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Mega Man 7's sample base is interesting in the sense of just how versatile it is.

Anyway, Flying Battery Zone! Wanted to cover this for a while after hearing the superb remastered versions in Sonic Mania.

Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Flying Battery Zone [Mega Man 7 style]

Hey, I was thinking the other day, "you know what? I've always wanted to write an original Mega Man X-styled song, but never have".

So I did!

I think it went OK for a first time. It sounds a little more like Mega Man Classic in composition, and I struggled a lot with the melody (they're pretty hard to write imo), but overall I'm proud.

And as always, these songs are free to use for non-profit purposes, so long as proper credit is given.

original - Stage 32 [SNES MMX]

Look out everyone it's Plug Man! He'll plug you!

MM9's got some great tunes, and I wanted to do Plug Man's because he's got a catchy intro and those nice electric noise sounds. This was gonna be just a VRC6 remix but I wanted the deep smooth bass that only an N163 square wave could provide.

Mega Man 9 - Plug Man [NES VRC6 + 1-N163]

So I bought the debut Gorillaz album in late December because it was on sale for real cheap and when I heard this song I immediately thought of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong-Quest for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. 

It took a while, but I finally got around to doing the DKC2-style remix I've been wanting to do since December. Also it was a fun exercise in practicing groove effects in OpenMPT.

Gorillaz - Tomorrow Comes Today [SNES DKC2 style]

If somebody made a "panic attack to MP3" converter it would spit out the soundtrack to The Simpsons arcade game. It's got a lot of frantic, loosely-defined songs, and I think that transfers well to an NES format.

This was a fun one to do. I haven't done DPCM orchestra hits like this before and it was pretty cool to work with. 

Have any of you played this game? Which character is your favorite?

The Simpsons (Arcade) - Downtown Springfield (Stage 1) [NES 2A03]

Hey so I haven't had a new cover in a while, but that's OK because I've got a new Famitracker cover for you! 

The Dr. Wily Stage 1 theme from Mega Man 3 is tragically overlooked in my onion; it's such a jam! So I've made a VRC6 cover, and hopefully I've done it justice.

Mega Man 3 - Wily Stage 1 [VRC6]

So I'm FINALLY playing Undertale, since it's now on the Switch. It's really good I like it a lot. I'm bad at it though.

But that's not the point, the point is that there is a new hidden boss in the game and it's got a dope boss theme, which I've covered in Famitracker. Sorry if I'm spoiling anyone btw. :/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpTce9ad-cA

Undertale (Switch) - Mad Mew Mew [8-bit 2A03]

It's Stickerbrush Symphony! Or StickerBUSH, if you're pedantic. Nothing I can say about this song that hasn't already been said before, but I do like it a lot and wanted to pay homage to DKC2 in general with this cover. It's a really good game and it gives me the warm feelies.

Y'know, with the exception of a couple tiny parts, this song isn't as hard to cover as I initially thought it would be. Which is good because I'm lazy and wouldn't have ever finished this if it were like wicked difficult.

Donkey Kong Country 2 - Stickerbrush Symphony [VRC6]

Hey what's up I did a Deltarune song! I'm sure you guys are all tired of Field Of Hopes And Dreams covers by now but I thought maybe it would sound good in Chrono Trigger style. Deltarune kinda reminds me of Chrono Trigger a little bit anyhow with its three-member party system and all.

Also the background sprites for this game? Surprisingly difficult to find online!

Deltarune - Field Of Hopes And Dreams [SNES Chrono Trigger arrangement]

Hey what's up! I've done my best to make a Famitracker cover of Crocodile Cacophony's new arrangement in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. K. Rool is really well-represented in this game! 

Here it is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xVxqQlY-w8c

Oh also I released my compilation of every song I made in 2018 earlier this month, and its free to download, so if that sounds interesting you can check it out here: https://zerojanitor.bandcamp.com/album/2018-releases

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Crocodile Cacophony [8-Bit VRC6]

Requested by @SuperMarilink on Twitter!

What can you say about Napalm Man? He's a robot master based on one of the most horrific weapons of war ever created, but more importantly, he has treads for feet! If X were ever to square off against this guy, he'd have a hard time keeping up!

Mega Man 5 - Napalm Man [Mega Man X remix]

So this song was my attempt to utilize a groove beat in an original since I hadn't actually done that in quite some time. I originally wanted to create something with a much more sad, almost droning tone, but it kind of naturally evolved into something more lively (though still pretty somber). Kinda gave me the vibe of a rainy city at night, lit up by neon signs with almost no one on the streets. Very noir-ish.

original - Neoniscape [VRC6 + VRC7]

Y'know, as much as Bad Dudes is popular for its meme status, I'm genuinely surprised the second stage theme isn't more popular. I feel like it should be up there with The Moon or Wily 1. I'm starting to think nobody actually played this game..........

YouTube: https://youtu.be/2PgdKbYzf9Q

Bad Dudes - Stage 2 [Famitracker VRC6]

Now some of you might be thinking, "But ZJ, lots of people have already made VRC6 covers of Death By Glamour! And why are you uploading this at midnight?", to which I would say "I do what I want!".

Undertale - Death By Glamour [VRC6]

Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, in this instance, refers to the 2A03 and VRC6!

I know the SNES soundtrack to this game isn't everyone's favorite but I love the kind of calm, spooky tone that Eveline Novakovic's soundtrack gives to the game, and Water World is one of the best in that regard.

Donkey Kong Country 3 - Water World [VRC6]

YouTube: https://youtu.be/vkGpU9y8TiY

Hey it's another Tales of Symphonia cover! I've actually played the game since the last cover I released and I liked it a lot! The battle system in particular is super-fun.

Anyway I decided not to use DPCM for this cover and just use noise percussion, since I think the song has a little bit of a Capcom feel to it.

Tales of Symphonia - Fatalize [2A03]

Dave's theme from Maniac Mansion is probably one of my all-time favorite songs from a video game. The rhythm, the melody, the sick guitar solos! It's all just really good.

I did a cover of this song a couple years ago in the Mega Man X style, and it came out pretty good, but I always felt like I could have done better on the arrangement side of things. When I heard Master Mi's remix of this song and how it used pitch bends during the main melody, it inspired me to return to this song and try to really hammer in all the things I love about this song.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/FY6z1IRn9x8

Maniac Mansion - The Boys Are Still Back (Dave's Theme) [VRC6]

So this started out as being vaguely inspired by Green Grass Gradation from Mega Man ZX until it morphed into something else completely idk. I originally hated it but after spending a LOT of time tweaking things last night, I finally think its almost good.

Photo by Josh Sorenson from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/business-computer-connection-data-1054397/

original - Transfer [MPT]

Also known as Final of Puyo Puyo (Satan's Theme) from Puyo Puyo.

There's a few different versions of this song but the DRMBM version is still my favorite for how hard it goes. Really adds some intensity to a game about stacking goo!

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Dxtbikq6SIM

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - 2 Player [2A03]

What does "Get The Punk Out" even mean? Are we evicting him?

Despite being the theme song of a character named Punk, it never felt like a very punk rock kinda song to me. So I tried to make it more thematically appropriate with a fast and wild drum beat and just generally going ham. Incidentally I think that's also a good way to help it fit in with X2's soundtrack.

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