What is your favorite PSG music?

[Joe Redifer]

This can include HuCards as well as the newer, more fabulous TurboChip format (which blows HuCards away) or even CD games which use PSG music.  SuperGrafx is included with it's amazingly beefed up sound chip as well.  Which games have your favorite PSG tunes?

Mine?  Funny you should ask.  I like the following:

Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu
Legendary Axe
Legendary Axe 2
R-Type
Batman
Sidearms

AND MANY MORE!

[rolins]

Some I can think of right away.

Xevious: Fardraut Saga -- Has the funky remixed Xevious theme on stage 2 (or was stage 3?), courtesty of Compile
Daisenpu -- music sound way better than the CD version
Kyukyoku Tiger
Devil Crash
Final Soldier
Outrun

[Tatsujin]

pc denjin - 2nd or 3rd stage
magical chase - 2nd stage
tatsujin (all)
legendary axe 1st stage
final soldier
hani in the sky has also a decent tune in the 1st stage
sonson II
saigô no nindô
salamander

[ParanoiaDragon]

One of my absolute favorites......is Shockman, I love the sounds, drum kit, composition, everthing!  I love the 1st 2 Bonk's.  The Legend of Xanadu's(especially the 2nd) are incredible.  Jackie Chan is rad, as is New Adventure Island.  I also love Impossamole!  Oh, & Bloody Wolf

[nat]

Salamander - Stage 3

Dungeon Explorer - ALL

Air Zonk - ALL

Batman - All tracks but one are amazing.

Final Soldier - ALL

Bonk's Revenge - ALL

Bonk 3 - Jungle Theme, Pyramid Theme, Stage 6-3

Battle Ace (SGX) - ALL

Aldynes (SGX) - ALL

Devil's Crush - Main theme

Ninja Spirit - ALL

Vigilante - ALL

Space Harrier - Ida boss theme, Valda boss theme

Wonderboy/Dragon's Curse - ALL

The list could go on and on. I love the Turbo's PSG sound chip. Best video game sound chip 3var!

[Joe Redifer]

Oh man, how could I forget about Devil's Crush?  Bad me!  Bad!  Bad!

I think Bonk 3's PSG music is better than the CD music of the same game.

[nat]

I think Bonk 3's PSG music is better than the CD music of the same game.

Absolutely, no question. It's possibly the only game in the entire history of the world that I can say that about.

[awack]

1 Legendary axe 2
2 Aldynes

[nat]

Alright, another Aldynes lover!! Aldynes has some very... "robust" sound. I love it. I'm actually surprised it doesn't get more praise.

[Tatsujin]

I think Bonk 3's PSG music is better than the CD music of the same game.

Absolutely, no question. It's possibly the only game in the entire history of the world that I can say that about.

i think the PSG of R-type is also better than the red book audio of the complete cd. but that's just a question of everyones own personal taste.

[awack]

Yeah, i think aldynes has some great music like the cave level, thats the level that you can get stuck to the walls, the music for that level is very somber and moody, giving it allot of atmosphere.

[Joe Redifer]

i think the PSG of R-type is also better than the red book audio of the complete cd. but that's just a question of everyones own personal taste.

I agree with this as well.  I also think it sounds far better than the arcade.

nat, I cannot believe you didn't list Space Harrier.

[Kitsunexus]

Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Soldier Blade
Probably a lot of other stuff since I haven't played a lot of TG16.

I'm still wondering why nobody has made a MIDINES-style MIDI system for TG-16 yet.

[Keranu]

Joe haven't you made this thread before?

EDIT: I was right, here's the original thread ;) . Though technically that thread didn't include PSG tracks in CD games I don't think.

[SignOfZeta]

Aeroblasters stage 2

[GUTS]

Bonk's Revenge, Neutopia II, and Dragon's Curse all have my favorite tracks.

[nat]

nat, I cannot believe you didn't list Space Harrier.

Sadly, while I really like the Turbo port of Space Harrier, NEC Avenue's white noise drumbeats ruin the main theme to some degree. They could have done so much better. I greatly prefer the arcade/Saturn/Dreamcast SH theme. I guess they did a bang up job on some of the boss tunes, though, so let me go edit my original posting.

Bonk's Revenge, Neutopia II, and Dragon's Curse all have my favorite tracks.

Can't believe I forgot Dragon's Curse... I'll be adding this as well.

i think the PSG of R-type is also better than the red book audio of the complete cd. but that's just a question of everyones own personal taste.

Nah, the CD is better. But you're right-- that's just a stylistic preference. Compositionally, I think the music on the CD version is far superior. Although the cart isn't bad, the music sounds a bit "empty" to me. Definitely wouldn't (didn't) make my list of all-time best PSG music.

[NecroPhile]

Dungeon Explorer
Hatris
Devil's Crush
Galaga '90 (vastly superior to '88)
Military Madness
Soldier Blade

I think Bonk 3's PSG music is better than the CD music of the same game.

Dragon Slayer's PSG background music also falls into this category.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I think Bonk 3's PSG music is better than the CD music of the same game.

Absolutely, no question. It's possibly the only game in the entire history of the world that I can say that about.

I deffinitly love the cd music more.......however, I feel that the cd music does not fit the game for the most part.

BTW, something I just realised, is that the Turbo does not use PSG, it uses PCM.  Somebody should change the title.

[Kitsunexus]

Is the Turbo capable of doing subtractive synthesis with it's waveforms?

[OldTurboBastard]

Salamander!! It was great on the NES even..

[Ninja Spirit]

Burning Angels
Cyber Cross
Space Invaders: Fukkatsu
(Since I'm a big fan of NES/Famicom music, I particularly like the first three soundtracks I called out because the samples they use have that 8-bit ring to them.)

Gradius/Salamander/Detana! Twinbee (it's all about Konami's PC Engine synth drum set)
Dragon Spirit/Saber
Son Son II
Final Soldier
Soldier Blade

[Joe Redifer]

Keranu... you got me!!  Oh I wondered why this felt so familiar.  Can you merge the threads?

[CrackTiger]

BTW, something I just realised, is that the Turbo does not use PSG, it uses PCM.  Somebody should change the title.

Somebody should also change all those Turbo CD games that refer to it as "PSG".

[ParanoiaDragon]

Indeed!  Actually, I've been gradually changing my soundtracks to say PCM instead of PSG.

[Joe Redifer]

Don't the games themselves refer to it as PSG, like Dragon's Lair: The Legend of Heroes?

[ParanoiaDragon]

Yeah, you might be right, which is why I probably originally thought that's what it's called.  But, apparently the Turbo can't do actual PSG, but does PCM & ADPCM(sampled sound).  I'm only repeating what Bonknuts & other technical guys have said.  I personally know nothing about this kind of stuff.

[Keranu]

I think Bonk 3's PSG music is better than the CD music of the same game.

Absolutely, no question. It's possibly the only game in the entire history of the world that I can say that about.

I deffinitly love the cd music more.......however, I feel that the cd music does not fit the game for the most part.

I agree. I was disappointed with the music in Bonk 3 to begin with, but I found the CD tunes to sound pretty cool.

Keranu... you got me!!  Oh I wondered why this felt so familiar.  Can you merge the threads?

Not sure, I know I can "split" the topic though. I think I've done it before with another thread.

[TurboXray]

There are a lot of great PSG ( or PSGPCM as Ccovell pointed out that the developers referred to it as - the term still doesn't make much sense though) tunes. The one that sticks out though is the Aldynes level with the Sonic rings (stuck in my head as I type this!). I love that music. Also the PSG music in the first Xanadu was catchy and cool.

[_Paul]

All this confusion is why I just refer to it as Chip Sound.

[Turbo D]

mmmm, chip sound  Nothing like the hearty crunch of your favorite potato chips 

[ParanoiaDragon]

Chip sound??  But...that's takes longer to say!

[rag-time4]

Stages 5 and 8 of Blazing Lazers are my favorite.

Actually, on my first day at UC Davis, I totally drained by car's battery playing Blazing Lazers on my TurboExpress with the audio running through my car stereo!

 

[OldTurboBastard]

Stages 5 and 8 of Blazing Lazers are my favorite.

hear dat. Blazing lazers has some killer drum beats

[OldRover]

Sinistron/Violent Soldier (sixth level music is the best, doublekicks ftw!)
Neutopia I & II (boss themes sound especially good)
Sidearms (especially the Nemesis 10 battle track)
Ninja Spirit (a lot of people diss this soundtrack but I love it)
Time Cruise (all tracks are well-done)
The Legendary Axe II (the palace music is my favorite, though the first part of the final boss music is particularly haunting and cool)
Silent Debuggers (title track mainly, although the ending story track is pretty good too)
Dead Moon (every track, especially the final battle track)

For CD games, just about every non-redbook track in Ys I & II, and a few tracks in Vasteel. Oh yeah, and the "strategy screen" music in Exile.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Sinistron/Violent Soldier (sixth level music is the best, doublekicks ftw!)
Neutopia I & II (boss themes sound especially good)
Sidearms (especially the Nemesis 10 battle track)
Ninja Spirit (a lot of people diss this soundtrack but I love it)
Time Cruise (all tracks are well-done)
The Legendary Axe II (the palace music is my favorite, though the first part of the final boss music is particularly haunting and cool)
Silent Debuggers (title track mainly, although the ending story track is pretty good too)
Dead Moon (every track, especially the final battle track)

For CD games, just about every non-redbook track in Ys I & II, and a few tracks in Vasteel. Oh yeah, and the "strategy screen" music in Exile.

Ditto, except Silent Debuggers.

[Kitsunexus]

Ditto, except Silent Debuggers.

You're crazy. That game (including the music) is the essence of awesome!

[OldRover]

Silent Debuggers doesn't have a lot of soundtracks, but what it does have are pretty well-done for chiptunes. I really love the opening track though, really retroesque and nifty.

[Keranu]

I really liked one of the tunes in the opening when I first played Silent Debuggers.

[ParanoiaDragon]

The problem here is, not that I don't like it, I just haven't played the game enough, to even remember the music, which I'll have to take some time to do.

[Keranu]

I can think of only two songs: The one at the title screen and the one I mentioned earlier that's in the opening, which happens to sound like Herbie Hancock's "Rocket".

[Kitsunexus]

I can think of only two songs: The one at the title screen and the one I mentioned earlier that's in the opening, which happens to sound like Herbie Hancock's "Rocket".

You spelled "Rockit" wrong.

[Keranu]

Thanks for correcting, I wasn't too sure when I typed it! It seemed fine on Google, but I still felt that it wasn't quite right.

[CrackTiger]

My top favorite PSG soundtracks are-

Dungeon Explorer
Aeroblasters
Bloody Wolf
Ninja Spirit
Neutopia -main the title and boss tracks
TM/FEOE: Fuun Kabuki Den

[spenoza]

I will remind everyone, just as I did in the last PSG faves thread, that Parasol Stars has the best chip music ever, in the whole wide universe.

[runinruder]

Cyber Knight deserves mention.

[_Paul]

Chip sound??  But...that's takes longer to say!

Does not!

Chip sound is 2 silly bulls, whereas PSG is clearly 3 silly bulls.

[Kitsunexus]

Chip sound is 2 silly bulls, whereas PSG is clearly 3 silly bulls.

Will you settle for a silly pit bull?

[NecroPhile]

Chip sound is 2 silly bulls, whereas PSG is clearly 3 silly bulls.

Are you sure?  I thought that it was pronounced as pizz-guh, though that's still two silly bulls. 

Will you settle for a silly pit bull?

Looks like an ewok hugging a pit bull.    Nice pic, Kitsune.

[ParanoiaDragon]

That is a happy dog, indeed!