Were keeping this revamp train going with another classic of the 8BitStereo uploads, Sunsoft's popular and beloved Batman: The Video Game! What can we say that hasn't already for this great movie licensed game, the source material pays good respect to the movie, the graphics and dark yet still colorful and represent the tone of the movie wonderfully, the gameplay kicks ass with your utility of weapons and wall jumping mechanic, and of course, the brilliance and beloved soundtrack from Naoki Kodaka and Nobuyuki Hara! While Kodaka composed for majority of the tracks, one of the most well known from this game, Stage 1 & 5's Streets of Desolation was actually composed by Nobuyuki Hara himself (along with the Prologue theme), while known for mostly arranging Kodaka's music, he would have the instance such as this contribution a few compositions, and a wonderful effort with Naohisa Morota's sound driver tying this perfect package together!
You guys think the composers of these old soundtracks have any idea just how beloved their work still is? I don’t think they could even imagine people would still listen to them some 30 years later.
That's a very interesting question, I've actually never thought about it. While I do appreciate this channel, TH-cam is a big place and you can find game OSTs here and there (without the unique draw and extra effort by WiiGuy of course), but what I'm saying is that if they do, there are so many avenues by which that we may never read the comments. Also, I'm American, so I speak and read slightly over one language, even if there was a comment from anyone listed in the vid, I'd miss it about as much as I do good advice regarding gun legislation. I see comments from Tim Follin here and there. But they read less like 'omgthx for the likes' and more like 'yeah it was weird back then because we only had ___ so i had to do things like ___ and ____ to get this sound.' Actually I'd like to know that about every chiptune game.
@@caterinavalentine4985 I feel you on this one. People at work always ask “what kind of music do you listen to?” I always tell them video game OSTs, and they either go “oh cool…” or find it weird. I can’t blame them if they aren’t into video game osts, but music is music at the end of the day.
Make a fucking banger of an OST on NES and people will WANT to play it~ I argue megaman 5 and 6 sound boring as fuck cause the OST feels uninspired and just tacked in. These guys CRAFTED you an experience! Sunsoft blew everyone outa the water in their music department.
@@Kajichuu I grew up loving the Megaman series and the NES games in particular hold a special place in my childhood memories. Though I have to agree that 5 and 6 felt a bit too lackluster and unimaginative in terms of soundtrack quality. I feel like since those titles were released near the end of the life of the NES and with all the hype of the upcoming and highly anticipated Super NES console, developers probably felt uninspired and bored with the hardware limitations of the 8-bit cartridge. Just my own thoughts on it.
@@jeffreywilliams7641 Dude totally. MM2 was freakin outstanding in all aspects. It was a kickass sequel that was far superior to the predecessor title. You can tell the devs put a ton of effort into making it an experience for gamers. I still remember how blown away I was as a kid working my way through the bosses one after another, figuring out the weakness weapons, sampling some killer soundtracks along the way. Then once you reached stage 1 of Wily's fortress, by that time you just felt so charged up. That game had an awesome soundtrack, no question about it. Megaman 3 was equally astounding, though I can't pick a favorite among the two of them.
This game has no right to be a good as it is. This soundtrack is on of my favourites in any game. Stage 4 reminds me of Bloody Tears, and stage 1 is a masterpiece
He is vengeance. He is the night. He is BATMAN! And he has one of the greatest NES soundtracks, that also proves a licensed game can be good. Now if I could actually beat it...
Don't feel too bad about it, this game is HARD. It might not be the hardest title on the NES, but it is by NO means easy. The last stage especially is absolutely brutal.
Batman has one of the weirdest jumps in gaming (where he'll duck for a split second before he leaps), yet it's also damned responsive. Voodoo, I tell you!
The first stage and the underground conduit have stuck with me forever. Sunsoft had a real mastery of video game music between this, Blaster Master and Gremlins 2. Some of the best music on the NES hands down.
One of my all time favorite NES games and soundtracks, which in a way is kinda funny because I never heard of or played it until 2016. I guess that's just testament to how amazing Batman: The Video Game truly is.
This game was the first one that my dad bought for my brother and I as young kids. This game was instrumental in my gaming years, from 3-4 years old to 36! I think this is one of the most musically impressive and complicated soundtracks in all of gaming to this DAY!
Ah ! I knew that Streets of Desolations was likely not a Kodaka tune, since it's also present in the PC Engine version. Interesting to discover years later who made what, also tends to show that the whole audio dept for all versions of Batman games by Sunsoft was rather competent
Without question one of the best NES soundtracks to have ever graced the system, such a masterpiece, thank you for putting in the work of getting it on here 👊
One of my favorite NES games. I bought it with its original box and still play it a lot. To beat it the first times was so hard, but very funny to learn how to do that. Now I can beat it in few hours. I like to know that Nobuyuki Hara was involved as a composer. Now he deserves my respect too.
Its amazing the information that is still being discovered and found, I didn't know he composed the Prologue and of course Stage 1 (& 5) that everyone loves so much, truly a mastercrafter of sound not just as a arranger/programmer but composer too! :)
At 8 years old I was enamored with the music in this game. My brother's and I would go to sleep with the music playing in the background from the game over tune. It was so peaceful and relaxing. Not the game, it was hard as heck. I miss those days. Hard to believe that now as an adult I sense the same adulation as I did when I was 8 for this music.
Oh hell yeah, but percussion still sounded pretty good on the games with the Sunsoft bass, probably cus of not needing to worry about making a bassline with the Triangle channel, they made the best sounds they still could! :)
Tell me bout it I lost so much at this game because I spent so much time moshing to the music I almost forgot I was not at a rock concert I was playing a nes game who says the nes can't have a rocking soundtrack and for this time the soundtrack was very groundbreaking hardly any games had such a progressive sounding soundtrack🤘
This is THE updated soundtrack I was waiting for the most from you. Thanks for all your work Niko, showcasing these soundtracks and giving deserved credit to the staff that brought them together. This is a valuable thing you're doing to help preserve gaming history.
The Famicom came out in Japan in 1983. Could you imagine having this game back then? Everyone would immediately see what a giant leap it was over Atari. Too bad it took until the end of the 80s to make games this good.
I can tell you love Sunsoft's stuff :p Quick question: what do you think of their most recent works? AKA the Blaster Master Zero series (done alongside Inti Crates). I think the same composer that worked on a lot of Sunsoft NES games is on board on those.
Sunsoft are among some of the best in this era, they are definitely among my favorite. And I have played Blaster Master Zero, loved it. Naoki Kodaka I see is credited with only composing the Area 1 track in that game, as it of course is an updated version to the classic Area 1 track on Blaster Master, good stuff, wish he was able to do more or be more in charge of the soundtrack, but the Inti Creates soundteam is almost very similar to Sunsoft, very large and of course being very well versed in 8Bit sounds, love they bass they brought on Zero! :D
Tim Burton chose the right path and licensed the Batman Sunsoft game, it came out really one of the best and most difficult games, and one of the most reminiscent of the soundtrack of games on the NES! But with the game Beetlejuice came out two years after Batman on the NES, came out as a bad game from LJN!
Pretty sure he had absolutely no knowledge of any of that and was not even remotely involved in this choice. Pretty sure it was just some guy at Warner Brother's licensing division that noted that Sunsoft put in the most money.
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Were keeping this revamp train going with another classic of the 8BitStereo uploads, Sunsoft's popular and beloved Batman: The Video Game! What can we say that hasn't already for this great movie licensed game, the source material pays good respect to the movie, the graphics and dark yet still colorful and represent the tone of the movie wonderfully, the gameplay kicks ass with your utility of weapons and wall jumping mechanic, and of course, the brilliance and beloved soundtrack from Naoki Kodaka and Nobuyuki Hara! While Kodaka composed for majority of the tracks, one of the most well known from this game, Stage 1 & 5's Streets of Desolation was actually composed by Nobuyuki Hara himself (along with the Prologue theme), while known for mostly arranging Kodaka's music, he would have the instance such as this contribution a few compositions, and a wonderful effort with Naohisa Morota's sound driver tying this perfect package together!
i tried to download the .rar files and im having trouble, its telling me its an unknown format or damaged ill hit u up on twitter buddy..
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You guys think the composers of these old soundtracks have any idea just how beloved their work still is?
I don’t think they could even imagine people would still listen to them some 30 years later.
I would hope to think so. Others might not care as much, I'd assume.
That's a very interesting question, I've actually never thought about it. While I do appreciate this channel, TH-cam is a big place and you can find game OSTs here and there (without the unique draw and extra effort by WiiGuy of course), but what I'm saying is that if they do, there are so many avenues by which that we may never read the comments.
Also, I'm American, so I speak and read slightly over one language, even if there was a comment from anyone listed in the vid, I'd miss it about as much as I do good advice regarding gun legislation.
I see comments from Tim Follin here and there. But they read less like 'omgthx for the likes' and more like 'yeah it was weird back then because we only had ___ so i had to do things like ___ and ____ to get this sound.'
Actually I'd like to know that about every chiptune game.
I would hope they see the love they get for their hard work!😌Their tunes have lasted this long it might just be forever.❤️
@@KBMaximus People usually just look at me weird when I say I love NES music.I don’t get it they are so catchy they are definitely missing out!lol
@@caterinavalentine4985 I feel you on this one. People at work always ask “what kind of music do you listen to?” I always tell them video game OSTs, and they either go “oh cool…” or find it weird. I can’t blame them if they aren’t into video game osts, but music is music at the end of the day.
“Streets of desolation” is as amazing as the game itself, one of my all time favorite nes soundtracks!
Sunsoft were clearly gods at making Chiptune music.
Make a fucking banger of an OST on NES and people will WANT to play it~
I argue megaman 5 and 6 sound boring as fuck cause the OST feels uninspired and just tacked in.
These guys CRAFTED you an experience! Sunsoft blew everyone outa the water in their music department.
@@Kajichuu I grew up loving the Megaman series and the NES games in particular hold a special place in my childhood memories.
Though I have to agree that 5 and 6 felt a bit too lackluster and unimaginative in terms of soundtrack quality. I feel like since those titles were released near the end of the life of the NES and with all the hype of the upcoming and highly anticipated Super NES console, developers probably felt uninspired and bored with the hardware limitations of the 8-bit cartridge. Just my own thoughts on it.
@@scorpionwins6378 Megaman 6 OST is only eclipsed by Megaman 2. It has one of my favorite soundtracks of the megaman series.
@@jeffreywilliams7641 Dude totally. MM2 was freakin outstanding in all aspects. It was a kickass sequel that was far superior to the predecessor title. You can tell the devs put a ton of effort into making it an experience for gamers. I still remember how blown away I was as a kid working my way through the bosses one after another, figuring out the weakness weapons, sampling some killer soundtracks along the way. Then once you reached stage 1 of Wily's fortress, by that time you just felt so charged up.
That game had an awesome soundtrack, no question about it. Megaman 3 was equally astounding, though I can't pick a favorite among the two of them.
dat Sunsoft bass, tho'
12:00 You know it's on when this song hits.
Sounds like bloody tears but even better
The end part of the melody rotation is same as boss fight from Journey to Silius. :-)
The most badass Game Over theme ever.
super!!! io l'ho scoperto solo oggi
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
Bang!!
You wanna get nuts!?
Streets of Desolation is some of the most iconic music for me. It's just incredibly nostalgic.
2:02 Fucking love this part
Naoki Kodaka composed this. What a legend.
and still 0 video interviews with him on internet
He would've deserved a recognition for this and for other music artworks at least. 🦇
My siblings used to always say “Oh my goodness, Batman!” Whenever we died, haha. (14:51)
This game has no right to be a good as it is. This soundtrack is on of my favourites in any game. Stage 4 reminds me of Bloody Tears, and stage 1 is a masterpiece
That Axis Chemical Factory theme for Stage 2 I used to just sit the gamepad down just to let the music jam!
I used to do the same. This games music is amazing!! Found I was listening more than actually playing the game.
He is vengeance.
He is the night.
He
is
BATMAN!
And he has one of the greatest NES soundtracks, that also proves a licensed game can be good.
Now if I could actually beat it...
I find that TMNT and Disney also prove that licensed games can be good.
@@chrisrj9871 That's because TMNT games were made by Konami back then and Disney games were made by Capcom. :)
Don't feel too bad about it, this game is HARD. It might not be the hardest title on the NES, but it is by NO means easy. The last stage especially is absolutely brutal.
@@joshdillon9637 - Japanese companies tend to take their games seriously (enough). American companies I guess cut a lot of corners back then.
One of the best soundtracks for the NES
Batman has one of the weirdest jumps in gaming (where he'll duck for a split second before he leaps), yet it's also damned responsive. Voodoo, I tell you!
The first stage and the underground conduit have stuck with me forever. Sunsoft had a real mastery of video game music between this, Blaster Master and Gremlins 2. Some of the best music on the NES hands down.
One of my all time favorite NES games and soundtracks, which in a way is kinda funny because I never heard of or played it until 2016. I guess that's just testament to how amazing Batman: The Video Game truly is.
I used to play this game not only because it was so good, but the music was phenomenal.
My favorite NES game of all time.
This game was the first one that my dad bought for my brother and I as young kids. This game was instrumental in my gaming years, from 3-4 years old to 36! I think this is one of the most musically impressive and complicated soundtracks in all of gaming to this DAY!
That game over theme is a masterpiece.
It's mindboggling what these guys were able to do with the limited technology of the time.
Sometimes, the best things in art come from limited resources.
One of the best nes soundtracks imo
Ah ! I knew that Streets of Desolations was likely not a Kodaka tune, since it's also present in the PC Engine version.
Interesting to discover years later who made what, also tends to show that the whole audio dept for all versions of Batman games by Sunsoft was rather competent
I am the night!
Without question one of the best NES soundtracks to have ever graced the system, such a masterpiece, thank you for putting in the work of getting it on here 👊
One of my favorite NES games. I bought it with its original box and still play it a lot. To beat it the first times was so hard, but very funny to learn how to do that. Now I can beat it in few hours.
I like to know that Nobuyuki Hara was involved as a composer. Now he deserves my respect too.
Its amazing the information that is still being discovered and found, I didn't know he composed the Prologue and of course Stage 1 (& 5) that everyone loves so much, truly a mastercrafter of sound not just as a arranger/programmer but composer too! :)
At 8 years old I was enamored with the music in this game. My brother's and I would go to sleep with the music playing in the background from the game over tune. It was so peaceful and relaxing. Not the game, it was hard as heck. I miss those days.
Hard to believe that now as an adult I sense the same adulation as I did when I was 8 for this music.
The boss and game over theme is legendary!!!!!
Before there was Sunsoft bass there was...Sunsoft percussion! Sounds so bad ass here. Too bad we can't have both!
Oh hell yeah, but percussion still sounded pretty good on the games with the Sunsoft bass, probably cus of not needing to worry about making a bassline with the Triangle channel, they made the best sounds they still could! :)
Such a kickass OST... and sounds great as ever here. Thank you Niko! 🥰
Tell me bout it I lost so much at this game because I spent so much time moshing to the music I almost forgot I was not at a rock concert I was playing a nes game who says the nes can't have a rocking soundtrack and for this time the soundtrack was very groundbreaking hardly any games had such a progressive sounding soundtrack🤘
Laboratory level best music besides the Batmobile driving parts
Loved this game! Got so good at it I could beat it with one life. Ah, good memories😊
I pop this on every once and awhile and just enjoy the sheer awesomeness, and now it sounds better than ever. Thank you for the revamp!
Oh my childhood, where have you gone.
-Lost
Childhood punch 💥
That one person who voted down obviously found the 2nd boss too hard as a child.
Hell yeah this rocks🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
sound 3d stereo 😍
Stage 4 beginning just 1in1 like Castlevania, lol
The Absolute best Nintendo Game
Love music for this game/ Boss theme sounds like 8-bit cover of Ace of Spades of Motorhead
Thank You for these Unforgettable and Magical time traveling moments✨
always gonna have love for this
This is THE updated soundtrack I was waiting for the most from you. Thanks for all your work Niko, showcasing these soundtracks and giving deserved credit to the staff that brought them together. This is a valuable thing you're doing to help preserve gaming history.
Good stuff!
Wow I caught one of these early, been a fan of these for ages, and look forward to more revamped content
14:51 I heard this one many many times
His avatar has canonically grown huh.
サンソフトのBGMは本当にカッコイイな。特にバットマンシリーズにハズレなし。
Amazing. Thank you.
Getting good retro superhero retro games is rare
Dudes with NES audio hardware were doing better music than the 2023 auditive crap that are raping our ears nowadays
The Famicom came out in Japan in 1983. Could you imagine having this game back then? Everyone would immediately see what a giant leap it was over Atari. Too bad it took until the end of the 80s to make games this good.
Трек с 1 уровня, мое почтение!
YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!
This game was harder than tyrannosaurus shit
I love this. 10x man.
Have you ever danced with the devil... in the pale moonlight?
说实话，这游戏是真难，小时候最多玩到stage-3，但音乐水准一流
Listen to 2:02 while driving for a Batmobile experience
I can tell you love Sunsoft's stuff :p
Quick question: what do you think of their most recent works? AKA the Blaster Master Zero series (done alongside Inti Crates). I think the same composer that worked on a lot of Sunsoft NES games is on board on those.
Sunsoft are among some of the best in this era, they are definitely among my favorite. And I have played Blaster Master Zero, loved it. Naoki Kodaka I see is credited with only composing the Area 1 track in that game, as it of course is an updated version to the classic Area 1 track on Blaster Master, good stuff, wish he was able to do more or be more in charge of the soundtrack, but the Inti Creates soundteam is almost very similar to Sunsoft, very large and of course being very well versed in 8Bit sounds, love they bass they brought on Zero! :D
It's crazy that Blaster Master Zero is a trilogy already. I haven't even started it yet (I do have 1&2 ready to go on my Switch though)!
You forgot the unique track from the Beta
Tim Burton chose the right path and licensed the Batman Sunsoft game, it came out really one of the best and most difficult games, and one of the most reminiscent of the soundtrack of games on the NES! But with the game Beetlejuice came out two years after Batman on the NES, came out as a bad game from LJN!
Pretty sure he had absolutely no knowledge of any of that and was not even remotely involved in this choice. Pretty sure it was just some guy at Warner Brother's licensing division that noted that Sunsoft put in the most money.
😌🎮
What's the difference between this and the OG upload ??
Remastered Perhaps ?
Revamp.
🤩🤙❤️
Does the Japanese version have different tracks or are they just in different order?
The music for the first two stages were switched.
What about that one missing track from the prototype?
0:37 sounds like Cirno’s theme.
I'm confused.... What's revamped? You already released this..
Mega Man
Why are you reposting the same link you have from your 8 year old video?
2:02 enough said lol so dam good
Hell yeah this rocks 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘