Douglas Carter

Bonanza Bros. is a pretty short game. You go through stages to steal all the treasure and escape in 3 minutes. It's supposed to be more stealthy as your ability to do combat sucks, but you can do janky things.

The Bonanza Bros. appear as a racer in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.

YouTube video by Ultrasurf VGM Channel Bonanza Bros-Stage 1 Music

Cool video game music today:

Bonanza Elegy from Bonanza Bros. (Genesis version)

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Animal Crossing has different songs you can get. You can request to get a version you can play on a music player, which is a bit different than the one that K.K. Slider sings. The songs have largely carried over from game to game so you still have all the cool songs in new games.

YouTube video by Biticular DJ K.K. (ACNH)

Cool video game music today:

DJ K.K. (Live Version) from Animal Crossing (various)

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Lost Kingdoms is an interesting game. You have deck that you cast from that does attacks, spells, and summons. You need to manage your deck usage and mana/HP, which is neat. You can capture weakened Monsters too, to add to your cards. The game has a jank VS mode too which is fun.

YouTube video by Ken Draken Lost Kingdoms Battle Theme Extended

Cool video game music today:

Battle Theme from Lost Kingdoms

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The soundtrack on Sonic R is a really good listen. All the songs on it are great, I just wish there were more songs on it. The game itself has a lot of problems I feel, but it is fun enough to mess around with and the soundtrack definitely helps the overall package.

YouTube video by DeoxysPrime Can You Feel the Sunshine - Sonic R [OST]

Cool video game music today:

Can You Feel the Sunshine? from Sonic R

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Virtua Fighter is one of my favorite fighting games. The nuance and depth to the gameplay and mechanics just feels really good. The rereleases of Virtua Fighter 5 are cool, but I am really looking forward to the new Virtua Fighter game. Hopefully we get more news about it soon.

YouTube video by uV_CrossZ Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O: Burning Souls - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

Cool video game music today:

Burning Souls from Virtua Fighter 5

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There's more than just a 1v1 mode too. There's support for up to 5 players. You can do Free for All with 3, 4, or 5 players, a 2v1 mode, and a Japanese version exclusive 2v2 mode where 2 people play the regular game while the other 2 players play rock-paper-scissors for power ups.

Columns III is a pretty cool puzzle game. You build up an attack meter that you use to push up and disrupt the opponent as well as push your field down. Big chains make special gems appear that mess with your opponent too. The back and forth it creates makes VS play pretty neat.

YouTube video by AlbirdVampPrinceMK2 Column Dive (1HR Looped) - Columns III: Revenge of Columns Music

Cool video game music today:

Column Dive from Columns III: Revenge of Columns

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Iggy's Reckin' Balls is an interesting game. It's a platform racer that has mario kart style items. You have a grappling hook that you use for movement and for attacking other players. There is a lot of jank going on, but you can do some pretty sick movement with the grapple.

YouTube video by Tiwill Iggy's Reckin' Balls OST - Tower 1

Cool video game music today:

Tower 1 from Iggy's Reckin' Balls

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Looks awesome, I can be sure to give them a listen

I played through ESWAT only once I think. It's a fairly short 2D run and gun platformer, but it was fun for what it is. The boss music is a really cool listen.

YouTube video by Sarato Game music that rocks: ESWAT - Boss Music (HQ)

Cool video game music today:

Boss from ESWAT

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Guitar Hero mostly uses licensed songs but there's a few Guitar Battle songs made especially for Guitar Hero III that are original to the game.

Guitar Hero was very phenomenal back when it came out. It was everywhere at the height of its popularity. Cool music definitely helped.

YouTube video by cj Guitar Hero III - Tom Morello Battle Music

Cool video game music today:

Tom Morello Guitar Battle from Guitar Hero III

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It's monopoly, in video game form. That's pretty much it really. There are different AI players and they each have different tactics and aggression between them which is neat at least. The music during auctions is pretty tense and catchy, I wouldn't expect that but it's cool.

YouTube video by GBelair Monopoly (NES) Music - Auction

Cool video game music today:

Auction from Monopoly (NES)

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I hope co-op play in Slay the Spire 2 can be done locally on the same system, I would love to be able to break this out with people.

Metal Gear Solid is a very cool game with an interesting story. The whole package of everything it offers is great, from the unique gameplay experience to all the cool little details in all the facets of the game. The ending song here I feel is very impactful.

YouTube video by alvaroduck Metal Gear Solid Soundtrack: The Best Is Yet To Come

Cool video game music today:

The Best is Yet to Come from Metal Gear Solid

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Who cares, honestly. Let people do what they want with themselves. For creatives who want/need attention, cutting out a substantial user base is shooting yourself in the foot, but if you're OK with that then go for it.

It just perplexes me that people want to keep finding reasons to hate each.

Karnov's Revenge is a pretty cool fighting game. On the surface it looks fairly derivative of Street Fighter II, but it has its own game feel and cool stuff of its own such as the weak point system. It's a pretty good game if you like old fighting games, and has good music too.

YouTube video by Fur Q Fighter's History Dynamite - Mizoguchi's Theme ~ HURRY UP

Cool video game music today:

Mizoguchi's Theme from Karnov's Revenge/Fighter's History Dynamite

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I have a fondness for the first Paper Mario game. Thousand Year Door is a very good game too, but I prefer most things about N64 Paper Mario I find. That includes the music too. The boss battles have pretty cool songs. I like all of them but Chapter 3 Boss is my favorite I think.

YouTube video by SledgeBro64 Paper Mario Music - Ghost Gulping (Tubba Blubba Battle) EXTENDED

Cool video game music today:

Ghost Gulping from Paper Mario

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