For me definitely The world ends with you. It completely shaped my modern taste in funk, pop, rap and hip hop. That and Jet set radio.
FFX back in the PS2 day’s was when I discovered I really love heavy metal.
Valkyrie Profile and Golden Sun were my introduction to prod-rock (thanks to Motoi Sakuraba).
Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask were pretty foundational for me. I think the fact that playing an instrument was a central game mechanic was a big part of that.
Others that come to mind would be gens 1-3 of Pokémon. Pretty much every track in all of these games are iconic.
Megaman 2 aka Rockman 2, baby! So good.
Skate and Destroy, Tony Hawks Pro Skater, GTA 3/Vice City/SA.
Also numerous PSX games are the reason I still listen to that old school drum & bass.
Later, Guitar Hero games.
Tony Hawks proskater.
SuperTux
The 3D zelda games.
That was the point where I prefered soundtracks over singing. I still have the Twilight Princess trailer mp3 I cut almost 20 years ago on my running playlist.
That and the score for Battle for Wesnoth. Classic freeware, peak 2006.
Yeeesss. Wesnoth was PEAK
Underrated game: A Hat in Time.
Need for Speed Underground 2!! All songs were awesome, my favorites were the Riders on the Storm with Snoop and Nobody by Skindred
ducktales, maniac mansion, and shadowgate on the nes
oh and secret of mana (but especially secret of mana ~ banished)
That Kemco Chiptune deep bass hits every time! The Uninvited is a close second.
Guitar hero literally got me into real guitar so probably that one
Journey Escape one of the og music in a video game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_Escape
Journey Escape for the Atari 2600 plays “Don’t Stop Believin’” on the title screen and during the ending sequence when you successfully complete the game. I was 4… lol.
Myst and Riven. Became homework music for a long time
Dave Mirra’s Freestyle BMX
Broo…you just unlocked a core memory dudeeeee
It has a maximum remix edition that came with a soundtrack. It’s soooo fucking good.
I think it was one of the Sim City games… I’m not sure if Sim City 2000 or Sim City DS which really woke me up to certain music genres.
Anyway, yeah, The World Ends With You was truly something with its soundtrack. Was such a cool surprise when I first played it on the NDS.
