Post subject: NES / SNES bass tracks quiz
juef
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Hey, you! Yes, YOU! Do you love video game music? Do you love bass? Do you love bass tracks in video game music? If you shouted YES at all these, you might be a bad enough dude to take this GNARLY QUIZ!! It's simple:
  • Here are 30 NES tracks in MP3 format with only the bass channel;
  • Here are 30 SNES tracks in MP3 format with only the bass channel;
  • Search your head and/or VGM collection for the correct games these tracks are from;
  • Write down your answers here for NES and here for SNES;
  • Be awesome and/or appreciate the beauty of bass in VGM!
No prize and nothing's official so I won't send hitmen if tracks/answers are discussed, but let's keep it fun and let others guess too. Share with other communities if you'd like, I will soon do the same! Additional info:
  • SNES might be easier since bass samples are sometimes easily recognized.
  • Since channels aren't as "dedicated" to bass for the SNES, there are sometimes other sounds / samples used by the same channel as the bass. I've replaced (most of) those with silence.
  • I've trimmed the tracks' beginning only, and only if it began with a silence.
  • Results will be made public most likely before November, depending on the number of daily responses I keep getting.
  • Yes, I was kinda inspired by tompa's post :)
Have fun!
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Arg, it's hard... I'm more about melody, so the bass tracks alone are a real challenge. I only have 2 of them...
HHS
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I immediately recognized many of the SNES ones, but most of the NES ones are from games I haven't played.
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NES: 1/30 : track 18 (whew... thank heavens!) SNES: 9/30 : tracks 1-3-4-5-7-15-18-24-25 E.V.O. Search for Eden ... haha Lemmings 2 :-O Is there any answer list/respondent stats?
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I hadn't read the fine print. Will be looking for the results in November.
nesrocks
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I had a much better time with the NES ones. Like waaaay better.
juef
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You're not alone! Most people also had a much easier time with the NES.
juef
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In case anyone's interested: answers and results!
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Wow, this was tough! Most of my guesses were wrong, but I did get two: NES 25 and SNES 18, happy about getting the latter especially since I like that song!