Wizardry Older Wizardry and games with no music - music suggestions?

[calgary.alberta]

Just wondering what if anything you listen when playing these older games with zero soundtracks?

Such as Wizardry 1-5 etc

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

PS1 versions of Wiz 1-5 have music, so you can grab them from the CD/whatever and listen to them while playing.

Apart from that I remember blasting music from Dark Corners of the Earth when I played Wiz1 and ambient pieces worked pretty well when I had to drag the half-dead party out of the dungeon.

 

[octavius]

Why do you need a soundtrack?

 

[Watser]

Don't you kids use spotify for music these days?

 

[calgary.alberta]

wtf is a Spotify

na, not a big music person. Just found it overly quiet pounding away at Wiz 3 lately

 

[Eggs is eggs]

Listen to your own music. None of the music on any of the ports has been good. NES music is generic 8 bit garbage. PS version is higher res generic. The FM Towns has generic orchestral stuff. Meh

 

[Swigen]

https://youtu.be/_hEyfHg6rm0

 

[bataille]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_synth

Obviously.

Just go to youtube, enter the genre, and click through the search results until you find something fitting.

 

[Cael]

Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries soundtrack

:D

 

[newtmonkey]

Here's what I mostly played for Wiz 1-3:

Darkest Dungeon Soundtrack
Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor

 

[Bio Force Ape]

 

[Butter]

Same as always.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_synth

Obviously.

Just go to youtube, enter the genre, and click through the search results until you find something fitting.

Can't wait to play Wizardry 4 again while listening to this gem. :D

 

[Micormic]

Play the betrayal at krondor combat music on a loop

 

[Filthy Sauce]

 

[aweigh]

play the remakes, their soundtrack is amazing, specifically the ps1 versions.

EDIT: also simply playing the ps1 or snes soundtrack of each game over their original versions is also sufficient, though I don't know why you would do that instead of just playing one of the remakes.

remakes also let you play with original wireframe graphics but still keep the orchestral soundtrack as well.

 

[calgary.alberta]

just learned something new, dungeon synth

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Trumpwave

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Just wondering what if anything you listen when playing these older games with zero soundtracks?

Music from older games that had excellent soundtracks, such as Faery Tale Adventure.

Of course, some games such as Dungeon Master were music-less for good reason, as it would have distracted the player's attention from the sounds actually occurring within the game.

 

[laclongquan]

Just wondering what if anything you listen when playing these older games with zero soundtracks?

Such as Wizardry 1-5 etc

1. Youtube search: music enhance concentration.
2. Choose one result with highest view number
3. Profit?

 

[RatTower]

Started Wizardry 6 myself yesterday. Since it doesn't have any soundtrack either, I just played some tabletop RPG ambience track in the background. These two ontop of each other work pretty well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ias7pnRfYRs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a483kj0sR4c (I recommend lowering the volume on this one to about 1/3 of the first)

Both videos are pretty long too. Make sure to set the mor

Llylgamyn Saga and Dimguil (PS1 remakes) both have pretty solid soundtracks though:

https://youtu.be/091-1QQ6ZO8
https://youtu.be/YhlVjCW7nRU

 

[Theldaran]

Conan the Barbarian's soundtrack.

Roll a barbarian.

 

[Dorateen]

Any war themed music works, forging ahead into a bloody conflict. Back when I played Pool of Radiance, a cRPG with zero soundtrack, the song "Good Night Saigon" happened to come on the stereo in the background. A lot of the lyrics were appropriate for a party based adventure about a band of brothers staring down death, seemingly around every corner.

Also

Paschendale

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Didn’t see a breakdown on the fm-towns tracks. I hate continuoudgameplay soundtracks anther than edited recorded full tracks each separated into individual tacks.

Still, nifty shit I didn’t know about.

 

[AdolfSatan]

Of course, some games such as Dungeon Master were music-less for good reason, as it would have distracted the player's attention from the sounds actually occurring within the game.

I'm usually of this same opinion. Never managed to make soundtracks work when playing PnP either.
Still, for whatever it's worth, I'd suggest OP to check Za Frûmi; I can certainly see it working when crawling thru dungeons.