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The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development

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695 points atan2 | 2 comments | 13 Nov 24 18:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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OliveMate ◴[13 Nov 24 21:38 UTC] No.42130284[source]▶
I can't accept Drum and Bass, we need Jungle I'm afraid.

Genuinely glad I got to experience so much of it growing up with a PS1 and the genre's stuck with me. If you want to focus on listening or have some soothing background noise, it's perfect, versatile.

While not all jungle, shouout to PS1 racing games for their killer soundtracks. The glorified mixtape of Gran Turismo 2 (all versions!), Colin Mcrae Rally's acid beats, everything in Ridge Racer. Really feels like vidya soundtracks peaked there.

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1. ErigmolCt ◴[14 Nov 24 06:26 UTC] No.42133606[source]▶
The PS1 era really was the golden age for soundtracks
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2. fennecfoxy ◴[14 Nov 24 16:58 UTC] No.42138194[source]▶
Going from carts to CDs, so much more storage. I've got a great collection of retro (at least from my childhood) games going and PS1 is my favourite, got a big stack