November 28, 2006 | Posted by j.p. at 7:59 AM

You had me at 8-bits...

メトロイド　小ボス部屋(Ⅰ)〜クレイド - 田中宏和

(that is to say...)

Metroid Mini Boss' Room Theme: Kraid - Tanaka (can't read the Kanji)

Yep. It's throwback time this Monday on MFR. Waaaaay back. Like, mid-80s, I'm fewer than 10 years old, my neighbor just got a NES and my hippie parents haven't figured it out yet to know better than to keep me away from it. Metroid. Ikari Warriors. Contra. Zelda. Fucking Rush'n Attack. Stone cold classics, all, and you know what blows my mind? How many little samples pop up from the scores of these games in everything from hip-hop to electronica to (duh) J-Pop. Is it because we all miss those days dearly? Probably. But is it also because the music was totally kick ass in half those games? Fuck yes. Who hasn't played Mega Man III that still hums the stage music from time to time? Even girls love the themes from Metroid and Mario.

They're realizing what a gold mine they're sitting on, over in the land of Nippon. As part of the 20-year anniversary, they're releasing all sorts of amazing toys that recapture the look and feel, and several volumes of music from only the bestselling NES titles of all time! You can [order it from Play-asia.com], or you might be able to find it on the Japanese iTunes store.

Also...

MFR would like to welcome the newest in the small flock of subdomain-blogs huddled beneath the warm wing of the Robots, Games.For-Robots! Our food blog was a nice departure while it lasted (though it's still crawling along), and GFR should give the Robots' vidiot side a chance to distill the mess of gaming culture to the most relevant news and warm-n-fuzzy nostalgia trips, and perhaps serve up some old gems MFR-style as their copyrights fall into public domain from time to time. Current events, next-gen console bits, console hacking, overlooked game reviews, and funny bits from the world's biggest digital hobby... it'll all be there. We hope those of you who share this interest enjoy it (this old Katamari Damacy post still gets hammered a few hundred times a week via Google after all...), and for those of you who ain't into such things, we hope you continue to enjoy the quality music you're used to hearing on MFR.

Comments

The Famicom anniversary was like three years ago, guys.

Posted by: Sam at November 28, 2006 3:08 PM

True, but so what? I missed the memo that said it's poor form to stay excited about the Famicom/NES once the candles burn out on the 20th Birthday cake. So just let me know when it's kosher to get publically excited again about the games that still offer great entertainment value 20+ years after their release, okay? Thanks.

Besides, the merch rollout has been going ever since 2003, and it keeps getting better with each product.

Posted by: jp at November 28, 2006 7:23 PM

Don't get me wrong, I'm still excited about this too, being the huge Nintendo whore that I am. I apologize for the tone I used, but I was just pointing out that this is old news.

Posted by: Sam at November 28, 2006 10:36 PM
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