TOP 15 Virtual Boy Music Tracks - Brentalfloss
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Remember the Virtual Boy? Well even if you don't, here are my picks for the top 15 pieces of
background music to grace this forgotten 90's console!
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Songs by TheOneUps were used for some of the background music. Check them out, they’re great! theoneups.com - Hry
If nintendo decides to copystrike these themes thats probably the biggest acknowledgement they have given in a long time
Depends on what you class as a long time. Luigis Mansion 3 referenced the Virtual Boy with the Virtual Boo that is essentially the start menu of the game so quite a prominent role.
They can not copy strike it because if you give credit to Nintendo music they can not copy strike it
Please don't give Nintendo ideas! Lol!
The funny thing abt Virtua League Baseball is that the cute lil guy on the title screen actually DOES represent the ingame characters in the Japanese version of the game! They redrew all of the players to be more realistic for MURICA.
Interesting trivia, its amazing how other adaptations in other countries present different experiences and going beyond simply retranslating the speech and controls.
Also Hi!
Everyone focuses on how bad the Virtual Boy is. So watching a video about it’s music tracks is a nice change of pace
Really into this detailed but laid back 'discussion-style' format. I'd love to see more content like this if you end up finding more topics that interest you.
8:37 Honestly that Waterworld theme is absolutely brilliant.
I was watching this and that one stood out it was to wymsicle and eventful
Okay I know I didn’t add the Kevin Bacon gag in there - I just did a full spit take. 😂😂
You had me a bit scared when we were down to the wire and not a single Jack Bros song had shown up and then BAM. Glad to see that game and it's fantastic soundtrack getting some well deserved love.
It hurt me not to mention the title theme, character select theme, intro cinematic theme, etc etc etc etc etc etc
sitting at my grandparents’ kitchen table, eating chocolate cake, ignoring social media entirely, watching a Top 15 video about music from Virtual Boy games
this is the closest i’ve come to in a while of feeling what my childhood was like
I too wish that Nintendo released Virtual Boy games on the 3DS Virtual Console, especially with an option to change the colors to either white, grey, or other colors
Also I wish they released Bound High!
I supposse that they simply want to forget about that console, just as they are trying to forget the CDi games.
One of my fondest memories of my dad was the day we went to Kmart for a routine grocery trip. He saw the Virtual Boy and pretty much said 'fuck it' and put it in the cart, along with a copy of Mario Clash. I was five years old.
I played the everloving shit out of Mario's Tennis and Mario Clash over the years. I still take it out every once in a while and take a couple hours to kick ass in Mario Clash.
My vision was already damaged from birth, so I never really got headaches from the Virtual Boy :P
RIP Dad, thank you for the memories, and some of my favorite impulse buys from you
Laughed out loud at “uniquely purgatorial experience” at work.
"MY MISSION IS TO GET A BIRDIE" KILLED ME XD
The Terminator bit was much funnier than it had any right to be
Agreed
Your love affair with the Virtual Boy has truly created the ultimate power couple we didn't know we needed.
Jack Bros and the Forest of Fairies is easily my favorite Virtual Boy track, lovin' that one! 🎵🎵
So cool. Thanks for spotlighting this underappreciated library of tunes!
I'm very curious about the asterisk next to "GOLF". I can only imagine the hidden disclaimer in the manual somewhere. * not actually golf
Awesome video! Thank you for introducing me to these tunes. A really refreshing and cool topic to talk about
Cut away gags on this episode.
*[chef’s kiss]*
Glad to see the VB getting some much-deserved love over 25 years later. There are some awesome tracks here, great choices!
Thanks a bunch for the history lesson Brent! The last time I tried to emulate VB games, it was on a lousy laptop a decade ago with red/blue 3D glasses and no saving or controller support. Haha
This video was great! It would be awesome if you could do more videos talking about vgm since I really enjoy what peoples thoughts on the osts and songs on video game soundtracks and their songs. Great stuff here Brent.
The Virtual Boy is a piece of gaming history that I barely know anything about, let alone about the soundtrack to its games. It's interesting seeing what gems it has to offer in that department
This video hit right in the feels. I still have my Virtual Boy but we couldn’t find many games back when we bought the system. Pinball and Tennis were some of my favorites.
Awesome new video! Never saw it coming but what a pleasant surprise.
Would love to see a similar treatment to other consoles.
Also great hearing the One Ups as the BGM. They kill it!
I remember you sharing the Ikanger theme from Teleroboxer on your Facebook page quite a while ago, and when I saw this video on my subscriptions, I KNEW the theme would be very high on the list! Very wacky theme, I love it! Ever since you introduced me to it, I catch myself humming it.
Btw, I wouldn't mind more of these VGM Top 15s! The descriptions you give to each song really add to the concept, and it's something I wish other Top 10s did more of.
I may have to make an iKanger with lyrics. It's so unknown the video will get like 402 views but dangit, the words "Robot Kangaroo" fit so perfectly into so many melodic phrases...
8:37 Fun fact, there is a SNES version of this song, too. I didn't find out about it until last year
So happy to hear not one but two tracks from Jack Bros. Now if only I could afford to buy the game myself for my SMT collection.
I wonder, I REALLY wonder, if the composer for the Jack Bros game tunes you put on the list was the same one that composed Wendy's House from Snowboard Kids 2. It really brought back memories of that masterpiece, and both games were apparently made by ATLUS!
brent these videos are great you need to make more of these!
11:55 reminds me of that morning theme from the arcade version of Gradius when you first turn on the cabinet.
I know it only made honorable mentions, but my favorite was "Title Theme" from "Bound High!"
I ended up finding the standalone tune on CZcams.
You don’t hear the words “Virtual Boy” and “best” in the same sentence very often
This takes me back. I wasn't expecting to hear a track from the only VB game I ever played, Galactic pinball. I played that game on my older brother's VB more than he ever played any game on it.
The Waterworld theme is so damn good. It's also in the SNES version but I think I like the VB version even more.
This is really interesting, thanks for sharing!
I own VB Wario Land, but my VB hasn’t worked since 2007. However, I instantly recognized the music!
Dear brentalfloss I been watching you sense you started and I really wanna know when you're doing another concert I want a chance to meet you or at least see you I know with covid you may not be doing shows but you have made the games i grew up with amazing and I just wanna say thank you so much
Awesome video. Brentalfloss is awesome as always.
this is a really good video about the whole of Virtual Boy, you should had made one talking about ALL the games
hahaha, that redlettermedia/Mr. Plinkett reference was on point. you love to see (hear) it
The Waterworld theme is incredible!
This is like a vid from 2011 gj Brent truly
I saw that shirt once before, decided I wanted it, then forgot it existed. So hooray for reminders!
Virtual Boy when and go...
Yet, the commercial on TV has scarred the 5 years old me back in the 90's.
i need more random Videos like this in my Life ^^
I started this video hoping to hear the theme song from Teleroboxer. I had a Virtualboy for a long time and that song stuck with me more than most!
thought this was a joke list it turned out to be pretty respectable with some good music
As a VB Collector, im very familiar with the music in most of the Games.
My phone doesn't emulate vb games well but occasionally I'll play a virtual boy video in my cheapo Google vr. I love all the music from Mario tennis
I just watched this video and I'm STILL having trouble believing it exists. Who knew there were even 15 good songs on the Virtual Boy?
Virtual Boy Wario Land Level 2 is just Baby Elephant Walk with extra steps.
Also, wild throwback to GameTrailers Top Tens with the number animations and VO!
That’s a good catch about Baby Elephant Walk! I’m a Mancini fan, I should have caught that
Small nitpick on the waterworld music, it was actually kinda composed by Johnathan Dunn! Dean scored the original SNES tunes, which Dunn covered on the vb (Haven't found total proof as the game doesn't have credits it seems, but Dunn was one of ocean's 8 bit composers while Evans did SNES/AMIGA/MIDI work almost exclusively)
I didn't know there were this many tracks on the system.
I know I've heard those Jack Bros tracks at some point in my life but I have no earthly idea when where or why since I've never once touched a Virtual Boy or its games in my life. Now I get to stew in my own brainjuices trying to remember where I heard it...
As I typed this I remembered- it was from a fanmade fake collection of songs that someone uploaded and labelled the Persona 5 soundtrack long before Persona 5 came out. Wow, what a blast from the past. XD
I had a few of these, the audio kept breaking on them!
Still, LOVED teleroboxer and the Warriors game!
Nice!
Bound High! Is a really great game. I recommend playing it! The title theme is the only VB tune to get stuck in my head. Wish I played through Teleroboxer and Jack Bros. more. But was enraptured by Wario Land.
When you beat jack bros on hard you get a different end credits song and that's the best vb song to me. I play that game just to hear that song every now and then.
I also want to play as Pixie which I think happens if you beat it on hard (mostly because that way she doesn't interrupt every freakin 3 minutes)
Sounds sweet
Some of these sound like they could have been in the Game and Watch series, another set of games with great music
I recognized all The Oneups tunes in the background
The almost six minute track that plays before starting the game is way more awesome in Water World than the main music in the game.
Top 15, that’s like most of the library ;)
Well I figure if every game averages 15 tracks it’s out of a lot more than 22 :)
virtual league baseball's theme reminds me of a pokemon town theme that might show up in pokemon red or blue
This video really appealed to me, for some reason...
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Teleroboxer FOR THE WIN BABY.
This gives me hope for a Virtual Boy With Lyrics in the future.
I'd love that!
My brother had one, I loved the Mario tennis game.
Thanks for this; this was very interesting. I played a Virutal Boy in a store once, but my neck got stiff so fast I didn't even get to get a headache from it, but Wario Land did seem cool. Seems like the sound hardware is similar to that of a Game Boy, too. Dean Evans is a spectacular composer; he worked largely for Ocean, so there are some pretty bad games out there with INFURIATINGLY good soundtracks. Check out the SNES version of Waterworld; it's also very beautiful. Also, an interesting thing about Jack Bros. is that there is a similar ATLUS title on the Game Boy called Spud's Adventure.
Great vid! Could you compile your fav 8-bit songs across- consoles, too?
Maybe one day!
Okay, that Teleroboxer theme is giving me vibes of Twisted Sister's I Wanna Rock, and should probably be played on a roaring electric guitar. It's a short loop, but still...
That last track that you played screams New Jack Swing to me.
Okay, Teleroboxer needs its music remixed.
Wario land is gold (haha geddit?).
Kazumi Totaka is a godsend.
Ps.
Loved the mr plinkett impression during the waterworld segment.
As soon as i saw Grim Reaper’s Cavern as #2, i knew #1 would be either the Ikanger or Credits theme from Teleroboxer. Got a VB a few weeks ago and i absolutely LOVE it. For some reason, i’m not affected at all by the display.
What’s your secret to avoid neck and back strain?
@@brentalfloss A table that happens to be just the right height!
That Tetris song sounds soooo familiar, but I can’t place what it sounds like
Nice.
Wow the galactic pinball cosmic I feel you should make a if it had lyrics for. so good.
Worth noting that Kenji Yamamoto went on to compose for the Metroid Prime games 😀
The Wario Land Staff Roll song definitely has some shades of the style of music that would appear in Wario Land 4.
I'm only about 5 minutes in rn, but with the long stretch of music played for the first song, for about a whole 2 seconds, I had real fear rush through me that Nintendo would copyright strike it. Buuut then I remembered how little Nintendo cares about the Virtual Boy, lmao.
hope you will also make a with lyrics videos on the shin megami tensei franchise (supposedly smt1, smt2, smt IF..., smt strange journey, the raidou kuzunoha series, the digital devil saga duology, and persona 1 and persona 2: innocent sin & eternal punishment).
The Virtual Boy seems to be getting a lot of attention recently. Luigi's Mansion, Scott the Woz, you. Okay, maybe not a lot, but like a 20 fold increase than normal.
Grim Reaper's Cavern is definitely the best IMO
Oof I was SO CLOSE to making it my #1
@@brentalfloss To quote your Sunshine video you incredible hilarious man:
"There's no accounting for taste" ;D
Damn it I keep missing your videos 😓
Cool
"Even if it were around it came and went so fast"
Or it never came at all if you're European ^^
Isn’t that virtual fishing melody the same as in snes super Mario kart star cup race?
Teleroboxer title theme sounds like a remix of mike Tyson’s punch out. 🥊
Red alarm sounds very nes tmnt like. 🐢
Ikanger was such a pain in the ass that I can't associate his theme with anything else that the hell I went through (and I still have yet to beat the true final boss!)
Anyone recognize part of Mario’s Tennis theme FROM NICK ARCADE!? It’s the noise made when Mikey walked on the board.
If you thought the VB version of Waterworld's soundtrack is great, listen to the SNES version's; it's incredible!
Top 15 tunes from 22 games? Sounds like a low bar. 😁
😐
Anyone ever make a fan made finished version of Bound High? I’d love to play it.
oh god even just watching this on CZcams makes my eyes hurt from that red screen.
20:58 Is it just me or I feel this tune should have been the title theme for VB Wario Land?
20:41
@@brentalfloss Oh, bruh my fault xD
Good video btw, I've never actually heard any tunes of the other VB games besides some from Wario Land and Mario's Tennis
Wario Land and Jack Bros. are the only ones i recommend.
My dumb ass thought Ikanger was a spynx cat when I first saw her. Teleroboxer has no right to have so many great tracks for a game so many never played.
*MY MISSION IZ TO GET A BIRDIE*
Casey Kasem’s American Top 40, but it’s you and game scores pls
At first, I thought this video's title was either being ironic or misleading. The Virtual Boy had music? Who knew? And I actually played one. I stopped after fifteen minutes. Not because of the warning.
Seriously though, some of these tracks have a nice little melody. I wonder if the remix community has discovered these games?
To be fair the arcade version of Waterworld was 40 quarters a continue...
the movie studio had to make their money back somehow!