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Zenbane's avatar
Zenbane
MVP
6 years ago

Which Song/Artist/Album instantly reminds you of a video game?

I will assume that there are some folks out there who, like me, can't help thinking of a specific video game any time a certain song plays or a certain artist performs. I thought of this the other day while trying to listen to the album, Megadeth - Rust in Peace during a gym workout. I wanted to hear something fast and energetic to help keep me motivated. But all I saw in my head the entire time was... Final Fantasy 1 gamplay.




And the reason is because that Megadeth album is all I listened to while playing Final Fantasy 1; in a constant loop while leveling up my characters. This was in 1990, and no amount of time has changed that fact.

I have other similar experiences with music, but this is the only one that is video game related.

Anyone else? Just me?

12 Replies

  • Wildt's avatar
    Wildt
    Consultant
    6 years ago
    I played Plants vs Zombies start to finish over a couple of days when Bonono's "Black Sands" had just been released, and I more or less had it on repeat the entire time. Especially the "We could forever" track gets the memories flowing :)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urCLo4vNpzs
  • kojack's avatar
    kojack
    MVP
    6 years ago
    There's a couple, but it's kind of cheating since the songs are from the game's soundtrack (such as all the Mexican hiphop songs from Total Overdose).

    I don't normally listen to music when gaming, in fact I usually turn the game's music off to get less distractions from environmental audio. The two exceptions are Elite Dangerous and Euro Truck Sim 2, where I have spotify running. I guess the Blue Danube makes me think of Elite, but again that's because the earlier Elite games played it during docking sequences.

  • morsify's avatar
    morsify
    Protege
    6 years ago
    'Let it snow' (Dean Martin?) immediately makes me want to install Mafia 2 and play it right through again happens every Christmas. The song is playing at the start of a chapter when the player comes home from war. Great game, like being in a movie from start to finish. I've played it every Christmas the past three or four years.
    And always 'Blue Danube' - Elite.
  • Morgrum's avatar
    Morgrum
    Expert Trustee
    6 years ago
    Oh and listening to Judas Priest and Metalica is Doom.
    Because lets be honest they pretty much stole those riffs for the game.
     

  • kojack's avatar
    kojack
    MVP
    6 years ago
    Megadeth did the Duke Nukem 3D theme song.


    Back when I was in grade 5, my best friend had a C64 and we used to play a game called Journey To The Center Of The Earth. The game had a single song playing in a loop: House Of Fun by Madness.

    My friend (and his whole family) were extremely religious. Luckily they never found out that the song was about a boy trying to buy condoms on his 16th birthday. :)

  • Digikid1's avatar
    Digikid1
    Consultant
    6 years ago
    Well....this soundtrack reminds me of Halo 2 for some reason...

    ??????