3 ms·

I agree. Some games (GTA) are losing the original music due expires music licenses and it totally changes the character and feel of the game. Thank good for peo

I agree. Some games (GTA) are losing the original music due expires music licenses and it totally changes the character and feel of the game. Thank good for people archiving these games.

xattt 3y ago
Sonic 3 (and related Sonic 3 & Knuckes) can’t come out as a re-release because Michael Jackson contributed to the soundtrack, but was uncredited.
- goosedragons 3y ago
  It has been re-released in Sonic Origins although they did change the soundtrack.
jtokoph 3y ago
Are you saying that already purchased games have code that stop playing included music tracks after a certain date?
- oynqr 3y ago
  No, they have publishers that release updates which just make games worse.
- tm-guimaraes 3y ago
  Game versions are locked to a specific console, on a generation with some faulty hardware. The trend nowadays is to re-release games for newer generation. The re-release is technically a different game, so it might require another music license, so it might not have the same soundtrack, it changes the feel of the game. The old console has its time ticking. Without emulators, that game experience won't be preserved, its simply at the whims of executives which don't really care enough about such small details for re-releases because the name of the game is usually enough to make some bucks.
  - wesapien 3y ago
    I started playing Chrono Trigger during the pandemic and found multiple versions of it. The SNES version is still what I found most people recommend. The score/soundtrack apparently got worse as new versions were being rolled out to different platforms.
- Lammy 3y ago
  The 360 version of GTA San Andreas was originally a backwards-compatible download of the game as it existed on OG XBOX, but some years later it was “””updated””” to a console port of the smartphone port of the game, losing many music tracks in the process. Everyone lost their saved progress too since the new mobile version wouldn’t read the old saves.
NovaDudely 3y ago
Oh yeah, you fire up Vice City - the first track in the games should be Michael Jackson... nope, gone!
- nullify88 3y ago
  If I remember correctly it was Mr. Mister - Broken Wings used in the intro sequence?
- doublerabbit 3y ago
  Same goes for GTA4. Sad that the steam version has no none of the original.
pipes 3y ago
I think crazy taxi might be the same

I agree. Some games (GTA) are losing the original music due expires music licenses and it totally changes the character and feel of the game. Thank good for people archiving these games.

xattt 3y ago

Sonic 3 (and related Sonic 3 & Knuckes) can’t come out as a re-release because Michael Jackson contributed to the soundtrack, but was uncredited.

goosedragons 3y ago
It has been re-released in Sonic Origins although they did change the soundtrack.

jtokoph 3y ago

Are you saying that already purchased games have code that stop playing included music tracks after a certain date?

oynqr 3y ago
No, they have publishers that release updates which just make games worse.
tm-guimaraes 3y ago
Game versions are locked to a specific console, on a generation with some faulty hardware. The trend nowadays is to re-release games for newer generation. The re-release is technically a different game, so it might require another music license, so it might not have the same soundtrack, it changes the feel of the game. The old console has its time ticking. Without emulators, that game experience won't be preserved, its simply at the whims of executives which don't really care enough about such small details for re-releases because the name of the game is usually enough to make some bucks.
- wesapien 3y ago
  I started playing Chrono Trigger during the pandemic and found multiple versions of it. The SNES version is still what I found most people recommend. The score/soundtrack apparently got worse as new versions were being rolled out to different platforms.
Lammy 3y ago
The 360 version of GTA San Andreas was originally a backwards-compatible download of the game as it existed on OG XBOX, but some years later it was “””updated””” to a console port of the smartphone port of the game, losing many music tracks in the process. Everyone lost their saved progress too since the new mobile version wouldn’t read the old saves.

NovaDudely 3y ago

Oh yeah, you fire up Vice City - the first track in the games should be Michael Jackson... nope, gone!

nullify88 3y ago
If I remember correctly it was Mr. Mister - Broken Wings used in the intro sequence?
doublerabbit 3y ago
Same goes for GTA4. Sad that the steam version has no none of the original.

pipes 3y ago

I think crazy taxi might be the same