On Battle Bards, it seems like I might be the only one of the three of us who likes older (i.e., non-orchestral/synth) (i.e. chiptunes, MIDI) video game music. Which I do. And some of our discussion made me think about wanting to share some of my favorite tracks from these eras, perhaps to convince that there’s something here worth checking out.
So here are a few of my favorites that I’ve loved from the 8-bit era:
Bio Break 
I’ll just leave these here:
Solstice: http://youtu.be/cMESKIO6DRc
Wizards & Warriors: http://youtu.be/59oxJMjb4HI
Wow, I had completely forgotten about Solstice. That music… awesome.