MS-DOS/WIN Tunes for Bards to Go Hard (and Soft) to (Medieval/Lute-y)

[@toolehead]

i should buy a lute

[@emmxyzzy]

This is finally how I make it to the big time. Amazon affiliate link for lutes.

[@jaxonc.9013]

lute will buy you my friend

[@fatihyilmaz-Gtr]

I bougt a lute and i saw that, i can't buy a happiness.

[@kidwaryodproduction]

Formed a band name "Lute Zeppelin" Sir Robert the Wisdom Tree. Bard Jameson Page Wizard John Paul Jones Captain Joseph Bonham with Lord Peter Grant

[@captofthecrunch1942]

Being a lute owner and someone who makes Dungeon Synth incorporating said real lute, please, please follow your lute dreams. One of the best moments of my life was finally getting my lute.

[@archdukegordy2189]

I listened to this while cooking and I felt the authentic experience of being a tavern wench in an early 90's dungeon crawler game

[@usheen42o]

misread this as a tavern wench in the 90's xD 1290s xD

[@kishascape]

The bard reminds me of Terry Davis.

[@theartofaltarf2346]

It was only a matter of time before someone recognized the magic that is middle age midi music!

[@Mr_Boifriend]

😂😂😂

[@davidcauley9400]

All I'll say is if you weren't there, you missed out. Hendrix at woodstock, The Beatles at the Apple building, RANDARR THE BARD at Ye Olde Pig and Pony inn with his ZX Spectrum

[@agfish]

you, of course, mean midi-eval music.

[@highseervehk]

Dungeon synth

[@LawsMusic108]

midi age

[@pe4enka427]

I don't know how this video found me, but this is what I need right now

[@icapfordollars9214]

Whoop!

[@陸天篤]

This style of pixel art looks like the old wall carpets I had while growing up. Weirdly nostalgic.

[@OAlem]

Latch hook art

[@ChronicMetamorphosis]

I hope it comes back.

[@oscarpalm4863]

Ah yes, upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Bayeux_Tapestry_scene23_Harold_sacramentum_fecit_Willelmo_duci.jpg

[@okordenador]

Well, the first computer is said to be a tapestry machine that could reproduce images programmed in a perforated card. Makes sense that it would produce pixely images!

[@leonatus221]

You must be a lord then

[@crudelis5981]

Ah yes, game dungeon synth

[@如來-c3l]

@@feywerfolevado6286well a lot of PC games used midi…

[@trustytrest]

Thanks Ross

[@darthcannabris5406]

@@trustytrestNp

[@MrPear40]

WE GETTING KINGS QUEST TO FINALLY RUN CORRECTLY WITH THIS ONE

[@Mr_Boifriend]

😂😂😂

[@Supahdave1000]

King Graham is pleased with this announcement.

[@sammycraigar]

​@@bobaboeyMe too! 😂

[@sammycraigar]

​@@Supahdave1000I played them all. I think 5 was tops but 6 delivered too.

[@mnemosyned]

I found a KQ book at the thrift store the other day and today this video. It's fate, I must read the book, listen to this and then play the games. Cancel all my meetings!

[@microfighterz]

I can't imagine the self control it took to only include one Ultima song.

[@aliray7833]

So true

[@claytonmyett7274]

YESSSSS

[@MsHeartmelter]

lmao

[@carlfishy]

Got to say my first thought was “no Stones?”

[@hpholland]

Seriously the whole thing could be Ultima 7 alone

[@tamoray7319]

We definitely getting out of the tutorial zone with dis one 🔥🔥

[@novictim]

🤣🤣

[@Saint_Wolf_]

I love this and I love you, son.

[@brandonwisecarver5276]

😂😂😂💀💀💀

[@terraversalvoid5391]

Mf getting outta Lumby with this one!

[@hpholland]

Copyright protection 😏

[@Eibon_of_Iqqua]

This is what it's like inside my head when people explain boring things to me.

[@skaldi8347]

This is just what it's like inside my head.

[@AR-mu4zq]

Lol!

[@areskodvin]

Can you explain what you mean? I’ll listen to this along. Nhohoho

[@Twinboi85]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@Big_Glizzy.]

Lol dang

[@eljugadorescaldenc4002]

It’s not only nostalgic, it’s a tribute and a wonderful gesture for remembering and preserving those wonderful music from old games.

[@kishascape]

The bards face also preserve the memory of Terry Davis.

[@ukefan9]

one of those interesting rabbit hole intersections of youtube where all the other related videos will be interesting and obscure. how does the algorithm know?

[@emmxyzzy]

I blame ukefans 1 through 8.

[@ukefan9]

@@emmxyzzy =D hahah

[@pinkfloydguy7781]

I know it wasn’t an MS-DOS game, but old school RuneScape had fantastic tracks of this caliber too

[@aenoire]

Yeah, amazing soundtrack, it's a shame things happened to turn out the way they did with the main composer

[@sengoku_fin]

@@aenoire enlighten me

[@fr0zeNid]

@@sengoku_fin child diddler

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@sengoku_fin oh dear, he was jailed for molestation

[@thedanyrus]

@@kaitlyn__L for a moment he thought he was living the medieval times

[@readuth1488]

Dude this rocks, you should definitely continue this series. When you make another one, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall has some great tracks that would be perfect for this kind of thing

[@ianmcck304]

Yes please an gauntlet

[@fazulol]

that would be epic

[@rickhapstley3866]

I was hoping for some Daggerfall tunes as well !

[@patrickholt8782]

The masculine urge to rescue fair maidens from dungeons.

[@rarepepe2572]

❤‍🔥

[@bananabreadguy7960]

Do tomboys count?

[@hearthatbird]

That's just my basement

[@chazzwozzio]

While screaming a bitcrushed war cry

[@zramirez5471]

This opens up an entirely new YT rabbit hole... Fantastic job, EMX!

[@Rhythmier]

I always knew pixel art is an art form itself, not a graphical limitation that should be replaced by modern 3D realistic graphics. But dang i have not thought midi will have this magic too

[@Dr.Quarex]

I remember arguing with people in the 1990s about this. A lot (not all) of my friends told me I only liked MIDI and Demoscene music because it was all my computer could do, and I always insisted it was way more than that. Oddly most of us who loved Demoscene music ended up writing it ourselves too. It was hard to resist the pull of new technology combined with the artistic element of writing songs to express yourself.

[@Daddy_Dagoth]

Modern 3d graphics ARE pixel art. Everything since the dawn of lcds has been composed of small pixel squares or rectangles.

[@ing_frantisek_mohykan]

tell that to developers of eg monkey island remaster

[@ryanhernandez8324]

Hey, constraints make art, I always say! I love pixel art so much...

[@solinvictus5349]

​@@Daddy_DagothYou know what he means come on

[@thoth47]

This is some hardcore bardage right here 👍 🪕

[@AMPProf]

No joke.. This is medieval for rock hard

[@Cyklopz007]

Bardcore! 😂

[@lareyyy4100]

this is dope i can't describe how it makes me feel its like a dream i had in my childhood or a fairytale my mom told me about to fall asleep this is so amazing i wanna go back so bad

[@OAlem]

But then you woke up and the fairytale/dream became real!

[@adraino7345]

I couldn’t even name a single game, movie or tv show that would have this soundtrack and it is still infinitely nostalgic.

[@jdkayak7868]

It's the robin hood game for dos

[@TheHardStyleLife]

@@jdkayak7868 Thanks ima check it out

[@MazzVG]

DOS Medieval and Space games have such pleasant music

[@Torque2100]

Ahh, this takes me back to booting up Ultima V on my Dad's old IBM 5170.

[@johnmurdoch8534]

Heroes of might and magic anything is some of the best music period.

[@rubyleopard]

betrayal at krondor has some unbelievable bangers too

[@Nickersons-Theme]

*This is a certified hood classic*

[@DeadlyDeadlyBeees]

I was a hair too young to play these games in their heyday, but I've been listening to this on repeat for the past 3 hours. Freaking love it

[@AS-np3yq]

Kings Quest, The Bards Tale, Hand of Fate, Lands of Lore, Gobliiins, Indy, Guybrush, Sierra, Westwood... This was the time.. :)

[@aliray7833]

Don’t forget ultimate 8 pagan ;-)

[@Scorp_2]

I see you are a man of culture! Hats off 😁

[@ghostlack]

I went hard. Thanks,

[@emmxyzzy]

Framing this next to my university degree.

[@humanharddrive1]

god that is so beatiful. I can't believe they actually made this music in the middle ages and the music survived until now

[@QuickSaveF5]

17:15 Erana's Peace had no business going this hard! 🤘

[@tubebubereboot6873]

My dad ran an electronics store in the 80's, so I got to play Hero's Quest (Later renamed Quest for Glory due to the copyright issues with the name of the board game.) when it first came out. Erana's Peace was the song we agreed was the best in the game. Not too soon after he met a guy with a really high end Roland sound card who agreed to record every track from the game on to a cassette for him. We played it on our high-fi system for years! Such a great memory.

[@HonestOpinion22]

IKR ?!!

[@SilenceManifests]

Its music like this that makes me long for a place I've never been, but somehow have never left.

[@meatycitadel]

the warm, cozy feeling these tracks give... learning to use dos is worth it

[@mrnatelygrisse]

Dosbox is the shiznit!

[@cyborghobo7847]

It's 1993, you're playing a dos rpg, it's way to hard, you keep dying, can't find the item you need and can't figure out where to go.

[@Librarymania]

I’ve been playing some old games using DOSbox lately, some don’t have music. This is perfect to play while I’m battling pixels in Castle of the Winds. ❤

[@emmxyzzy]

Total classic! Glad you're enjoying the tunes. :)

[@jhalent93]

Lute up and Lute out. Its time to go get some Lute boys!!!

[@JeremyNoblitt]

You clicked on a rock on the first screen. You are now locked in for the worst ending. You won't know this until gamefaqs exists in another 15 years.

[@Alan_Gingerbard]

My early 2000 cellphone activates itself while I'm listening to this

[@MadJak91]

Played this in public and got arrested :( Talked my way out with additional 20 GP :)

[@JBedroske]

Oh MAN this unlocked a core memory of playing the Encarta Encyclopedia MindMaze on my parents' Gateway 2000. That BGM would fit right in this mix!

[@dimitribazos1532]

Amazingly well done! It’s always neat to find things that are novel and yet invoke such nostalgia. Anyways, I’m off to play King’s Quest lol.

[@thales3772]

I love everything about this so much!

[@emmxyzzy]

Thank you, friendly stranger!

[@that_pigmask_soldier]

This music instantly took me down memory lane, of when my parents took me to 'The Enchanted Forest' theme park, back when I was a tiny tot. Ah, good tunes, that bring back good memories.

[@devinmccanna645]

hello fellow Willamette valley person

[@Th3ba1r0n]

I remeber first playing Quest for Glory and happening on the tree where the theme for Erana plays. :3 I couldn't get enough.

[@paklaselt2198]

Sound Blaster makes beautiful music

[@alfredjonathankwak955]

I have a question for the "The Bard's Tale Construction Set - Sanctuary Score" entry, where did you find this one in particular? I'm unable to find anything even remotely similar by that name.

[@Saint_Wolf_]

I feel like there'll be an inevitable losing of the value of these type of music, of this type of art and style, the "limitation breeds creativity" type of style, in the past it was hardware, software limitations, now they'll have to be an act of restrain to make things like this, things like Shovel Knight that literally left the 256 color space on one pixel so they could have the right shade of brown they wanted. I don't wanna rant for too long but I just love this, I love this a lot.

[@4rche7ype]

I no longer remember wtf I was going to do before checking this out lmao this is awesome

[@ひでやん-p1l]

MSDOS時代の素晴らしい音楽達は『焼酎』に良く合いますね😊再びダンジョンに潜る意欲を掻き立てられます❤8bitと16bitは多くの魔法を生み出しました！

[@johnyepeasant]

] play awesome music_

[@Hainbach]

Love it from the first note

[@the.SteamingVegan]

How does the KZbin algorithm know me better than I know myself 😂

[@sunnysuryani5674]

The virtual bard at the mandatory anon tavern on the outskirts of Great Metaveria™ c. 2045

[@33rdStreet]

Because of my early childhood, grinding for many hours on MMORPG, I have the ability to focus at a very tedious desk job to grind out dollars instead of XP.

[@alexs5814]

fuck it... i'm barely ten minutes in and i already know i'll be listening to the entirety of what you've uploaded so far... great stuff!!!

[@bolognabong]

That Conquests of Longbow bard is such a blast from my childhood. I spent so many hours on that game. Being turned into a tree gave me nightmares as a kid.

[@jackiechan8840]

Bards go hard in the MF paint

[@sophistikitten6347]

with regards to the "lute-y" genre, I believe it's known as "bardcore" (or, as I like to call it, "serf rock").

[@SirSavage01]

This also, as it turns out, completely fits the feel of 80's table top roleplaying. I love this. Would watch and 'like' a version 2, 3, 4, etc.

[@madamebiscuit2689]

Why does this bard looks like a young version of Will Ferrell ? :'D

[@DoctorFaceMelt]

I love how this has so many views

[@noisepuppet]

Trubador.exe requires 610,000 bytes of available conventional memory and 311,296 bytes of available expanded memory (EMS).

[@squidikka]

*you cook the shrimp.* *you burn the shrimp.* *you drop the shrimp.*

[@Quoxozist]

The Dragonborn Comes really kinda ripping off Eric the Unready - Track 6....

[@nasimagudo]

mi primo, que temazos para cazar dragones a caballo

[@FotoImpacto]

Que hermoso, me gusto mucho.

[@mnemonichotpocket]

This that "march the ring back to the fires of Mt Doom" shit....

[@theemeraldboars484]

literally nothing better to play D&D to, making characters and reviewing last session especially, thank you soo much.

[@emmxyzzy]

Just woke up to a comment from THE EMERALD BOARS. Very exciting.

[@LeftoverPat]

Next footage you do I'd recommend Elder Scrolls: Arena travel screen! (horseback traveling)

[@ivan_Hermetico2077]

The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall Vibes

[@captainsweatyhands7157]

oh man, i would like AND subscribe if you could be the first person on youtube to do a full playthrough of Windwalker for MS-DOS

[@emmxyzzy]

Windwalker looks awesome, but I'm not sure I'm the best person to play it! I'm sure I can peer pressure someone on Twitch into playing the whole thing through if I'm not up for it. I'll keep you updated if a VOD of the entire game gets made. :)

[@D0J0P]

Do you have a FLAC file for this playlist? This sounds amazing.

[@dentureadventure1490]

this kinda stuff makes me feel warm and fuzzy like I'm 12 again in front of my old 3.1 dos IBM.

[@TheVERMINEST]

The internet. What do you wana hear? We gotchu 😅

[@D9Beats]

I’m surprised no kings quest was thrown in here. Still, great collection

[@jimibartlett]

That VGA bard is a shredder!

[@celloyd4]

Yo. This is awesome. Thanks for this. Obviously nostalgic for me, but even the young are appreciating that we've lost some kind of magic when they set their eyes on things like this

[@KainXVIII]

Quality content ▶

[@CChissel]

This reminds me of Mabinogi back in the day. Make your own midi music, make it into music scrolls in the game, make one for each instrument and hand them out to friends, and start a band. Always drew a crowd lol

[@CMAK_Midi_Maniac]

bro this the hardest dungeon synth ever. legit bard bout to get synthetically sturdy like no ones around to care (he don't care either way)

[@Leomonsang]

Where i can find VST of voice at 22:26 ?

[@afroboy389]

My guy's playing some slap bass.

[@TBRACKET]

mad respects he jammed for half an hour with us

[@Rafix]

im in ABSOLUTE *LOVE* WITH THIS PLAYLIST, my rpg character is a bard, and this video makes me sooo happy!!!!!!!!

[@Freecell82]

Erana's Peace is so good. I played that game as a kid and had a hellish time trying to get it to work, even on the relatively ancient computer I was using at the time. That game does not like modern machines. But it was a crazy experience, and it hit me with that post novel depression harder than just about anything else.

[@hooblefloob]

Man this is an incredible compilation, thanks for putting this together!

[@dreampillet]

If anybody else couldn't find the second track timestamped as "Eric the Unready - Track 6", I found it as "Eric the Unready - 03 Briefing (MT-32)" Nice, very novel playlist!

[@rare.and.important.content]

I can feel it coursing in my veins... It's getting stronger, hour by hour, day by day... An overwhelming influence, which I am powerless to resist... B O O M E R I F I C A T I O N

[@HelixGuile4444]

💀

[@magestreet]

Я так живу в пути бард в солодке каменные замки окутывает суть растения вить в целомудренных устах волосы барышень вьют иголки поступает одна каменная зона ступеней с красными завитушками да что там Лианы в прыжках закручивают узлы короткого дерева корабля в синих камешках у ручья каверзная глина и её отрядчик подбирает берег воск и ворос из набережных волнистых сена и проигравшего кавыля я у сардины в прямой вечер всем уступлю а до салюта соль найду и ленточки на чай домики сложены а замки пахнут кислым абрикосов и обкатанной бочкой мёда как это сделано серая каменоломня по зорким хрусталикам камевоеяжор треснул в честном пути толстой защитой моста неприрекаемым считается галстук болванки из пепла ценностью в одного енота и пояс силы высказанный товарищем всё отдают воротам воротом сузившись в баклане веток я найду один 1 и из цепочек построю кавролин а то что ренесенс волны в пяти книги и уголке утюжок с сойкой пуговиц А и дележанс вот мой плот из острия пробивания титров цитрусовых газов и пробка мир закрыла эххх королевская решелье и этюды строк которые расцветают серым металлом вышивки как же берут каплю и гузло снижается возле ломового крема катящейся телеги и снуют везде капишоны выийгравшие брюки которые присочились с других берегов в сотке чашка чав чав хмеля из подспорья под стулом и нечто новое долгие святые вечера звёзд треугольных коли пиналов и треглавая гуска из шарманки Вы пили кот позвольте раз рублю монет Частые осколки собираются в картину и не забывайте о о о том стужи в складе гладиолуса и глади спектрального древнего среднего меча с начала забил плеть меткой это дело из кирпичного тяги и тоги простой стол постой сто процентов ты будешь на первом и том и будет расслабленой реч и с мухи взять восемнадцать шесдесят конус и подоконник она канала и шифта вам и синонима на борде

[@frankhardon]

I've always wanted to see an 8-bit Will Ferrell playing a lute. Thank you for making my dreams come true.

[@quietfmusic]

It's a crossover from Land of the Lost, where he played the banjo.

[@DerJagerlord]

KZbin: Would you like.. Me: Fuck yeah, gimme that good shit KZbin: uh...? Me: *subscribes* 93/10, would sit for hrs listening to instead of playing

[@edgargustavolozadaalejo]

Pulling of the Violins

[@noupo]

He looks like THE Jerma

[@AshULTRA_]

excellent, exquisite, captivating, mind blowing, bard tingling, divine, scrumptious lute

[@tqft]

SAVED! I love the old school days of Amigas/ MS dos/ windows 95..... such a long time ago. Great times

[@thorinbane]

Needs more bards tale...

[@thedanyrus]

THIS. IS. INCREDIBLE. MARVELOUS. WONDERFUL. AMAZING. LUTEFUL.

[@OldObscureUnpopularGames]

RuneScape soundtrack goes hard because medieval/lute-y midi goes hard

[@Kid_Ikaris]

An amazing assemblage. Seriously life lived and loved informed this selection. Thank you for posting it in the town square for all of us in the KZbin Kingdom to enjoy.

[@grayfiresoul]

I'm assuming this is AdLib or AdLib emulated? What's doing the FM synthesis? Edit: Now noticing MIDI. This is a hell of a lot of nostalgia.

[@chemistryguy]

The Legend of Kyrandia is my jam