“Gauntlet IV (MD/Genesis) - Transparent Obstacle” [Oscilloscope View]

Stereo Key: Top = Left, Bottom = Right
Composed by Hitoshi Sakamoto and Masaharu Iwata.
Requested by Kunaskev.
You can view a list of all of the requests I have yet to get to here: docs.google.co...
Oscilloscope visuals created with jimbo1qaz's corrscope program.

[@ooccttoo]

[The Unknown] appeared!

[@Mystik3eb]

Dylan's right, this slaps.

[@crazyjumpingcheese]

Yup I just came here from him too lol. Slaps soooo hard.

[@DaveVoyles]

That’s what brought me here, too

[@maineduboisesq.7528]

I am also hear because of that reason, and I agree this is a killer track.

[@tacoleon]

Hidden Jam alert is right for sure

[@YudaHnK]

Hidden jam

[@steveduck2345]

Lumpy touch has summoned me here.

[@blockeontheleafeon]

Same here. This track rocks.

[@pugofwarbr]

i came here for "unknown" reasons

[@MrCoolvonrad]

Sent from "Now in the 90's" the editor said this was a banger track and he was not wrong

[@eldram620]

Damn Dylan, this rocks hard

[@TrumpLester]

Battle Against The Unknown

[@LordRoto]

Holy shit this song rocks. Sup anyone else from now in the 90s

[@kynmasters8670]

Dylan sent me

[@GreatWhiteElf]

Thank you editor Dylan

[@Marius_Carl]

Thank you Dylan, this beat is indeed a certified Megadrive/Genesis classic

[@d-pad_dad]

Now in the 90's, Editor Dylan, glad I did what I was told. This is amazing.

[@dbsummit]

editor dylan sent me here

[@MattFurniss]

One of my favorite Genesis songs. Love the scope view. Amazing!

[@solarflare9078]

Really says something when another legendary Mega Drive/Genesis composer thinks this is their favorite

[@mrInSaNiTyDuDe]

Holy crap, editor Dillon was right!

[@borrellipatrick]

In Dylan we trust 🙏

[@adamainsworth67]

Here from lumpy touch, this goes hard.

[@cemstrumental]

Holy hell. That bass at the beginning is just tremendous!

[@TigerNightmare]

Now in the 90s sent me.

[@roachdoggjr111]

Thanks, Dylan!

[@roachdoggjr111]

Also, Masaharu Iwata went on to make music for Final Fantasy.

[@nunyabusiness69]

​@@roachdoggjr111*tactics

[@roachdoggjr111]

@@nunyabusiness69 he did tactics and ff12, including the new tracks made for the zodiac age

[@mahbodkaramoozian6409]

One of the greatest examples of PSG working with FM

[@thepeller210]

The ultimate FM music!

[@Jidarious]

I was sent here by editor Dylan

[@Jidarious]

Yeah this is a pretty jammy hidden jam

[@DaveVoyles]

Damn, this has heavy Thunderforce IV vibes, and I'm here for it

[@UmbreonMessiah]

I am a humongous, lifelong fan of the Genesis soundchip. The music one could make with that thing is on a completely different level from any other instrument on the planet, but so few people could work its magic. The single song is the proof to that belief. This magnum opus causes the Genesis to make sounds even *I* didn't know it was capable of. It's truly majestic.

[@Karanagi]

Interesting note, both of the composers of this track also worked on Final Fantasy XII.

[@NipplesTheEnchilada2323]

And Final Fantasy Tactics.

[@Ere1705]

Track soo good that it makes me want to challange The Unknown

[@kinorai]

Now in the 90s sent me here. ❤

[@VaellinTheBard]

Huh would not have guessed this as a gauntlet 4 song.

[@azazelleblack]

I've always thought that this song is incredible. It doesn't even sound like something that came out of a Mega Drive, and I'm very familiar with what the Mega Drive can do. Thanks for visualizing it!

[@hoorayforhawksbills]

Yeah that ain't GEMS.

[@camulodunon]

@@hoorayforhawksbills guess what? This is GEMS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5e7p2aLbLWLadk

[@Greenstone308]

I'm here because Editor Dylan from Now in the 90's told me I should be here. I am not disappointed.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

My tummy sounds

[@pal-of-pals]

This song? Pure perfection!

[@Gamefreak2205]

That is hot. *_That is hot._*

[@alonsojett]

One of the best Genny tracks easy

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

Gauntlet IV, inject it into my veins.

[@nicolobartolotta]

3 words THAT FUCKING PERCUSSION!

[@lekanraposte6732]

That's the Genesis sound pushed to the extreme!

[@Irokutarabelmont]

One of the best game songs ever made. Best played at full blast. The bass line is so goddamn good.

[@jimgrand8514]

Dylan was right.

[@johndaniels404]

Who else is here from watching "Now in the 90's"?

[@rexham83]

Playing this as a 10 year old, I could never imagine how dope this music was for its time.

[@CountofBleck]

What is that? It's the Unknown!

[@blooTalkoes]

A paper mario AND lumpy touch fan???

[@SussyCookie-ve8gp]

Owa dayum!

[@Delta225]

Holy shit...

[@Eviltaco64]

quality. doesn't even have time to catch a break

[@ShwappaJ]

I'd like to hear an SNES or PC Engine version of this song one day...

[@davidtraud851]

Right at about 2:10, it starts to sound like Bejeweled Classic

[@Ponnybit]

I did something fun with this track back in 2008

[@SuJuMcKronklin]

Awesome, thanks!

[@nicolasbouchard8499]

Thx Dylan!

[@__gig__]

this is really good, time to leave it on loop for a couple hours until I get tired of it

[@ssg-eggunner]

This sounds like ym2608 and old john tay sound design for some reason

[@XisAgente]

A bateria dessa musica é MUITO FODA!

[@AlexDoesStuff]

Sent here by editor Dylan

[@bluelfsuma]

At around 1:42 it starts to remind me of an Undertale song. I can't think of which one/s, though. I wonder if Toby Fox ever played this game and was inspired? edit: Changed "sound vaguely like" into "remind me of", for clarity.

[@TheMalMeninga]

You mean Undertale starts to sound vaguely like this, since this predates it by about 20 years

[@bluelfsuma]

@@TheMalMeninga No, I mean, it starts to remind me of an Undertale song. Because I'm not listening to Undertale at the moment, it's coming out of my memory. I didn't bother to word it like so because I expected most people here know this game is older, and understand my meaning.

[@perdedoronline]

Workout music 💯

[@pasromano75]

Walt a moment! Genesis chip wasn't only a FM Chip? How pcm ?

[@jc_dogen]

6th channel could play pcm samples, but I don't think this song uses any. The percussion is all fm.

[@TheGreatGario]

from what i learned about the genesis, apparently the FM chip isn't the only sound chip in the system. It also has a holdover from the Mastersystem integrated into it, which has four PCM channels, three of which simulate a basic square wave and a fourth that acts as a noise channel it's pretty interesting stuff, even if it took over a year for someone to answer that question

[@SpiralPegasus]

@@TheGreatGario no, the SMS chip can only play 3 square waves and one noise channel. There is only one default PCM channel on Genesis. Thanks to Toy Story dev being the God that he is, however, nowadays you can use a known trick to allow up to 4 PCM samples on that one channel by playing with sample size and timings. So that'd be. 5 FM, 3 square waves, one noise and 4 PCM. Talk about amazing!

[@crimson-foxtwitch2581]

@@SpiralPegasus software multiplexing, but it requires a lot of CPU power to do so. most Genesis games only used 1 PCM channel for this reason. a handful used PSG3+4(noise channel) for hihats also some later titles opted for FM drums to both save on space and reserve FM6 for sound effects(assigning less important layers to that channel, such as Metal Squad using it for guitar 2’s echo) there is a driver out there that uses less CPU while capable of playing two PCM samples simultaneously though. as for this song, it’s actually entirely FM+PSG. the drums are all FM, the basses are FM, but the arpeggio is a combination of FM and PSG

[@ShwappaJ]

There was a PCM channel but this song doesn't use any samples.

[@JamieVegas]

How is this MD... with 14 tracks?!

[@cemstrumental]

This is 9 tracks, with their respective left and right channels.

[@GibbyBlatongs]

From what i remember, the developers didn't think the sound hardware was quite up to the task of producing what they envisioned for Gauntlet IV and so rewrote it all from scratch, I'm guessing they wrote the extra audio hardware they needed in software, much the same as emulators emulate hardware today, i remember hearing about it around release (when it was still in the magazines) and thinking they were absolute legends for doing that considering the MegaDrive / Genesis Yamaha YM2612 audio was already quite capable. What an amazing and haunting soundtrack.

[@user-fx6gd9ry1o]

sega megadrive signature yamahaaaaaaa vs some shity nintendon't soundship

[@paulkyrby]

Thank you editor Dylan