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1985: Nintendo revived an industry everyone had declared dead. Mario, Zelda, Mega Man, Contra — the DNA of everything you played later is here, and it's still as hard as it was back then.
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Retro Video Games
The community's flagship playlist: 8 and 16-bit classics to play in the background while you explore.
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2retro · NES esencial
The house's official playlist for NES: the themes that defined the 8-bit era.
Soundtrack · DAFTPUNKletlive
Super Mario Bros. 3 Soundtrack
The complete score of Super Mario Bros. 3, where each themed world gets its own melodic palette within the NES's limitations.
Soundtrack · JPhands
Castlevania NES Music Full OST Soundtrack
The complete soundtrack of the original NES Castlevania, Kinuyo Yamashita's pioneering score that laid the foundations of gothic sound in 8 bits.
Soundtrack · GBelair
Kirby's Adventure (NES) Music Soundtrack Playlist
The complete soundtrack of Kirby's Adventure, composed by Hirokazu Ando, which laid the melodic foundations of a saga whose themes keep resurfacing in current Kirby games.
Soundtrack · GBelair
Legend of Zelda, The (NES) Music Soundtrack Playlist
Koji Kondo's original 1986 compositions, the starting point for the saga's entire sonic identity.
Soundtrack · GBelair
Mega Man 2 (NES) Music Soundtrack Playlist
Takashi Tateishi's work theme by theme, probably the most cited and covered 8-bit soundtrack in history.
Soundtrack · GBelair
Metroid (NES) Music Soundtrack Playlist
Hirokazu Tanaka's minimalist score, still the reference for how to build hostile atmosphere with minimal resources.
Soundtrack · GBelair
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (NES) Music Soundtrack Playlist
The complete repertoire of the NES game: minimal, functional music that still became instantly recognizable.
Soundtrack · Game Ost Library
The Legend of Zelda (NES) [1987] - FULL OST
The complete soundtrack in a single piece, to listen straight through to what the cartridge managed with just a handful of channels.
Soundtrack · Retro Legends Ost
Mega Man 2 - RockMan 2 (NES) Original Soundtracks
An alternative compilation that also includes material from the Japanese edition, known as Rockman 2.
The video shelf
VHSThe video vault➡ Contra. All stages soundtrack Metal cover. (nes/dendy) With gameplay, contra nes music
Cover · Michael Sobin (ProgMuz)
Contra →A metal cover of every stage in the game, translating Contra's military tension into distorted riffs without losing the original melody.
castlevania danilo belmont
Tribute · Danilo García Medrano
Castlevania →The house tribute to the original Belmont: the whip, the stairs and the fog, reread through 2retro's own lens.
Megaraptor - Airship Theme (Super Mario Bros 3 Metal)
Cover · Megaraptor
Super Mario Bros. 3 →Megaraptor moves the Airship Theme onto distorted guitars and double-bass drumming, an exercise that confirms the harmonic solidity of the original composition.
Daozein ~ Castlevania Medley [NES rock/metal cover]
Cover · Hyper Fire Records
Castlevania →A rock/metal medley by Daozein over Castlevania's classic themes, a demonstration of how well these melodies age outside the original sound chip.
Contra (NES). All levels soundtrack. Live rock cover by ProgMuz.
Live · Michael Sobin (ProgMuz)
Contra →A live performance by the band ProgMuz, running through every level of the game with progressive rock arrangements.
🎵 Kirby's Adventure NES OST | Stereo Remaster
Remake · Stereo NES
Kirby's Adventure →An unofficial stereo remaster that cleans up the original 8-bit sound and highlights instrumental details the NES's mono mix left in the background.
Mike Tyson Punch Out Fight Theme (8-Bit | Chiptune)
Cover · DJ Blowsniff
Punch-Out!! →A chiptune reread of the fight theme that preserves the eighties pulse of the original.
The Legend of Zelda - Symphony of the Goddesses [Full Concert] (Ep. 28)
Tribute · NintendoCade【任天堂ケード】
The Legend of Zelda →Symphony of the Goddesses, the official symphonic tour, took these themes to orchestras around the world and proved their strength outside the NES chip.
METROID Orchestrated - Complete Game Highlights with Soundtrack
Tribute · VG Music Revisited
Metroid →A full orchestral tribute that translates the loneliness of Zebes into strings and brass without losing its oppressive texture.
Vampire Killer - Castlevania | ORCHESTRAL FULL VERSION
Tribute · Panqueca
Castlevania →A complete orchestral version of Vampire Killer, the saga's flagship theme, reimagined with the symphonic grandeur its fans always attributed to it.
Rise of the Star - The Kirby's Adventure Remix Collaboration
Tribute · Star Abraham
Kirby's Adventure →'Rise of the Star', OverClocked ReMix's 2005 collaborative album, brings together different community arrangers in a choral tribute to Kirby's Adventure's score.
The Legend of Zelda (NES) Soundtrack - 8BitStereo
Remake · Niko's 8BitStereo
The Legend of Zelda →The stereo reconstruction of the original chiptune, separating the voices and letting you hear arrangement decisions that were previously inaudible.
Mega Man 2 (NES) Soundtrack - 8BitStereo
Remake · Niko's 8BitStereo
Mega Man 2 →The restored stereo version of the soundtrack, exposing the architecture of each theme with a clarity the NES couldn't allow.
METROID - Space and Time - The History of Metroid - EP Documentary
Documentary · Electric Playground Network - EPN
Metroid →A look back at the saga's history that helps make sense of the sound design context that turned it into a case study in 1986.
The Legend Of Zelda - Main Theme (Band Rock Cover)
Cover · VicioTube
The Legend of Zelda →The main theme in full-band format, translating the 8-bit melody into rock without losing its heroic character.
Mega Man 2 - Dr. Wily Stage 1 (Rock/Metal Cover)
Cover · Anton Norling
Mega Man 2 →The Dr. Wily 1 theme in rock style: one of the most covered melodies in video game music, and here it's clear why.
Metroid - Ending/Credits Orchestra Cover
Cover · SquidEnthusiast
Metroid →The credits theme in orchestral arrangement, revealing how much emotive melody was hiding behind the eight-bit rawness.