10 Minutes of Video Game Music - Metal Squad from Thunder Force IV

One of, if not THE greatest Thunder Force song ever made: Metal Squad from Thunder Force IV/Lightening Force.

Recorded off my pre-TMSS Genesis Model 1.

Listen in high quality with Stereo sound here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bozH7pmOxiw&fmt=18

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[mistertitanic]

Hey, I have another question. How did you record this off of the actual console? I don't recall seeing a sound test...

[Ace9921]

@mistertitanic - Every Thunder Force game on the Genesis has a hidden sound test/options screen which requires you to hold A, B and C before you press START.

The actual recording was done using a 3.5mm headphone to RCA Stereo cable plugged between the console's headphone jack and my TV capture device. The multi-A/V out at the back of the Genesis Model 1 only outputs Mono audio, so I don't use that since pretty much all games on the Genesis have Stereo music.

[SuperYoshi]

Man I wish more people like you would rip Genesis soundtracks from the actual system instead of an emulator. I could tell without even reading the description that this was a legit recording and not a WAV dump from Gens or whatever.

[damjen666]

Pure eargasm!

[mistertitanic]

@Ace9921 I got the game a few months back. Turns out you only need to press A and start to go to the Sound test. Not A B and C.

[singularity3]

@Ace9921 Actually, I just noticed that I can too. Fusion does do a great job reproducing the audio, but the volume levels are a bit off.

[Ace9921]

@singularity3 - I can tell right away because I don't think everyone enables the sound filter in Fusion(and I don't use Regen). But even then, the PSG is louder in Fusion, so I can tell with that little difference in volume balance between PSG and FM Synthesis whether a song was recorded off Fusion or a real Genesis.

[singularity3]

@SuperYoshi I don't think you would be able to tell the difference between this and a recording from Fusion or Regen.

[mistertitanic]

@Ace9921 I had a feeling it was a secret code...So just like the Sonic games. Well, 1 and 3.

But man! Why would they make it secret!? Wouldn't they want everyone to hear this awesome music?

Thanks man.

[mistertitanic]

@Ace9921 Yes I understand. I never knew the launch Genesis was region locked. I might as well go buy a brazilian or european megadrive game and test it out...Thanks for the info.

[Ace9921]

@mistertitanic - And that's all because they're not region-locked. If you were to file down the cartridge slot on a Genesis Model 1 and Model 2 to fit a Japanese MegaDrive cartridge, they'll work on those systems too. Region-locked games, however, will refuse to boot and show a region code error.