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This is it — this is the big one! We finally made it to a full list of participant-shared songs! Every tune on this list except for mine comes from one of your fellow Bitmobbers!
Sorry for all the exclamation points, but I cannot fully express how thankful and excited I am. Whew!
For those unaware, this is the 26th edition of a weekly column that I started up six months ago. The idea is simple — each week, I put up 15 great gaming songs and as many community submissions as I can muster. This week offers the first, full register of tunes that come from the site’s readers and writers…other people besides me.
I’m also proud to say that my compatriots have really whipped up a fine batch of video game music from all over the map: We’ve got the 8-bit (Punch-Out!!), we’ve got the current (Mass Effect), we’ve got the J-pop (Persona), and we’ve got the hilarious (Conker’s Bad Fur Day). All thanks to the 14 best Bitmobbers in the world!
As a last thought, I have a small announcement: Special thanks go out to Alex Martin, who pointed out that he hadn’t contributed until now because of the “edition” titles. He thought that I was emailing specific thematic instructions to specific contributors every week. This could not be further from the truth — I name each edition retroactively after I receive the submissions and find a common theme somewhere. Everybody’s ideas are welcome! This is why I called it a “community jukebox.”
But hey, enough with the boring, self-important news.
What crazy ditties have you got up your sleeve? Hit the jump and join the ranks!
I’ve got three ways to get you submitting:
Method 1: Pick and Choose
Community Selections
1) Rocketbirds Revolution! — Robot (by New World Revolution) suggested by James DeRosa
2) Punch-Out!! — Training suggested by Jeffrey Michael Grubb
3) Mendel Palace — Stage Select Theme* suggested by Aaron Rivers
4) Persona 3 Portable — Wiping All Out suggested by Jasmine Maleficent Rea
5) Skate — Fall Rise suggested by Michael Pangelina
6) Fable — Fable Theme suggested by Lance Darnell
7) White Knight Chronicles — Reflecting suggested by Toby Davis
8) Call of Duty — Red Square suggested by Matt Giguere
9) Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory — Theme from Battery suggested by Dan “Shoe” Hsu
10) Bit.Trip Beat — Transition suggested by Harold Burnett
11) Mass Effect — Uncharted Worlds suggested by Alex Martin
12) Pikmin 2 — Wistful Wild suggested by Evan Killham
13) Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction — Let’s Celebrate suggested by Stephano Nevarez
14) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Cornered suggested by Ryan Conway
15) Conker’s Bad Fur Day — Great Mighty Poo suggested by Alex R. Cronk-Young (++good)
Method 2: Let It Ride
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Method 3: I’m Tired of This Playlist
Tired of this week’s Jukebox selections? Want to scope which classic songs have already been nabbed by other Bitmobbers? Then check out The Bitmob Community Jukebox Archive. Contributor Evan Killham created — and maintains — a comprehensive list of every song that the community and I have ever chosen.
With hundreds of tunes available in the Archive, you don’t need to fret if this week’s jams aren’t to your taste. Just click the link, and the records keep on spinnin’!
For all you newcomers, here’s how it works — I’ve got just two simple rules for submitting songs:
1) Songs from music games with original music and licensed songs from game soundtracks like Grand Theft Auto are OK. Submissions from games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band will not be accepted. Otherwise, this post may turn into a competition between people’s favorite bands.
2) Only one submission response per person, per week.
When you’ve thought of a selection, put it in the comments below.
I will always try to find the official name of any song I use — whether it comes from myself or the community. If I am unable to verify a song’s title, I will mark it with an asterisk (*).
Finally, if you’d like to win the Double-Plus Good Song of the Week (the weekly best of award), try to think of an obscure song or a song you think the community and I have overlooked in previous posts.
P.S. My choice comes from the game Rocketbirds Revolution! — a Flash title up for consideration at this year’s Independent Game Festival. Check it out…it’s cluckin’ awesome! (I’m really sorry…that joke was pretty fowl.)