1996 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 1996. Please check out Sound of Play for weekly collections of excellent videogame music. See how many of the tracks you can identify on your own.

0:00 Mario Kart 64
0:08 Sakura Wars
0:21 Madden NFL '97
0:43 Command & Conquer: Red Alert
1:06 Chex Quest
1:54 Revelations: Persona
2:09 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
2:26 Harvest Moon
2:54 Virtua Fighter 3
3:54 Virtua Fighter Kids
4:16 Triple Play '97
4:41 X-Men vs. Street Fighter
5:21 Street Fighter Alpha 2
5:27 Ripper
5:56 Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hoseki
7:27 Sonic 3D Blast (Sega Saturn)
8:28 International Track & Field
8:32 Quake
9:36 Front Mission: Gun Hazard
10:45 King's Field III
11:39 Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
11:57 Lords of the Realm 2
13:14 Final DOOM
13:27 Guardian Heroes
14:04 Metal Slug
14:42 Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
14:58 Resident Evil
15:34 Rama
16:21 Fighters Megamix
16:47 PaRappa the Rapper
17:59 Dead or Alive
18:54 Shining Wisdom
19:34 Pokémon Red Version & Green Version
20:33 Street Fighter EX
20:43 Sonic the Fighters
21:15 Super Mario 64
21:57 Cruis'n World
22:18 Donkey Kong Land 2
22:51 Vectorman 2
23:33 Mr. Bones
24:12 NBA Hangtime
24:49 Toonstruck
25:12 Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
25:43 Diablo
25:46 3D Tetris
26:28 Battle Garegga
27:18 Bubble Memories
27:30 King of Fighters '96
27:51 Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996)
28:31 Death Rally
29:09 Harvester
30:18 Bug Too!
30:57 Crash Bandicoot
31:09 Corpse Party
31:17 The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
31:54 Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
32:24 Tetris Attack
32:36 Kirby Super Star
33:17 The Neverhood
34:45 Wild Arms
35:31 Time Crisis
35:54 Duke Nukem 3D
35:55 Die Hard Trilogy
36:12 WCW vs. the World
36:26 Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
36:42 Langrisser III
37:27 19XX: The War Against Destiny
38:16 Killer Instinct Gold
39:20 Mega Man 8
39:33 Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
39:51 Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
40:54 San Francisco Rush
41:17 Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
41:32 Star Ocean
41:40 Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
42:13 Jumping Flash! 2
42:48 Wipeout 2097
42:51 Sonic 3D Blast (Sega Genesis)
43:21 Samurai Shodown IV
44:01 Rocket Jockey
44:27 FIFA 97
44:34 WWF in Your House
45:01 Ganbare Goemon: Uchu Kaizoku Akogingu
45:17 NiGHTS into dreams...
46:25 Afterlife
46:37 Sid Meier's Civilization II
46:57 Time Commando
47:37 Nester's Funky Bowling
48:05 Jet Moto
48:23 Bad Mojo
48:31 Alien Trilogy
48:57 Marathon Infinity
49:37 Meridian 59
50:05 Bubsy 3D
50:32 Bahamut Lagoon
51:12 Pandemonium!
51:37 Pilotwings 64
52:04 Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
53:32 DeathDrome
53:45 NBA Live 97
54:01 Rage Racer
54:13 Virtual On: Cyber Troopers
54:31 Exhumed (PowerSlave)
54:36 Tomb Raider
55:16 Dragon Force
55:54 Heroes of Might and Magic 2
56:14 Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares
56:27 Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
56:30 Saturn Bomberman
57:09 The Adventures of Lomax
57:40 Twisted Metal 2
57:49 Descent II
58:15 Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
58:31 Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
58:55 Gungriffon
59:24 Crusader: No Regret
59:32 Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
59:40 Contra: Legacy of War
1:00:09 Soukyugurentai (Terra Driver)
1:00:22 Salamander 2
1:00:30 Tobal No. 1
1:00:39 Treasure Quest
1:01:25 Vandal Hearts
1:02:30 The House of the Dead
1:02:45 Shattered Steel
1:03:04 Syndicate Wars
1:03:09 Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri
1:03:48 Wave Race 64
1:04:06 Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension
1:04:44 Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?


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