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Today's track is Marx's theme from Kirby Super Star
Please note due to copyright issues I can not make this song available for you to download directly.
This is truly one of the greatest boss fights theme of all time. While Kirby Super Star wasn't known because of its difficulty, it sure was great because of its massive gameplay and of course its soundtrack. It's amazing and offers a great variety of tracks, like Marx's theme, which is the boss for Milkyway Wishes (oops spoilers =P). It's just amazing, such a marvelous song, it really makes you feel that your doom is near. I think I was obssesed with this song back in the SNES era, that I just put in the game to listen to the song.
This song was also featured on Super Smash Bros. Brawl! And while the Brawl arrangement is good I still prefer the original version over it.
If you want to post your opinion about today's track or you've got a song suggestion you would like to see featured from a game let us know in the comments and we'll see what we can do about featuring it in an up coming article!
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Surprise! Another racing game track. But I figured since Outrun Online Arcade drifts its way onto XBLA today (and European PS3 owners, thanks @sega on twitter for clearing that up!!) that I'd pick a selection from one of the previous Outrun titles.
My selection this week is Splash Wave (1986) from the Outrun 2 soundtrack. A jazzed up remix of the original Outrun song, revamped for a new generation of racing fans while retaining the spirit of the original 1986 classic game.
I must say, racing with your blonde passenger, screaming down the interstate at 100mph and trying to make the next checkpoint there's nothing more exhilirating. Especially all the while drifting thru traffic trying not to wipe out (and get the chewing out of a lifetime from your blonde-haired passenger. ;)
This article was written and requested by gs68! I'm more than happy to oblige!
The Tetris: The Grand Master series is perhaps one of the more infamous variants of the classic block-stacking game Tetris. Designed as a challenge for advanced players, TGM offers gameplay that ramps up in difficulty faster than other versions of Tetris and a grade system in which the ultimate goal is to attain the coveted "Grand Master" rank.
Today's track is Katjusha by Super Sweep from Tetris: The Grand Master ACE
Please note due to copyright issues I can not make this song available for you to download directly.
Unfortunately, this is not the case with the only console release of TGM, Tetris: The Grand Master ACE. ACE was released in 2006, when the "Tetris Guideline," a series of requirements by The Tetris Company that new Tetris games must abide by, tragically forced ACE to become a totally different game. Gone were some of the signature elements of TGM that made it challenging and appealing to expert Tetris players in the first place. It does have one small solace, however--it has some pretty awesome music, such as this remix of "Katyusha," one of the big three Tetris songs along with "Korobeiniki" (otherwise known as A-Type) and "Kalinka," which plays in the "Another Road" mission.
If you're a big Tetris fan who's looking to challenge himself or herself, the original TGM is emulated on the emulator ZiNc, and Tetris TGM 2 is emulated on MAME32, as well as the TGM simulators Texmaster and Heboris. Look them up on Google!
