10 Minutes of Video Game Music - Space Harrier Theme from the Japanese Sega Master System v2.1 BIOS

Time for a slightly different type of video game music: from a game console's BIOS. This is the Space Harrier Theme used on the Japanese Sega Master System's v2.1 BIOS.

Recorded off Kega Fusion v3.61 with the sound filter enabled for extra bass(and yes, I had the emulator running for over 10 minutes to record the tune so I also record the entire BIOS screen during that time).

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• Yamaha
• YM2413
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• Ace9921

[MacWii]

Wait a minute, used a filter to record this? That destroys the epicness of the original BIOS *explodes*

[Ace9921]

@MacWii - No it doesn't, and here's why: emulators do not emulate the filters used on original hardware. On original hardware, the sound circuitry used to amplify/mix the sound contains a filter made using several capacitors/resistors/whatever else they use to muffle the sound and give it less of an "electronic" sound. Emulators usually give you the raw sound off the sound chip with the filter part omitted. Kega Fusion, on the other hand, emulates the filter, so I use it.

[MacWii]

@Ace9921 Pretty much like the C=64 BandPass, LowPass and HighPass?

[Ace9921]

@MacWii - Yeah, like that. Sega's sound circuits primarily do low-pass filtering and a little bit of high-pass filtering.  Not sure about band-pass filtering.

[megamanfan3]

Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony didn't even come close to the epicness of this BIOS screen.

[megamanfan3]

Welcome to the fantasy zone! Get ready!

[tremah05]

Almost sounds like a Muse song ;o)

[noseriouslyguys]

@sweetpeachnectar yeah, basically. "Please turn the power off and insert a game."

[estlib]

@Alianger mind telling what it is?

[HiyaMichael]

I can sleep to this :']

[sweetpeachnectar]

does anyboy know what is written there in japanese? i guess it's something like "turn the console off, put a game in and restart"?

btw although i never played space harrier i'm getting teary-eyed... must be the sega magic... :'D

[figaro589]

@megamanfan3

Microsoft have the reputation of error sounds.... there's loads of them in one soundset...

[Macintoshplus1986]

AWSOME!

[konataspecial]

everytime i see this i allways seem to imagine the 2.5D sonic from the special stage on sonic 2 on the mega drive running down this infinate path of sheer epicness, shame only the japanese had access to this amazing bios

[silascoutinho7]

desligue o console e insira um progama por favor

[Alianger]

not to be a dick, but you know there's a loop script for yt videos right?