Re: Games I Play Only To Listen to the Music

On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:22:25 -0400, Mike S. wrote:

On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:24:53 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
 

I rarely did. I usually listen to ripped music Golden Axe 1, classic
DOOM, Aero Blasters, etc.
https://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/songs.html for my favorites. ;)

 
I am not a DOOM fan but I do like the soundtrack. I have a few in my
collection. I remember how good the game sounded on my Roland Sound
Canvas back in the day. I just told Spalls that I don't fire up games
anymore just for the soundtrack, but DOOM came close.

DooM had a great soundtrack, and I still listen to it.

Same for the original Wing Commander, and I have all the MIDI
files for each of the combat themes.

Another set of soundtracks are those from the original
Mechwarrior, c. 1999 (?) -- it was originally released
without textures for the mechs, but a later patch added
them.  I have 4 mp3's from the game:

$ ll
total 7620
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 olderscott 2003017 Aug  9  1999 mech03.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 olderscott 1975223 Aug  9  1999 mech06.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 olderscott 1910857 Aug  9  1999 mech10.mp3
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 olderscott 1904274 Aug  9  1999 mech13.mp3

Back then, I thought the music sounded super-futuristic,
and it has withstood the test of time.

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