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The Importance of Game Music

The Importance of Game Music

ICO: Castle in the MistI listen to game music. A lot. This is a recent trend circa 1995 with Chrono Trigger on the Super Nintendo. Well, it's even earlier if you count the one time I finished Karateka in 1985 and let the music at the end of the game (scored by Jordan's Dad, Francis) loop for hours as I recorded it on a tape player. But CD quality [...]

Nasir Gebelli Interview Clip

Nasir Gebelli Interview Clip

August 8, 1998 was a night to remember. I hosted an Apple II Reunion and invited many Apple II pioneers and it was quite a turnout: over 40 legends showed up along with many game industry folks and the atmosphere was electric. In one area you had Steve Wozniak talking about the Apple II hardware, in the conference room you had stacks of old [...]