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Games with music and game loaders

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 9:22 pm
by crispywotsits
Hi all,

I'm looking for a definitive list of games that had music whilst loading, or had other games like Invade a load while loading the main game on the C64.

Cheers dudes!

C64 music

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:29 pm
by 1500graham
I used to love the loading tunes & in game music to most C64 games, like International Karate, Rambo II, Commando, Miami Vice & GhostBusters etc. The sounds were fanastic. I feel that at the time, the great music really pushed the C64 games ahead of conversions available for the other home computers. The C64 was a special piece of gaming hardware. I hated the Amstrad.

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:48 pm
by Iain
Most C64 games had loading music post 1986 or so didn't they?

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:38 am
by Mayhem
What was the FIRST game to have music whilst loading though?

Interceptor did the first game whilst playing, but what about just a loading picture and music? Earliest I can think of is Daley Thompson's Decathlon.

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:08 am
by zzap64rrap7uk
Martin Galway has got to be the C64 Loading Music God ... don't you think?

Did any other 8-bit systems have loading music?

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:43 pm
by 1500graham
Rob Hubbard was the king. I knew lads who used to tape his music from games & listen to it on their walkman!! In the eighties the C64's sound capabilities were amazing.

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:35 am
by Fiery Phoenix
Mayhem wrote:What was the FIRST game to have music whilst loading though?

Interceptor did the first game whilst playing, but what about just a loading picture and music? Earliest I can think of is Daley Thompson's Decathlon.
US Gold must have been one of the earliest as well - they did'nt have loading music with their later games, just the earlire ones. Remember the US anthem and that annoyingly catchy jingle that came straight after it - whilst the counter on the screen went down to zero

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:16 am
by zzap64rrap7uk
Who did the Frank Bruno's Boxing loading music? It was a cool rendition of "Living on Video".

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:28 am
by Professor Brian Strain
zzap64rrap7uk wrote:Who did the Frank Bruno's Boxing loading music? It was a cool rendition of "Living on Video".
That would be Mark Cooksey. I loved that one - I remember one of the Elite games had that music and a loading screen (made in PETSCII graphics) that looked like an arcade...

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:18 am
by Mayhem
That would be Commando.

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:34 am
by zzap64rrap7uk
That's right ... and the Frank Bruno's Boxing loading screen was in the form of a TV screen with the same style graphics as the Commando one i.e. it was shit ;)

BTW, are you both (Andy and Matt) going to East Croydon in August?

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:44 pm
by Professor Brian Strain
Yep, definitely going to CGEUK. Just booked my hotel for Back in Time in Manchester as well...

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:06 pm
by zzap64rrap7uk
I am looking forward to going to CGEUK and seeing you again :)

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:18 pm
by Mayhem
Yep I'll be there... thankfully just before I leave for the US (to attend CGE in San Francisco).

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:07 pm
by 1500graham
The in game music to Rambo II was excellent, it really made the game seem just like the film. I really liked the loading music to Commando also. It was a tad repetitive, however it really sounded great. Pitty the game only had three levels, graphics were superb but the game was shorter than a short thing on short day.