The Music of Video Games [209] Legacy of the Wizard

[ucd949]

Great soundtrack! The music feels like a mix between Mega Man and Castlevania.

[bluesuncompanyman]

I played this game for long months and years as a boy. I never solved all of it, but I recall getting 2 of the 4 primary goals and being within sight of a third. Legacy of the Wizard was a puzzle-fest if ever there was one. My parents would be upset at the long hours of my video gaming but they never could grasp the rich logic complexities I silently dug through. I think LotW was one varible that made me an A math student.

[schtolteheim]

Why not every track?

[budweiser1965]

I beat it... But I called the hotline to figure it out. spent hours playing and remeber..ther are no saves.

[kibjohn]

@budweiser1965 It has a 32-character password system so you can continue where you left off at. That is what I hate about games with long passwords. I mean, I just want to play the game, not hack into a server.

[budweiser1965]

I beat it... But I called the hotline to figure it out. spent hours playing and remeber..ther are no saves.

[PeterSmeter]

Aww man this brings back so many childhood memories!  Never did beat it.

[Nedspodos]

The little displaced high pitched tone at 3:07 is part of the music track. When my brother and I played this in 1991 we thought it was an indicator tone that was telling us we were getting close to a crown.

[FlameAdder]

Just throws you right into a huge dungeon and says "Have fun!" They don't make 'em like this any more.

[Nedspodos]

@FlameAdder Yea..the instruction book gave a tip that you should make a map....and WE DID! We drew it out and taped it together from pages of my spiral notebook. Video games nowadays tell you where things are...spoils the fun.

[FlameAdder]

Man, I looked at an official map and just said "Fuck that shit" and popped in Zelda II.

[Nedspodos]

@FlameAdder LOL! XD

[bmobaggins]

remake it or re-release it please!!

[Xarnax42]

Finally! I first played this game in the early 90's.  I first completed it tonight. Still holds up - gameplay, puzzle solving, music. Classic.

[evenmorebetter]

I used to play this and listen to the music on my friend's big projection TV in between chocolate chip pancakes, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and hopping in the pool. God damn, life was excellent when I was 5.

[earthinfused]

by far the best video game music ever, this and pipe dream

[Camwi]

Yuzo Koshiro is an extremely talented dude. It's nice to hear some of his awesome earlier work.

[eightbitgnosis]

I remember liking this game, but damned if I could figure out where the hell to go

[Nedspodos]

@eightbitgnosis Ahhhh the memories! My friend got this for Xmas in 1990 and thought it was impossible, so he gave it to us to prove him wrong.. My brother and I beat in the time from mid August to mid September 1991.

[ilikesshinythings]

@eightbitgnosis omg amen. i never could figure out any of it. so confusing lmao so i just kept on trying and trying...and failing LOL

[Bastiest]

@eightbitgnosis Yeah, gotta say that you won't get too far withouth a map of a sort, I tried to fiqure out everything I couldn't withouth any sort of map but finding a first dungeon boss was just too impossibble withouth.

[Archedgar]

Great music.

I could never finish this game as a child and I only made it half way through as a teenager, as an adult I don't have the patience to try it without a walkthrough.

Using a walkthrough though, pretty much defeats the purpose of playing the game, so I won't be playing it again.

Very catchy music though , especially the second theme.

[OVAngryE]

With an emulator, you have the option to save at any moment, the "Save State"...over the past few years I have used this feature to beat NES games I played as a kid and could never beat...like Blaster Master (such a hard game), and Legacy of the Wizard of course.

[nintendoboy90091]

@Archedgar yes this game is demonicly hard, and out of pure luck, every time i try to put in a code where ive gotten decenlt far, it doesnt work either, so baically i have to beat it all in one sitting

[Archedgar]

YES! That's *exactly* what happened to me.

I acquired 2(ish?) crowns and then my password stopped working. I was horrified and didn't try again until a few years later and then the same thing happened and I abandoned it for good.

It's a good game, I just don't have the patience for it anymore.

[theredkatana]

This game was damn near impossible, but it had an amazing atmosphere with the epic tunes and the huge colorful labyrinths. One of the first games I ever played and extremely nostalgic for me. One of these days I'll pop it back in and actually figure it out XD.

[snodogg2112]

some of the very best music in a video games EVER!!

[ReiDeBastoni]

Castlevania 2, Ironsword, Life Force, Battle of Olympus, and Castlevania 3 are my Top 5. This is probably in my Top 10.

[bmobaggins]

no game score has really topped this in my opinion.

[graphicman100]

Brotherly Elite Here;

Just conformed Yuzo Koshiro made this I didn't know that either Wow! The music in this game is legendary another true master of VGM Talent. It all started with some Asian dude literary gave me this game cause because he couldn't beat it. Being the determined video game player I easily took the challenge 2 this game and failed miserably 4 the first time in my fourth grade year. I could never for get this Ost, its been with me since the early 90's

[kibjohn]

Yuzo Koshiro composed the game for this? I did not know about that.

[Sushiyo]

There's a long sequence of notes in the third song that is repeated in Startropics on the alien ship. I wonder who stole from who.

[ILOVEANIMEBOYZ]

I know a great website to play this game

Anyway, Can someone help me?

I'm thinking this game with a magician and it's for NES. Can someone give some game titles to I could look for it? Thnx

ps: I KNOW it's not FF.

Thnx

[jfunk513]

Possibly Magician or The Immortal? or Solstice possibly

[ILOVEANIMEBOYZ]

It was Solstice!

Thanks SO much!

[ILOVEANIMEBOYZ]

Oh yeah, and there is this other game:

Its also on NES and you play a girl warrior and she has a pet dog?

And there is this other game where when you get killed you turn in to a zombie or something, and I think you play on an island

Sorry fo asking again, but I just LOVE nes games! > : ]

[OneWingedSTX]

" girl warrior and she has a pet dog?"

Sounds to me like Conquest of the Crystal Palace. The lead character wasn't a girl but looked like one and the dog's name was Zap.

Can't fault you for loving the NES : )

[blitz23ca]

Battle Of Olympus. Faxandu, deadly Towers, Dr.Chaos, Metroid, Dragon Warrior

[wyre]

one great title with even better music

[dreamerm42]

This game exist version on MSX2? whit other name?

[NightTrekker]

Dragon Slayer 4: Drasle Family

[G4Spounge]

Took me forever to figure out what the name of this game was. I use to play it as a kid. But I didn't understand anything about it but liked the tunes and liked messing around in it.

[jfma22]

i did the same thing hehehehehe...

[devcraftnet]

I played it as a kid, but then played just a few years ago for kicks. It was great to actually understand what i was doing!

[jeffonsi]

OMG! I remember this game! Brings back so many NES memories. It's a shame i never got anywhere with this game. So hard. I had no idea there were block puzzles and you had to use certain characters first. Damn.

[jimbostube2]

Broderbund games like this and The Guardian Legend were the best--very long and involving. The first song and Pochi's dungeon were my favorites.

[iCloyster]

I was so addicted to this game. But sadly, my NES doesn't work anymore.

[Twisted86]

Good thing you can get a NES to USB adapter and play it via ROM.

Its what I did after I couldn't find LOTW anymore in game stores.

[XxRelmxX]

I just buy it from ebay looks pretty cool even if hard... ^^

[r3mote]

I hate this game and at the same time, I love it... I get so frustrated playing it... but still like to play this complicated, nearly impossible game. Much better now with emulators and state saves... makes it a lot less frustrating.

*cough*aroms*cough*romnation..­. ahhh, I think Im getting a cold.

[TheDarkNinja7]

Thank you for doing this. It brings backs so many memories!

[bmobaggins]

this is the soundtrack to my life.

[cygnus2112]

am I the only one who couldn't get anywhere with this game? it was so hard!

[viper08500]

WHY kirby looked like this?????

[halobat]

I loved this game! The music is a lot like the Megaman series....

[EvilQueenofHearts]

I loved this game so much. The music is amazing.

[chiliwilli04]

yess thank you. I forgot the name of this game and did a mad search for it using wikipedia and youtube. Now that I've found it, I know what got me hooked to this game so long ago.. the music !

[barringer82]

Yes! I'm so glad you included this terribly wonderful (or is it wonderfully terrible) game.

The 'select screen' music is so haunting.

[bmobaggins]

oooo thank you for posting. definatley one of the best video game scores, ever!

[TaliaNightheart]

I remember playing this game back when it first came out and getting beyond frustrated with more than a few parts in it. :x Very awesome, underrated game.

[genocyde83]

A very underated game with some of the best music, One stage sounds like a deadly towers theme. I rate this one up there with megaman2

[jimbostube2]

I think you're referring to Pochi's dungeon section. It does sound creepy and dangerous, doesn't it?

[jpgray]

Yes! Some of the best tunes ever.

[sacapalpavo]

i never played this one XD

[emceescher]

omg, this game!