The Music of Video Games [230] Pulseman

[GadGades]

I'm just going to chime in with more praise for pulseman and it's music. The game just immediately became one I really liked, it has so much personality.

[nercovalley]

lol, read from bottom to top please.

[nercovalley]

Just 4 the record: here's a list of references in Pulseman about pokémon, and vice versa.

-The computer Pulseman was born on is named the Saint Ann (サント アンヌ) which is also the Japanese name of the S.S. Anne.

-Ledian bears a very significant resemblance to Pulseman.

-The Gunfish enemy that appears underwater in Stage 6 of Pulseman resembles a Remoraid, as they are both combinations of fish and revolver pistols.

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[nercovalley]

@nercovalley

-The birdlike enemy in Stage 2 of Pulseman resembles a Xatu, as they both share a nearly identical color scheme and similar shape.

-Volt Tackle's Japanese name, ボルテッカー Volteccer, comes from Pulseman, and is the name of Pulseman's signature attack, where he flies around as a ball of electricity. The Final Smash version of Volt Tackle used by Pikachu in Super Smash Bros. Brawl closely resembles Pulseman's Voltecker.

[nercovalley]

-Although "Team Galactic" is not incorrect, a more literal translation of the Japanese name is "Galaxy Gang", possibly a reference to the Galaxy Gang in Pulseman.

-Rotom appears to be based on Pulseman, although it may also be inspired by the unexplained phenomenon of ball lightning.

-Lisa Hatfield (Be careful!), a character from Pulseman, was on the logo art of Pokémon Journal at the Game Freak Web page.

[nercovalley]

last one:

-Barry's battle music has several notes that resemble a portion of Neo Tokyo's music from Pulseman. (Junichi Masuda also composed for Pulseman.) Many other pieces of music from Pulseman also have similar features to Pokémon music.

[RookFrjosa]

...why is there always a casino level in Sega games?

[Ryudo9]

Great old school game and music. The opening theme I wonder if Tron Legacy took from it,sounds very similar.

[OldSchoolBobby]

Nice entry ! Actually I just uploaded a download link video to this soundtrack ^^ and about Junichi Masuda he's also credited as a programmer for this game O_o

[Camwi]

Wow, that last track in particular is just beautiful.

[aryinc]

epic game.i still got this for the sega genesis origenal is always the best way.

[SgtRedHotPepper]

How are they doing this?! Teleport through levels...that's gotta be cheating

[EternalBlue32]

It's a glitch, not sure how it's done, but I have done it a few times by accident

[MakisHERO]

good

[FinalGamerJames]

Wow this looks a very cool game.

[mraaronhd]

They should put this on Virtual Console!

[hypro50]

they did

[the0michman]

thank fuck that it is

[jsnead23]

@mraaronhd it is on the virtual console O_O

[mistertitanic]

@mraaronhd It is on virtual console :D Wait, you probably know by now, your comment is 2 years old.

[Denji2006]

I miss Pulseman! That game was one of the greatest things to Sega Channel. Never got a NA release. I was hoping maybe some day there would be some kind of Mega Man/Pulseman cross over. The Pulseman game kind of does play like Mega Man without the "pick your bosses" deal.

[gundamredframe]

One of the best reasons to have had the Sega Channel.

[THEmuteKi]

Well you had some control over the order in which you played through the levels. Didn't make a big difference in the end since you didn't upgrade weapons though.

[ChaosAura15]

Fun Fact: Pikachu's Volt Tackle move in Pokemon (and Brawl) are nods to Pulseman.

[EnglishTurtle]

I wanted to see Pulseman in Smash Brothers.... :(

[CitizenDick1]

Well, the guy who designed the creature of Pokemon(not the one who created) designed this character before Pokemon was released.

[SotaTheGreatX]

If only Pokemon never existed, then this game would've been more popular.

[Bearmech]

Uhhh, not at all ._.

I can't imagine your explanation for this, but if anything, pokemons nods to pulseman with volt tackle and rotom have only increased its popularity =/

[gamingasshole]

Game Freak...

[GIRfanatic501]

Nice choice by using Twisted Eye's TAS :P

[MicroProcessor314]

I hope you realize how insanely happy it makes me to see this music on YouTube. Pulseman is my favorite classic platform game with awesome music.

[garudoh]

Heh, I please to aim.

No, wait. Other way around.

[garudoh]

Odd afternote - Junichi Masuda, the dude that wrote this awesome music, is the main composer for the Pokemon series. Go figure.

[MicroProcessor314]

I've actually noticed similarities between Junichi Masuda's various soundtracks for Pokemon and this game's music. Much of Pokemon's music came from this game and was remixed, even up to Diamond and Pearl.

[garudoh]

For reals? Wow, the Pokemon franchise just got actually interesting to me. Thanks for the info man.

[Phil311288]

This game looks interesting, cool music.

[k007007]

its like a mix of sonic and megaman O_O

[KajidaKitsune]

Exactly my thought. I think the game looks awesome. And Pulseman's definitely awesome.

[angelf1]

HAHA segas mega man,

[TimelordR]

Pity they never gave him a chance here in America...

[angelf1]

Dont get me wrong the game looks great!

[SotaTheGreatX]

they did, but only on Sega Channel though...

[toKs1c]

Weird game but I like the music