Best Sega Genesis soundtracks
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Continuing my favorite video game song articles, as great as I thought Nintendo was, when my mom bought my the Sega Genesis in the early 1990’s I was on Cloud Nine. Sega was “cool”. Sega was accepted by my black classmates in NY which also made it THE video game system to own, although I had to wait until I moved to Florida to get it (it was pretty expensive when it first came out).
Anyway, the Genesis actually came with stereo headphones, which made me believe they were serious about the music soundtracks. Sure enough, Altered Beast was awesome, but Sonic the Hedgehog took side scrolling platform games to the next level. Sonic made move to my ears. Later on when Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and Sonic and Knuckles came out, as a lonely teenager I recall locking my bedroom door and blasting the Sonic the Hedgehog soundtracks thanks to the soundtests when other kids were blasting Rage Against the Machine or Nirvana.
I was into Yuko Koshiro’s Shinobi, so when I saw his name as composer of Streets of Rage, I had high expectations. Little did I know how my heart raced when SoR’s background stages were some of the best video game songs of all time.
But my world was never the same when I heard the soundtrack from Streets of Rage 2. To this day, it can be heard in Damian Hospital’s household thanks to MP3’s. Talk about songs that can be played at dance clubs- Yuko Koshiro’s Street of Rage series was the bomb.
Although the Super Nintendo was superior to the Sega Genesis from the technical standpoint, Sega had better background music themes- they were electronic bass and techno. Sega Genesis music represents the good things about the 1990’s to me. I will always hold those songs in my heart and think of the great games that I played. My mom started a new job and her first paycheck was the Genesis.
Here are other Sega Genesis soundtracks that rocked:
Aladdin
Phantasy Star series
Bubsy series
CastleVania Bloodlines
Fatal Fury series
Mega Man: Wily Wars
Thunderforce
Hardball III
Batman and Robin
Combat Cars (2 Unlimited!!)
Contra Hard Corps
Ecco the Dolphin (especially the last boss- “Welcome to the Machine”)
VectorMan
Earthworm Jim series
Ghouls n Ghosts
Cool Spot
Castle of Illusion: Mickey Mouse
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