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Apr 12 2010

10 Classic NES Themes Played on the Guitar

Published by Madison at 2:50 pm under Video Games,Videos

Despite being simply the background music to video games, the themes to Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda are about as recognizable as any song to appear on the Billboard Top 100. Anyone born in the 1980s or later will instantly recognize those themes, along with countless others from the days of 8-bit gaming. I still can’t decide whether it’s because the themes are really catchy or because of the endless repetition, but Nintendo themes seem to have an uncanny ability to lodge themselves into your head for days. I still find myself humming the music from the one-on-one “versus” part of Trojan.

Anyway, some people have actually taken the time to learn and play Nintendo themes on the guitar,and some of them are pretty damn good. I put 10 of my favorites below.

Contra

Double Dragon

Super Mario Bros. (underwater)

Metroid (Kraid’s Lair)

Castlevania

TMNT

Final Fantasy (battle theme)

Gauntlet

Pro Wrestling

River City Ransom

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# Zenon 12 Apr 2010 at 7:34 pm

Do you play guitar yourself?? I think video game music on guitar is one of the best things in the world – but how could you miss this!??!?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_yTkkr-txA
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# Darshon 12 Apr 2010 at 7:40 pm

Excellent links, anyone that loved 8bit jams needs to check out http://www.minibosses.com/ I actually saw them preform live a real fun time.

Kraid was by far my fav in the list.
# Jameson 12 Apr 2010 at 9:29 pm

This one is more of my favorites, especially how rare the Mario song is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_m4Ud6b-94
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# Shadow Guitariston 26 Apr 2010 at 1:23 pm

Haha you have just made my day! Video games composers are underrated in my opinion…

Shadow