{"id":29498,"date":"2011-12-19T10:27:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T08:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=29498"},"modified":"2011-12-19T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T08:30:35","slug":"5-unforgettable-game-themes-from-yesteryear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/29498-5-unforgettable-game-themes-from-yesteryear","title":{"rendered":"5 Unforgettable game themes from yesteryear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While it&#8217;s undeniable that modern games have soundtracks that are arguably more extravagant than most movies these days &#8211; the foundation for memorable tunes was set long ago, when game developers were composers &#8211; and making a soundtrack had more to do with programming, than it did musical aptitude.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the day, before technology allowed the soothing sounds of 100+ piece orchestral scores to reach our ears, most game developers only had 8-bit soundbytes to work with; but that never stopped them from laying down some of the most unforgettable themes in gaming.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at 5 of the greatest game themes from a time long ago, and see how hard nostalgia hits you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Super Mario<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cgiqduwHrI0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"25\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Probably the most obvious and most famous tune from back in the day &#8211; the Mario theme has been around for ages, and has become so well-known that it has spawned many parodies and modern re-imaginings.<\/p>\n<p>But nothing will ever quite live up to the original.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mario.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29499 aligncenter\" title=\"Mario\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mario-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mario-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mario-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mario-250x175.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Mario.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pokemon Battle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M3o5-Ny4eU0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"25\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stay out of the tall grass!<\/p>\n<p>Well that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re warned against in Pokemon &#8211; but we all know it&#8217;s pretty inevitable &#8211; and this battle music is what greets you when you fall victim to the lurking Pokemons.<\/p>\n<p>For some strange reason, even after the gazillionth time you hear it, while battling yet another Zubat in a cave somewhere, it never gets old. Or is that just me?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Pokemon-battle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29500 aligncenter\" title=\"Pokemon battle\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Pokemon-battle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Pokemon-battle.jpg 349w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Pokemon-battle-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Pokemon-battle-250x224.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H0JZw2puvqw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"25\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yet another theme that needs no explanation &#8211; Sonic&#8217;s theme first popped up on the Sega Mega-drive, and was enough to get anyone pumped up to do a spin in the Green Hill zone.<\/p>\n<p>Sonic was so popular here in South Africa, K-TV and Wimpy even teamed up to do a special show which featured the game (forward, forward, GRAB! GRAB! Remember that?) &#8211; which pretty much rooted it in the memory of kids of that era.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sonic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29501 aligncenter\" title=\"Sonic\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sonic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sonic.jpg 580w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sonic-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sonic-250x175.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leisure Suit Larry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yg0RXRS2-mU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"25\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Larry Laffer&#8217;s theme is just as goofy as the unlucky-in-love bachelor himself &#8211; with a fittingly light tune to match his hilarious exploits on the road to getting laid (and not catching some dodgy disease).<\/p>\n<p>The tune that heralded a franchise that would span many years had it&#8217;s humble beginnings, but is instantly recognizable to anyone who grew up around games during the 80s and 90s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Larry.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29502 aligncenter\" title=\"Larry\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Larry-1024x768.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Larry-1024x768.gif 1024w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Larry-300x225.gif 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Larry-250x187.gif 250w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Larry.gif 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Fantasy Prelude<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WPx3h5bwXVQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"25\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Do do do do do do do DO DO DO do do do do do do do (it doesn&#8217;t quite work in text form) &#8211; the floaty harp crystal theme which first showed up in the original Final Fantasy has since found its way &#8211; in various forms, tempos and styles &#8211; into every Final Fantasy since, usually serving as a prelude to the game, playing over the title.<\/p>\n<p>Final Fantasy XIII is the exception of course &#8211; but then again, it broke many traditions, so I&#8217;m not really surprised.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Final-Fantasy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29504 aligncenter\" title=\"Final Fantasy\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Final-Fantasy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Final-Fantasy.png 256w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Final-Fantasy-250x234.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you hear these tunes playing, you&#8217;d better check what decade you&#8217;re in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":29506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[409,21,1591,323,1587,1590,1588,1589],"class_list":["post-29498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-final-fantasy","tag-headline","tag-leisure-suit-larry","tag-mario","tag-retro","tag-sonic","tag-soundtrack","tag-theme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29701,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29498\/revisions\/29701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}