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A Brief History of Classic Gaming OSTs

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I've always been amazed by the quality of music games were able to produce back then. The talent put together for these soundtracks were on epic proportions that go way back to the 8-bit era. I went through many OSTs and compiled my favorites (I'm pretty picky.) I tried to keep this list pre-2000. Enjoy some of the music I put together.
 
Classic Gaming's Best of Soundtracks Part 1
 
Sega CD Too bad it was a system doomed for failure. However short, its era consisted of some of my most favorite musical tracks; one reason was the CD quality for its time. Put together old school talent and CD quality and you have Lords of Thunder, Eternal Champions CD and Sonic CD.
 
Lords of Thunder
 
 
 
 
 
Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side
 
 
 
 
 
Sonic CD
 
 
 
PC The PC had some pretty damn good music in its own right. It just wasn't popular back then due to the expensiveness of one and the sophistication of installing a damn game and getting it to work. PCs went through a lot of changes throughout the years, so expect some variety here.
 
Descent II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earthworm Jim 1 & 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Heroes of Might and Magic II
 
 
 
Planescape Torment
 
 
 
 
 
Baldur's Gate I
 
 
 
 
Ultima VIII Pagan
 
 
 
 
Ultima VII The Black Gate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diablo 1
 
 
 
Warcraft II 
 
 
Doom II 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Strike Commander
 
 
Raptor Call of the Shadow 
 
 
 
Sony Playstation This was the golden age for JRPG gaming, so let it be no surprise that I picked up a pretty good amount of JRPG music to list here. There were plenty of other good soundtracks in other categories though too.
 
Chrono Cross
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Xenogears
 
 
 

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