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Anonymous Fri Jan 20 21:46:22 2017 No.3750714 [Reply] [Original]

Why did Europe make all the best retro vidya music?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 20 22:08:03 2017 No.3750745 This is bait but I want examples. Post proof that eurotrash make better game music.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 06:32:30 2017 No.3751295 >>3750745 Maybe not better, but there are some fucking fantastic tunes to be found.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 06:41:52 2017 No.3751303 Agony was so comfy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l5DvNEf5po

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 06:54:44 2017 No.3751315 >>3750714 They were garbage at game design so they had to make up for it with good graphics and music

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 07:33:59 2017 No.3751353 >>3750714 90s era Namco soundteam alone destroys anything from Europe.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 10:13:50 2017 No.3751496 >>3750714 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-UqDfedZA fucking ace, bro.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 10:15:27 2017 No.3751501 I'm kind of bamboozled by the fact that Americans didn't participate in the game development and instead relied on Japs.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 10:16:32 2017 No.3751502 >>3750714 This pose reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 10:18:51 2017 No.3751504 >>3751502 Someone scoring a game in soccer.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 10:29:53 2017 No.3751513 File: 220 KB, 544x362, ARNOLD_CONTRA.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3751504 no, I mean the cover of another game or movie, like Predator was used for Contra

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 10:43:55 2017 No.3751523 File: 1.06 MB, 287x206, 1479880689416.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3750714 >super turrican music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RK2R6US9qA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8laT12p_Mo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6gW975XDwA

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 10:57:35 2017 No.3751538 Because they didn't. Save for Rare, European gaming was mostly awful until the 32 bit generation.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 11:11:01 2017 No.3751552 File: 159 KB, 1114x500, turrican-big.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3751513 It's probably inspired by some metal album. First game was at least.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 11:19:04 2017 No.3751561 >>3751501 American developers stuck mostly to PC. Once Americans took over the console market, they ruined the genre.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 11:20:08 2017 No.3751564 File: 71 KB, 634x421, tmp_4595-article-2602322-1CCD762500000578-593_634x4211511556651.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3751504 This, must of been traced over some random shot of a footballer celebrating.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 11:44:27 2017 No.3751590 They had no competition. Americans crashed there market and the Japanese insisted on only making pop music. Weebs are always impressed by European chiptune on the NES. It's nothing special. The Japanese just didn't try, at all.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 11:51:57 2017 No.3751601 >>3751590 >NES >chiptune

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 12:24:50 2017 No.3751647 File: 86 KB, 400x600, large_mzCTGi8s72xjLT40y7H8IyjOV3v.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3751502 >>3751513 Platoon?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 12:42:27 2017 No.3751673 >>3751523 Super Turrican is fucking amazing.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 21 13:32:36 2017 No.3751760 >tfw the music in a Mario ripoff is so good it gets performed by a goddamn orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSOS2uwqpfw

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 22 03:46:56 2017 No.3753075 >>3751315 They had animation down. Their game design and graphics we're generally shit, particularly the art styles.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 22 03:48:05 2017 No.3753078 >>3751561 They ruined everything just about.