When I first played it I didn't understand. Then we had a LAN party at my friends house and he played it. I was around 13, then I really fell in love with the game and bought Diablo 2 in 2000, when it first got released, good times.
@@Medhusalem I introduced my friend to it by installing the demo included on the disc on his computer and then we used telephone LAN to play the game together until he could buy his own copy. Then we went online and we'd collect ears by betraying people online. Great times.
By far the most atmospheric game ever created... And a lot of that atmosphere is owed to the soundtrack. This game will always have a special place in my heart.
@@icemanx3790 Doubtful, it's most likely another clone of diablo 3 just more "darker" as the fans wanted it however with the added season passes and shit.... Frankly, not sure if it's worth the 70 they are asking for it.
"The sanctity of this place has been fouled.." I was blessed enough to be able to play this as a child and I remember the relief I felt coming back to town for a brief respite and the dread of knowing you had to go back in. Godly Plate of the Whale..Archangel's Staff of Apocalypse..Arkaine's Valor..Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac..King's Sword of Haste..So many absolutely wonderful memories.
Me as well yes. I do well remember how the butcher stating "Fresh Meat" chasing out my brother's warrior character away from that room. As soon as my brother and me shouting in the dark living room, we were both scolded by our mother as we were Catholic Family and told us not to play the game. My brother said it was my fault, but damned.... that scary butchers room somehow scarred the sheet out of my childhood. Now already done with D2, D3, and now waiting for D4.
So creepy. So engrossing. I was totally captivated by this game when it launched. And yes the Nostalgia and the Goosebumps hello while I listen to this
Quality comment right here, same as you I couldnt stop playing this, the music, the atmosphere so amazing. I've played D2 and D3 but never got those feelings back.
"Thank goodness you've returned! Much has changed since you lived here, my friend. All was peaceful until the Dark Riders came and destroyed our village. Many were cut down where they stood, and those who took up arms were slain or dragged away to become slaves or worse. The church at the edge of town has been desecrated and is being used for dark rituals. The screams that echo in the night are inhuman, but some of our townsfolk may yet survive. Follow the path that lies between my tavern and the blacksmith shop to find the church and save who you can. Perhaps I can tell you more if we speak again. Good luck!"
"Please, listen to me! The archbishop Lazarus, he lead us down here to find the lost prince...the bastard led us into a trap! Now everyone is dead...killed by a demon he called the butcher. Avenge us! Find this butcher and slay him, so that our souls may finally rest."
This game made me hunker down and buy my first computer. 133mhz processor, 8mb of RAM, and a whopping -hold yourselves together- just under 2 gigs of hard drive space. I spent 12 days at work during a shut down of the semiconductor plant playing this. This song is a Time Machine.
I have very dear memories of Diablo 1. When I was about 10 my sister used to work at a PC repair shop, and one day she brought a computer case that wasn't working very well. In my curiosity and childish playfulness I opened the CD drive and Lo and behold a Diablo 1 original CD was there. I didn't know what the hell it was, but I sure felt the need to put it in my own PC and see what it was. I almost shat my pants when I saw the picture of that demon in the installing screen, it really scared me. After I installed the game I didn't believe my eyes nor my ears. The music, the atmosphere, everything was amazing! I had played Commandos, Heroes 3, Warcraft 2, and Call of Duty, but nothing like that, nothing so bleak, no RPGs. Suffice to say, I fell in love with it. One of my favorite video games to this day. This song still haunts me a little.
I am a 45 yo father, probably one of the oldest people playing this game. I am a single father to my son, who is 14 now. My son got this game for Christmas in 2021 from his uncle, so we installed it on his computer and he started playing. By the end of the week he had 24 hours on this game. This was horrible for me, as it was already hard for me to find ways to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just watching TH-cam. So i decided to get this game to see if I could maybe play alongside him. I loaded into the game, picked my character and world and started playing but I was stuck on what you where supposed to do. I asked my son for help and he hosted a game for me to join. I loved it as it was the best time I had spent with my son since my wife had died. This game has ever since brought me and my son closer again and now we actually spend time together outside the house together as well. This game reminded me that there's fun to be had in everything, and it has brought both me and my Son many happy memories. copypasta >:D
@@TheRealAstronaut123 thanks buddy. I am really fond of that memory because of how random it was, yet it felt like destiny for me to find that thing in that computer. I believe the owner must've had a bad time searching for that cd lol but well, years later and Diablo 1 is still one of my all time favorites and a game that shaped my liking of videogames.
I think that's 2 levels of delay, one of which is stereo-panned, and a hint of chorusing coming from the guitar being a 12-string (or some other multi-string type deal). It's been similarly seared into the core of my being. This and the reprise of the theme - Rogue off Diablo 2's soundtrack. Sublime.
Yes. You know it. Gamers making games for gamers. Not college art school grads looking to make a buck. The people who made D1 and D2 knew gamers wants and needs thats why they were able to make such enduring titles.
@@DiabloRealm "Fresh meat!" ;) Gotta admit though, the team at Vicarious Visions did a damn fine job remastering Diablo 2 into D2Ressurected, it was everything I hoped for and more.
Now almost 40 years old (1985). Still playing Diablo 2. I am D2 LoD World champion, 2 times. After 23 years i still grind and need another stormshield. Now i am rich, can buy any car in the world but Diablo 2 (SP HC SSF) is my precious. What a game, endless progress (D3 and D4 are trash). They upgraded D2's graphics now i can play it for another 20 years. The grind in it (SP HC SSF Legit Play) is almost endless and perfect. There are like 27+ Builds (New character) and all those runes solo?... reaching to level 99? and hardcore? wow.... may the force be with ya
I had close to 100 characters on USEast D2 LOD SC NL 4 or 5 of which were PVM 2x lvl 8 Duel Support characters (oak druid, Holy Bolt Paladin) the other 90+ were HLD builds of all sorts. A buddy of mine still bumps them, got a bunch of 08 and super rare / high powered items.
It's crazy. It seems so small when you look at it all from above. I remember it feeling so, so much bigger as kid. It's like going back to Whiterun or Orgrimmar after you grow up.
I had a buddy who passed from cancer who asked for this theme to be played at his funeral. One of the most fucked up, yet absolutely badass things, ever lol. Walking into a funeral home with this theme playing is a tad uhh..psh..uhh.. Freaky.
I may hold Diablo 2 as one of my favorite games of all time but there's just something about the atmosphere setting and soundtrack of the first game that just can't be topped in my eyes
This game, and many other games (regardless of what some people who try to besmirch this medium will tell you) is one of those groundbreaking things that one carries with him/her until the very end and even beyond. This is simply a token of what people are capable of, the testament of the power of art, the ability to change others with this sincere and honest thing that came out of the artist and was molded by everything the artist loved -- and put into a piece of art of his/her own in order to further draw the circle of wonder, and passion, and creativity.
Man, the chill started running down and up my spine as soon as this started playing. This game was absolutely captivating when it came out. Yes, I played the original at Launch, I'm an old gamer. But, I never realized how perfect this dank music is for this game. Then, I also realized what brilliant guitar playing it is and how awesome it is to listen to on its own. Thanks for posting this
old gamer here too. yeah, we took this stuff as granted back then, probably just part of the whole immersion. however, somehow in the back of my pre teen consciousness, i always felt the sound in this game was extremely special and downright magical
The mood this theme conveyes... amazing to this day. Tristram is the safe hub in the game, the only place where you're safe from the horrors lurking below. But you're never supposed to feel too safe to stay a while and listen. After all, you had a quest to complete and it was only a matter of time before hell would spill into the world.
When I was young I was told a tale. Tale of Blizzard North shippiing Diablo I Beta and realizing that ppl go creazy bout it. Than deciding to finish game earlier and move some nearly ready quests to Diablo II. I was always sure its just fairy tale told by me and other diablo fans. Just recently discovered Belzebub mod for diablo 1 where all those quests, with original voice acting, are brought back to life. Izual, Andariel, Hell Forge and more. Damn, this game was one of best games of my childhood even after being stripped out of lots of its original content. Such a masterpiece
That game was a revolution. Played demo (two first levels, boss - butcher) like maniac. When the full version arrived. well I got lost for like two weeks... Insane.
Every time I listen to this music, I go way back when I was 10 years old and was wachting my uncle play this amazing game. Every moment felt so cool and big, I still cant forget that. This game is part of my life and part of me.
As a kid I was so creeped out by the music and this game. Couldn't play it while by myself. And it still creeps me out as a 34 year old. Great soundtrack!
Probably had by some corporate hiring gimmick to stand in circles k owing you were never going to meet the boss. Everyone elevating you to talk up to each other. Ppfaa
When my wife and I made a haunted house for the neighborhood kids, we were out in the deep dark woods, had dozens of ghosts and phantoms strung on the trees, the moonlight spilling in through the autumn leaves, and THIS song echoing through the woods as they approached. This song is so great at creating a weird feeling of eerie foreboding and beauty at the same time.
This song just hit me right in the childhood. I played the very first Diablo during the first year it was out. Great times and ever better memories. I'll never forget the very first time I heard this song and when I heard Deckard Cain say, stay awhile and listen.
Always thought this was a banjo with a hammered dulcimer at 3:20, had no idea this composer just rocked out straight guitar. Amazing. 1998 nostagia unlocked
My second top game of all times after heroes 3, especially the extended hellfire version. Have completed it dozens if not hundreds of times but only for a warrior and archer - my favorite character. Never done it for a sorcerer or whoever else. The music is amazing and haunting at the same time, especially in the crypt. The sound effects are just fabulous, particularly when you hit and kill the goats, satires and butcher-like monster. Shit, got to wanna play it while texting this. This game will never get old to me. Almost 42 yo. Regards from Russia ✊🏼
Blizzard has always had such nice compositions, with extremely talented musicians. It's too bad we may never see Blizzard in this shape and form ever again...
I remember diablo's release being pushed back 14 months back when it came out and then after buying it had to wait almost a year for an upgrade to be able to play it. When I did, I was forever lost in its world. The music is such a defining element of the game and of my young adulthood. Such memories.
Me and my friend was chilling at summer camp on the Black Sea beach Krimea, we was about nine years old and he told me You know Tony, it is not a pleasure to be here, the real pleasure is to play Diablo. That how I meet Diablo for the very first time of my life.
Played this game on my PSX as a kid. Found it by accident and didn't know anything about the game when I started. It was New Years eve and my little brother was watching me play. We were shaking when we realized I'll have to fight Diablo. And when I killed him it was such a wonderful feeling.
I remember getting my PC Gamer magazine back in the mid-90's and they were showing cut scenes from an upcoming game called Diablo. At the time first person shooters like Quake and Hexen were the rage, so I said that this 3rd person perspective game was doomed to fail. Boy was I ever wrong! When Diablo was released, it took over my life. I think that's why my wife at the time left me.
Because I was actually one of the smart ones to play Diablo's series in the correct order I didn't know what would happen to Tristram when I played Diablo 1. And Unfortunately this soon to be dumpster fire for King Leoric's Son Aiden, and his Friends is not a good time well at least for them its quite the hell of a time for players though.
Legendary and iconic video game music thank you Matt Uelmen and good old Blizzard North. I still remember time when video games were more ART and less BUSINESS, like it is today! Shame on new Blizzard for killing Blizzard North's original Diablo 3 project! Now they want to go back with Diablo 4, but its no longer the same thing...
i remember being 5 years old plying this co op with my dad, we were both rogues. I spilled purple cough syrup all over the white blanket i had around me.
Blizzard North, called "Condor" before Blizzard bought and renamed them, right before they finished Diablo. They worked for years together, then left before Diablo 3 was done and went on to make `Hellgate: London` and `Torchlight` games. You can still hear the same composer Matt Uelmen and feel the souls of these creators in these games. Diablo 3 and 4 are made by different people, at Blizzard, with maybe millions of dollars in budget, but without that special talent what made Diablo 1 what it is (and later D2). Torchlight 1 is basically the same concept as D1, and even the town music is quite similar. Matt Uelmen is truly a maestro.
Hands down, the best track ever written in the history of gaming. Some of Chrono trigger's music is quite up there too, but this one just strikes differently.
this shows just how important a good soundtrack is. you hear the first chord... and... FLASHBACK!!! you´re again the little boy (or girl) playing diablo for the very first time in 1996
I was 5 months old when this came out for the Amiga 500. It came on 10 floppy disks and cost $30 (which was a month's wages at the time), but it was worth every penny.
mm fond memories of this game... countless hours... Also remember me the sitting in town doing the old duplicate item bug -clicking on potion same time as i pick up an epic item and watch it instantly turn into a copy of that item when i place the potion in inventory...
This soundtrack is so different to D3 and 4. I'm not sure what their newer team is smoking with their new stuff, not gothic and acoustic at all. This has some really late 80s vibes
In 1999, when a friend came to me and saw the intro of this game, heard the music, I played SONY PS: he asked what it was and whether it was possible to play it with two people on joysticks. How many butchers and Leorics we have crumbled, starting again and again. It was an amazing time.
Will always be my #1 game. The music #1 too. Til the day I die. Doesn't get any better. D2 improved upon things, but at the cost of others. In D2, one doesn't scour every corner of the map, on the contrary, it's mostly trying to get through to the bosses as quickly as possible (especially Act 3).
Just play it and let him watch. The fondest memories I have playing this game was watching my brother run around destroying things. I learned the game before I played it. And when I got to play it it was like super rewarding, to not just do the things my bro was doing, but to learn why, and make my own decisions. I did the same for my cousin when I was older. He thought the potions bubbling as I was trying to duplicate gold was his tummy makes sounds.
@@scaleofthought I remember duping that was fun. Yeah, I used to watch my bro play some games on his laptop before he let me play Starcraft when he went to work in the middle of a match, don't know if I won that match or not... but was fun.
I was 12 years old when I first played Diablo. I spent many nights in this world.
Now 38.. Where has the time gone?
I feel you bro. So much time into D1 and D2, never regret.
Да, это точно. Я впервые увидел Диабло 1, когда мне было 9-10 лет. Сейчас мне 33 года =)
When I first played it I didn't understand. Then we had a LAN party at my friends house and he played it. I was around 13, then I really fell in love with the game and bought Diablo 2 in 2000, when it first got released, good times.
@@Medhusalem I introduced my friend to it by installing the demo included on the disc on his computer and then we used telephone LAN to play the game together until he could buy his own copy. Then we went online and we'd collect ears by betraying people online. Great times.
are you me?
I still remember hearing this for the first time, Blizzard was so special back then.
The Blizzard died off
Blizz NORTH.
I remember the first floor the most. Very impressionable.
Not Blizzard, altho, yes, Blizzard, too, but more importantly... Condor.
Stay an hour and listen!
an hour? 😄 EDIT: I get it now! lol (7 months later)
"hey, over here!"
@@DiabloRealm its genius, because of the track length
@@DiabloRealm "stay a while and listen"
The track is one hour long.
Bro, COME ON
Not in town.
By far the most atmospheric game ever created... And a lot of that atmosphere is owed to the soundtrack. This game will always have a special place in my heart.
i share you feeling about this...
Yeah it's one of my favorite games from my childhood. I hope D4 can bring my fellings back like when I was 11
@@icemanx3790 it won't. it will be another blizzard let down.
@@icemanx3790 Doubtful, it's most likely another clone of diablo 3 just more "darker" as the fans wanted it however with the added season passes and shit.... Frankly, not sure if it's worth the 70 they are asking for it.
@@icemanx3790 Diablo IP died with II, peaked there. the rest is souless moneygrab. And Blizzard managed to ruin II with that garbage remake.
"The sanctity of this place has been fouled.."
I was blessed enough to be able to play this as a child and I remember the relief I felt coming back to town for a brief respite and the dread of knowing you had to go back in.
Godly Plate of the Whale..Archangel's Staff of Apocalypse..Arkaine's Valor..Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac..King's Sword of Haste..So many absolutely wonderful memories.
I just got goose bumps reading the names of equipment and items lol. I miss the days when I would play this from sun down to sun up with friends.
don't forget the needler :P
Me as well yes. I do well remember how the butcher stating "Fresh Meat" chasing out my brother's warrior character away from that room. As soon as my brother and me shouting in the dark living room, we were both scolded by our mother as we were Catholic Family and told us not to play the game. My brother said it was my fault, but damned.... that scary butchers room somehow scarred the sheet out of my childhood. Now already done with D2, D3, and now waiting for D4.
So creepy. So engrossing. I was totally captivated by this game when it launched. And yes the Nostalgia and the Goosebumps hello while I listen to this
Quality comment right here, same as you I couldnt stop playing this, the music, the atmosphere so amazing. I've played D2 and D3 but never got those feelings back.
Crazy how it marked a whole generation throughout the world. 38yo now and I still play it now and then. Brazil here.
37yo from Russia, playing it every so often!
40 years from TX, USA. Still one of my favorites.
Makes me wanna install it on my PC. I have the discs somewhere
Matt Uelmen created a master piece here. Simply a perfect match for such a game
"Thank goodness you've returned! Much has changed since you lived here, my friend. All was peaceful until the Dark Riders came and destroyed our village. Many were cut down where they stood, and those who took up arms were slain or dragged away to become slaves or worse. The church at the edge of town has been desecrated and is being used for dark rituals. The screams that echo in the night are inhuman, but some of our townsfolk may yet survive. Follow the path that lies between my tavern and the blacksmith shop to find the church and save who you can. Perhaps I can tell you more if we speak again. Good luck!"
"Please, listen to me! The archbishop Lazarus, he lead us down here to find the lost prince...the bastard led us into a trap! Now everyone is dead...killed by a demon he called the butcher. Avenge us! Find this butcher and slay him, so that our souls may finally rest."
This game made me hunker down and buy my first computer. 133mhz processor, 8mb of RAM, and a whopping -hold yourselves together- just under 2 gigs of hard drive space. I spent 12 days at work during a shut down of the semiconductor plant playing this. This song is a Time Machine.
I have very dear memories of Diablo 1. When I was about 10 my sister used to work at a PC repair shop, and one day she brought a computer case that wasn't working very well. In my curiosity and childish playfulness I opened the CD drive and Lo and behold a Diablo 1 original CD was there. I didn't know what the hell it was, but I sure felt the need to put it in my own PC and see what it was. I almost shat my pants when I saw the picture of that demon in the installing screen, it really scared me. After I installed the game I didn't believe my eyes nor my ears. The music, the atmosphere, everything was amazing! I had played Commandos, Heroes 3, Warcraft 2, and Call of Duty, but nothing like that, nothing so bleak, no RPGs. Suffice to say, I fell in love with it. One of my favorite video games to this day. This song still haunts me a little.
What a story =)
I am a 45 yo father, probably one of the oldest people playing this game. I am a single father to my son, who is 14 now. My son got this game for Christmas in 2021 from his uncle, so we installed it on his computer and he started playing. By the end of the week he had 24 hours on this game. This was horrible for me, as it was already hard for me to find ways to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just watching TH-cam. So i decided to get this game to see if I could maybe play alongside him. I loaded into the game, picked my character and world and started playing but I was stuck on what you where supposed to do. I asked my son for help and he hosted a game for me to join. I loved it as it was the best time I had spent with my son since my wife had died. This game has ever since brought me and my son closer again and now we actually spend time together outside the house together as well. This game reminded me that there's fun to be had in everything, and it has brought both me and my Son many happy memories.
copypasta >:D
@@TheRealAstronaut123 thanks buddy. I am really fond of that memory because of how random it was, yet it felt like destiny for me to find that thing in that computer. I believe the owner must've had a bad time searching for that cd lol but well, years later and Diablo 1 is still one of my all time favorites and a game that shaped my liking of videogames.
I was at the gun range a few years ago and this guy's ringtone went off, it was Tristram lmao
The tremolo on that guitar. I've only played this game ONCE as a kid at a friend's sleepover and this guitar was seered into my memory
It's delay. Not tremolo. ;)
@@swmpwlkr I suppose i meant to say panning. The stereo sound bouncing between left and right headphone on that guitar is 👌
I think that's 2 levels of delay, one of which is stereo-panned, and a hint of chorusing coming from the guitar being a 12-string (or some other multi-string type deal).
It's been similarly seared into the core of my being. This and the reprise of the theme - Rogue off Diablo 2's soundtrack. Sublime.
@@VisivisiV There's a lute or mandolin in there too I think
An outstanding composition for a groundbreaking game. The stars aligned at Blizzard North in those days...
Yes. You know it. Gamers making games for gamers. Not college art school grads looking to make a buck. The people who made D1 and D2 knew gamers wants and needs thats why they were able to make such enduring titles.
I played this game yesterday after probably not having played Diablo for over a decade, and was totally creeped out. :D
@@DiabloRealm "Fresh meat!" ;) Gotta admit though, the team at Vicarious Visions did a damn fine job remastering Diablo 2 into D2Ressurected, it was everything I hoped for and more.
"the stars aligned at Blizzard North" what a wonderfull epitaph.
@@derWalter Yes, today's Blizzard can be confidently buried in the ground.
Now almost 40 years old (1985). Still playing Diablo 2. I am D2 LoD World champion, 2 times. After 23 years i still grind and need another stormshield. Now i am rich, can buy any car in the world but Diablo 2 (SP HC SSF) is my precious. What a game, endless progress (D3 and D4 are trash). They upgraded D2's graphics now i can play it for another 20 years. The grind in it (SP HC SSF Legit Play) is almost endless and perfect. There are like 27+ Builds (New character) and all those runes solo?... reaching to level 99? and hardcore? wow.... may the force be with ya
I had close to 100 characters on USEast D2 LOD SC NL 4 or 5 of which were PVM 2x lvl 8 Duel Support characters (oak druid, Holy Bolt Paladin) the other 90+ were HLD builds of all sorts. A buddy of mine still bumps them, got a bunch of 08 and super rare / high powered items.
This brings a feeling of nostalgia, excitement and....more nostalgia. Classic in its own right
Brings me right back to late nights as a 12 year old playing this on PS1 in the basement with all the lights out
thats awesome you had it for ps1, i only thought it was for computer until like 5 years ago me and a homie beat it. great times
Good memories :)
NICE! CO-OP onPS1
Not enough mana...
I don't have a SPELL ready!
"Stay awhile, and listen..." - Cain *(R.I.P.)*
This track hits me right in the 90's. What a great game.
It's crazy. It seems so small when you look at it all from above. I remember it feeling so, so much bigger as kid. It's like going back to Whiterun or Orgrimmar after you grow up.
I never left Orgrimmar.
Especially if you go back to Vanilla Org after being in the Cataclysm Org for a few years...
It could have also felt bigger given the fact you can't run in the game.
I had a buddy who passed from cancer who asked for this theme to be played at his funeral. One of the most fucked up, yet absolutely badass things, ever lol. Walking into a funeral home with this theme playing is a tad uhh..psh..uhh..
Freaky.
Your buddy should have found someone to dress in a cloak and ask people to "stay a while and listen".
@@gaspainsify And as the eerie melody fills the room, a woman in a dark hooded cloak could whisper, 'I sense a soul in search of answers...'
May his deeds of valor be remembered.
This just transported me back to the 90s, playing the Diablo demo on our family PC. I fell in love with this soundtrack then, it was so atmospheric.
I may hold Diablo 2 as one of my favorite games of all time but there's just something about the atmosphere setting and soundtrack of the first game that just can't be topped in my eyes
Luckily D2 still had an incredible soundtrack. Tristram will never be topped, but it's a shame there's probably one good song in the whole of D4.
Diablo 1 scared me. Diablo 2 excited me.
@@natesiegwart1264 perfectly put. it's like terminator 1 and 2. both very different movies, both absolutely masterpieces
@@Cheximus Strongly disagree. Playing through it right now and a lot of the music is heavily inspired by D1 and D2.
The most iconic song from my childhood. Too many hours spent here
This game, and many other games (regardless of what some people who try to besmirch this medium will tell you) is one of those groundbreaking things that one carries with him/her until the very end and even beyond. This is simply a token of what people are capable of, the testament of the power of art, the ability to change others with this sincere and honest thing that came out of the artist and was molded by everything the artist loved -- and put into a piece of art of his/her own in order to further draw the circle of wonder, and passion, and creativity.
I won't ever forget this gem of a game or this tune. Engrained in me as if I lodged a soul stone in my head
Wow... listening to this is like being 15, single and with hair again... such good memories
*sigh* It’s always the the hair to go first…
Where did the hair go (8)
You played it so much that you turned into Deckard Cain.
As long as you have hair on your balls
literally the greatest music every made for a game. i could listen to this all day
Have been enjoying this while working, thanks Diablo Realm. It sparks an old memory from my youth.
I sense a Soul in Search of Answers.
Man, the chill started running down and up my spine as soon as this started playing. This game was absolutely captivating when it came out. Yes, I played the original at Launch, I'm an old gamer. But, I never realized how perfect this dank music is for this game. Then, I also realized what brilliant guitar playing it is and how awesome it is to listen to on its own. Thanks for posting this
Yeah the guitar is something someone could miss easily while playing. What a classic sounding song!
"Im an older timer"
"Dank"
Que?
@@Cheximus if I take your meaning, yea. Former.
old gamer here too. yeah, we took this stuff as granted back then, probably just part of the whole immersion. however, somehow in the back of my pre teen consciousness, i always felt the sound in this game was extremely special and downright magical
The dark atmosphere in this game is incredible! So glad there were no other games in the series after Diablo II! xD
The mood this theme conveyes... amazing to this day. Tristram is the safe hub in the game, the only place where you're safe from the horrors lurking below. But you're never supposed to feel too safe to stay a while and listen. After all, you had a quest to complete and it was only a matter of time before hell would spill into the world.
When I was young I was told a tale. Tale of Blizzard North shippiing Diablo I Beta and realizing that ppl go creazy bout it. Than deciding to finish game earlier and move some nearly ready quests to Diablo II. I was always sure its just fairy tale told by me and other diablo fans. Just recently discovered Belzebub mod for diablo 1 where all those quests, with original voice acting, are brought back to life. Izual, Andariel, Hell Forge and more. Damn, this game was one of best games of my childhood even after being stripped out of lots of its original content. Such a masterpiece
Such an amazing effect on so many people, this game brought me to a special place too. That changeover to the 12 string is epic.
One of the most iconic town soundtracks. 🎶
That game was a revolution. Played demo (two first levels, boss - butcher) like maniac. When the full version arrived. well I got lost for like two weeks... Insane.
Every time I listen to this music, I go way back when I was 10 years old and was wachting my uncle play this amazing game. Every moment felt so cool and big, I still cant forget that. This game is part of my life and part of me.
This music will forever be Soulbound to me!
As a kid I was so creeped out by the music and this game. Couldn't play it while by myself. And it still creeps me out as a 34 year old. Great soundtrack!
Imagine listening to this while sitting on the ground, leaning against the trunk of a large tree and looking up at the sky under the moonlight.
I do this sometimes... Haha. Especially this time of year. I always go outside in the Dark on Halloween night and listen to this.
Probably had by some corporate hiring gimmick to stand in circles k owing you were never going to meet the boss. Everyone elevating you to talk up to each other. Ppfaa
Kool.
I've never seen this pulled out shot of Tristam before.
Fun stuff
When my wife and I made a haunted house for the neighborhood kids, we were out in the deep dark woods, had dozens of ghosts and phantoms strung on the trees, the moonlight spilling in through the autumn leaves, and THIS song echoing through the woods as they approached. This song is so great at creating a weird feeling of eerie foreboding and beauty at the same time.
Блаженство для ушей. ложусь спать под эту музыку. Спасибо за длинную версию!
This song just hit me right in the childhood. I played the very first Diablo during the first year it was out. Great times and ever better memories. I'll never forget the very first time I heard this song and when I heard Deckard Cain say, stay awhile and listen.
the butcher
Thanks!!! ✨🌎📞🖥️😈🦻🗡️💰🥰
I love how when the low base from the Cello hits, you can feel the vibration of the tone in my headphones
it's like a different era, a time where there seemed to be a lot more hope and just fun in gaming, in general..
Always thought this was a banjo with a hammered dulcimer at 3:20, had no idea this composer just rocked out straight guitar. Amazing. 1998 nostagia unlocked
My second top game of all times after heroes 3, especially the extended hellfire version. Have completed it dozens if not hundreds of times but only for a warrior and archer - my favorite character. Never done it for a sorcerer or whoever else. The music is amazing and haunting at the same time, especially in the crypt. The sound effects are just fabulous, particularly when you hit and kill the goats, satires and butcher-like monster. Shit, got to wanna play it while texting this. This game will never get old to me. Almost 42 yo. Regards from Russia ✊🏼
Blizzard has always had such nice compositions, with extremely talented musicians. It's too bad we may never see Blizzard in this shape and form ever again...
D4 music is, for the most part, boring and forgettable. D2 had a lot of good moments. D1 is flawless.
Got this on loop when I do coding. Really helps inspire
One of the most beautiful things ever composed. ❤ nostalgia hits hard too.
I still play the game once per year. Classic!
That this is one the first themes you come hear in Diablo 1 is really sweet.
This theme also helped me thrue University many time 🙂
I remember diablo's release being pushed back 14 months back when it came out and then after buying it had to wait almost a year for an upgrade to be able to play it. When I did, I was forever lost in its world. The music is such a defining element of the game and of my young adulthood. Such memories.
Koji Kondo, Matt Uelman and David Wise are the GOAT
Me and my friend was chilling at summer camp on the Black Sea beach Krimea, we was about nine years old and he told me You know Tony, it is not a pleasure to be here, the real pleasure is to play Diablo. That how I meet Diablo for the very first time of my life.
Played this game on my PSX as a kid. Found it by accident and didn't know anything about the game when I started.
It was New Years eve and my little brother was watching me play.
We were shaking when we realized I'll have to fight Diablo. And when I killed him it was such a wonderful feeling.
It was a hell of a game. The Blizzard of today looks nothing like that.
It's because the people are gone. Different people with bad ideas took their place.
That’s supposed to happen. It’s what makes something special. For a lot of us, this is particularly true for that era, and the rest of our lives.
Yeah fr, whatever shit they make today can't hold a candle to this.
I remember getting my PC Gamer magazine back in the mid-90's and they were showing cut scenes from an upcoming game called Diablo. At the time first person shooters like Quake and Hexen were the rage, so I said that this 3rd person perspective game was doomed to fail. Boy was I ever wrong! When Diablo was released, it took over my life. I think that's why my wife at the time left me.
Oh how they made you work to get your potions and spellbooks from the Witch... so far away!
Diablo need a movie!! With this soundtrack!! The soundtrack is already done. Just use it and will be incredible
Yes and Nicolas Cage can play Deckard Cain. :D He was good in Season of the Witch.
Always love it when I'm driving at night and this comes on.
I remember this game vividly, but this is the only song I kept from it in my heart, because it just encompasses the entire experience and emotion.
ah, good memories bring us all here... stay a while and remember...
I can still sense the fear and thrill entering the room with the BUTCHER!
FKN RUN!
I don't know why... But every time I hear this sound it's like I'm waking up from a deep sleep.
Don't for get you are a cat
These accords are unforgettable 😊
Always feels bad knowing the fate of those of Tristram
Because I was actually one of the smart ones to play Diablo's series in the correct order I didn't know what would happen to Tristram when I played Diablo 1. And Unfortunately this soon to be dumpster fire for King Leoric's Son Aiden, and his Friends is not a good time well at least for them its quite the hell of a time for players though.
Legendary and iconic video game music thank you Matt Uelmen and good old Blizzard North. I still remember time when video games were more ART and less BUSINESS, like it is today! Shame on new Blizzard for killing Blizzard North's original Diablo 3 project! Now they want to go back with Diablo 4, but its no longer the same thing...
i remember being 5 years old plying this co op with my dad, we were both rogues. I spilled purple cough syrup all over the white blanket i had around me.
"Fresh meat !"
I love this game and Diablo II. I was scared to play but still loved the game.
I love for this game to get a full remaster or remake. It was my first pc game to play back in the day. I still remember most of the main boss fights!
Blizzard North, called "Condor" before Blizzard bought and renamed them, right before they finished Diablo. They worked for years together, then left before Diablo 3 was done and went on to make `Hellgate: London` and `Torchlight` games. You can still hear the same composer Matt Uelmen and feel the souls of these creators in these games.
Diablo 3 and 4 are made by different people, at Blizzard, with maybe millions of dollars in budget, but without that special talent what made Diablo 1 what it is (and later D2).
Torchlight 1 is basically the same concept as D1, and even the town music is quite similar. Matt Uelmen is truly a maestro.
Pure nostalgia
man this brings me right back to being in grade 6 ... staying up until 5 am playing diablo and diablo 2 all night then going to school.
This game infected my mind as a kid, with the first PCGamer demo CD. So glad it did. Still have that disc
Scared the living shxt out of me as a kid playing this. But this is a literal Time Machine. Taking me back to more simple times. ❤
Hands down, the best track ever written in the history of gaming.
Some of Chrono trigger's music is quite up there too, but this one just strikes differently.
This music will always have a special place in my brain
Back when it was just Tristram. I do miss the more gothic style of Diablo 1. It would be cool to see a Diablo 1 remake like they did with 2.
Diablo and Dungeon Siege had two of the best soundtracks and addicting gameplay.
Music from better times. My favorite part was always 3:16.
Bring back this style 🙏 Games need to sound like this again
this shows just how important a good soundtrack is. you hear the first chord... and... FLASHBACK!!! you´re again the little boy (or girl) playing diablo for the very first time in 1996
The only soundtrack to double as a ASMR relaxant.
Thanks for this!
Только сейчас обратил внимание, что из деревеньки нет никакой дороги. Место вне времени и пространства :)
I was 5 months old when this came out for the Amiga 500. It came on 10 floppy disks and cost $30 (which was a month's wages at the time), but it was worth every penny.
It was really nice hearing this track very briefly in Diablo 2, too...despite what happened to Tristram.
mm fond memories of this game... countless hours... Also remember me the sitting in town doing the old duplicate item bug -clicking on potion same time as i pick up an epic item and watch it instantly turn into a copy of that item when i place the potion in inventory...
I am not a fan of Diablo series but even I should admit this special atmosphere of Diablo2 and really great music.
Stay a while and listen!
This soundtrack is so different to D3 and 4. I'm not sure what their newer team is smoking with their new stuff, not gothic and acoustic at all. This has some really late 80s vibes
The only bits I've heard of D4 sound very atmospheric tbh.
Also tbh, listening to it again, D3's New Tristram is also epic and heavily takes from the original
@@Grigeral is there a new tristram soundtrack for d4? or do you mean the d4 tracks in general are good?
@@steko4750 I've only heard one I found on here searching for the ost. It sounds very atmospheric rather than orchestral like some of D3's
Because it does take a listen to the first minute of King Diamond Black Horsemen from 1987
In 1999, when a friend came to me and saw the intro of this game, heard the music, I played SONY PS: he asked what it was and whether it was possible to play it with two people on joysticks. How many butchers and Leorics we have crumbled, starting again and again. It was an amazing time.
Ahhhh, said the traveler. Thank you. I think I may stay awhile after all.
All that's left of proud Tristram are ghosts and ashes.
Will always be my #1 game. The music #1 too. Til the day I die. Doesn't get any better.
D2 improved upon things, but at the cost of others. In D2, one doesn't scour every corner of the map, on the contrary, it's mostly trying to get through to the bosses as quickly as possible (especially Act 3).
I missed this sound❤
Can't wait to play this with my son, got a while for him to grow up so he could handle it.
Just play it and let him watch. The fondest memories I have playing this game was watching my brother run around destroying things. I learned the game before I played it. And when I got to play it it was like super rewarding, to not just do the things my bro was doing, but to learn why, and make my own decisions.
I did the same for my cousin when I was older. He thought the potions bubbling as I was trying to duplicate gold was his tummy makes sounds.
@@scaleofthought I remember duping that was fun. Yeah, I used to watch my bro play some games on his laptop before he let me play Starcraft when he went to work in the middle of a match, don't know if I won that match or not... but was fun.