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I'm a 26 year old gamer from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, who was brought up with PC games and Nintendo. My first gaming experiences where on the MSX and the C64 but the first game that I really remember playing was Prince of Persia on my 80286 PC.
After that I was hooked on games, especially the Lucas Arts and Sierra adventure games engaged me in a way I never thought possible before that. The day I saw a NES at a friends place with Super Mario Bros. on it I had to get one and after whining a lot my father finally got me one... Mario, Zelda, Metroid... they where all mine to play now and ate up so many hours of my childhood, I was a Nintendo kid and my love for Nintendo's games remain till this day.
I took a break from console gaming after the SNES era even though I stuck with PC games for the entire time. I had a gamecube which I didn't own many games for because I only bought it to play Metroid Prime. A few years back I bought a Nintendo DS on a whim. The DS rekindled my love for console gaming and got me to keep up with gaming news (here on Destructoid) and also got me to buy a Wii.
I also own a European TF2 server:
Host/IP: ares.ams-sec.org:27015
Some of my all time favourite games are:
* Monkey Island 1/2 (PC)
* Day of the Tentacle (PC)
* Civilization 4 (PC)
* Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
* Super Mario World (SNES)
* Fallout 1/2 (PC)
* The Ace Attorney Series (DS)
* The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
* Chrono Trigger (SNES)
* Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (PC)
* Portal (PC)
* Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
* Knights of the Old Republic (PC)
* Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
* Sam and Max: Hit the Road (PC)
* Super Metroid (SNES)
* Metroid Prime (GCN)
* Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS)
* Team Fortress 2 (PC)
Games currently playing:
* Audiosurf [PC]
* The Witcher [PC]
* Team Fortress 2 [PC]
* Civilization IV [PC]
* Zack & Wiki [Wii]
Game Machines I own(ed):
* Many PC's
* NES
* SNES
* Gamecube
* Wii
* Nintendo DS
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I love it as well, I have it as my ringtone... That's also why I nominated it... I hope to hear a lot of good video game music via this contest...
Vamo Alla Flamenco
Black Mages Version
Secret of Monkey Island main theme
Angel's Fear
Orchestral version.
Awesome version.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SnsJI4rmoVE
SO awesome. The whole soundtrack is amazing, but this is all I could be bothered to find on youtube. Sorryyyyy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHpMdgM0Sb4
Michiru Yamane is just a genius, the whole soundtrack is full of win, but this song has a place in my passionate heart.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mN1dfH3zp98
It built such tension while you were climbing the tower and then just abruptly stops once you reach the room, but it flowed so well. There are countless sounds available from this game, but I could only nominate one. :/
As for my nomination:
Chrono Cross - Time's Scar
This is just a personal favorite, really. I love the tension built by the strings and the sweetness of the melody. There's also a carnivale quality to it that makes it especially memorable and representative of Chrono Cross's atmosphere.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RVlqk9yZf2c
Or anything from OoT, that is the best soundtrack of a game EVER in opinion.
Or I really like Midna's song from Twilight Princess, here's the smash bros version of it
http://youtube.com/watch?v=T1_Wfq19LEo
there was another TP song I really liked... you know what, fuck it EVERY ZELDA SONG ever.
I nominate Fate, from Drakengard 2/Drag-On Dragoon 2
http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/329/2
Give it a try. I find it rather gorgeous.
If that's not your thing, there's always THIS (80's cheese YES)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OctHVWfzICY&feature=related
(that's Ys II BTW)
Original
Wicked live trombone version
Piano version with Pollyanna
Last one, with lyrics at the end of the video
Original
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J7S0aQEfUX4
Piano version with Pollyanna
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vUJGMiDCWeE
Trobone version
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CuacLGHoGgk
One with lyrics
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0b1bKJnGegU
Just to give the Genesis a little love, here is one of my favorite game intro themes:
Target Earth!
http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/2133/19
Best song ever nominations?
Silent Hill has some absolutely FANTASTIC music.
Silent Hill: http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/106/1
Theme of Laura: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKPOGJvhAII
Alone in the Town: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOJZXOpFcJ8
Never forgive me, Never forget me: http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/200/14
Room of Angel: http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/201/25
There's a couple other good ones, such as "You're Not Here" and "Letter From the Lost Days" from the SH3 OST, but I believe those might be licensed tracks from Melissa Williamson, rather than written specifically for the game.
I nominate Jazzy Nyc from the Street Fighter 3 soundtrack, Mix 1, 2 or 3 (each rocks in their own special way.
I also nominate Under the Ocean from the Super Monkey Ball 2 soundtrack.
Streets of Rage 1
Fighting in the Street
[/url=http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01167/]Remix[/url]
Streets of Rage 2
Under Logic
Remix
Yuzo Koshiro is god.
Streets of Rage 1
Fighting in the Street
Remix
Streets of Rage 2
Under Logic
Remix
Yuzo Koshiro is god.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzIs4bEwFBo
Best.Boss.Battle.EVAR!
Song of Storms from The Ocarina of Time (This is the Brawl rendition)
Brinstar Depths from Metroid (Melee rendition)
Phendrana Drifts from Metroid Prime
Hell, I love a lot of the Metroid music...
Anyway, the only one I can think about nominating right now (aka being tired), is this one remix made by Dale North.
But Eyes on Me from FFVIII still gives me goosebumps, the credits song is just icing on the cake. It kept me speechless when I saw the ending for the first time. I was young and never watched movies like It's a Wonderful Life at that time.
And yes, I am a total CGI whore :)