Editor’s Note: OSV is pleased to welcome Kevin Leung as a contributing editor. Kevin is a game industry veteran with a passion for good game music. We’re happy to have him on the team!
Picture this: the year is 1988, Ninja Turtle fever is at an all time high, and you’re nearly finished loading the arcade smash Gauntlet onto your home computer. Before you actually get to play, the game challenges you with, shall we call it, the DRM of gaming yesteryear: enter the seventh word of the third sentence of the first paragraph on the fifth page of the instruction manual. Please.
As you flip through pages, the computer tugs at your ear with a looping MIDI track, casting you in the role of some powerful magician who combs his dusty tome.
If this sounds like the kind of music you grew up to and something you typically pipe through your MP3 player on your way to work, you might appreciate this blast from the future past in the form of the Cardinal Quest Original Soundtrack, part of this month’s look at Indie Game Music Bundle 3.
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