High Tension Wire (One of many boss themes) - Seiken Densetsu 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPHAkRxmXNk

Can You Fly Sister? (Flight theme) - Seiken Densetsu 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XzYOQ-8XpA

I love the section when it switches from 6/8 to 3/4. For those of you who have no idea what that means, I mean the twinkly bit.

He-Man C64
Zorro C64
The first has better music but the second has much better (close to perfect!) gameplay

I think I prefer C64 version. However...

De gustibus non est disputandum

EDIT: found better youtube linke
EDIT2 The part around 1:30 is EPIC!

Possibly one of the best boss tunes from a not very well known jrpg on the SNES.

Live-A-Live - Megalomania

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwtASYeer8Y

Not at all! I meant C64 version of the game with its music which is, as you can here it, completely different ;)

Shatterhand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_OoahnIpzc

Alien Soldier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnK6MFwH5bQ

Castlevania III

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1r3UBsXX6U

Dynamite headdy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLnvRZH5qdA

Gradius III

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBynE-ZfOes

MegaMan X3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWE0w1MKMU

Whoops, I completely misread and misunderstood something. Pretend I never said anything! ;)

No problem, but I think I'm at least partially guilty because it could mean I was talking about different version of the music, and not game (as I really meant)

And how could I forget Commando?!

No, I misread quite a lot more than that. :D


And to stop derailing the thread, one of the flight themes from Secret of Mana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEilQOiuE_g

I think it's in 10/8. O.O

For NES games i'd like to give Sunsoft some credit most of their games had nice soundtracks.

Batman - Stage 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlGDKfgz4fA

Gimmick! - Stage 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OshyhWVquA0

I notice it clearly that for Americans the subject means NES and SNES game music, while for most Europeans it means Commodore 64 and Amiga game music. Maybe they are close enough.

I tried to find in Youtube the music for such obscure Amiga games as "Phantasm: Hall of Light" and "Chamonix Challenge" aka "Final Assault", but unfortunately came empty. Ok I found this, but some stupid ass just keeps talking and talking and talking over the music. Yes we know the music is great, no need for you to keep saying it. And he seems to cut the music before it comes to the magnificent crescendo at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsrkai6uJks#t=47s

So instead, I guess I will just mention Hybris again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QBStOhiIzA#t=10s

Mandatory NES Radio : http://nescenter.de/rw_common/themes/nes_center/radio.html

Hmm, odd. I tend to think of console generations more than home computer generations (so NES and SNES, but also Master System and Mega Drive). Also I'm European, but I guess my thinking might be more console orientated because I'm younger.

Maybe UK was already back then quite different from mainland Europe? I recall being said that in UK PC gaming is almost non-existent compared to many other European countries where PC gaming is stronger.

UK had e.g. Sinclair Spectrum though, but it didn't do much of music.