Which NES & SMS music is worth listening too?

[musical]

Just found this:
http://www.zophar.net/nsf/
http://www.zophar.net/vgm/

So much music. I don't know where to start or what's good?

[AMG]

NES:

-CastleVania 1-3 (3 has great music, some of the best on the NES IMO.)
-Metroid
-Legend of Zelda

SMS:

Altered Beast

[-hellvin-]

Vgmusic (http://www.vgmusic.com/) also has some cool midis as well.

But anyways, it's all about the megaman 2 soundtrack. I listen to most of the tracks almost daily, and if you think I kid you, I do not, I like it that much.

[Aussie2B]

Ah, let's see... For NES only:

Mario series
Zelda series
Metroid
Mega Man series
Castlevania series
Batman
Crystalis
Maniac Mansion
Astyanax
Blaster Master
Dragon Spirit
Dragon Warrior series
Dr. Mario
Friday the 13th (terrible game, cool music)
Gradius series
StarTropics series

There's a few to get you started. :)

[Garry Silljo]

Some of the best music ever to come from my Master System in my opinion, was thanks to Parlour Games.

World Bingo especially rocks.

[o2william]

I agree with most of Aussie2B's picks, and would also add:

Metal Gear 2: Snake's Revenge
Wizards & Warriors 1 & 2 (IronSword0
Ninja Gaiden series
Deadly Towers (Mashou)
Vice: Project Doom
Rygar
Kid Icarus

There are isolated good tracks on:
The Immortal
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
The Legacy of the Wizard

And for a good laugh, listed to the Magmax soundtrack. Talk about goofy tunes.

[Raccoon Lad]

SMS:

My pics:
Wonder Boy III
Zillion 2
Fantasy Zone 2

Sega's Pics (from best of Sega compilation)
Ashura/ Rambo First Blood Part 2/Secret Commando
Phantasy Star

There's more, but music's not the first thing that comes to my mind when thinking about games.

[Sotenga]

Anything by Konami and Sunsoft for the NES. :D

I can't help you with the SMS, though I was kinda partial to the sound of Master of Darkness.

[ManekiNeko]

I've got three words for you... Konami, Konami, Konami. Their NES games are brilliantly written and have the most powerful bass you'll ever hear from an 8-bit system. Start at Gyruss and work your way up to more modern games like Contra and Castlevania.

Capcom's got good music, too, but it's more cartoony and lighthearted than Konami's. Give Mega Man 1, Section Z, and Bionic Commando a spin... they all sound great. River City Ransom by Technos is still pretty memorable, too.

JR

[Raccoon Lad]

Here's another SMS game with catchy music: Dynamite Dux. The game's pretty fun too.

[ArnoldRimmer83]

I listen to Video game music all the time. 99% of the time, its what I'm playing on Winamp. Especially Nes music. This list will probably be fairly long, but here are the game music I like.

For Nes:

Zanac
Gun Nac
Guardian Legend
Kirby's Adventure
Startropics 1 & 2
Super Mario 1-3
Zelda 1 & 2
Metroid
Kid Icarus
Tetris (Tengen and Nintendo, both have decent music.)
Sword Master
Ninja Gaiden 1 & 2
River City Ransom
Super Dodgeball (look for Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball Bu - Soccer Hen)
Over Horizon
Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy
Bignose the Caveman
Shatterhand
Shadow of the Ninja (Look for Kage, no it's not Legend of Kage)
Legacy of the Wizard
Faxanadu
Final Fantasy 1-3
Dragon Warrior 1-4
Destiny of an Emperor 1 & 2
Magic of Scheherazade
Flying Warriors
GI Joe Real American Hero
Doki Doki Yuuenchi (Not Doki Doki Panic. Completely different game.)
Little Samson
Solstice
Hero Quest
Magician
Adventure Island 2-4 (You can get these here: http://www.dragoneyestudios.net/index.php?page=music)

It would take forever to list them all, so I pretty much recommend you try all nsfs they have of Capcom, Sunsoft, and Konami games as those companies made some of the best Nes tunes. Especially Konami. Can't think of any Nes game they made with bad music. Well I guess Road Fighter could count, since all the tunes in that are only about 5 seconds long. :P

For SMS:

After Burner
Black Belt
Golden Axe Warrior
Wonder Boy series
Miracle Warriors
Phantasy Star
Golvellius Valley of Doom
Power Strike 1 and 2
R Type
Penguin Land
Dynamite Dux
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Shinobi
Shadow Dancer
Pit Pot
Fantasy Zone 1 and 2
Gain Ground
Fantastic Dizzy (Has completely different music from the Nes version. Yolk Folk village theme is stuck in my head. :P )
Vampire Master of Darkness
Outrun 1 & 3D
Space Harrier 1 & 3D
Zillion 1 & 2
Rastan
Captain Silver
Ys

Game Gear:

Aleste 1 & 2
Shinobi 1 & 2
Tail's Adventures
Pengo

Only trouble with SMS and Game Gear, is there aren't a lot of VGMs around. Most of the games I mentioned above I don't think even have VGMs yet. But if they are ever available they get my recommendation. :P

[musical]

WOW.

I was just listening to a couple Sega Master System tunes. I'm impressed. They almost sound like 16-bit tunes!

[Crush Crawfish]

MEGA MAN 3!!!!! That game has the greatest music in the history of everything ever! So....go now!!!! LOL

[musical]

Spider-Man - "My spidey senses are tingling. I suspect sarcasm."

[MarkMan]

SMS - Phantasy Star