Soundtrack Central The best classic game music and more

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Angela Apr 24, 2011 (edited Apr 24, 2011)

Finally picked up Super Meat Boy on XBLA yesterday, and yeah, it's pretty boss.  I especially love how the unlockable characters each have their own special weight and attributes, yet they still conform to the intricacies of the level designs.  That way, any one of them can conceivably get through every stage.  (Mind you, I'm only about fifty stages in, and unlocked about three of the characters so far.  Maybe that won't be the case for later stages and characters?)

And tell me the music doesn't get much better than Chapter 2's Betus Blues.  So addicting.

Bernhardt Apr 24, 2011

...was Super Meat Boy ever released on Nintendo WiiWare?

I heard that it was going to be, just this previous November, but taking any look at the WiiWare selection gives me a definite and resounding "NO."

Razakin Apr 24, 2011

Bernhardt wrote:

I heard that it was going to be, just this previous November, but taking any look at the WiiWare selection gives me a definite and resounding "NO."

WiiWare's file size limit is the reason, the game is too big for Wii.

But then, just get it for PC, and plug in Xbox 360 controller and you're in for a damn solid platformer with superb soundtrack which people should buy. Especially when it's just frakking 10 dollars. For 2 discs of music. And you can even listen the album in free on bandcamp.

Really should get my ass and beat C.H.A.D. but I've been trying to get A+ times and bandages for the both light and dark worlds in World 1. Also loving the fact that 99% of deaths have been my fault, gotta stop sucking so much and just get better at the game.

Angela Apr 24, 2011 (edited Apr 24, 2011)

Razakin wrote:

But then, just get it for PC, and plug in Xbox 360 controller and you're in for a damn solid platformer with superb soundtrack which people should buy. Especially when it's just frakking 10 dollars. For 2 discs of music. And you can even listen the album in free on bandcamp.

I'm in for the soundtrack, but I'm curious: is it really as inherently bass heavy as the samples featured on bandcamp appear to be?  It sounds much better when I turn up the treble to a higher level, but it sounds pretty muddy otherwise.  At least, I don't think it sounded that way in-game.

Solid platformer aside, I also love the absurd number of old-school and indie game references.  Canabalt?  Street Fighter IICastlevaniaNinja Gaiden?  WIN.

Bernhardt Apr 24, 2011 (edited Apr 24, 2011)

Razakin wrote:

But then, just get it for PC, and plug in Xbox 360 controller and you're in for a damn solid platformer with superb soundtrack which people should BUY.

When PCs are often infinitely more powerful than consoles, it makes me wonder why people haven't developed more games for PCs, instead of relying on consoles that only allow discs made for their machine.

Granted, my hard drive (and external hard drive) are both maxed out, but that's besides the point...

Is the PC game a physical copy, or is it a digital download?

Angela wrote:

Solid platformer aside, I also love the absurd number of old-school and indie game references.  Canabalt?  Street Fighter IICastlevaniaNinja Gaiden?  WIN.

Wasn't there also a Mega Man II parody in there? How dare you forget!! big_smile It's like, one of the scenes they used to advertise the game. smile

Angela Apr 24, 2011 (edited Apr 24, 2011)

Razakin wrote:

Really should get my ass and beat C.H.A.D. but I've been trying to get A+ times and bandages for the both light and dark worlds in World 1. Also loving the fact that 99% of deaths have been my fault, gotta stop sucking so much and just get better at the game.

Yeah, I managed to A+ the first two Light Worlds myself.  Gotta say, it's a LOT of fun trying to beat your friends' best Leaderboard times.  On my Friends list here is Wanderer and Nekobo..... and I'm happily (and smugly) reporting that I've beaten each of your times for every Light World level with Meat Boy as my character. smile

Gotta admit though, you both made me work to shave off some of those precious nanoseconds. wink

Razakin Apr 25, 2011

Angela wrote:

I'm in for the soundtrack, but I'm curious: is it really as inherently bass heavy as the samples featured on bandcamp appear to be?  It sounds much better when I turn up the treble to a higher level, but it sounds pretty muddy otherwise.  At least, I don't think it sounded that way in-game.

Wouldn't be surprised if the music had gotten a 'downgrade' for the game or something, and I can't verify that bass heavyness with my laptop only. Gotta wait till end of this week when I get back home.

Bernhardt wrote:

When PCs are often infinitely more powerful than consoles, it makes me wonder why people haven't developed more games for PCs, instead of relying on consoles that only allow discs made for their machine.

People do develope for PC still a lot, sure some XBLA/PSN titles won't be coming out on PC which might suck, but other games do.

Bernhardt wrote:

Is the PC game a physical copy, or is it a digital download?

Both, now that there's Super Meat Boy Ultra Edition.
Physical is $20 (the Ultra Edition) with some useless junk like: playable alien hominid, 40 page behind the scenes sketchbook/comic -Pull out mini poster -Digital Soundtrack -Tons of extras including wallpapers, character art, development photos, sound FX, game trailers, cube crafts and warp zone art
Digital is probably around $14, some americans can confirm that to me. For me it's 14€ and I assume Steam just uses the old 'let's change currency mark only and not convert'-trick.

But I would suggest getting it on Steam, especially if it's on a sale.

Angela wrote:

say, it's a LOT of fun trying to beat your friends' best Leaderboard times.  On my Friends list here is Wanderer and Nekobo..... and I'm happily (and smugly) reporting that I've beaten each of your times for every Light World level with Meat Boy as my character. :)

So glad that I don't have much buddies on Steam, leaderboards would make me insane try to top the scores. :P

Angela Apr 25, 2011

Razakin wrote:

Wouldn't be surprised if the music had gotten a 'downgrade' for the game or something, and I can't verify that bass heavyness with my laptop only. Gotta wait till end of this week when I get back home.

Thanks again for the samples!  I can confirm that the soundtrack release's bass output is pretty much the same as the one featured on bandcamp.  But by the same token, I went back and took a closer listen to the music from in-game, and it too is similar.  No biggie, I'll just turn up the treble when need be.

Have I mentioned that the "Power of the Meat" vocal arrangement of Betus Blues is about the greatest thing ever?  big_smile

SonicPanda Apr 30, 2011 (edited Apr 30, 2011)

So my paycheck came in the other day, so I got in on this.
I've gotten 100% on both sides of the Forest and I'm currently working on the Dark Hospital, with a mere 1538 deaths to show for it. Eheh.
In particular Mystery Spot and 1977 can go to hell. No wait, the friggin' GLITCH STAGE in the Forest can go to hell first, and TWICE. Those three are probably responsible for half of all my failure.

Edit: forgot to mention my favorite tune so far is the first boss theme.

Wanderer May 3, 2011

Yeah, I managed to A+ the first two Light Worlds myself.  Gotta say, it's a LOT of fun trying to beat your friends' best Leaderboard times.  On my Friends list here is Wanderer and Nekobo..... and I'm happily (and smugly) reporting that I've beaten each of your times for every Light World level with Meat Boy as my character. smile

Gotta admit though, you both made me work to shave off some of those precious nanoseconds. wink

Wait, WHAT? tongue Fine, I accept this defeat. We'll just see how much you're smiling when you're working on the Third Dark World. tongue

Angela Jun 5, 2011 (edited Jun 6, 2011)

Wanderer wrote:

Wait, WHAT? tongue Fine, I accept this defeat. We'll just see how much you're smiling when you're working on the Third Dark World. tongue

Haven't fired up the game again until today, but yeah, I'd only just begun the third dark world, and I already can tell it's going to be a royal pain in the ass.

Now that SonicPanda's joined the fray, I went back and re-did the first three light worlds, as well as the dark worlds for 1 and 2.  Gotta make sure I'm still sitting pretty at number one on the Leaderboards for those stages at least. wink

Wanderer Jun 6, 2011

Haven't fired up the game again until today, but yeah, I'd only just begun the third dark world, and I already can tell it's going to be a royal pain in the ass.

I made it to the fourth dark world and I haven't touched the game in weeks. I think I got too angry. tongue

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