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Rosstin316
04/28/2024
10:08 AM
#1
https://youtu.be/dWqRMLvXSWE?si=nWDFht1flKv8z9Ja

This has been stuck in my head for decades.
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tankboy
04/28/2024
10:11 AM
#2
Thexder version of Moonlight Sonata.
Moon Patrol theme.
Hayame_Zero
04/28/2024
10:12 AM
#3
https://youtu.be/brUFB5z1i7E?si=cc6o2RidEaOkxrqa

I know Gauntlet isn't obscure, but Gauntlet 4 is, and so is the OST.
...I think I'm done here...
Vicious_Dios
04/28/2024
10:12 AM
#4
https://youtu.be/JgOe0jseBM0?si=hjbhsQJbqugvaeBp

The ONLY good thing about this game. It had no business going this hard and to be this catchy.
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ooger
04/28/2024
10:19 AM
#5
https://youtu.be/pLDBwMusg4o?si=RmnGbNLB5_A2pupY

Best soundtrack of any side scrolling bullet hell game.
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ironman2009
04/28/2024
10:24 AM
#6
Protoman's theme

https://youtu.be/MIDkiPAqhhk?si=5lgkI43jmvEvIVdx
THRILLHO
kirbymuncher
04/28/2024
10:42 AM
#7
probably the battle theme from last armageddon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhmf3abCOuQ

not sure if it counts as obscure though considering the video title has VGM hall of fame in it
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GuerrillaSoldier
04/28/2024
10:52 AM
#8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvzsFS4Plmw

Disclaimer: There's a good chance the above post could be sarcasm.
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a-c-a-b
04/28/2024
10:57 AM
#9
Stairway to Hell from Beavis and Butt-head (SNES)

https://youtu.be/yGFawYF0sIY?si=_YWSex4Ejfcyzj_6
Save for your doomed future
Quorthon109
04/28/2024
11:04 AM
#10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrAGPVeVaSQ

They ripped off Space Harrier but still
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The_Popo
04/28/2024
11:10 AM
#11
Not sure if I have a favorite obscure song, especially from before the 5th generation. And Im not sure if some of these would count as obscure, but they at least arent the most popular in their series.

I really like Stage 2 of Wilys fortress in Mega Man 3 . I dont see it featured a ton, especially amongst all of the great music from the series:

https://youtu.be/zC0EWRZE3Dw?si=gqqa089uFQ7DHWyY

Daryls Epitaph from Final Fantasy VI is another one that doesnt get featured much from a game with a lot of great music, and a series with a plethora of bangers:

https://youtu.be/1cwMvrgKQ2A?si=8wnB3Ob9fbiR8LG4

And for an actual obscure game, heres the title theme to 4D Sports Boxing :

https://youtu.be/QRAUeyWRVIw?si=9uI5BeKBCjaHSQvQ
Live action Hungry Hungry Hippos though, now that was a sport. ~Aeon Azuran
kirbymuncher
04/28/2024
11:15 AM
#12
The_Popo posted...
title theme to 4D Sports Boxing:
this one is really good, it's a bit aimlessly but it just sort of sounds cool so I don't even really mind
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The_Popo
04/28/2024
11:17 AM
#13
Sorry for the double post, but thought of one more I wanted to add. Not technically a game song, but I think it would fit with the spirit of the topic.

The theme song that played when starting the Sega CD:

https://youtu.be/Q7UxwtkNSjI?si=rcQoYezD8Xr8Q8Uq
Live action Hungry Hungry Hippos though, now that was a sport. ~Aeon Azuran
Ultima_Fury
04/28/2024
11:19 AM
#14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKgB58m5W4E
Ratchetrockon
04/28/2024
11:24 AM
#15
https://youtu.be/kCZveXgxWSs?feature=shared

Tiny tunes adventures stage theme 01
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OmegaM
04/28/2024
12:39 PM
#16
This is the most obscure good song I can think of (boss music to Fire 'n Ice for the NES):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybBGnVIvv88
Zikten
04/28/2024
12:44 PM
#17
The Moon from Ducktales must be included in any topic about retro game music

https://youtu.be/KF32DRg9opA?si=jUGQT39vTAZv-rIT
FL81
04/28/2024
12:46 PM
#18
Rusty - Queen in the Dark Night (1993)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMr8F9Boqqw
https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif https://i.imgur.com/8mWCvA4.gif
1337toothbrush
04/28/2024
01:37 PM
#19
More PC-98 goodness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUa4u0dop0
https://imgur.com/a/FU9H8 - https://i.imgur.com/ZkQRDsR.png - https://i.imgur.com/2x2gtgP.jpg
Link_of_time
04/28/2024
01:54 PM
#20
https://youtu.be/c9VF4SbF7SI?si=d8UNp1-J5ImDEx9P
1337toothbrush
04/28/2024
02:10 PM
#21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhbI5WLCmFY
https://imgur.com/a/FU9H8 - https://i.imgur.com/ZkQRDsR.png - https://i.imgur.com/2x2gtgP.jpg
I_is_smart
04/28/2024
02:36 PM
#22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE
Tah-rah-rah-boom-dee-aaay, did you get yours todaaay? I got mine yesterdaaay, that's why I walk this way.
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pedro45
04/28/2024
02:48 PM
#23
https://youtu.be/UAYRIYdh340
not that obscure. 12:40 is my favorite, pacific coast
Warning: Sometimes biased
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TomClark
04/28/2024
03:10 PM
#24
https://youtu.be/UnAsI_shLTo?feature=shared

There's no reason for this track to go so hard. But it does anyway. It does it for us.
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Kurt_Russel
04/28/2024
03:12 PM
#25
https://youtu.be/_dJTdxmClS0?si=uXrXr5-Bvo7hkxxc
You gonna do something or just stand there and bleed?
FL81
04/29/2024
01:00 PM
#26
1337toothbrush posted...
More PC-98 goodness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUa4u0dop0
My first sig gif is from this game!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJzDKj0a3ZE
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GeraldDarko
04/29/2024
01:01 PM
#27
Love this tune

https://youtu.be/IMmqTbXUwsk?si=vhFKsTBuhBV_yIRy
Carpe petat
masterpug53
04/29/2024
01:14 PM
#28
Zikten posted...
The Moon from Ducktales must be included in any topic about retro game music

https://youtu.be/KF32DRg9opA?si=jUGQT39vTAZv-rIT

I knew they'd turned this into a significant recurring music theme in season 2 of Ducktales 2017, but I didn't realize that they also turned part of this song into Della's lullaby that she wrote for the triplets .

That show will never get the love it rightly deserved.
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Quorthon109
04/29/2024
01:17 PM
#29
Devil's Crush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHCCoNyNFtY
http://i.imgur.com/Kjo08.jpg
Vyrulisse
04/29/2024
01:21 PM
#30
I was actually pissed when I reached this moment and people who played the game would know why. It made me actually want to crush him.
Laughter from Phantasy Star IV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao2LP75E7ac
http://i.imgur.com/6VeX04D.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7T2OR-O2Vk
Tyranthraxus
04/29/2024
01:36 PM
#31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-nxxQWsbBQ
Courtesy of Squaresoft's half assed attempt at copying Fire Emblem that never came to the West.
It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha."
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Thompson
04/29/2024
03:00 PM
#32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE6HLfVli-w
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