Top 5 Favourite TG16 Soundtracks

[sosoyo180]

I was surprised I couldn't find a topic like this...

Anyways, here goes mine:
(No order)

Gate Of Thunder
Monster Lair
JB Harold Murder Club
Air Zonk
Bonk's Revenge

It's gonna be interesting seeing which soundtrack pops up the most

[esteban]

IMPOSSIBLE to answer this.

But, my immediate knee-jerk answer at 7:15 pm today:

(No particular order, a$$holes)

Legendary Axe II
Dungeon Explorer (HuCARD and/or CD)
Valis II
Ys I & II (that's cheating!)
Bloody Wolf

[esteban]

7:17 and I already want to take out Ys because everyone knows that it is too godlike to even be with the others.

[esteban]

7:19 and I know I am missing something...

[esteban]

At least on track in Bloody Wolf annoys me...so does it really deserve to be in the Top 5?

[esteban]

7:20 and I rethinking every game on my list now.

[esteban]

Dragon Spirit has mediocre tracks, then some of the best EVA. And why didn't I include Legendary Axe I?

[sosoyo180]

^lovely pondering skilzz

[DeshDildo]

I have limited TG experience but out of the few I have played (including CD's):

Last Alert
Neutopia II
Alien Crush
Bonk's Adventure
Neutopia

If PCE were included it would be Drac X hands down.  That may be some of my favorite video game music of all time.

[seieienbu]

My favorite Hu Card soundtracks:
Blazing Lazers,
Legendary Axe,
Dungeon Explorer,
Devil's Crush,
Alien Crush

My favorite CD soundtracks:
Gate of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
Ys 3,
Last Alert
Prince of Persia

[Tatsujin]

only TG-16 or also PCE?

[NightWolve]

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
Ys Book I & II
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
Gate of Thunder
[Can't think of a 5th one...]

Definitely think GoT has the greatest soundtrack for any shooter I ever encountered. Loved the guitar-playing in it! I had also included it in the cassettes I made BITD for listening to in the car along with Ys tracks plus some FF.

[sosoyo180]

only TG-16 or also PCE?

Like I wanted to do both, but I posted it in the TurboGrafx section and I know people would bust my balls if I added PCE...

I'm sorry Dracula X!

[CrackTiger]

Half asleep. Will just say:

Turbo-CD:

Ys I & II
Ys III
Monster Lair
Lords of Thunder
Valis II


TurboChip:

Aeroblasters
Bloody wolf
Ninja Spirit
Dungeon Explorer
Dragon's Curse

[jordan_hillman]

Top 5 for me:

(1) Gate of Thunder
(2) Double Dragon II
(3) Ys I & II
(4) Dungeon Explorer II
(5) Blazing Lazers

[TR0N]

Hucard
Batman
Dungeon Explorer
Ninja Spirit
R-Type
Bonks Adventure

CD
Ys 1&2
Ys III
Dracula x Rondo of Blood
Lords of Thunder
Prince of Persia

[esteban]

Hucard
Batman
Dungeon Explorer
Ninja Spirit
R-Type
Bonks Adventure

CD
Ys 1&2
Ys III
Dracula x Rondo of Blood
Lords of Thunder
Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia? Damn, I never gave it a second chance. I'll have to listen to it again. I am pretty certain you intended to type "Monster Maker" but, anyway...




UPDATE: Upon further reflection, I retract my initial post.

My New Top 10 List
1. Shadow of the Beast
1. Timeball (only 2-3 tracks, sadly, but they are divine)

Underappreciated: Might & Magic III

[TR0N]

Hucard
Batman
Dungeon Explorer
Ninja Spirit
R-Type
Bonks Adventure

CD
Ys 1&2
Ys III
Dracula x Rondo of Blood
Lords of Thunder
Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia? Damn, I never gave it a second chance. I'll have to listen to it again. I am pretty certain you intended to type "Monster Maker" but, anyway...




UPDATE: Upon further reflection, I retract my initial post.

My New Top 10 List
1. Shadow of the Beast
1. Timeball (only 2-3 tracks, sadly, but they are divine)

Underappreciated: Might & Magic III

Prince of Persia has a good ost i just find it unique that's all.
PC Engine Music: Prince of Persia (complete soundtrack)

[Ratix]

its a bit difficult to chose but i have to go with the cards instead of the CDs.

gotta love some of that legendary axe music especially stage 5 because its so good
Neutopia
Impossamole for that sweet intro music
Deep blue has some nice music but its hard to love a game when not even the booklet can't give good hints on survival
YO BRO
I am shocked nobody even mentioned this one. its damn fine beachboys tunes. they are catchy as hell

[seieienbu]

Prince of Persia? Damn, I never gave it a second chance. I'll have to listen to it again. I am pretty certain you intended to type "Monster Maker" but, anyway...

I had PoP for DOS long before I got it for Turbo Grafx.  iirc I got the Turbo version around 1999 or 2000 at a local used game store.  I loved the game as a kid and thought that the Turbo CD version had a wonderfully atmospheric Arabian sounding sound track that was leagues ahead of the midi I'd been accustomed to.

[pc_kwajalein]

Good thread. 

For hu-cards, let's go with (in no order):

1) Bonk's Revenge
2) Magical Chase
3) Parodius Da
4) Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
5) Bonk's Adventure

For CD's, let's go with (in no order):

1) Steam Heart's
2) Lords of Thunder
3) Bonk 3 CD
4) Ane-San
5) Bomberman CD

[seieienbu]

I've never played Steam Heart's or Ane-San before.  Upon your recommendation I'm giving Steam Heart's soundtrack a listen now; it's peppy and upbeat, not bad but definitely not my favorite shooter soundtrack. 

Never played this Ane-San either, but only able to listen to one soundtrack at a time...

[LostFlunky]

HuCard:

Dragon's Curse
Air Zonk
Bonk's Revenge
Cyber Core
Bomberman 93

CD:

Ys I&II
Gate of Thunder
Ys III
Dynastic Hero
Lords of Thunder

[Dicer]

In no real order

Chip:
Devils Crush
Dungeon Explorer
Air Zonk
Magical chase
Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu

Plenty more but these are standouts, Turbo chips had some amazing tunes.



CD:
Y's book I &II
Dungeon Explorer II
Lords of Thunder
Might and Magic III
Gate of Thunder

[CrackTiger]

Here are top five PCE exclusives:

Chiptunes:

Final Soldier
Tengai Makyou Fuun Kabuki Den
Legend of Xanadu II
Gulliver Boy
SFII'


Redbook:

Tengai Makyou Fuun Kabuki Den
Neo Nectaris
Ys IV
Tengai Makyou II
Sapphire

[turbokon]

I'm gonna go with only hucards for now.

1. Solder blade
2. Super Star Soldier
3. Alydnes
4. Legendary Axe
5. Ninja spirit

[FraGMarE]

Strictly TG16 (hucard games)?
1. Devil's Crush
2. Soldier Blade
3. Blazing Lazers
4. Aldynes
5. Bloody Wolf


CD Games
1. Ys Book 1/2
2. Gate of Thunder
3. Lords of Thunder
4. Ys III
5. Dracula X

[jordan_hillman]

Nobody else has any Top 5 love for the PCE Double Dragon II soundtrack??

[TR0N]

Nobody else has any Top 5 love for the PCE Double Dragon II soundtrack??

I see DDII as a hit and miss some of it's music tracks are good while others are just terrible......

[reson8er]

As said before top 5 is almost impossible, but I'll list what stay in my head after I play:

1. Y's Book I & II > Some of the most awesome music ever.

2. Devil's Crush > Hot damn what a track, if the game itself was crap, this track would make me put it on just to hear it play.

3. Gate of Thunder > Music feels so perfect for this game, it is just fantastic.

4. Lords of Thunder > Like heavy metal magazine come to life this game and its music are stunning.

5. R-Type > Fantastic version of the arcade music, really love it.

[graffias79]

Threadsurrection

My favorites in no particular order:

Ys (I'll cheat and count I, II , III and IV as just Ys.  They all blow me away)
Gate of Thunder
Dungeon Explorer
Air Zonk
Bonk's Adventure

[nosorrow]

No particular order overall (can't bother choosing only five, sorry!):


Ys III/I & II/IV in that order - each OST's amazing

Dracula X

Nexzr

Aldynes

Rayxanber II/III

GunHed

Devil Crash

Soldier series (i.e. 3 different games)

Gate of Thunder

To a lesser extent: Lords of Thunder (reminds me too much of Joey Tafolla or Joey MacAlpine music, i.e. great shredders of the 80s), Spriggan 1 and 2, Sylphia and first stage music of Terra Cresta II (love that track!).

These rank among my favourite OST's ever. Btw, I have absolutely no nostalgia whatsoever for these titles, having grown up in a household with NES + SNES. That says a lot about the quality of the soundtracks found on the system.

[cr8zykuban0]

mine? hmmmmm
1. lords of thunder
2. soldier blade
3. blazing lazers
4. military madness
5.ninja spirit

[Otaking]

1. Winds of Thunder
2. Lords of Thunder
3. W.O.T
4. L.O.T
5. Breeze of Thunder

[jlued686]

I've always been more of a fan of the Chiptunes than the CD audio.

Dungeon Explorer
Bloody Wolf
Bonk's Adventure
Alien Crush
Lords of Thunder

And I'm gonna throw in Keith Courage as an alternate. Granted, it's essentially two tunes with a couple of transitions between, I was still blown away the first time I heard the audio quality.

[clackattack]

Gotta say that Ys takes the cake for me as well, theyre all too good to pick a particular one! ...followed by: 2-Lords of thunder, 3-Ninja Ryukenden, 4-Rondo of Blood, 5- Splatterhouse

[mitsuman]

How has no one said Lord's Of the Rising Sun? I love the music on that game!

Here's mine, in no order:
1) Lord's Of The Rising Sun
2) Neutopia
3) Dungeon Explorer
4) Legendary Axe
5) Vasteel

[sosoyo180]

1. Winds of Thunder
2. Lords of Thunder
3. W.O.T
4. L.O.T
5. Breeze of Thunder

^this guy knows soundtracks

[JoshTurboTrollX]

CD -
Ys Book I&II
YS IV
Gate of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
Terraforming

HuCard-
Air Zonk
Aeroblasters
Ninja Spirit
Shockman
Legendary Axe 2

Nobody else has any Top 5 love for the PCE Double Dragon II soundtrack??

I see DDII as a hit and miss some of it's music tracks are good while others are just terrible......

I love Double Dragon II and it's soundtrack for the PC Engine, unfortunately it didn't get a release outside of Japan.

[johnnykonami]

I have memories of putting the Gate of Thunder CD in my CD Walkman back in the day, along with whatever other CD games I got depending on what was newest.  I agree with Vasteel, also. (I miss it so much!  I hope I can get another copy one day).

Has Last Alert been mentioned?  It's not just all voice talent y'know!

I also really like the music on both Macross games, particularly Love Song.

Oh, and Exile.  Exile has some amazing tracks in it.

[ctophil]

No particular order overall (can't bother choosing only five, sorry!):


Ys III/I & II/IV in that order - each OST's amazing

Dracula X

Nexzr

Aldynes

Rayxanber II/III

GunHed

Devil Crash

Soldier series (i.e. 3 different games)

Gate of Thunder

To a lesser extent: Lords of Thunder (reminds me too much of Joey Tafolla or Joey MacAlpine music, i.e. great shredders of the 80s), Spriggan 1 and 2, Sylphia and first stage music of Terra Cresta II (love that track!).

These rank among my favourite OST's ever. Btw, I have absolutely no nostalgia whatsoever for these titles, having grown up in a household with NES + SNES. That says a lot about the quality of the soundtracks found on the system.

Cool, I thought nobody in this thread was ever going to list Dracula X.  You would think that more people would list it as one of their top TG-16/CD soundtracks. 

Anyways, I haven't played too many games yet, since I'm a new collector and all.  But here is my obvious list.

Turbografx-16 Hucard:

1. Dungeon Explorer
2. Bonk's Adventure
3. Neutopia I
4. Neutopia II
5. Legendary Axe


Turbografx-CD:

1. Castlevania: Dracula X
2. Ys Book I & II
3. Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
4. Exile
5. Dungeon Explorer II

[esteban]

I have memories of putting the Gate of Thunder CD in my CD Walkman back in the day, along with whatever other CD games I got depending on what was newest.  I agree with Vasteel, also. (I miss it so much!

Has Last Alert been mentioned?  It's not just all voice talent y'know!

...

Oh, and Exile.  Exile has some amazing tracks in it.

I like Red Alert/Last Alert tunes

Also, Exile = HiNRG + _________ = awesome. 

[jordan_hillman]

Nobody else has any Top 5 love for the PCE Double Dragon II soundtrack??

I see DDII as a hit and miss some of it's music tracks are good while others are just terrible......

I love Double Dragon II and it's soundtrack for the PC Engine, unfortunately it didn't get a release outside of Japan.

Always good to here some fellow DDII love out there. The PCE port was the sole reason for my initial interest in TG and PCE.

[johnnykonami]

Nobody else has any Top 5 love for the PCE Double Dragon II soundtrack??

I see DDII as a hit and miss some of it's music tracks are good while others are just terrible......

I love Double Dragon II and it's soundtrack for the PC Engine, unfortunately it didn't get a release outside of Japan.

Always good to here some fellow DDII love out there. The PCE port was the sole reason for my initial interest in TG and PCE.

My friend picked up DDII on SCD years ago, and it had some pretty cool music remixes for sure.  Still, I think I prefer the NES version both in terms of music and gameplay.  Even over the arcade version!

[Prosolis]

 I don't have a top 5 yet.. still getting to know the PC Engine. Notable soundtracks encountered thus far:

Bonk's Revenge
Dracula X
Sapphire

Once I finish modding my system, I will definitely check it out the titles everyone has listed.

[jordan_hillman]

Nobody else has any Top 5 love for the PCE Double Dragon II soundtrack??

I see DDII as a hit and miss some of it's music tracks are good while others are just terrible......

I love Double Dragon II and it's soundtrack for the PC Engine, unfortunately it didn't get a release outside of Japan.

Always good to here some fellow DDII love out there. The PCE port was the sole reason for my initial interest in TG and PCE.

My friend picked up DDII on SCD years ago, and it had some pretty cool music remixes for sure.  Still, I think I prefer the NES version both in terms of music and gameplay.  Even over the arcade version!

Man, oh man is that awesome to hear! I'm also a weirdo that prefers the console versions over the arcades, even though the first two arcades are classics (screw that yellow shirt wearing douche, Sonny, in the third arcade).

But on that note... the reason I prefer DDII on the PCE over all other versions is because it's the only great game in the series with close to arcade quality graphics (even though it's technically a port of the NES title) from the original era of the series's popularity in the arcade.

I always wanted a perfect home port of one of the first two arcade games, even though I prefer the home ports, and the PCE version is the closest we've got...

[vexcollects]

Lords of thunder
Dungeon explorer
Blazing lasers
Bonk's adventure
Neutopia

HM :
Gomola Speed (guilty pleasure)

[RyuHayabusa]

Ys I&II
Ys III
Ys IV
Dracula X - Rondo of Blood
Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire

[pixeljunkie]

Lords of Thunder
Gate of Thunder
Devils Crush
Bloody Wolf
Soldier Blade

[johnnykonami]

Nobody else has any Top 5 love for the PCE Double Dragon II soundtrack??

I see DDII as a hit and miss some of it's music tracks are good while others are just terrible......

I love Double Dragon II and it's soundtrack for the PC Engine, unfortunately it didn't get a release outside of Japan.

Always good to here some fellow DDII love out there. The PCE port was the sole reason for my initial interest in TG and PCE.

My friend picked up DDII on SCD years ago, and it had some pretty cool music remixes for sure.  Still, I think I prefer the NES version both in terms of music and gameplay.  Even over the arcade version!

Man, oh man is that awesome to hear! I'm also a weirdo that prefers the console versions over the arcades, even though the first two arcades are classics (screw that yellow shirt wearing douche, Sonny, in the third arcade).

But on that note... the reason I prefer DDII on the PCE over all other versions is because it's the only great game in the series with close to arcade quality graphics (even though it's technically a port of the NES title) from the original era of the series's popularity in the arcade.

I always wanted a perfect home port of one of the first two arcade games, even though I prefer the home ports, and the PCE version is the closest we've got...

Oh, I only meant that for DDII.  I hold both the Arcade and NES version of DD in pretty high esteem.  DD is one of the first games I remember seeing people line up to play when I was a kid.  DDII and really every other sequel in the arcade just don't have the same magic - But I love the NES version.