Tracker music definitely had its day in computer games, and around the same time a lot of sample-based music was happening on video game consoles. There was jus

Tracker music definitely had its day in computer games, and around the same time a lot of sample-based music was happening on video game consoles. There was just a pretty short amount of time for software or hardware sampling to shine before games started being shipped on CDs with more than enough room for full orchestral recordings and whatnot. I still notice tracker music in indie games every once in a while, and one of the bigger sound middlewares in games today had its origins there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMOD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMOD