Actually people with severe mental illnesses tend to still remember things like music and childhood memories. It's really interesting. I don't think you need to worry about that.
@@Tuberex It works imo. The combination of the yellow ish color palette and the song gives off the vibes of a afternoon about to end with a sunset setting in.
I remember my mom buying me Gold from the flea market. Problem was it would delete your save file. So i came up with a solution. I would just leave my gameboy on the charger without turning it off every day. After i was done playing, I'd always fly here and just leave the music playing while i sleep.
+justintimeplaya4 That's a great memory, but did you know that these old cartridge games used standard watch batteries as their memory source. Open er up replace the battery and you're good for about 8 years.
+R0ckG1r7 Oh I'm sorry to hear that :(. I didn't understand because I had a different experience. Well, who cares game was (and is) awesome anyway and you're one of the lucky ones to have played it.
+verdanturf ^_^ Don't worry, my dear friend. Your concerns and sympathy are very appreciated. I'm much better than I was and I have moved past the bullies. ♡ I agree. In the long run, I'm glad and grateful that I played that game. Go, Pokémon! ^○^☆
+R0ckG1r7 Fuck them ! I'm 26 and sometimes I say to my friends "man, remember the time we used to play pokemon at Game Boy ?", they say "yeah, why ?", then I say "i think i'll play again" they all make fun of me haha, but i don't care. I really love to play the pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and Crystal over and over again, and i think that even with 50 yrs old i'll play this again... it was good times of my childhood. I was bullied too some times, and pokemon was the way i had to be in my own world, without everyone making fun of me. I have a normal life, go to the GYM, pratice sports, study... but i really love this game, and this is going to be forever !
+R0ckG1r7 I had pretty much the opposite experience. My worst enemy became my best friend because of Pokemon :) Either way, I'm sorry to hear all of that :( But you seem to have a nice attitude about it, that's what matters.
I'm sorry for sharing this sad tale. So my good friend back in California, Manuel Lopez has passed away this year. His mother, when I was at the funeral gave me a box. She said that if I was to attend, she would give me this instead of mailing it to me. Inside was a Spanish letter from the family, a Blue Gameboy Pocket, his favorite Pokemon card Scizor in a plastic card protector, small Lapras plushie, alongside a written note by Manuel. It was basically, I want my best friend to have these. I cried my eyes out so much, and gave her a hug. I'll never forget you Manuel! 💐🌹💔 😭
Gen 2 has the best Pokémon soundtrack period. I think it’s really cool how the kanto region is very westernized and built up like suburbs, so with the Johto region they went for a more rural eastern design. It’s something you never notice as a kid, but it’s a big part of why gen 1’s music is busy and stressful while gen 2’s music is soft and peaceful. Johto may have the weakest trainers in the series, but it also has the most beautiful and serene culture.
That is definitely a cool way of looking at it! The Kanto region was inspired by the real life Kanto region of Japan (which includes Tokyo, the basis for Saffron and Celedon City). That’s a very urbanized, westernized region of Japan. Johto is inspired by the Kyoto metro area, which is a bit less populated, laid back and more culturally Eastern (despite being West of the Kanto region)
@@NoctuaOlivae japan mostly urbanized after WW2, hence why earthbound and pokemon 1 share similar themes. (also rural america is nothing like rural japan)
The year is 2021, and this song was sampled in a Post Malone cover of "Only Wanna Be With You" which was performed for a Pokemon Virtual Concert. What a time to be alive.
Oh my god, the nostalgia just hit me like a brick wall. This was my favorite song from GSC; I'd often Fly here and just... stand there for a while just to listen.
Leafia Barrett I would listen to the trainer fight in the kanto region in gsc for days. even now 28 years old 15 years later I listen to it in my truck on my way to work
Wow. It's amazing how powerful the feelings are from something like this. These games were a refuge for me as a child, often used for avoiding my mentally (and occasionally physically) abusive father. He never liked them. Now I write music for games, and I'm learning how to design them as well. This to me, just as much as the lofty concepts games can explore, is justification to call games art.
Neil Quillen For me, it was escaping my parents' dysfunctional relationship and arguing. I could escape reality and enter the pokemon world, and go on endless adventures.
This must be the only time that I legitmetly cried while playing a Pokemon game. After hours of training, and a rough battle, I beated Red with my Houndoom, Jigogadian. After that, the first thing I did was only fly back to Ecruteak and... stayed there. Tears were falling over my cheeks, and I only could remember catching, training, and winning every battle in my way with my team. A love story, that's how I can describe this song. A deep... deep love story.
Same.. then I remember having almost every Pokémon and some shimmies then one day I woke up to my internal battery dead and my save file along with all my hours of hard work gone instantly 😭💔
Crystal will always have a special place in my heart. When I was playing this as a kid, being able to play as the girl protagonist felt so significant. It was one of the first times I felt I could really imagine myself in the game, I was so immersed. It seems like such a simple option, but gosh representation is so important, especially for kids. About 20 years later, I still remember the feeling of playing through Johto as if it was a place I've actually visited before.
Both are great. Besides wasn’t the composer the same guy. I’m guessing how the HGSS one ended was how he imagined it, and this was he originally had to stick with. The melody is nice regardless.
I recently went back to SS to help my little cousin get the shiny charm in Y (he wanted to try to chain certain Kalos Pokémon). Had to put on the 8-bit sounds device to tolerate some areas in Johto… HeartGold and SoulSilver cannot compare to Gold and Silver.
The low notes matching the high notes is so comforting. It's like experiencing the highs of emotion while still being grounded and stable and in control.
sitting in a cemetary next to my pops, missing him everday. today is my 30th birthday and I have never felt do alone in my life. a lot of the songs from gsc hold such indestructible memories and nostalgia behind them, timeless transportation to much simpler times. Happiness is there, I just have to apply myself and venture onward. Gary Oak's words: Ash, there is a time and a place for everything!
hey, 33 year old here. my dad died around 5 years ago, so i know exactly what you mean. I often stand by his grave too, sometimes driving to the cemetary even in the middle of the night. I am very depressed right now, stuck in my job having burn-out symptoms and getting shamed for it by colleagues and stuff. Really thinking about leaving it all behind and starting something new... When i was 10 years old, one evenening my dad brought me pokemon silver on his way home from work. i had a magical childhood thanks to my parents, my friends and all these special games, especially nintendo ones. these memories are like a refuge these days and i feel thankful to at least having had a great youth.
all has been well, the year has surprisingly started off quite well have been managing, still some ups and downs but again, still here and making some changes in my day to day, that is all we can do, work on ourselves day by day. Really hoping you both yourselves find happier days and stronger selves.
make sure if you do make the leap into a new start that you yourself are certain this will benefit you and your lifestyle and environment. environment especially. nit every day is meant to be sad and ofc not every day is going to be happy, but those in between moments where we learn or gain something from the experience is soul satisfying. Some just can't comprehend depression and burn out bc they themselves have not been in a similar spot or experience which is fine, the focus is you and what you are going to do. Wishing you the best, rooting for you! (Silver's mom usually says that)
This song reminds me of after I do a long hard session of training (swimming for me to be precise), I'd walk home during the evening and see all the sunsetting sights and nice beach views because I live right beside the sea I get nice views, and then I take this shortcut through a park near me and all the flowers there make it even more beautiful to look at, sometimes I just sit there and stare at it for ages.
Remind's me of my childhood. when i was about 9 years old in 2001. I was in the 2nd grade. Back when my grandfather was still alive. he used to travel alot, so whenever he'd go to singapore or hong kong he'd buy me the latest games, etc. he used to take me out to eat at all these old restaurants with his close friends that were 100 times my age, but i'd still crack jokes and laugh with them, even though they were having fun flirting with the women in public with their wives around. i hardly really hung out with kids my age except a chosen few. i mostly hung out with old folk. boy do i miss him. he used to tease the waitress and waiters everytime.
***** I wouldn't be going on a page with a song i grew up with, commenting about what it reminded me of, if it wasn't true. And it's not rubbish. It's my childhood. maybe this "rubbish" you speak of is a reflection of your life.
+Grahame Luck Enjoy the music don't knock people for reminiscing on good memories. I used to kill my batteries at night using this track to get me ready for bed, then came along the battery packs you could plug up lol
It truly was a simpler time for us. Our perception of life went no further than the un-hidden pleasures our carers and guardians gave us. Take me back to the day when I was sheltered from the truth of the world.
I will always come back to this whenever it feels like fall. Especially sitting outside when it’s cold with clouds, with pumpkin spice coffee in hand. It’s wonderful, and it’s the little things.
This reminds me of being a child, sitting there with no worries in the world, playing Pokémon, without planning out teams thoroughly, worrying about having perfect natures or movesets, not knowing where to go next, just playing the damn game however I'd like, without a guide. Oh how I wish I could be a kid again.
you can still ignore the complex stuff like EVs, IVs and natures while still managing to get through the game. EVs and IVs were in the game since '96, but millions of players back then didnt know they even existend, but still pushed through. I find it to be satisfying to look at the IVs, etc. of my team, as it is the most effective way to get though the game, while also making it very pleasing to see my somewhat unnecessary hard work paying off.
The nostalgia hits me so strong with this song. I wish I could go back to that time in my life, playing this game as a kid with no problems or worries.
Played this for months as a kid. Just played it on an Emulator a few months before. Good old times and memories. The time where no one had internet, and you had to find out anything by yourself
Ryan Buchanan The problem was, i didnt even knew about them at that time. There were 100 of myths catching legendary Pokemon and i wasted hours to find out how.
BBDeathz Or hearing rumors back at school or somewhere else, that there is a secret Pokemon or a secret area here and there. And i searched hours of hours trying to find these non existing Pokemon or areas. You couldn't just google where to find the Red Garados, Suicune etc. you had to play the game until you found it out yourself. No Online Multiplayer, nothing. But you could sit there and enjoy fighting against NPCs for months wthout it getting boring. Better times, where games actually had a heart and a soul and weren't there just to make the biggest money possible. And i was hyping every Pokemon Game or Gameboy that came out at that time for months. Today you buy a game, play it 10 minutes and that was it. Things back then were simpler.
***** I miss those days. When I was little everybody played, but my friend was the only kid on the block with the link cable so we had to go to his house to trade any of our Pokemon or battle, haha. Good times.
Its just after christmas 1999, your parents got you a copy of pokemon gold for christmas and you first arrive in this city and you listen to this song for the very first time. you play in a dark room with your desk lamp on, shining light on to your gameboy. Life was good.
Memories....*sighs and wipes away tear in eyes...* Oh, my poor Silver and Gold games who I had so many fond memories with and they deleted their data. :.( R.I.P. Gold version 2000-2012. You lived a long life, my old friend. Pokemon has always been more than a game to me on a screen, it's been a life-long friend, a place where I could live out my dreams and I'm not ashamed to say Pokemon taught me so many valuable lessons.....I won't cry....I won't....
Yeah, but I didn't get mine until 2000. And forget what I said about them being defunct, now my Gold had its batteries changed and is working just fine again.
When I'm listening this, I can't help remembering that magical vibe I felt playing this game when I was like 7. I honestly thought Pokémon were real somewhere in the world, and that every moment was peaceful and enjoyable in my life. Aaah, good innocent times :')
Such beautiful nostalgia. Remember being a kid and this being just the best thing in the world to you? Nothing else mattered. There were no troubles, there were no worries, there were no responsibilities. Just being a kid, having fun with your Gameboy and Pokemon :)
I'm pretty sure I was born after these games' release, but they still have a very special place in my heart due to a hand-me-down copy. I honestly think they might be a masterpiece, nothing is as comfy as Johto and comfy is one thing Pokemon does so, so well.
I grew up around the time of the remakes of this game, but I can just picture it now. It's a quiet summer evening in 2000, and you and the boys are enjoying these games and having the times of your lives, enjoying your childhoods while your parents complain in the background about the Y2K thing and how the world's going to end...
mine too, i ended up soldering a new one in and it works fine. just have to start my journey all over again. however, my blue version hasn't died yet lol
same here, last weekend I checked my old room back in my house. Found all my old pokemon games and checked the saved data, silver/gold/crystal and sapphire/ruby (last versions I played) died, but blue/red/yellow are still working as they should. I mean its been 17 fking years now since I got my blue edition so... XD
Ha when the best thing to do was play Pokemon over grandma house on the porch on a sunny day with my cousins ha this really opens my heart to some Amazingly simple memories.
This song bring so much memories from my childhood. Being a kid in the early 2000's was a blessing for me because of this game (which was my very first pokémon games at the time) and because of it i made many friends and played all day long, this was a joy to play ahh i wish i could go back and re-exprience this game for the first time again.
BBDeathz Yeah tbh as a kid for me it was a bit hard to make friends and only a few that played Pokémon back then but even so i found myself that there were kids that enjoyed the same things as i do
Ever notice how when you were little this song was cool and interesting, and it provided an excellent change of tone after the hustle and bustle of the first three Gyms, giving you a moment to realize you've made it quite far, far enough for the legendary dogs to appear give you the choice of left or right. And now, whenever you hear it, remembering those wonderful days when Swinub was a new and interesting pokemon, it makes you want to cry.
This tune is so gently nostalgic....it's like my childhood became a person who came just gave me the sweetest hug :( It was always one of my favorites!
I remember going into the gym and I just kept on falling down.... I had to go into school the next day and get instructions from this girl, I wrote them down and everything lol Can't believe I remember such small details like that after all these years.... Ah memories man
Even if i cant play anymore, i will always fondly remember the time i spend on this game. Doesnt matter whether i was 10 or 100 in the future, because there is something that not even time can change: memories.
You could always play the superior remakes of them for the DS. I find that they will give you nostalgic feelings in a different way, not through looking and sounding exactly the same, but as more fully realized version of those games with fewer limitations holding its performance back. I felt that way when I finally got ORAS after playing Emerald as a kid, and the nostalgic feelings were immense, but no longer just nostalgia was there, but also the feeling of "yes, this game was made better". I have not really played the original GSC much, as my only experience with it was a bit through an emulator, but I am getting Gold in a few days.
This. This is what 8-bit music can be like. It is made so complicated, with strong beats, these days. It's not realised enough that you can also make simple music with those three notes. Because simple music stays in our hearts for longer. Of course this is mostly nostalgia, but new chiptunes will never be as good as music from these old Pokémon games - since the composers now simply don't think about making real music like Junichi Masuda and Go Ichinose did.
+Teun Buwalda no its 8 bit trust me the gameboy colors hardware specs are really close to the nes so it is 8bit 4bit dosent exist only 6bit and 8bit and so on
This gave me chills man I was so fucking young when I played this going on long car rides with my dad passing out on the couch and where the fuck did my life go down the drain.😢
I think they made a much better choice with how they used the differing percentages on the pulse channel. Nice 50% Pulse for the background, and balancing out the use of 25% and 0% Pulses on the leads. One of the best songs in the entire OST for being so simple yet so well instrumented and calming in my opinion.
I just finally got around to playing these older games, it really makes me wish i had pokemon games like this when i was younger. The music GSC is almost unrivaled by any generation.
+CactusFlims i consider gen 1 and gen 2 the same gen....they are story related after all,gsc is sequels to rby,unlike saphire black etc...which are just new additions
15 years have passed already, countless hours on the sofa playing, running AAA batteries till dry, so many memories, so many things, guess it's ok to shed a couple of tears
@@ghostrider8236 holy crap... Now it's 26 years, I am the same user from the comment though, just another account but I did get the notification of your reply. Thanks, I appreciate this a lot.
I can't believe. 14 years later. this song still gets under my skin, and everyone else's. It's such a peaceful song, and honestly, I cry every time I hear it. So many memories, such beauty. so wonderful..
I was 5 back in 2000 and remember playing Gold on my GBC.... incredible game and journey it was back then... massive improvement over red and blue at the time...
Everything about this game is so unique and perfect it brings a lot of nostalgia. This is one of the reason i still love pokemon games, music, story, just memorable memorys. I still stand by this, lol came back cause this song also sounds like gusty garden from Mario galaxy
really brings me back to a time where games were still magical and swept me away to another world where i could just get lost in it, now im just a bitter jaded old man, how times change....
I hope I never get Alzheimer's so I don't forget the sentiment behind this.
omg i know exactly what you mean
Actually people with severe mental illnesses tend to still remember things like music and childhood memories. It's really interesting. I don't think you need to worry about that.
Jarrod S Ok, I hope I get Alzheimer's so I remember only this.
Jarrod S so people who don't are normal? tell me that jesus walks amongst us as well.
Jarrod S
People with Alzheimer will forget even music and childhood memories in advanced stages... So no, I hope I never get Alzheimer D:
that bittersweet feeling, knowing that a part of your life is gone forever
This game gives me a comforting, nostalgic feeling that no other game does.
the same to me. i really can see my childhood in one game. thank you nintendo for such a great game that changed my life!
So true!
The color pallette makes it weird and yellowish
@@Tuberex It works imo. The combination of the yellow ish color palette and the song gives off the vibes of a afternoon about to end with a sunset setting in.
@@Trueface_15 this games music never fails to remind me of a breezy summer afternoon
I remember my mom buying me Gold from the flea market. Problem was it would delete your save file. So i came up with a solution. I would just leave my gameboy on the charger without turning it off every day. After i was done playing, I'd always fly here and just leave the music playing while i sleep.
+justintimeplaya4 sweet memory
+justintimeplaya4 That's a great memory, but did you know that these old cartridge games used standard watch batteries as their memory source. Open er up replace the battery and you're good for about 8 years.
It is quite the lullaby! xD
I had Silver from some guys who traded it for one of my games and it did the exact same thing , so I too would leave it charging lol
I think it was the battery in the cartridge dying
I can feel the everlasting peace within Ecruteak City.
Teak is though.
Cyrilcynder1 I think you have the wrong comment... xD
+Sendy Lie (Athena Asamiya Addict) ikr and gives me extrme nostaligia
this song Its like take a sip on my tea while I watch the autumn from the window on a cold day.
The best possible comment.
Gold/Silver/Crystal had the best music by far.
I liked r/s/e and d/p/pl soundtracks better. Especially d/p/pl.
+Jimmy Chongo blue and red had the best soundtrack for me
+Jimmy Chongo agreed
Pokémon Gold, Silver, And Crystal are better games than Pokémon Go
Kyle Fielding All main Pokemon games are better than Go.
Nostalgia is burning my soul.
It's bittersweet. Sweet because of the beautiful memories, bitter because they're now only just memories.
SeñorBurtango play the game then
Aaron play the game again then
Sure we can play the game again, but we'll never be kids playing the game again. That's the memory we miss.
SeñorBurtango same
I was bullied as a child well into my teens because I play Pokémon. I have no regrets about playing this game.
+R0ckG1r7 I don't understand why they had to bully you
+R0ckG1r7 Oh I'm sorry to hear that :(. I didn't understand because I had a different experience. Well, who cares game was (and is) awesome anyway and you're one of the lucky ones to have played it.
+verdanturf ^_^ Don't worry, my dear friend. Your concerns and sympathy are very appreciated. I'm much better than I was and I have moved past the bullies. ♡
I agree. In the long run, I'm glad and grateful that I played that game. Go, Pokémon! ^○^☆
+R0ckG1r7 Fuck them ! I'm 26 and sometimes I say to my friends "man, remember the time we used to play pokemon at Game Boy ?", they say "yeah, why ?", then I say "i think i'll play again" they all make fun of me haha, but i don't care. I really love to play the pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and Crystal over and over again, and i think that even with 50 yrs old i'll play this again... it was good times of my childhood. I was bullied too some times, and pokemon was the way i had to be in my own world, without everyone making fun of me. I have a normal life, go to the GYM, pratice sports, study... but i really love this game, and this is going to be forever !
+R0ckG1r7 I had pretty much the opposite experience. My worst enemy became my best friend because of Pokemon :)
Either way, I'm sorry to hear all of that :(
But you seem to have a nice attitude about it, that's what matters.
I'm sorry for sharing this sad tale. So my good friend back in California, Manuel Lopez has passed away this year. His mother, when I was at the funeral gave me a box. She said that if I was to attend, she would give me this instead of mailing it to me. Inside was a Spanish letter from the family, a Blue Gameboy Pocket, his favorite Pokemon card Scizor in a plastic card protector, small Lapras plushie, alongside a written note by Manuel. It was basically, I want my best friend to have these. I cried my eyes out so much, and gave her a hug. I'll never forget you Manuel! 💐🌹💔 😭
Was this his favorite piece of music in the game?
One of them, yes.
ua-cam.com/video/BBe2FSsJo8s/v-deo.html You don't only live once.........
Gen 2 has the best Pokémon soundtrack period.
I think it’s really cool how the kanto region is very westernized and built up like suburbs, so with the Johto region they went for a more rural eastern design. It’s something you never notice as a kid, but it’s a big part of why gen 1’s music is busy and stressful while gen 2’s music is soft and peaceful. Johto may have the weakest trainers in the series, but it also has the most beautiful and serene culture.
You just blew my goddamn mind with that cultural analysis, lmao
That is definitely a cool way of looking at it! The Kanto region was inspired by the real life Kanto region of Japan (which includes Tokyo, the basis for Saffron and Celedon City). That’s a very urbanized, westernized region of Japan. Johto is inspired by the Kyoto metro area, which is a bit less populated, laid back and more culturally Eastern (despite being West of the Kanto region)
It's not so much East vs West as it is urban vs rural
@@NoctuaOlivae japan mostly urbanized after WW2, hence why earthbound and pokemon 1 share similar themes. (also rural america is nothing like rural japan)
@John Rock This you? ua-cam.com/video/dKW-reR_jUQ/v-deo.html
Jk, i'd have to listen to Gen 3's soundtrack a half dozen times to make a fair opinion.
The year is 2021, and this song was sampled in a Post Malone cover of "Only Wanna Be With You" which was performed for a Pokemon Virtual Concert. What a time to be alive.
This was in the intro for Post Malone's Only Wanna Be With You
Let’s go johto confirmed
Hahaha that’s why I’m here
I freaking knew it!!!
@@DanielDiaz-wl8hy IKR!!!!
@Quwyn sameee
I came here after the Post Malone collaboration and man, I can't help but cry. So much memories, so much feelings.
Same. That little concert was really nice
Same
I came here too..
IM NOT CRYING .. YOURE CRYING
Wish i was a Child again 😓😪😭
This games ost will be played at my funeral
same
+Damian Cortez gtfo
preach it brother
Same bro
Same
I don't think a song has ever made me cry before.
torchicken now that you mentioned it
Oh my god, the nostalgia just hit me like a brick wall. This was my favorite song from GSC; I'd often Fly here and just... stand there for a while just to listen.
👍👍👌👌
Leafia Barrett Tchak Tchak Tchak Tchak Tchak Tchak Tchak
i never regret that i played it for years
same.
Leafia Barrett I would listen to the trainer fight in the kanto region in gsc for days. even now 28 years old 15 years later I listen to it in my truck on my way to work
Well boys looks like we're all in the high velocity feelstorm section of youtube
Pokemon Sleep event plays this song!
Wow. It's amazing how powerful the feelings are from something like this. These games were a refuge for me as a child, often used for avoiding my mentally (and occasionally physically) abusive father. He never liked them. Now I write music for games, and I'm learning how to design them as well. This to me, just as much as the lofty concepts games can explore, is justification to call games art.
Neil Quillen For me, it was escaping my parents' dysfunctional relationship and arguing. I could escape reality and enter the pokemon world, and go on endless adventures.
It pleases us to hear you took it somewhere further then a passion
This must be the only time that I legitmetly cried while playing a Pokemon game. After hours of training, and a rough battle, I beated Red with my Houndoom, Jigogadian. After that, the first thing I did was only fly back to Ecruteak and... stayed there. Tears were falling over my cheeks, and I only could remember catching, training, and winning every battle in my way with my team.
A love story, that's how I can describe this song. A deep... deep love story.
i love it bro beautiful story :'(
Yes!
I played this for over 3000 hours as a kid, and you can gladly keep every last one of them. This game is rooted deep in my soul.
Same.. then I remember having almost every Pokémon and some shimmies then one day I woke up to my internal battery dead and my save file along with all my hours of hard work gone instantly 😭💔
I think it's so dope that Post Malone used this in his newest song, its probably one of the most nostalgic songs from the game for me
Back when I had no worries at all ... How I wish I could go back to being a kid. Such nolstalgic music
+iiROCKii Geometry Dash You definitely should. Man I miss my childhood.
@@dragnalus787 It's been 4 years. Still a kid? Did you enjoy your childhood?
The memories of being in the Pokémon world and not worrying about anything in reality. This music takes me to a very feely place
It’s been 2 months. Welcome back to your happy place.
@@windupmachine playing through these games again! It’s been fun!
@@dustyandsneezing oh, that’s great to hear!! :D
I’m 30 and I got back on it for the first time in 2004, nostalgia feelings running down my veins...
Crystal will always have a special place in my heart. When I was playing this as a kid, being able to play as the girl protagonist felt so significant. It was one of the first times I felt I could really imagine myself in the game, I was so immersed. It seems like such a simple option, but gosh representation is so important, especially for kids. About 20 years later, I still remember the feeling of playing through Johto as if it was a place I've actually visited before.
it isn't only nostalgia. this game is almost perfect, the musics are awesome and fit perfectly, and the game was so funny
agreeeeeeeee
Almost? It was perfect.
***** Sorry, you're right :D
+Dan I freaked out when I got to the Red battle, lol
The game was too easy, I will say that much. It's not hard to just stomp through this game casually.
Heals us to the core...
I was just a kid back when I used to play this... Now I am a soon to be father. :,)
make sure to have your kids playing this amazing game!
The HGSS version of this song doesn't hit as hard as the original. Incredible how they put out such amazing music on an 8 bit soundchip.
Both are great. Besides wasn’t the composer the same guy. I’m guessing how the HGSS one ended was how he imagined it, and this was he originally had to stick with. The melody is nice regardless.
I agree about Ecruteak maybe not hitting as hard, but I feel the Cianwood version is definitely up there. Phenomenal music, both GSC and HGSS
8 bit has a more playful and childlike vibe
Some of HGSS bgms sounds like completely different music compared to the original version for me. That's why I prefer og version.
I recently went back to SS to help my little cousin get the shiny charm in Y (he wanted to try to chain certain Kalos Pokémon). Had to put on the 8-bit sounds device to tolerate some areas in Johto… HeartGold and SoulSilver cannot compare to Gold and Silver.
The low notes matching the high notes is so comforting. It's like experiencing the highs of emotion while still being grounded and stable and in control.
There will never again be anything like the first two generations of Pokémon.
sitting in a cemetary next to my pops, missing him everday. today is my 30th birthday and I have never felt do alone in my life. a lot of the songs from gsc hold such indestructible memories and nostalgia behind them, timeless transportation to much simpler times. Happiness is there, I just have to apply myself and venture onward. Gary Oak's words: Ash, there is a time and a place for everything!
Late HBD! Hope all is going good
hey, 33 year old here. my dad died around 5 years ago, so i know exactly what you mean. I often stand by his grave too, sometimes driving to the cemetary even in the middle of the night. I am very depressed right now, stuck in my job having burn-out symptoms and getting shamed for it by colleagues and stuff. Really thinking about leaving it all behind and starting something new... When i was 10 years old, one evenening my dad brought me pokemon silver on his way home from work. i had a magical childhood thanks to my parents, my friends and all these special games, especially nintendo ones. these memories are like a refuge these days and i feel thankful to at least having had a great youth.
all has been well, the year has surprisingly started off quite well have been managing, still some ups and downs but again, still here and making some changes in my day to day, that is all we can do, work on ourselves day by day. Really hoping you both yourselves find happier days and stronger selves.
make sure if you do make the leap into a new start that you yourself are certain this will benefit you and your lifestyle and environment. environment especially. nit every day is meant to be sad and ofc not every day is going to be happy, but those in between moments where we learn or gain something from the experience is soul satisfying. Some just can't comprehend depression and burn out bc they themselves have not been in a similar spot or experience which is fine, the focus is you and what you are going to do. Wishing you the best, rooting for you! (Silver's mom usually says that)
This song reminds me of after I do a long hard session of training (swimming for me to be precise), I'd walk home during the evening and see all the sunsetting sights and nice beach views because I live right beside the sea I get nice views, and then I take this shortcut through a park near me and all the flowers there make it even more beautiful to look at, sometimes I just sit there and stare at it for ages.
Beautifully put :)
That was just... so right. ^-^
Like that if you cry every time.
Seriously. ;-;
glad to know you exists. 😊
Remind's me of my childhood. when i was about 9 years old in 2001. I was in the 2nd grade. Back when my grandfather was still alive. he used to travel alot, so whenever he'd go to singapore or hong kong he'd buy me the latest games, etc. he used to take me out to eat at all these old restaurants with his close friends that were 100 times my age, but i'd still crack jokes and laugh with them, even though they were having fun flirting with the women in public with their wives around. i hardly really hung out with kids my age except a chosen few. i mostly hung out with old folk. boy do i miss him. he used to tease the waitress and waiters everytime.
I feel you, when I listen to it I almost cry..
*****
I wouldn't be going on a page with a song i grew up with, commenting about what it reminded me of, if it wasn't true. And it's not rubbish. It's my childhood. maybe this "rubbish" you speak of is a reflection of your life.
+Grahame Luck Got a stick up yours much bro?
+Grahame Luck Enjoy the music don't knock people for reminiscing on good memories. I used to kill my batteries at night using this track to get me ready for bed, then came along the battery packs you could plug up lol
National Park is a good one too!
memory of this when i was a kid,mom and dad love me...the world is.so simple...i love pokemon and my family..nostalgia
aint that the truth :)
+magicpen6666 - yupp miss the simple days
It truly was a simpler time for us. Our perception of life went no further than the un-hidden pleasures our carers and guardians gave us.
Take me back to the day when I was sheltered from the truth of the world.
Joy tear ;,)
lol....i am now 27...hell...times goes faster n faster but my language still sucks
This is so cozy. So special. I'd totally live here.
Life ain’t treating me to good but this makes me feel like life is simple again, just like when I was young.
Hope life is treating you better
Why does it hurt to know that nothing lasts foreverÉ
The fact that nothing lasts forever is what makes it special and precious and to be cherished.
"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss
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@@ZuoCruz Bold of you to bring up Dr. Seuss while he's in the process of being canceled this week. We don't look up to him anymore.
This game had such a good soundtrack.
I will always come back to this whenever it feels like fall. Especially sitting outside when it’s cold with clouds, with pumpkin spice coffee in hand. It’s wonderful, and it’s the little things.
8 Bit Music will always bring a level of relaxation unattainable by regular instruments
I just stared at my team for an extra minute listening to the music. Beautiful theme.
ditto
This reminds me of being a child, sitting there with no worries in the world, playing Pokémon, without planning out teams thoroughly, worrying about having perfect natures or movesets, not knowing where to go next, just playing the damn game however I'd like, without a guide. Oh how I wish I could be a kid again.
you can still ignore the complex stuff like EVs, IVs and natures while still managing to get through the game. EVs and IVs were in the game since '96, but millions of players back then didnt know they even existend, but still pushed through. I find it to be satisfying to look at the IVs, etc. of my team, as it is the most effective way to get though the game, while also making it very pleasing to see my somewhat unnecessary hard work paying off.
I still don't worry about these things
The nostalgia hits me so strong with this song. I wish I could go back to that time in my life, playing this game as a kid with no problems or worries.
POKEMON SLEEP VIBE!!
Played this for months as a kid.
Just played it on an Emulator a few months before.
Good old times and memories.
The time where no one had internet, and you had to find out anything by yourself
Not with Nintendo Power, you didn't!
Ryan Buchanan
The problem was, i didnt even knew about them at that time.
There were 100 of myths catching legendary Pokemon and i wasted hours to find out how.
You poor creature. :'(
BBDeathz
Or hearing rumors back at school or somewhere else, that there is a secret Pokemon or a secret area here and there.
And i searched hours of hours trying to find these non existing Pokemon or areas.
You couldn't just google where to find the Red Garados, Suicune etc. you had to play the game until you found it out yourself.
No Online Multiplayer, nothing. But you could sit there and enjoy fighting against NPCs for months wthout it getting boring.
Better times, where games actually had a heart and a soul and weren't there just to make the biggest money possible.
And i was hyping every Pokemon Game or Gameboy that came out at that time for months. Today you buy a game, play it 10 minutes and that was it. Things back then were simpler.
***** I miss those days. When I was little everybody played, but my friend was the only kid on the block with the link cable so we had to go to his house to trade any of our Pokemon or battle, haha. Good times.
Its just after christmas 1999, your parents got you a copy of pokemon gold for christmas and you first arrive in this city and you listen to this song for the very first time. you play in a dark room with your desk lamp on, shining light on to your gameboy. Life was good.
24 years later and onwards, this theme song still keep repeating in ur head.
Wow. I had totally forgotten about this theme. This was one of my favorite songs in the game way back then. Very pretty song. (:
I know right, it's such a beautiful piece :)
Memories....*sighs and wipes away tear in eyes...* Oh, my poor Silver and Gold games who I had so many fond memories with and they deleted their data. :.(
R.I.P. Gold version 2000-2012. You lived a long life, my old friend. Pokemon has always been more than a game to me on a screen, it's been a life-long friend, a place where I could live out my dreams and I'm not ashamed to say Pokemon taught me so many valuable lessons.....I won't cry....I won't....
Gold version (Pocket Monsters Kin) was released 1999.
Yeah, but I didn't get mine until 2000. And forget what I said about them being defunct, now my Gold had its batteries changed and is working just fine again.
I will never forgot dreaming about finding and catching Raikou,Suicune and Enteu for days and days as a kid and this song was always there. LEGENDARY
15 years later, this song makes me tear up and reminisce to simpler times
When I'm listening this, I can't help remembering that magical vibe I felt playing this game when I was like 7.
I honestly thought Pokémon were real somewhere in the world, and that every moment was peaceful and enjoyable in my life.
Aaah, good innocent times :')
Such beautiful nostalgia. Remember being a kid and this being just the best thing in the world to you? Nothing else mattered. There were no troubles, there were no worries, there were no responsibilities. Just being a kid, having fun with your Gameboy and Pokemon :)
I'm pretty sure I was born after these games' release, but they still have a very special place in my heart due to a hand-me-down copy. I honestly think they might be a masterpiece, nothing is as comfy as Johto and comfy is one thing Pokemon does so, so well.
I can't stop yo cry when I listen this theme, my childhood when I was 9 years old!!! 😢😢🥲🥲🥲😭😭😭
I am almost 30 now and this Song gives me my 8 year old boy feeling Back. Thank you for making my childhood special …. ❤️ greetings from Germany …
One of those special tunes that take you home, where it's cozy and worry-free.
I grew up around the time of the remakes of this game, but I can just picture it now. It's a quiet summer evening in 2000, and you and the boys are enjoying these games and having the times of your lives, enjoying your childhoods while your parents complain in the background about the Y2K thing and how the world's going to end...
Back when life was easy.
Oh how i wish i could go back to elementary school and just savor each moment a little bit more.
I have lived long enough to hear this song on the radio.
nostalgia in music form
ah i just cried
+thepunisher666ebk i feel like crying too...
yea and since my battery died so i cant save
that sucks
mine too, i ended up soldering a new one in and it works fine. just have to start my journey all over again. however, my blue version hasn't died yet lol
same here, last weekend I checked my old room back in my house. Found all my old pokemon games and checked the saved data, silver/gold/crystal and sapphire/ruby (last versions I played) died, but blue/red/yellow are still working as they should. I mean its been 17 fking years now since I got my blue edition so... XD
I miss my childhood so much
Art. This song is so wonderful. One of my favorites in the entire library.
This puts me right back to like 2008, summer time, sitting around playing pokemon silver.
Ha when the best thing to do was play Pokemon over grandma house on the porch on a sunny day with my cousins ha this really opens my heart to some Amazingly simple memories.
This song bring so much memories from my childhood. Being a kid in the early 2000's was a blessing for me because of this game (which was my very first pokémon games at the time) and because of it i made many friends and played all day long, this was a joy to play ahh i wish i could go back and re-exprience this game for the first time again.
BBDeathz Yeah tbh as a kid for me it was a bit hard to make friends and only a few that played Pokémon back then but even so i found myself that there were kids that enjoyed the same things as i do
BBDeathz I agree.
Ever notice how when you were little this song was cool and interesting, and it provided an excellent change of tone after the hustle and bustle of the first three Gyms, giving you a moment to realize you've made it quite far, far enough for the legendary dogs to appear give you the choice of left or right. And now, whenever you hear it, remembering those wonderful days when Swinub was a new and interesting pokemon, it makes you want to cry.
How many memories from this tune... Childhood days I wish I could live once again..
This is Junichi Masuda's most masterful piece of art.
Go Ichinose*
Best song in the series.
This tune is so gently nostalgic....it's like my childhood became a person who came just gave me the sweetest hug :(
It was always one of my favorites!
This is what visiting your childhood neighborhood on a chilly day in late autumn sounds like
The remixes can never compare to this.
To be fair the Heart Gold remake of this was very good
It sounds too upbeat compared to this one
You seem confused.
I remember going into the gym and I just kept on falling down.... I had to go into school the next day and get instructions from this girl, I wrote them down and everything lol
Can't believe I remember such small details like that after all these years.... Ah memories man
Favorite theme from Gold & Silver.
connor boling Same here.
+998777able mine are the national park theme and Eusine's theme
Thanks for letting me play your gameboy, i miss you big bro.
This game was WAY before my time and I've never played it, but this music is so happy!
+Turtle Fest what is your age if you don't mind me asking ? :p
You make me feel old xD
Even if i cant play anymore, i will always fondly remember the time i spend on this game. Doesnt matter whether i was 10 or 100 in the future, because there is something that not even time can change: memories.
You could always play the superior remakes of them for the DS. I find that they will give you nostalgic feelings in a different way, not through looking and sounding exactly the same, but as more fully realized version of those games with fewer limitations holding its performance back. I felt that way when I finally got ORAS after playing Emerald as a kid, and the nostalgic feelings were immense, but no longer just nostalgia was there, but also the feeling of "yes, this game was made better". I have not really played the original GSC much, as my only experience with it was a bit through an emulator, but I am getting Gold in a few days.
This. This is what 8-bit music can be like. It is made so complicated, with strong beats, these days. It's not realised enough that you can also make simple music with those three notes. Because simple music stays in our hearts for longer. Of course this is mostly nostalgia, but new chiptunes will never be as good as music from these old Pokémon games - since the composers now simply don't think about making real music like Junichi Masuda and Go Ichinose did.
Was it 8 bit? I thought the Game Boy only managed 4 bit music. I might be wrong though
Whoops, it might actually be 4-bit. My bad.
+Teun Buwalda no its 8 bit trust me the gameboy colors hardware specs are really close to the nes so it is 8bit 4bit dosent exist only 6bit and 8bit and so on
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This gave me chills man I was so fucking young when I played this going on long car rides with my dad passing out on the couch and where the fuck did my life go down the drain.😢
Best soundtrack ever made for a video game.
Happy times :')
The best times :) this was a joy to play as a kid
I think they made a much better choice with how they used the differing percentages on the pulse channel. Nice 50% Pulse for the background, and balancing out the use of 25% and 0% Pulses on the leads. One of the best songs in the entire OST for being so simple yet so well instrumented and calming in my opinion.
I just finally got around to playing these older games, it really makes me wish i had pokemon games like this when i was younger. The music GSC is almost unrivaled by any generation.
+CactusFlims i consider gen 1 and gen 2 the same gen....they are story related after all,gsc is sequels to rby,unlike saphire black etc...which are just new additions
today i make 27 yo, and i came here to remember my childhood. Just magic, my first pokemon game
recently I turned 29 and yeah man pure magic ✨
15 years have passed already, countless hours on the sofa playing, running AAA batteries till dry, so many memories, so many things, guess it's ok to shed a couple of tears
Hello person from 11 years ago, I'm gonna remind you of this comment.
@@ghostrider8236 holy crap... Now it's 26 years, I am the same user from the comment though, just another account but I did get the notification of your reply.
Thanks, I appreciate this a lot.
This song was played on Pokémon 25 🥰😭😍
That was a good time, back then.
I only recently finished pokemon crystal, but I love how chill it was. And this music definitely takes the cake.
I can't believe. 14 years later. this song still gets under my skin, and everyone else's. It's such a peaceful song, and honestly, I cry every time I hear it. So many memories, such beauty. so wonderful..
I often come back here to contemplate those beautiful years. This make me feel so grateful.
I started in Gen 4 but man hearing this must’ve been a wonder when Johto was still new and its only aged like fine wine since
I was 5 back in 2000 and remember playing Gold on my GBC.... incredible game and journey it was back then... massive improvement over red and blue at the time...
One of the saddest themes I can recall in a video game... it fit perfectly with the tragic history of Ecruteak City.
Few pieces of game music are absolutely timeless. This is one of those few.
Everything about this game is so unique and perfect it brings a lot of nostalgia. This is one of the reason i still love pokemon games, music, story, just memorable memorys.
I still stand by this, lol came back cause this song also sounds like gusty garden from Mario galaxy
i peaked when i was 9. damn thats sad
having too much to drink + feeling nostalgic + thinking about your childhood and how pure it was = tears
really brings me back to a time where games were still magical and swept me away to another world where i could just get lost in it, now im just a bitter jaded old man, how times change....