Turrican

I might keep throwing these up at random intervals for the rest of the year, since this is the third time I've been compelled to do it.  Here's another game that had insanely good music: Turrican.  There was a lot of stadium rock pomp in it, and some hard edged housey kind of stuff.  All hi-tempo hi-energy to go with all the bullets spraying everywhere and the weird lazer that got longer and longer and spun around from the crotch area. Sure there's nothing in that.

Shadow of the Beast

I'm whetting your appetite for a hugely exciting, and exclusive, 8-bit upload with my second childhood gaming revisitation: The in game music for Shadow of the Beast. This music has stayed with me my entire lifetime since loading up the game for the first time at the age of 9, when I used to let the music play for what seemd like hours. Just looping that creepy atmosphere round and round, then letting the riff hit me over and over.

There was the loading screen introduction music, which even if you could skip you wouldn't have wanted to, and then you get to the game and this happens. Incredible.