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The Famicom was mocked for its beep-beep sound. In fact, it is full of great songs. By simply making it stereo and adjusting the surround sound a little, it becomes a powerful background music. I will introduce 50 great songs selected by my own opinion and prejudice in a medley. Since I wanted to introduce as many titles as possible, I have limited it to one song per title. I may make a second installment, so I would be happy if you could introduce other great songs in the comments. (It would be helpful if you could give me not only the name of the software but also the name of the song (1st stage, last boss battle, etc.). The sound source of the Famicom has a total of 5 channels: 2 channels of "square waves" for melody, 1 channel of "triangle waves" for bass, 1 channel of "noise" for rhythm and sound effects, and 1 channel of "DPCM" for sampling. However, DPCM requires a lot of capacity, so it was often used in the later Famicom when large-capacity cassettes became possible, and especially for "talking" voices, and many software uses 4 channels to express music and exchange sounds. (Disk System has one more channel.) There is nothing wasted in songs made with limited sound sources. It is only natural that there are many melodies that touch the heart. Carefully selected songs (consisting of three parts) <Part 1> 00:02 Hebereke (Sun Electronics) - Hebe's Great Adventure 01:55 Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) - Stage 1 03:18 Operation New Leaf (Square) - Main Theme 04:46 Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo) - Athletic BGM 05:52 Gimmick (Sun Electronics) - HAPPY BIRTHDAY 07:47 Dr. Mario (Nintendo) - Fever 09:55 Spelunker (Irem) - Main BGM 10:33 Tower of Babel (Namco) - FLOOR BGM 1 12:11 Challenger (Hudson) - SCENE 1: Train 13:51 Ganbare Goemon 2 (Konami Industries) - Chugoku/Hokkaido 15:36 Hanjuku Hero (Square) - Field (Autumn) 16:46 Love Warrior Nicole (Konami Industries) - Fight Nicole, you are a warrior of love18:16 Konami Wai Wai World - Konami Man Theme19:41 Star Soldier (Hudson) - Full Power Up21:04 Hector '87 (Hudson) - HISTORY 123:07 Bomber King (Hudson) - Bomber King Theme24:59 Duck Adventures (Capcom) - Moon Stage26:22 Esper Dream (Konami Industries) - The continuation of the dream is... Mumble Mumble!? <Part 2> 27:59 Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (Nintendo) - Fire Emblem Theme 30:19 Dragon Quest (Enix) - Overture 31:33 Glory of Hercules (Data East) - Hercules' Journey 32:21 Valkyrie's Adventure (Namco) - Above Ground 33:50 The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo) - Above Ground BGM 35:01 Final Fantasy II (Square) - Rebel Theme 36:05 Final Fantasy III (Square) - Battle 1 Normal Battle Music 37:28 Vanishing in the Sea of Okhotsk (ASCII) - Part 3 "Chase" 39:55 MOTHER (Nintendo) - Bein' Friends 41:25 Dragon Quest II: Gods of Evil (Enix) - Endless World 42:38 Dragon Quest IV The Chosen Ones (Enix) - Hometown of the Hero 44:05 King of Kings (Namco) - MAIN THEME 45:12 Madara: Chronicles of the Monsters (Konami Industries) - MA・DA・RA 46:56 Doraemon: Gigazombie's Counterattack (Epoch) - Underground Chapter 47:48 Final Fantasy/III (Square) - Main Theme 49:10 Dragon Quest III: And into the Legend... (Enix) - And into the Legend... <Part 3> 52:49 Captain Tsubasa II: Super Striker (Tecmo) - Opening 53:51 Rough World (Sun Electronics) - Rough World 56:27 Dodge Danpei 2: Blazing Ball Fighter (Sun Electronics) - Music02 58:13 Over Horizon (Hot-B) - Stage.1 1:00:40 SILVER SURFER (Arcadia Systems) - Level Theme 1 1:03:33 Gradius II (Konami Industries) - Heavy Blow 1:04:51 Hiryu no Ken II Dragon's Wings (Culture Brain) - Dragon Warrior Theme 1:06:31 Geppumaden (Konami Industries) - Go! Geppumaden 1:08:07 Digital Devil Story Megami Tensei (Namco) - DAEDALUS 1:10:07 Castlevania/Castlevania Legends (Konami Industries) - Vampire Killer 1:11:07 Dracula II: The Curse of the Sealed Dragon (Konami Industries) - Bloody Tears 1:12:07 Castlevania Legends (Konami Industries) - Beginning 1:13:47 Ninja Gaiden (Tecmo) - Ryu's Revenge 1:15:11 Mega Man 2 Dr. Wily's Mystery (Capcom) - Dr.WILY STAGE 1 1:17:52 Metroid (Nintendo) - Ending 1:20:06 Gall Force (HAL Laboratory) - Ending