Pleiades10
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Are there any specific game sounds or music that take you back to a certain place every time you play that game?
I have several...
The music from both Phoenix and Gyruss gives me a flashback to the Peoples Drug store in LaPlata, MD circa '82 (for Phoenix) and '84 (for Gyruss). Peoples was a DC based chain that was bought out by CVS in the early 90s.
Donkey Kong's opening jingle and Super PacMan's attract mode sounds remind me of the Pizza Hut in LaPlata, around '82.
Sega's Champion Baseball reminds me of a restaurant called Twin Kiss in 1984. Specifically, the sound of the pitcher throwing the ball, followed by the crack of the bat, the sound of the guys running the bases and the muffled voice stating the call. I always heard that sequence of sounds in the background while I was enjoying an ice cream cone, or perhaps a pizza.
And the theme music for Gunsmoke and Arkanoid 2 always reminds me of Baldwin's 76 truck stop which was a mile from my house growing up. I rode my bike down there and played games in their game room many hours in the mid 80s through the early 90s.
What are some of your game sound flashbacks?
Kyle
I have several...
The music from both Phoenix and Gyruss gives me a flashback to the Peoples Drug store in LaPlata, MD circa '82 (for Phoenix) and '84 (for Gyruss). Peoples was a DC based chain that was bought out by CVS in the early 90s.
Donkey Kong's opening jingle and Super PacMan's attract mode sounds remind me of the Pizza Hut in LaPlata, around '82.
Sega's Champion Baseball reminds me of a restaurant called Twin Kiss in 1984. Specifically, the sound of the pitcher throwing the ball, followed by the crack of the bat, the sound of the guys running the bases and the muffled voice stating the call. I always heard that sequence of sounds in the background while I was enjoying an ice cream cone, or perhaps a pizza.
And the theme music for Gunsmoke and Arkanoid 2 always reminds me of Baldwin's 76 truck stop which was a mile from my house growing up. I rode my bike down there and played games in their game room many hours in the mid 80s through the early 90s.
What are some of your game sound flashbacks?
Kyle

