1991 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 1991. 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.
0:00 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
0:15 Rohga: Armor Force (Wolf Fang: Kuuga 2001)
0:50 The King of Dragons
1:18 Last Ninja 3
1:31 The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
1:38 TaleSpin
1:57 Blue's Journey (Raguy)
2:09 Knights of the Round
2:59 Mega Man 4 (Rockman 4: A New Evil Ambition!!)
3:13 Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones (Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone)
3:25 Decap Attack
3:50 Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III
4:19 Avenging Spirit (Phantasm)
4:32 Formula One Grand Prix (World Circuit)
4:42 Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
5:15 Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight
5:27 Brandish
5:57 Road Rash
6:22 EA Hockey (NHL Hockey)
6:35 Faceball 2000
7:17 Martian Memorandum (Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum)
7:31 Flames of Freedom (Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom)
7:51 Langrisser: The Descendants of Light (Warsong)
8:26 Neutopia II
8:50 Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)
9:20 Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
9:38 Sid Meier's Civilization
9:57 Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter!
10:29 Ufouria: The Saga (Hebereke)
11:05 Robo Army
11:33 Captain Commando
11:53 Bomberman II (Dynablaster)
12:12 Blaster Master Jr. (Blaster Master Boy / Bomber King: Scenario 2)
12:38 Tecmo Super Bowl
12:43 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
12:49 Super R-Type
13:04 Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work
13:13 Streets of Rage (Bare Knuckle)
13:34 Falcon 3.0
14:07 Viz: The Game (Viz: The Computer Game / Viz: The Soft Floppy One)
14:23 Sunset Riders
15:20 Final Fantasy IV (Final Fantasy II)
16:13 Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
16:34 D-Force (Dimension Force)
16:58 Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden / Mystic Quest)
17:25 Treasure Master
18:05 Another World (Out of This World)
19:09 Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk
19:40 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
20:10 King of the Monsters
20:22 Ninja Gaiden Shadow (Ninja Ryūkenden GB: Matenrō Kessen / Shadow Warriors)
21:00 Radia Senki: Reimeihen
21:22 Spellbound Dizzy (Dizzy 5)
21:29 Lemmings
21:39 4D Sports Boxing
22:18 Adventure Island II
22:32 Eye of the Beholder
22:39 Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
22:54 Chuck Rock
23:11 Three Wonders (Wonder 3)
23:39 The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyūshutsu Emaki)
23:55 Golden Axe II
24:40 James Pond 2: Codename Robocod (Super James Pond)
25:08 Gods
25:24 Gynoug (Wings of Wor)
25:36 Sega CD (Mega-CD)
26:10 Turrican II: The Final Fight
26:36 Magic Pockets
26:43 Leander (The Legend of Galahad)
26:51 Detana!! TwinBee (Bells & Whistles)
27:18 Gradius: The Interstellar Assault (Nemesis II: The Return of the Hero / Nemesis II / Gradius II / Gradius II: The Return of the Hero)
27:32 Crisis Force
27:58 Gauntlet III: The Final Quest
28:23 Quackshot Starring Donald Duck (I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou)
28:31 SimAnt
28:48 Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra
29:03 Metroid II: Return of Samus
29:47 Action 52 / The Cheetahmen
30:25 Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
30:44 Arcus Odyssey (Arcus Spirits)
30:59 Vroom
31:16 Gunship 2000 (Gunship)
31:23 Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
31:42 Heimdall
31:58 Utopia: The Creation of a Nation
32:28 ToeJam & Earl
33:08 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Turtles in Time / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time)
33:27 Out Run Europa
34:01 Super Castlevania IV
34:18 Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
34:32 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
35:07 Alien Breed
36:28 Super Tennis (Super Tennis World Circuit)
36:50 SWIV
37:12 Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
37:31 The Bard's Tale Construction Set
37:51 Vendetta (1991; Crime Fighters 2)
38:27 Seirei Senshi Spriggan
39:00 Joe & Mac (Caveman Ninja / Caveman Ninja: Joe & Mac)
39:16 Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
39:38 Super Cars II
40:07 Crossed Swords
40:10 Yoshi (Mario & Yoshi / Yoshi's Egg)
40:26 Bonk's Revenge (PC-Genjin 2)
40:39 Metal Storm
41:11 Barcode Battler
41:13 Puyo Puyo
41:45 Operation C (Contra: Probotector)
42:06 The Simpsons (The Simpsons Arcade Game)
42:25 Mega-Lo-Mania (Tyrants: First Through Time)
42:48 Gobliiins
43:20 Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp
44:00 Trouble Shooter (Battle Mania)
44:23 Fantastic Dizzy (The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy)
44:45 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
45:23 Asterix (1991)
45:31 Gem'X
45:53 Battletoads
46:01 Battle Isle
46:40 Wonder Boy in Monster World (Wonder Boy V: Monster World III)
47:04 Catacomb 3-D (Catacomb 3-D: A New Dimension / Catacomb 3-D: The Descent / Catacombs 3)
47:12 Battletoads
47:20 First Samurai
47:36 Battletoads
47:51 WWF Wrestlefest
48:19 Vice: Project Doom (Gun-Dec)
48:51 Switchblade II
49:20 Battletoads
49:22 Castles
49:29 Pu·Li·Ru·La
49:43 Cruise for a Corpse (Croisière pour un cadavre)
50:13 Game Boy Wars
50:47 Micro Machines
50:58 Captain America and the Avengers
51:19 SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha (Final Fantasy Legend III)
51:46 Star Wars (1991)
52:12 Super R.C. Pro-Am
52:28 Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods (Two Tribes: Populous II)
53:02 Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy!
53:22 Metal Slader Glory
53:49 Aldynes: The Mission Code for Rage Crisis
54:28 Phalanx
54:44 Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
55:05 Duke Nukem
55:07 Growl (Runark)
55:21 Final Match Tennis
55:40 Thunder Cross II
55:56 Final Soldier
56:33 Great Courts 2 (Pro Tennis Tour 2: Jimmy Connors Great Courts 2)
56:49 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (Street Fighter II)
