Section Z was a scrolling shooter game first released to arcades in December 1985, then it later received a very different NES port. This song is from the arcade version. Combining elements of Moon Patrol, Scramble, and Vanguard into one, this would end up influencing games like Metroid.

Originally intended to launch in 1996 on Atari's failed console, the completed game was picked up by Songbird Productions and released in 2000. It brought run 'n gun platforming to the console that was a little more Metroid than Contra, although it was split up into stages as opposed to open world.

A slowed & reverbed version of the iconic Magical Sound Shower track that was done for OutRun 2

Master System FM version soundtrack of the adventure game that first landed on the MSX.

Track from the second chapter of the NES game, Low G Man. Fine chiptune

One of the most famous tracks from the LOTR films and games, the music that plays while in peaceful moments of the Shire

The famous pause menu music from the Nintendo 64 version of Goldeneye 64 by Rare. Often pausing doesn't mean much but what Rare cooked up for this game made you want to pause and groove.

A sort of 007 inspired track from the PSX version of Gex: Enter the Gecko

A fun track from the official "Splatune" soundtrack to the first game in Nintendo's original IP series

A hard rock with a country-ish twang sounding track from the fun space trading & combat game Rebel Galaxy.

Space Invaders has been ported to almost every system out there, Nintendo's Game Boy Color included. Many ports never had music but this one did, since it came out in 1999 when a game with just sound effects wouldn't cut it.
Taito is celebrating 45 years of Space Invaders in 2023 - will there be new games coming along to be a part of all that?

The Atari Lynx featured extremely powerful hardware for 1989, part of that being the MIKEY soundchip. MIKEY was an evolution of the popular POKEY chip that Atari used in their 400/800 computers, 5200 & XE game consoles and various arcade machines. But, it was a little strange to work on so it wasn't always utilized in many games. Here, chipist Tobikomi shows off what MIKEY could do and it slaps. His original video is found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jcW1Jiy7ZU

Did you know that SNK made an official music video for the Neo Geo CD version of Real Bout Fatal Fury Special? Well here it is, edited with Japanese and English subtitles by Burak Altan (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3XTuBZiC4w )

A hard rock track from the first Need For Speed game.

A suave track from Tempest 4000, which was a reworking of the unauthorized TxK game, which was made as a Tempest 2000 remake. I searched and could not find who had composed this particular song

Way back in the day, game companies had a personality and with that was the desire to show what computers could do, and help computer stores sell games. The Sierra Christmas Cards were virtual Christmas Cards which were also demos for IBM PCs, showing what they could do on both a graphics and sound level.

The Atari 8-bit family of PCs was a popular range of computers first released in 1979 with the Atari 400 & 800, later expanded upon with models that included the XL/XE series which came with either 64KB or 128KB or RAM. This particular game was created for the ABBUC 2012 programming contest, where it took first place; MatoSimi is a Polish developer who has consistently shown a mastery of the Atari hardware, pulling off graphics and sound never thought possible back in the early 80s.

A groovy little track from the Genesis version of Home Alone 2

A futurewave vocal track from Cyberpunk 2077, Radio Vol. 2 OST

Lode Runner was made in the USA first but became a massive hit in Japan. Here's a track from one of many LR games to show up there, giving it a competitive edge

Happy Halloween! It isn't Halloween without some House of the Dead :) This game was released in North America and Europe and is currently the last entry in the franchise although that can always change one day...

Happy Halloween! While most of the game featured ambient noise, Rebellion's first take on the AvP franchise for Atari's last console did have music for when the player would beat one of the three campaigns in the game (Marine, Predator, Alien)

Happy Halloween! Here's a super short one from a 16-bit computer classic, Hunt The Wumpus. Scared the crap out of me as a kid but I loved it anyways

A "tension" track from the 2005 Evil Dead game, particular pulled from the PS2 version although I believe music was the same across platforms

A dark adventure game released to various platforms, this particular song comes from the PC-98 version.