Re: [stella] Atari 2600 and pop culture

Subject: Re: [stella] Atari 2600 and pop culture
From: Piero Cavina <p.cavina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 22:38:39 +0100
At 12:12 -0700 3-11-1998, Nick S Bensema wrote:

>Listening to Mozart might make me think of the Mario Bros. opener, and that
>cool harp riff in the Nutcracker Ballet will no doubt remind me of
>Crystal Castles.  Many Tetris games also borrow Nutcracker, and
>other classical Russian music.

The following is a list of classical music pieces found in classic fideo
games, that I had started a some time ago. This is becoming OT here, so if
anyone on this list wants to contribute, plese write me directly.

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Classical in the classics v 1.0

Please send suggestions and corrections to p.cavina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

City Connection (Arcade): "Piano Concert No.1" (Tchaikovsky)
Epic (Atari ST): "Mars (from The Planets)" (Holst)
Gyruss (Arcade, various home ports): "Toccata & Feuge in D minor" (J.S. Bach)
Crystal Castles (Arcade): "The Nutcracker Suite" (Tchaikovsky)
Battlezone (Arcade): "1812 Ouverture" (Tchaikovsky)
Mountain King (2600, 5200, Coleco): "Hall of the Mountain Kings" (E. Grieg)
Sub Hunt (Intellivision): "Ride Of The Valkarie" (R. Wagner)
Dracula (Intellivision): "Toccata & Feuge in D minor" (J.S. Bach)
Empire (Atari ST): "Hall of the Mountain Kings" (E. Grieg)
Frenzy (Coleco): "The Rite of Spring" (I. Stravinsky)
Elite (Atari 8 bit): "Blue Danube" (R. Strauss)
Blue Max (C64) "Britannia Rules the Waves" (?) (sorry my friends, I don't
really know who's the composer :-)
Satan's Hollow (arcade): "Ride Of The Valkarie" (R. Wagner)

Uncertain and unverified (if you've MAME and know classical music please
check the following arcade games...):

Demon Attack (Intellivision): "Pomp and circumstance" (?), "Night on Bald
Mountain" (?) (to be verified)
Jump Bug (arcade): "1812 Ouverture" (Tchaikovsky), played when you exit the
pyramid - I need to verify this, JB is a great little known game.
Arabian (arcade): "The Spring (from the Four Seasons)" (A. Vivaldi) (not
really sure)
Naughty Boy (arcade): ??? (ok, it's a well known piece...)
Kangaroo (arcade): ?!? the background music might be a classical piece
Super Cobra (arcade): ?? the little piece played at the beginning of the game
Buzz Bomber (Intellivision): "Flight of the Bumble Bee" (???) I forgot the
author... shame!
Smurf (Coleco): "Appalachian Spring" (Aaron Copeland) title to be verified
Beauty and the Beast (Intellivision): ???

I remember that some classical excerpts are played in Defender, Robotron
and other Williams games when you get an high score, I need the titles.

I think that many other games for 8-bit home computers (C64, Atari, maybe
even the Apple 2..) play some classical music...

Credits:
 coming soon(er or later)

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Ciao,
 P.



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