{"id":1625329,"date":"2026-07-05T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t66pgsDiT9RTvgqwdV7BMX"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:00:00","slug":"what-was-the-first-videogame-song-that-you-ever-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/what-was-the-first-videogame-song-that-you-ever-heard\/","title":{"rendered":"What was the first videogame song that you ever heard?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve been playing videogames since my Dad was convinced my tiny baby hands were strong enough to grip a Mega Drive controller for more than five seconds. I’m sure he was just trying to convince my mum that the CD add-on was worth the insane amount of money\u2014it definitely wasn’t, as I’m told it broke within mere weeks of him buying it. I’m still not convinced that my Mum didn’t have a hand in that.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to Critical Hit<\/a>, where I (or someone else on the PC Gamer team) celebrate and lament all things videogame music, audio design, and the ways our favourite games make our ears tingle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

But early exposure to gaming was one of the biggest gateways to music. Orchestral, rock, pop, hip-hop, licensed tracks, original music. The whole shebang. Videogame music has shaped a huge part of who I am, and continues to do so even as I begin the terrifying march into my 30s.<\/p>\n

I have incredibly vague memories of plodding away at Puzzle Bobble on the family computer, or the multitude of Learning Land educational games\u2014for some reason I actually have very vivid <\/em>memories of Learning Land 3: At the Funfair<\/a> specifically, but not of any other ones I owned and played. <\/p>\n

But I never exactly paid any attention to the music in those. Hell, I’m not even sure Learning Land had <\/em>music. But I sure do remember the first time I heard videogame music and thought, oh hell yes. This is incredibly rad. <\/em>That game? Killer Instinct Gold on the Nintendo 64.<\/p>\n

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