Impressive Video Game Music By Year
Pre-1980s VGM and Chiptunes (WIP)
1930s:
Russian chiptunes pre-computers ("drawn sound"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXkEL-X3zXs&app=desktop - broken link, removed?
1930s Variophone music (non-game): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r4WqAf-X8Y
1975:
Gun Fight (ARC)(jingle - Frédéric Chopin's Funeral March)
1976:
Man T.T./Moto-Cross/Fonz or The Fonz (ARC) - find footage w/ sound (according to youtuber who uploaded footage there is no music in it...), Sega game
Amazing Maze (ARC, single channel and short loop but seems continuous) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAxS2x7ucNQ
1977:
Boot Hill/Boothill (ARC)(jingle - Frédéric Chopin's Funeral March)
Circus (ARC)(jingles - also features the funeral march ditty)
1978:
Space Invaders (ARC)(short single channel loop w/ a tempo increase as you destroy more enemies) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU4psw3ccUI
Clowns (ARC)(jingles) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCtXm3Ftxmo&t=51s
Dead Eye (ARC)(jingles) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8qXpYeNc-g&t=43s
Extra Inning (ARC)(jingles)
Skydiver/Sky Diver (ARC)(jingles)
1979:
Sheriff (ARC)(jingle - Hans Christian Lumbye's Champagne Galop?, single channel in-game loop)
Hangman (TI-99/4A, 1979)(Funeral March of a Marionette cover) - Multi-channel song at the title screen, single channel jingle when dying
Asteroids (ARC) - short single channel loop which speeds up as gameplay intensifies
Basketball Atari (ARC)(jingles)
Monaco GP (ARC)(jingles)
Galaxian (ARC)(start jingle)
Superman (A2600)(short end jingle)
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