Nostalgic Gaming Memories: A Brief History of Sound in Video Games

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Our first episode of ‘Creating the Gaming World’ looks at how the sound in games has changed over ‘30 years’. We start our journey with the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 and finish with the Wii U, Xbox One and PS4 in 2015.

We at Nostalgic Gaming Memories hope you enjoy watching this documentary, archiving how the sound in Video Games has changed over 30 years.

Below are the list of games, music and other sounds that you will hear and see within this audio/video journey.

Games:
NES:
Kirby
The legend of Zelda
Mega Man
Super Mario Brothers
Donkey Kong

SNES:
Super Mario Kart

Nintendo 64:
Super Mario 64
Donkey Kong 64

PlayStation:
Spyro
Crash Bandicoot

Playstation 2:
System Menu’s

Gamecube:
Super Mario Sunshine
Luigi’s Mansion

Wii:
Epic Mickey
The Legend of Zelda – Twilight Princess

Playstation 3:
Assassins Creed IV – Black Flag

Wii U:
Mario Kart 8

Playstation 4:
Injustice Gods Among Us
Infamous Second Sun

Xbox One:
GTA V
FarCry 4
Forza Horizon 2
Shadow of Mordor

Music:
Overslept – Nic Bonmarito
Moonover – Delta
Broken is everyone here – Ketsa
Load Shredding – Nic Bonmarito
Willow – The OO-Ray
Last One Out – Ketsa
Super Mario Bros Theme Tune – Koji Kondo
Happy Rock – Ben Sound

Other Sounds:
PlayStation Start-up Sound