[Video Game Music] What video game music never fails to make you nostalgic?

**gamhacked** · 2018-09-25, 03:43 PM

I'm not sure why, since I never even played the game that much when it came out, but the soundtrack to Diablo II takes me way back anytime I hear it. It is single-handedly enough to make me [want to] download and play the game again, and I can listen to the standalone album without being bored by a single track. It's one of the few older video game soundtracks I've never found cheesy or stale, no matter how many listens I give it.

What piece of music or soundtrack from a game has this effect on you?

**Orby** · 2018-09-25, 05:46 PM

Legend of Zelda: OoT.

That soundtrack haunts me to this day. That start screen music is so good. I am just sucked back to 1998 again. I can remember where I was and what was happening around this time.

**Miyagie** · 2018-09-25, 05:48 PM

The best !

**Ayirasi** · 2018-09-25, 06:07 PM

Mmm, PS1 classic. Always takes me back. I wasted so many hours with this game. Totally worth it.

**Helgrimm** · 2018-09-25, 06:11 PM

Basically any classic WoW zone music. Only before pandora/spotify/youtube did I ever have the music on in WoW, so it reminds me of my early days 10+ years ago.

EDIT: Also runescape music, particularly the ftp cities. I played that before WoW.

**Dalheim** · 2018-09-25, 06:15 PM

Basically this one, it never fails, even though I wasn't born when it was released. :>

**gamhacked** · 2018-09-25, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by The World

Basically this one, it never fails, even though I wasn't born when it was released. :>

Same, but I still grew up with it!

**Daedius** · 2018-09-25, 06:30 PM

Anything old really, as in 80s to 90s.

Music on the Amiga/C64, SNES/Genesis, PC, Etc.

I occasionally find myself listening to hours long compilations of music from whatever system.

A number of gems from old gaming music that later on musicians plagiarized off or influenced by.

**schwank05** · 2018-09-25, 06:36 PM

Old Arcade music, like Golden Axe, or Mario, Pokemon. I have a customer that their Hold Music is some old Pokemon music and I just get brought back to being 12 years old and rocking my way through Pokemon Blue and Red.

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Originally Posted by Ayirasi

Mmm, PS1 classic. Always takes me back. I wasted so many hours with this game. Totally worth it.

Still my favorite Final Fantasy game ever, I want to get a PS2 again just for this. There is also a PSP version I had once upon a time.

**Sky High** · 2018-09-25, 06:37 PM

if by nostalgic you mean makes me remember when we had a selection of decent RTS' then..

**Thelxi** · 2018-09-25, 06:40 PM

Many Zelda and FF tracks.

**Trumpcat** · 2018-09-25, 07:37 PM

Not so old, but the Mass Effect series have great emotional value for me, the music sends me directly there.

This is music from my childhood, nostalgia for a time when the world looked bigger.

Originally Posted by Sky High

if by nostalgic you mean makes me remember when we had a selection of decent RTS' then..

Red Alert was another title I thought about seeing this thread. Golden times for RTS.