I still remember when I first found out about this site. It was insane. OverClocked Remix has to be the largest video game remix community on the Internet. Almost every single game from your past has been digitized and modernized for your vgm pleasure. The best part is that the majority of the video game remixes featured are from older games from the 80s and 90s.
Check it out:
http://www.ocremix.org/
What I really like about the selection being geared toward older systems like NES, Genesis, and SNES is that you can really hear a major difference in how vgm used to sound and how it would sound be it were remade today. I am sure that you have all heard the SSBB remixes on YouTube already and OCRemix does the same thing. OCRemix takes all of your favorite video game tunes and upgrades them to the 21st century. Some of my favorite vgm remixes on this site are from Final Fantasy and Megaman. Just let show you the kind of remixes are available at OCRemix. Since Megaman is mega awesome I am taking Metal Man’s theme from MM II to show you as an example. Metal Man is my favorite robot master from Mega Man. Best weapon ever, best theme song ever, and coolest looking robot master ever.
Before: Original Metal Man Theme (NES)
After: Metal Man Remixed
I noticed that a recent addtion to OC Remix is the embedding of Last.fm music players for their vgm remixes. This means that I can also embed them into my blog posts and share with you my favorite remixes from their site. If you are a vgm listener like me, go check OC Remix out. With SSBB out, I am sure that a lot of people will be interested in listening to how their favorite 8-bit chiptunes from the NES would sound today.
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[..YouTube..] sounds like dragon ball intro
[..YouTube..] this is superb
[..YouTube..] one of the best songs from megaman II ^^
[..YouTube..] XD 5/5
[..YouTube..] bass line
[..YouTube..] The bass in the background is so badass
[..YouTube..] I never get tired of this song
[..YouTube..] this is my favorite megaman II music. it might even be the best nes music out there.
[..YouTube..] I second that
[..YouTube..] I third that.
[..YouTube..] I 4′th That.
[..YouTube..] I 5th that
[..YouTube..] I awesome’th that!
[..YouTube..] I agree
[..YouTube..] I 6th that b-(^^)z
[..YouTube..] I just learned how to play the lead on guitar. This song is so simple but so awesome and ketchy!
[..YouTube..] geil einfah hammer wie geil
[..YouTube..] this is amazingg
[..YouTube..] metal man has good taste in music
[..YouTube..] I 6th that.
[..YouTube..] awesome fuc#%? game!
[..YouTube..] I fifth that.
[..YouTube..] Metal Man pimps out this game. His stage, his music, his weapon.
[..YouTube..] The best part of Metal Man is his weakness, HIS OWN WEAPON!
[..YouTube..] I’m not quite sure why, but I always thought Metal Man was the coolest of the Robot Masters.
[..YouTube..] His theme is faster than I remember it
[..YouTube..] because he is freaking METAL
[..YouTube..] YEAH!!!
[..YouTube..] This is excellent. Metal Man has great Music, and THE greatest weapon in Mega Man history.
[..YouTube..] I would 7th it, but MM7 sucked…so I Xth it!
[..YouTube..] MetalMan is my favorite Robot Master of all. He’s freakin’ metal! And his weapon can be called a “weakness” to many of the game’s other bosses, not just himself.
[..YouTube..] imbecile
[..YouTube..] God, he was easy. Almost as easy as Air Man.
[..YouTube..] I love this theme!! My favorite Robot Master in Megaman 2!!
[..YouTube..] Metalman is the best robot master!!! Nothing beats metal!!! XD
[..YouTube..] And here’s another example of why the mark as spam sucks.
[..YouTube..] Metal Man is and will always be my favourite robot master. I loved his special weapon as a kid.
[..YouTube..] Did you know that Metal Man is Keiji Inafune’s least favourite robot master? Why, you ask? He considers Metal Man far too easy.
[..YouTube..] Yeah, I remember that. Metal Man is really easy even with Buster Only & He’s weak to his own weapon. Dr.Wily must have thought that Metal Man would be undefeatable cause he’s caring his own weakness & there’s no way someone can use it against him cause He’s the only one with it… Until Mega Man came & defeated him. Metal Man is still my Favourite Robot Master cause of his power, design, theme music & stage.
[..YouTube..] megaman 2 is and will always be my favourite video game! It was the first game I ever beat back when I was 5 or 6.
[..YouTube..] Something like that.The story was that Wily actually screwed up on Metal Man’s armor and that made Mega Man’s P-buster effective against him.
[..YouTube..] Whenever I get beat by Metal Man, and he starts running in place, I think he’s dancing cause he kicked my ass. xD
[..YouTube..] METAL MAN FUCK YEAH
[..YouTube..] MetalMan is my favorite boss in MM2. Great stage and song and fun to beat
[..YouTube..] He’s not a dentist.
[..YouTube..] calm down its just a game
[..YouTube..] They just don’t make games like MM2 anymore…*sigh*, the old days…
[..YouTube..] May I ask why you had to clarify that?
[..YouTube..] *cough*Megaman 9*cough*
[..YouTube..] *wipe nostalgic tear away* my 2nd NES title. Castlevania 1 was the first… hard to believe how they could make music with such basic 8bit synths.
[..YouTube..] it is not just a game it’s like a memory book packed with good old memories. ^^
[..YouTube..] Wily originally created Metal Man to totally rock out in his band. The fact that he can shoot spinning blades of horrible death is just a coincidence.
[..YouTube..] Is there a downloadable mp3 for this song?
[..YouTube..] Many games have beautiful gamemusic, but this is just the best! Those cool 8-bit remixes are just awesome!
[..YouTube..] I swear this theme never gets old.
[..YouTube..] and memories
[..YouTube..] Oh megaman, how far you’ve fallen. From a great fighting robot, to a program, to a radio wave… *sight*This theme always brings a tear to my eye, first game ever… first stage ever… and first death… Ah,memories…
[..YouTube..] The program one was pretty cool. Too bad they never finished the whole series in the US. Nope! All for Japan to enjoy…
[..YouTube..] metal man by hyadain on youtubesuggest: finding a vid with english subtitles unless you can understand japanese
[..YouTube..] …Aren’t all robots made of metal =/
[..YouTube..] The thing that made me like the battle network series was the robot master renditions.Some of the remodled characters looked really cool.
[..YouTube..] Does anyone know where I can download these awesome tunes?
[..YouTube..] Can’t mess with the machine!
[..YouTube..] Yeah, you can’t go wrong with big spinning circular saw blades of death flying out at 100mph ^_^
[..YouTube..] I also forgot to mention, Metal Man is to me the perfect robot master. He’s mean looking, his special weapon is really useful, he is not too hard and no too easy(He is at least trickier than Toad Man and Plant Man together), and his stage music is kick-ass!
[..YouTube..] To be brutally honest, I found Metal Man’s weapon one of the best in the game, as it’s fast, powerful, can be thrown in any of the eight compass directions, and uses up little to no weapon energy* each time ^_^*The little bars on the top of the screen that go down when you use a special weapon
[..YouTube..] That’s exactely what i ment with his special weapon is really useful. Although the “Leaf Shield” which you get from Wood Man allows you to survive the waves of the small birds which fly out from a big egg which a bigger bird drops, unharmed. This is really useful during Crash Man’s stage where you’ll have to climb long ladders and those annoying birds keep flying at you.