TOP 15 Virtual Boy Music Tracks - Brentalfloss

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  • Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
  • Remember the Virtual Boy? Well even if you don't, here are my picks for the top 15 pieces of
    background music to grace this forgotten 90's console!
    Get my Virtual Boy shirts and more at brentalfloss.creator-spring.com
    Check out Petros’s filmmaking videos and maybe even hire him at ‪@LeonUnity‬
    You can support my channel by trying out my comedy party game "Use Your Words" now available on consoles and Steam! More info at useyourwords.lol
    Info about playing Virtual Boy games on your Oculus Quest here:
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    Songs by TheOneUps were used for some of the background music. Check them out, they’re great! theoneups.com
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  • @horstweinert7204
    @horstweinert7204 3 роки тому +133

    If nintendo decides to copystrike these themes thats probably the biggest acknowledgement they have given in a long time

    • @marsh25411
      @marsh25411 3 роки тому +1

      Depends on what you class as a long time. Luigis Mansion 3 referenced the Virtual Boy with the Virtual Boo that is essentially the start menu of the game so quite a prominent role.

    • @thiskidhoops
      @thiskidhoops 2 роки тому

      They can not copy strike it because if you give credit to Nintendo music they can not copy strike it

    • @mach6893
      @mach6893 2 роки тому

      Please don't give Nintendo ideas! Lol!

  • @recorderdude
    @recorderdude 3 роки тому +69

    The funny thing abt Virtua League Baseball is that the cute lil guy on the title screen actually DOES represent the ingame characters in the Japanese version of the game! They redrew all of the players to be more realistic for MURICA.

    • @darthkhan29x98
      @darthkhan29x98 3 роки тому +2

      Interesting trivia, its amazing how other adaptations in other countries present different experiences and going beyond simply retranslating the speech and controls.
      Also Hi!

  • @ppleakage2785
    @ppleakage2785 3 роки тому +58

    Everyone focuses on how bad the Virtual Boy is. So watching a video about it’s music tracks is a nice change of pace

  • @TheClassyCharmeleon
    @TheClassyCharmeleon 3 роки тому +20

    Really into this detailed but laid back 'discussion-style' format. I'd love to see more content like this if you end up finding more topics that interest you.

  • @SteelBladeHero
    @SteelBladeHero 3 роки тому +24

    8:37 Honestly that Waterworld theme is absolutely brilliant.

    • @nerokipe
      @nerokipe 2 роки тому

      I was watching this and that one stood out it was to wymsicle and eventful

  • @LeonUnity
    @LeonUnity 3 роки тому +15

    Okay I know I didn’t add the Kevin Bacon gag in there - I just did a full spit take. 😂😂

  • @strain42
    @strain42 3 роки тому +3

    You had me a bit scared when we were down to the wire and not a single Jack Bros song had shown up and then BAM. Glad to see that game and it's fantastic soundtrack getting some well deserved love.

    • @brentalfloss
      @brentalfloss  3 роки тому +1

      It hurt me not to mention the title theme, character select theme, intro cinematic theme, etc etc etc etc etc etc

  • @MissJukeBox8
    @MissJukeBox8 3 роки тому +8

    sitting at my grandparents’ kitchen table, eating chocolate cake, ignoring social media entirely, watching a Top 15 video about music from Virtual Boy games
    this is the closest i’ve come to in a while of feeling what my childhood was like

  • @yamigekusu
    @yamigekusu 3 роки тому +7

    One of my fondest memories of my dad was the day we went to Kmart for a routine grocery trip. He saw the Virtual Boy and pretty much said 'fuck it' and put it in the cart, along with a copy of Mario Clash. I was five years old.
    I played the everloving shit out of Mario's Tennis and Mario Clash over the years. I still take it out every once in a while and take a couple hours to kick ass in Mario Clash.
    My vision was already damaged from birth, so I never really got headaches from the Virtual Boy :P
    RIP Dad, thank you for the memories, and some of my favorite impulse buys from you

  • @misterzygarde6431
    @misterzygarde6431 3 роки тому +25

    I too wish that Nintendo released Virtual Boy games on the 3DS Virtual Console, especially with an option to change the colors to either white, grey, or other colors
    Also I wish they released Bound High!

    • @toumabyakuya
      @toumabyakuya 3 роки тому +1

      I supposse that they simply want to forget about that console, just as they are trying to forget the CDi games.

  • @BeardedAndWeirded
    @BeardedAndWeirded 3 роки тому +7

    Laughed out loud at “uniquely purgatorial experience” at work.

  • @Teedyan
    @Teedyan 3 роки тому +2

    Jack Bros and the Forest of Fairies is easily my favorite Virtual Boy track, lovin' that one! 🎵🎵

  • @GooCrew
    @GooCrew 3 роки тому +6

    Your love affair with the Virtual Boy has truly created the ultimate power couple we didn't know we needed.

  • @redman7775
    @redman7775 3 роки тому +21

    The Terminator bit was much funnier than it had any right to be

  • @quag311
    @quag311 3 роки тому +1

    Cut away gags on this episode.
    *[chef’s kiss]*

  • @allenperry739
    @allenperry739 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks a bunch for the history lesson Brent! The last time I tried to emulate VB games, it was on a lousy laptop a decade ago with red/blue 3D glasses and no saving or controller support. Haha

  • @galactamarx
    @galactamarx 3 роки тому

    I remember you sharing the Ikanger theme from Teleroboxer on your Facebook page quite a while ago, and when I saw this video on my subscriptions, I KNEW the theme would be very high on the list! Very wacky theme, I love it! Ever since you introduced me to it, I catch myself humming it.
    Btw, I wouldn't mind more of these VGM Top 15s! The descriptions you give to each song really add to the concept, and it's something I wish other Top 10s did more of.

    • @brentalfloss
      @brentalfloss  3 роки тому +1

      I may have to make an iKanger with lyrics. It's so unknown the video will get like 402 views but dangit, the words "Robot Kangaroo" fit so perfectly into so many melodic phrases...

  • @TheBrianBooth
    @TheBrianBooth 3 роки тому

    So cool. Thanks for spotlighting this underappreciated library of tunes!

  • @zelos1826
    @zelos1826 3 роки тому +8

    "MY MISSION IS TO GET A BIRDIE" KILLED ME XD

  • @Lagi
    @Lagi 3 роки тому +1

    Glad to see the VB getting some much-deserved love over 25 years later. There are some awesome tracks here, great choices!

  • @rickrollmaster9000
    @rickrollmaster9000 3 роки тому +2

    Awesome video! Thank you for introducing me to these tunes. A really refreshing and cool topic to talk about

  • @mojojojox5043
    @mojojojox5043 3 роки тому +4

    This video was great! It would be awesome if you could do more videos talking about vgm since I really enjoy what peoples thoughts on the osts and songs on video game soundtracks and their songs. Great stuff here Brent.

  • @Umbra-Psi
    @Umbra-Psi 3 роки тому +1

    So happy to hear not one but two tracks from Jack Bros. Now if only I could afford to buy the game myself for my SMT collection.

  • @1BlueYoshi
    @1BlueYoshi 3 роки тому +3

    The Virtual Boy is a piece of gaming history that I barely know anything about, let alone about the soundtrack to its games. It's interesting seeing what gems it has to offer in that department

  • @pawdugan
    @pawdugan 3 роки тому +4

    I'm very curious about the asterisk next to "GOLF". I can only imagine the hidden disclaimer in the manual somewhere. * not actually golf

  • @ArcadiosX
    @ArcadiosX 3 роки тому

    Awesome new video! Never saw it coming but what a pleasant surprise.
    Would love to see a similar treatment to other consoles.
    Also great hearing the One Ups as the BGM. They kill it!

  • @Dano86
    @Dano86 3 роки тому

    This video hit right in the feels. I still have my Virtual Boy but we couldn’t find many games back when we bought the system. Pinball and Tennis were some of my favorites.

  • @esmooth919
    @esmooth919 3 роки тому +4

    8:37 Fun fact, there is a SNES version of this song, too. I didn't find out about it until last year

  • @MegaFan2525
    @MegaFan2525 3 роки тому +2

    You don’t hear the words “Virtual Boy” and “best” in the same sentence very often

  • @Mystemo
    @Mystemo 3 роки тому +1

    The Waterworld theme is so damn good. It's also in the SNES version but I think I like the VB version even more.

  • @burritomaster6000
    @burritomaster6000 3 роки тому

    brent these videos are great you need to make more of these!

  • @ParkerSolemSevier
    @ParkerSolemSevier 3 роки тому

    This takes me back. I wasn't expecting to hear a track from the only VB game I ever played, Galactic pinball. I played that game on my older brother's VB more than he ever played any game on it.

  • @frostare
    @frostare 3 роки тому +1

    I wonder, I REALLY wonder, if the composer for the Jack Bros game tunes you put on the list was the same one that composed Wendy's House from Snowboard Kids 2. It really brought back memories of that masterpiece, and both games were apparently made by ATLUS!

  • @jasongronn6764
    @jasongronn6764 Рік тому

    I know it only made honorable mentions, but my favorite was "Title Theme" from "Bound High!"
    I ended up finding the standalone tune on UA-cam.

  • @esmooth919
    @esmooth919 3 роки тому +1

    11:55 reminds me of that morning theme from the arcade version of Gradius when you first turn on the cabinet.

  • @ahmedp800
    @ahmedp800 3 роки тому +1

    The Waterworld theme is incredible!

  • @haunter27
    @haunter27 3 роки тому

    I own VB Wario Land, but my VB hasn’t worked since 2007. However, I instantly recognized the music!

  • @NateCummings
    @NateCummings 3 роки тому

    This is really interesting, thanks for sharing!

  • @johnathanshourds5686
    @johnathanshourds5686 3 роки тому

    Dear brentalfloss I been watching you sense you started and I really wanna know when you're doing another concert I want a chance to meet you or at least see you I know with covid you may not be doing shows but you have made the games i grew up with amazing and I just wanna say thank you so much

  • @mutalord
    @mutalord 3 роки тому

    this is a really good video about the whole of Virtual Boy, you should had made one talking about ALL the games

  • @arcticpandapopz
    @arcticpandapopz 3 роки тому

    Awesome video. Brentalfloss is awesome as always.

  • @SilverEye91
    @SilverEye91 3 роки тому +2

    I didn't know there were this many tracks on the system.

  • @twi5t3rsvids
    @twi5t3rsvids 3 роки тому

    hahaha, that redlettermedia/Mr. Plinkett reference was on point. you love to see (hear) it

  • @Canthag
    @Canthag 3 роки тому

    I saw that shirt once before, decided I wanted it, then forgot it existed. So hooray for reminders!

  • @majordorkus9079
    @majordorkus9079 3 роки тому

    This is like a vid from 2011 gj Brent truly

  • @Darkinator1000
    @Darkinator1000 3 роки тому +1

    i need more random Videos like this in my Life ^^

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro 3 роки тому

    thought this was a joke list it turned out to be pretty respectable with some good music

  • @ScoutHere
    @ScoutHere 3 роки тому

    Sounds sweet

  • @demonthekid718
    @demonthekid718 3 роки тому

    Virtual Boy when and go...
    Yet, the commercial on TV has scarred the 5 years old me back in the 90's.

  • @fenomozo9108
    @fenomozo9108 3 роки тому

    I recognized all The Oneups tunes in the background

  • @UndeadCollector
    @UndeadCollector 3 роки тому

    As a VB Collector, im very familiar with the music in most of the Games.

  • @hranf
    @hranf 3 роки тому

    Virtual Boy Wario Land Level 2 is just Baby Elephant Walk with extra steps.
    Also, wild throwback to GameTrailers Top Tens with the number animations and VO!

    • @brentalfloss
      @brentalfloss  3 роки тому +1

      That’s a good catch about Baby Elephant Walk! I’m a Mancini fan, I should have caught that

  • @flyingfist4203
    @flyingfist4203 2 роки тому

    Nice!

  • @electrobuster5483
    @electrobuster5483 3 роки тому +1

    Teleroboxer FOR THE WIN BABY.

  • @cakemangaming3114
    @cakemangaming3114 3 роки тому

    This gives me hope for a Virtual Boy With Lyrics in the future.

  • @VirtualBoy500
    @VirtualBoy500 3 роки тому +1

    This video really appealed to me, for some reason...

  • @CZeke
    @CZeke 3 роки тому

    I just watched this video and I'm STILL having trouble believing it exists. Who knew there were even 15 good songs on the Virtual Boy?

  • @RetroGamerBB
    @RetroGamerBB 2 роки тому

    My phone doesn't emulate vb games well but occasionally I'll play a virtual boy video in my cheapo Google vr. I love all the music from Mario tennis

  • @meseyc
    @meseyc 2 роки тому

    My brother had one, I loved the Mario tennis game.

  • @valencoffeebat
    @valencoffeebat Рік тому

    Small nitpick on the waterworld music, it was actually kinda composed by Johnathan Dunn! Dean scored the original SNES tunes, which Dunn covered on the vb (Haven't found total proof as the game doesn't have credits it seems, but Dunn was one of ocean's 8 bit composers while Evans did SNES/AMIGA/MIDI work almost exclusively)

  • @SuperIchi
    @SuperIchi 3 роки тому

    I know I've heard those Jack Bros tracks at some point in my life but I have no earthly idea when where or why since I've never once touched a Virtual Boy or its games in my life. Now I get to stew in my own brainjuices trying to remember where I heard it...

    • @SuperIchi
      @SuperIchi 3 роки тому

      As I typed this I remembered- it was from a fanmade fake collection of songs that someone uploaded and labelled the Persona 5 soundtrack long before Persona 5 came out. Wow, what a blast from the past. XD

  • @sky6978
    @sky6978 3 роки тому

    I started this video hoping to hear the theme song from Teleroboxer. I had a Virtualboy for a long time and that song stuck with me more than most!

  • @retrofraction
    @retrofraction 3 роки тому

    Top 15, that’s like most of the library ;)

    • @brentalfloss
      @brentalfloss  3 роки тому

      Well I figure if every game averages 15 tracks it’s out of a lot more than 22 :)

  • @SlyHikari03
    @SlyHikari03 2 роки тому

    Wario land is gold (haha geddit?).
    Kazumi Totaka is a godsend.
    Ps.
    Loved the mr plinkett impression during the waterworld segment.

  • @LocheWyrm
    @LocheWyrm 3 роки тому

    Some of these sound like they could have been in the Game and Watch series, another set of games with great music

  • @BrandonCroker
    @BrandonCroker 3 роки тому

    Nice.

  • @Psgsshjl
    @Psgsshjl 3 роки тому

    Great vid! Could you compile your fav 8-bit songs across- consoles, too?

  • @n.e.s.kid0940
    @n.e.s.kid0940 3 роки тому

    When you beat jack bros on hard you get a different end credits song and that's the best vb song to me. I play that game just to hear that song every now and then.

    • @brentalfloss
      @brentalfloss  3 роки тому

      I also want to play as Pixie which I think happens if you beat it on hard (mostly because that way she doesn't interrupt every freakin 3 minutes)

  • @JamesThames1987
    @JamesThames1987 2 роки тому

    The almost six minute track that plays before starting the game is way more awesome in Water World than the main music in the game.

  • @thekiss2083
    @thekiss2083 3 роки тому +1

    Worth noting that Kenji Yamamoto went on to compose for the Metroid Prime games 😀

  • @RBunctious
    @RBunctious 3 роки тому

    Bound High! Is a really great game. I recommend playing it! The title theme is the only VB tune to get stuck in my head. Wish I played through Teleroboxer and Jack Bros. more. But was enraptured by Wario Land.

  • @magaz
    @magaz 3 роки тому

    That Tetris song sounds soooo familiar, but I can’t place what it sounds like

  • @kirbywordy
    @kirbywordy 2 роки тому

    virtual league baseball's theme reminds me of a pokemon town theme that might show up in pokemon red or blue

  • @Colonel-Llama
    @Colonel-Llama 3 роки тому

    As soon as i saw Grim Reaper’s Cavern as #2, i knew #1 would be either the Ikanger or Credits theme from Teleroboxer. Got a VB a few weeks ago and i absolutely LOVE it. For some reason, i’m not affected at all by the display.

    • @brentalfloss
      @brentalfloss  3 роки тому

      What’s your secret to avoid neck and back strain?

    • @Colonel-Llama
      @Colonel-Llama 3 роки тому

      @@brentalfloss A table that happens to be just the right height!

  • @napdogs
    @napdogs 3 роки тому +1

    Grim Reaper's Cavern is definitely the best IMO

    • @brentalfloss
      @brentalfloss  3 роки тому +1

      Oof I was SO CLOSE to making it my #1

    • @napdogs
      @napdogs 3 роки тому

      @@brentalfloss To quote your Sunshine video you incredible hilarious man:
      "There's no accounting for taste" ;D

  • @AirQBert
    @AirQBert 3 роки тому

    I had a few of these, the audio kept breaking on them!
    Still, LOVED teleroboxer and the Warriors game!

  • @officialsambrown95
    @officialsambrown95 3 роки тому

    Damn it I keep missing your videos 😓

  • @RaccoonRevolution
    @RaccoonRevolution 3 роки тому

    The Wario Land Staff Roll song definitely has some shades of the style of music that would appear in Wario Land 4.

  • @Doddleran
    @Doddleran 3 роки тому

    Wow the galactic pinball cosmic I feel you should make a if it had lyrics for. so good.

  • @metamayto
    @metamayto 3 роки тому

    The Virtual Boy seems to be getting a lot of attention recently. Luigi's Mansion, Scott the Woz, you. Okay, maybe not a lot, but like a 20 fold increase than normal.

  • @MotherKojiro
    @MotherKojiro 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this; this was very interesting. I played a Virutal Boy in a store once, but my neck got stiff so fast I didn't even get to get a headache from it, but Wario Land did seem cool. Seems like the sound hardware is similar to that of a Game Boy, too. Dean Evans is a spectacular composer; he worked largely for Ocean, so there are some pretty bad games out there with INFURIATINGLY good soundtracks. Check out the SNES version of Waterworld; it's also very beautiful. Also, an interesting thing about Jack Bros. is that there is a similar ATLUS title on the Game Boy called Spud's Adventure.

  • @NukeOTron
    @NukeOTron 3 роки тому

    Okay, that Teleroboxer theme is giving me vibes of Twisted Sister's I Wanna Rock, and should probably be played on a roaring electric guitar. It's a short loop, but still...
    That last track that you played screams New Jack Swing to me.
    Okay, Teleroboxer needs its music remixed.

  • @projp9057
    @projp9057 3 роки тому

    Cool

  • @Pinknarf95
    @Pinknarf95 3 роки тому

    I'm only about 5 minutes in rn, but with the long stretch of music played for the first song, for about a whole 2 seconds, I had real fear rush through me that Nintendo would copyright strike it. Buuut then I remembered how little Nintendo cares about the Virtual Boy, lmao.

  • @squidlesbian
    @squidlesbian 3 роки тому +3

    "Even if it were around it came and went so fast"
    Or it never came at all if you're European ^^

  • @fuzzy76
    @fuzzy76 3 роки тому

    Top 15 tunes from 22 games? Sounds like a low bar. 😁

  • @danthedeer8
    @danthedeer8 3 роки тому +1

    oh god even just watching this on UA-cam makes my eyes hurt from that red screen.

  • @ethanwindham9700
    @ethanwindham9700 3 роки тому

    hope you will also make a with lyrics videos on the shin megami tensei franchise (supposedly smt1, smt2, smt IF..., smt strange journey, the raidou kuzunoha series, the digital devil saga duology, and persona 1 and persona 2: innocent sin & eternal punishment).

  • @DragonQuarter
    @DragonQuarter 3 роки тому

    If you thought the VB version of Waterworld's soundtrack is great, listen to the SNES version's; it's incredible!

  • @SgtSega
    @SgtSega 2 роки тому

    Wario Land and Jack Bros. are the only ones i recommend.

  • @Jooj_Designer
    @Jooj_Designer 3 роки тому

    Ikanger was such a pain in the ass that I can't associate his theme with anything else that the hell I went through (and I still have yet to beat the true final boss!)

  • @Optimus97
    @Optimus97 3 роки тому

    *MY MISSION IZ TO GET A BIRDIE*

  • @OctoberRaven
    @OctoberRaven 3 роки тому

    To be fair the arcade version of Waterworld was 40 quarters a continue...

    • @brentalfloss
      @brentalfloss  3 роки тому

      the movie studio had to make their money back somehow!

  • @pokemaniacalex8031
    @pokemaniacalex8031 2 роки тому

    Anyone ever make a fan made finished version of Bound High? I’d love to play it.

  • @javierquevedod.8240
    @javierquevedod.8240 3 роки тому

    20:58 Is it just me or I feel this tune should have been the title theme for VB Wario Land?

    • @brentalfloss
      @brentalfloss  3 роки тому

      20:41

    • @javierquevedod.8240
      @javierquevedod.8240 3 роки тому

      @@brentalfloss Oh, bruh my fault xD
      Good video btw, I've never actually heard any tunes of the other VB games besides some from Wario Land and Mario's Tennis

  • @ThatSonOfAGlitch
    @ThatSonOfAGlitch 3 роки тому

    Anyone recognize part of Mario’s Tennis theme FROM NICK ARCADE!? It’s the noise made when Mikey walked on the board.

  • @capcom4eva
    @capcom4eva 2 роки тому

    Isn’t that virtual fishing melody the same as in snes super Mario kart star cup race?
    Teleroboxer title theme sounds like a remix of mike Tyson’s punch out. 🥊
    Red alarm sounds very nes tmnt like. 🐢

  • @Numbuh1NerdX
    @Numbuh1NerdX 3 роки тому

    Casey Kasem’s American Top 40, but it’s you and game scores pls

  • @argoth231
    @argoth231 3 роки тому

    Virtual league music sounds like it came from earthbound

  • @VidGirl88
    @VidGirl88 3 роки тому

    My dumb ass thought Ikanger was a spynx cat when I first saw her. Teleroboxer has no right to have so many great tracks for a game so many never played.