1986 in Video Game Music
A year-in-review musical medley created by Ryan Hamann for the Sound of Play podcast featuring some of the outstanding music from the games of 1986. Please check out Sound of Play for weekly collections of excellent video game music. See how many of the tracks you can identify on your own.
0:11 Parallax
0:42 The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight
1:01 The Legend of Zelda
1:21 Renegade
1:47 Ikari Warriors
2:11 Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter
2:40 Wonder Boy
2:55 Adventure Island
3:20 Quartet
3:39 Trojan
4:01 Enduro Racer
4:20 Solomon's Key
4:52 Zanac
5:04 WEC Le Mans 24
5:36 Athena 2
5:47 Gerry the Germ
6:33 They Stole a Million
7:07 KiKi KaiKai
7:20 Pro Wrestling
7:46 Kid Icarus
9:01 Rambo: First Blood Part II
10:28 Uridium
11:08 720°
11:51 Salamander (Life Force)
12:27 Aliens: The Computer Game
12:45 Genpei Toumaden
13:07 Super Sprint
13:20 Gumshoe
13:45 Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars
14:24 Legendary Wings
15:19 Castlevania
14:58 Sky Kid Deluxe
16:25 Arkanoid
16:58 Bubble Bobble
17:36 Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior)
18:04 Kentilla
18:29 Zoids
19:19 Guardic
19:58 The Goonies
20:38 The Return of Ishtar
20:54 Samantha Fox Strip Poker
21:15 King's Valley II: The Seal of El Giza
21:58 Mappy-Land
22:23 Penguin Adventure
23:14 Defender of the Crown
23:29 Cauldron II
24:00 Agent X
24:08 Xain'd Sleena
24:23 Bump Set Spike
24:57 Alex Kidd in Miracle World
25:18 King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human
25:55 The Sentinel
26:36 Metroid
27:21 Star Soldier
28:00 The Detective Game
28:30 Killed Until Dead
28:58 International Karate
29:40 Spellbound
30:47 Sanxion
31:24 Starflight
31:32 Rolling Thunder
31:51 Flash Gordon
32:25 Phandom of the Asteroid
32:46 Warhawk
33:32 Might & Magic: Book 1 - Secret of the Inner Sanctum
34:04 Legacy of the Wizard (Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family)
34:18 Ramapage
34:33 Rygar
35:15 The Chessmaster 2000
35:22 Spindizzy
36:00 Knucklebusters
36:23 Thrust
36:44 Hyper Dyne Side Arms
37:24 Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?
37:30 Fantasy Zone
37:53 Lightforce
38:21 Out Run
