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Games with music and game loaders

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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.

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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.
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Most C64 games had loading music post 1986 or so didn't they?
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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.
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Martin Galway has got to be the C64 Loading Music God ... don't you think?

Did any other 8-bit systems have loading music?
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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.
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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
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Who did the Frank Bruno's Boxing loading music? It was a cool rendition of "Living on Video".
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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...
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That would be Commando.
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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 ;)

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Yep, definitely going to CGEUK. Just booked my hotel for Back in Time in Manchester as well...
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I am looking forward to going to CGEUK and seeing you again :)
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Yep I'll be there... thankfully just before I leave for the US (to attend CGE in San Francisco).
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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.
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