed 96? That game is my favourite SimCitySpaceExplorationRealTimeStrategyTurnBased game but it has NO MUSIC during the game. Damn. And there is that great title tune... I would even hack that thing to have some tune played during gameplay that doesn't come off an external player... Yeah, yeah... probably also silly...

24 August 2011, 11:32	#20
Jonathan Drain Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sector K240 Posts: 338	K240 has a code to play sound files in game, but the title theme isn't among them. I decompiled the code to see if there were other codes, but couldn't find any. K240's intro sequence was one disk all to itself, and you can actually ignore the disk entirely and boot from disk 2, so the intro music probably isn't even in memory by the time the game loads.

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