Rocket Knight Adventures Boss theme

[PoIaris]

This has to be the best Boss theme of any Genesis game.

[FireBomberBassist]

Aw snap! 0:11 Shit just got real right there.

[megagrey]

Right up there with Sonic 2, Gunstar Heroes and Phantasy Star 4 as one of the Genesis's best.

[NoweMinuki]

This music is SO hardcore. The beginning is this ominous build of various MIDI instruments, giving you this feeling of impending awesomeness....then BAM! It shifts into high gear and delivers bad-ass-ery the likes of which could make someone want to make a Power Rock remix of it!

[KawaiiDesuSugoiUguu]

DAMN I MISS MY GENESIS

[mediamaster9kalt]

which is the #1 best boss music ever in your opinion?

[nibelungvalesty]

cleveland: oh no no no no no nooooo

[Roadkilldemon]

Sparkster was my hero

[sparkster7744]

@Roadkilldemon

He's not anymore?? :(

[turdsniper]

This is such Konami song

[EpicnessThe]

I beat the game on the highest difficulty.

:P

[MrCrazyian123]

@EpicnessThe Are you God?

[xRocketzFighterx]

@EpicnessThe

Did you beat it without getting hit?

I've beaten it on crazy hard mode to, 3 years ago *high five* btw not good at crazy hard mode anymore.

[MrCrazyian123]

Got To the Hard Setting. Gave Up after That,

[senna7811]

Surely a fantastic theme, and a fantastic game too!!

[0megadwarf]

Thumbs up if you looked this up because of Boogidyboo

[wesker100000000]

@0megadwarf

Actually I came here because this a great underrated classic, but sometimes links from other peoples work to this helps.

[TheGordonFreemane]

UR FCKED

[7777Cortez]

timeless



[Aaliahy9009]

my jam luv it

[RazloTPD]

Whenever I hear this music, the mental image I get is being chased by that damn train boss with the arms.

[mattfm101]

@RazloTPD Booya smacked that one right on the head probs one of the best scenes ever from a megadrive game

[RazloTPD]

@mattfm101 Arguably one of my favourite boss introductions of all time, too. The way the level music fades out and it slowly crawls onto the screen from the left as this tune kicks in. So simple but so effective, especially for the time :)

[mattfm101]

@RazloTPD sonic 3 music : Final Boss,Sonic 3 Music: Ice Cap Zone Act 1

[mattfm101]

@mattfm101 ectorman: Ocean

[OriginalLemming]

Holy crap, this is amazing. I wish I had a chance to try this game for myself.

[Judg3m3nt]

@OriginalLemming like $7 on ebay. I bought a copy a long time ago from a game store in a mall (back when sega had a section)

[AlexGRFan97]

How come another version of this song has the "beep" noise at 0:00 much louder and it has a sped up section?

[DJgaZman]

5 pigs disliked this video/song.

[AlexGRFan97]

YOU'RE ALL FCKED

[ColdByrdz]

Shit, the boss must be some bad ass drug addict

[Someonewholovesmusi1]

...90's anthropromorphic animals....can never look cool again after sonic... (which also is a sega title with awesome music)

[Xinn2000]

The music makes it sound like the boss is some serious shit, but nearly half the bosses in the game are very easy.

[porkstar3]

THEY REALLLLLY NEED TO DUBSTEP THIS SONG!!!!

[thekurlzz]

@porkstar3 fuck yes... ima try to make one

[Ingurgro]

@porkstar3 NO, NO, NO, NO, NONONONO, NO NO NO NO NO NO, NO, NO NO NO, NO NO NO NO NO, AND DID I MENTION NO

[harrimat100]

so sounds like wut Konami wouldve made.

[pyromancerfusion]

this is indeed an awesome boss theme... I clicked this out of curiosity, as I had never heard of this game, but now I need to look into this game series...

[FineGamerYT]

@pyromancerfusion OMG same here!

[Gunman511]

AWESOME!! Very well synchronized! Awesome job!

[takashi746]

WHAT!?!?!?! WILD JAKERS APPEARED O.O

[CookiesVGMusic]

River City Ransom Boss theme is More Badass

[Deemo202]

*boss music starts* Shit just got real.

[FireBomberBassist]

@BeatBeatyourmeat Realy? Well I'll be damned. Props to her for some fond gaming memories!

[zohasreturned]

The gold standard of boss themes

[thewiiman789]

it's not the best boss battle theme ever but its in the top 5 :p

[FireBomberBassist]

Who composed this master piece? I'd bro fist with this guy if he's still around.

[TheReaLFrankage]

MAH GLASSES!

[ScrabbitTheRabbit]

When you heard this, you knew shit was gonna go down.

[Chepito2846]

axel gear always reminds me of Green from Gunstar Heroes.he's just badass and fearless to the max

[FireBomberBassist]

@Chepito2846 Axel Gear is an hero. He isn't afraid of nothing.

lol bad joke but yeah. Axel and Green rock.

[FireBomberBassist]

This game had so much style. I miss it. Perfect boss track too, makes you want to dance to it.

[PhireZix]

kid me: why can't I kill him?!

present me: *killed fish boss for the first time* YEAH!!! TAKE THAT MOTHER FUCKER, all these years of unable to kill this bastard, lets see the others *power went out* FUCK!!!

[squia]

@PhireZix Heres my store

Kid me and my friend: Why cant we kill him i mean how?!?!?!?

Present me and my friend: For fuck sakes NOW we fucking kill him?!!!!

[PhireZix]

@squia XD at least your power didn't went out

[Riako]

Hmm. How come he's all happy and smiling on this one. But the other cover, he's has such a....not-happy face?

[gronndar]

@Riako eu and usa have different box art? thats the only reason i can think of

[Sandithemage]

@peepoobaby well long time passed till i manage to beat the geam atall. First i was watching my brother playing it and failing hehe, but finaly he beat the game at normal. Then i wanted to try it but it was too hard for me even on normal (that was like 12 years ago :O). So i just throw the discete away...after couple of years i start to play on my sega again and since i was looking for something challangeing i grab this. After lot of trys and hundred of hours hours probly, i was able to do it ..

[trmptboy2007]

@Sandithemage The game was really really hard on Normal because our Normal difficulty was the Japanese "Very Hard" difficulty.

[DoctorNociceptor]

OMG, I remember that game! I sucked at it though.

[xRocketzFighterx]

A fan pettition has been made to convince konami themselves to remake or make a new sequal of rocket knight adventures with 2D HD sprites.

type in "Remake Rocket Knight Adventures Petition" we only have near 10 signatures in a few hours we need more.

[Gotmilk0112]

@xRocketzFighterx Lol, 10. Try 100,000 and then Konami will consider it ;)

[xRocketzFighterx]

@Gotmilk0112

lol the maker of the petition said he wanted 20,000 signatures, I doubt it will get that much but I would be suprised if it did.

100,000 is just waaaaayyyyyyyy out of its reach.

[AChunter]

this is one of my favorite songs from rocket knight adventures

[Fluffymagic77]

axel gear...most epic boss in video game history...

[UserNameOneMillion]

This scared me a little as a kid...

[Chow985]

this is perhaps the most underrated game ever

[Timvanoirbeek]

@Chow985 Agreed.  I remember just randomly renting this game. I was amazed at how much fun, it was, and how easy you got used to the controls, without making the game too excessively easy!

And the bosses just rocked!

[DakDarklighter]

I think it's great that most players remember the Train Tank when hearing this. For me, that train was the embodiment of awesome, and it's all I can think of when hearing of Sparkster.

[youisiaint]

@DakDarklighter My favorite part, right when you get in side the cave and everything is dark...and that chicken that's following you disappears. I also love the giant robot fish boss.

[youisiaint]

the scariest most intimidating video game boss theme ever. the boss could have been a robot pig-toilet and I still would have been psyched up

[mrawesome9000]

You're all FCKED

[xRocketzFighterx]

@mrawesome9000

Mario: The fact that your all here red and blues, shows your true colours.

Luigi: Yeah no matter how you look your all FCKED.... *Cue music*

[MatLShini]

Is it just me or the beginning sounds like the "Devils Never Cry" song from Devil May Cry 3?

[MiXedPlague]

@MatLShini it does. maybe dmc3 got the music idea from here?

[Keejus]

this song is kinda forgettable. also poor

[StevetheEmperor]

@Keejus Super Mario Bros 3. is a bland and vapid experience

[crazyian101]

@Keejus hey...well so are you.



[evilegg288]

@Keejus Rubbish, it's an absolute classic.

[Ninjax1992]

oh yeah this game is wicked still play it :D

[IcanhazSuperSaiyan]

I love this game the difficulty i will never try to beat it on is crazy hard. Everything is a a one hit its crazy(<-didnt actually think about that b4 i typed it so i lold)

[csonicp]

Oh yeah, and why the HELL isn't this game on the Virtual Console?! Get it sorted please Nintendo!

[razgar02]

yeah,i know i am imagining. ^^

[razgar02]

this music will be in my "the oaklie's show" season 1 (1993) as it's theme song.

[csonicp]

The first seven seconds of this epic tune sent shivers down my spine. Still one of my favourite ever boss themes in almost 20 years of playing video games. :-D

[devonray75]

I played this game on my GENS emu and I was like "Holy crap! This game's freakin' awesome!" And this boss theme? Oh, it's just so EPIC!

[MsRockfull]

haha xD

[DjBadnik]

I made a remix of this *great* theme:

watch?v=sqta524Hneo

[ChaoticArrow155]

Sounds alot like Biohazard Battle...*twitch*

[TheSpiritOfJazz2]

Played this on Dialbo 2 the other day, best music in the world for the Diablo fight!

[wesker100000000]

breath of fire 3 boss theme was another good one.

[HeadmasterAutobot]

Holy crap, how have I never heard this before. So epic.

[capthavic]

If I were a boss I'd want this as my theme music XD

[dashwarts]

I just noticed, Sparkster is smiling on every boxart except the US one. I'd rather have the smiling Sparkster, but I guess America was so caught up in the rough mascot craze, they had to do it... despite the fact that might've been what branded RKA as a cheap Sonic knockoff (knockoff in marketing, but otherwise anything BUT!) in America.

Still, RKA is super cheap nowadays, so I bought it a couple weeks ago and was blown away! This is a must have MD/GEN game!

[amagola]

i never went higher than hard mode, getting the extra ending is good enough for me.

[Pilot177013]

You know you've pissed someone off (the boss) when this music starts! -Perfect soundtrack for the boss theme :)

[CBN0]

The background instruments really make this song.

It had better end up in the Reboot.

[onyxNAS]

Man---it's so crazy how a cutesy looking game like this could not only be plenty of fun-, but ALSO have one of the SICKEST boss themes i've ever heard

[Shenanaginz89]

Man, gaming companies should learn on how to do music as awesome as Konami's (next gen music doesn't even come close to this one =P)

[MrKnarf133]

Greatest game ever, sparksters dying scream will follow me to my grave.

[killokid]

from the epic "you'll all fcked!" ytp

[gohan2390]

wasn't there a speed mode for this song, like when the boss got uber pissed that you were beating the crap outta him?

[WhisperHeadTrap]

On the final boss yes, it speeds up.

[gohan2390]

hey do you know where to find this music? I've looked everywhere!!

[Lordneoify]

Lets go!

[N19htR3ap3r]

why aren't boss battle themes like this any more?

[PerryMcCall18]

hehe, I know, right?

[AChunter]

this song is so awesome that i would drag out the boss battles on purpose just for the music

[Eilos]

Fucking

Love

This

Theme

[magmablock]

One of the best boss themes ever, hands down

[Notyu1459]

I know several better ones, but this is very good.

Try Mario and Luigi 2's boss battle theme, or any of the megaman battle networks.

[Sandithemage]

still keep this for my sega...remember i was rly good on this one ..ive beaten the game on highest difficulty so many times.

Also last stage music is rly good too

[xRocketzFighterx]

you mean crazy hard mode right?

[Sandithemage]

if its the hardest ye...still it took me lot of time to progress to this mode :P

[xRocketzFighterx]

it does totally on crazy hard mode its a 1 hit instant death and no continues.

[Riako]

Considering this game came out in 1993 you have to give them credit on this. Especially the way the song starts. If they do a remake on this game I hope they redo the song.

[Ninjikayatsu]

Yes! This boss song is so damn good!

[Atma505]

this song literally makes me drool

[MacJaxonManOfAction]

Best lil' boss theme in Texas

[ClassicToonFan64]

Woo, awesome. Thanks for the music.

[Inferfire]

Wow, they really are making a rocket knight adventures game for the xbox, ps3 and pc. Its about damn time Konami.

[swl9380]

have to agreed too, im lucky i found this game last year for just 5 bucks

[TimeRazor]

They dont make boss songs like this today. This kicks ASS! Make Techno or Rock of this & make it long! *head bangs*

[Rock1Golem]

The sounds not strong enough for my taste, I like something a little heavier, hmm, Sparkster ey?Never heard of him, guess I'll have to look up a game review.

[ChaosAura15]

Holy crap, a Rocket Knight Adventures Sequel just got announced for PSN/XBLA!

*faints* The newws is on 1up, by the way.

[RocMegamanX]

It is?

...this I gotta see!

[flipponzin24]

AMEN! I've been waiting for this for so long!

[KoiKamiMauro]

And it's trailer sucks dick.

[ChaosAura15]

Yeah, it's pretty screwed up how the show footage of the previous three games before showing off the assy trailer.

I mean come on Konami, Sparkster deserves better than this...

[xRocketzFighterx]

OMG I just checked online and its true thank you for so much for telling us also btw I'm Krystallwolvelt here i've changed accounts to this one.

thanks again for telling me about this sequal :D you just made my day even twice as better no wait three times better cause RKA is the best 2D game ever made.

[Ce1sius]

You talkin about Sparkster....that game was the shyt...they need to throw that and Rocket knight on there together *nods* oh yes...

[DraikRoan]

Stage 1 = Spider Boss

Stage 2 = Train Boss

Stage 5 = Giant-Pig Robo

Stage 6 = Space Ship

These bosses scared me when I was young.

[LiamRiordan]

All aboard the Crazy Train! (Cue the man handling train boss)

[christiangod9999]

Definitely the most underrated game with the most underrated soundtrack EVER!!! This song is so great that it doesn't even need to be redone or remixed,, and I'm not even exaggerating.

[MastaGambit]

It CAN'T be redone!! XD

[Acanaceous]

I play this music whenever my Ravens face a particularly good team, such as the Steelers. Too bad about last year...we ran out of continues at the AFC Championship.

[Davillalva]

he looks like a lot a sonic character

[Acanaceous]

It was the age of copycat animal mascots.

[LiamRiordan]

So do most in the mid 90's, it was the artistic style that was 'in'.

[xRocketzFighterx]

Thats because sparkster was meant to be konami's ticket to becoming a popular kid mascot for their company.

as soon as sonic became a hit alot of companies started making alot of shitty animal mascots of their own but sparkster is way much different than the rest.

I think HVGN video said it better "he is a knight with a jet pack... YOU CAN'T TOP THAT"

[lionheartodd]

I like this game better for the genesis than the snes

[DTOBIGWAR]

i love this theme :)

[The2ndEvilSpeaks]

Ahhh, memories...

[a90sfan]

I knew you were referring to this theme when I read the title, though both RKA boss themes are good.

[StrayZer0]

morons at screwattack rated the rocket knight adventures soundtrack as "forgettable" and "poor", fucking retards!

[NewAgeRetroGamer]

"forgettable and poor"? I couldn't forget this song as soon I heard it, and this became definitive when I heard that melody starting at 0:49 !!

[thieflink]

@StrayZer0 If screwattack really rated this soundtrack as "forgettable" and "poor" then i have lost respect for them. This soundtrack is amazing.

[Cablo102]

@StrayZer0

U SERIOUS???!!!!!!

Screw attack has made an enemy (Me)

[CircleFly]

@StrayZer0: Seriously, they did? Surely, it must have been an April Fool's review. Because there's no bloody way that review could be taken seriously.

[xRocketzFighterx]

@StrayZer0

the guys at screwattack have done a duo review of the new rocket knight and the classic game and they highly recomended both of the games.

[SonictheBedHog]

@xRocketzFighterx I played the trial version, I thought it didn't even come close to the original.

[AdamKepsProduktions]

@StrayZer0 What, they did? If you're talking about the "Retro or Reboot" episode, they never said that. Please send me the link/URL where you heard them say that :)

[IndalecioCeleste]

@StrayZer0 Really? That's...unbelievable. That goes to show that some people really have no taste whatsoever.

[wesker100000000]

@StrayZer0

Screwattack rated the original rocket knight adventures track as crap? what are they smoking, it's one of the greatest game tracks of all time in a platformer and still feels awesome today, if he meant rocket knight (the latest one) then yeah i'd agree to that one, exc the first level redone rka theme.

[MiXedPlague]

@StrayZer0 lol i never even played the game and it def sounds ill

[stigfan35]

@StrayZer0 nuts to those lot!! they couldn't tell an amzing theme even if one enterd their ears. Now this... this is legendary!!!!!

[colonel24567]

holy crap despite how old this game this is awsomnly catchy.

[xRocketzFighterx]

So sorry guys this is username here is where Krystallwolvelt has moved to I will not be uploading any new songs here on this account anymore so please go to this username to get more retro music.

thank you for reading and this will be posted on my channel page

[xRocketzFighterx]

btw sorry for my typos here before you correct me.

[raulfire703]

Damn hearing this takes me back,,,,,i remember when my dad got this for me at first i didnt like it but when i got farther in the game i couldnt put it down

[AcomaB]

So that's where that gui came from. Some guy on Newgrounds used his sprite on a Sonic flash.

[micmckean]

Xmas 94 i got bubsy after spending a day with it i took it back to the store and got this. what a great game, Flying stage music was awesome as well

[8RUT4l]

man this game was cool,has manny grat themes

[Pilot177013]

I agree.

Brilliant soundtrack that has always stuck with me, but I could not remember the name of the game to look it up with.

The riff starting at 0:15 of the soundtrack reminds me of a COALCHAMBER riff from their song LOCO. :)

[Badgerow]

Quite possibly the best Sega Genesis soundtrack ever made.

[DakDarklighter]

I remember this theme from back when I was 5, and I loved it to pieces. It's still just as kick-ass as ever. Fits perfectly with the Train.

[PerryMcCall18]

Hehe, the way you said "It's still just as kick-ass as ever" kinda reminds me of the HVGN for some reason.

[LiamRiordan]

All aboard the Crazy Pig Train!!

I know how you feel, I was a kid when I played this, still got it knocking around somewhere.

Great soundtrack on this game, so gutted it never got enough attention.