Seiken Densetsu 3 - 8-bit Swivel (Golden Road) on Famitracker

[@ratix98]

Back in the days when Zsnes was used sd3 was one of the very first games I played that had an English translation done already. Such great memories.

[@driedfruitoni632]

This sounds amazing, aaa! Thank you for covering this, this is a very fun track, especially in this style. Your channel is awesome

[@HybridDivide]

Holy hell YES! A great 8-bit remix of one of my favorite tracks from this game! Well done!

[@CompositeSanta]

This tune is somehow even more endearing in 8 bit ^^. Nicely done!

[@TheBanishedWind]

Well now we have the remake and it made this song sound great.

[@Brycepop]

I think the problem is that the Japanese names for the first 3 games are consistent, but when they were translated to English they are complete different. Seiken Densetsu 1, 2, and 3 ended up being Final Fantasy Adventure/Sword of Mana, Secret of Mana, and (unofficially) Secret of Mana 2.They would have to change the English names to Holy Sword Legend, or something, for the numbering to work.

[@ashkirby8896]

Third game know has a new official name, and a remake coming soon( or already out). It’s now called Trial of Mana.

[@vdig]

Oh, we got the first one alright. Twice. On the GameBoy, it was origionally called Final Fantasy Adventure, not to be confused by the SAGA 1 and 2 games, Final Fantasy Legend 1 and 2. It was re-released as a remake on the GBA with the proper Mana franchise title Sword of Mana. Odd that SE didn't revert the Mana titles to their proper numbers as they did the FF titles.

[@KrazyKompany]

I've never heard of this game, but chances are I'll check it out just because of this song.

[@zanto1]

How come a RANDOM SONG from a game I'VE NEVER PLAYED? >:O SD3 is awesome and so is this music! And I love your cover too! =D

[@LoneKiltedNinja]

Good job with the note precision on the quick riffs; this one is a bit of an orchestration! My recollection is of the original having a bit more bass to it, but it has been a few years, and regardless I know bass can be difficult to pump out of any chip if you need the crisp waveforms for treble.

[@LittleCrazyGamer]

I think passionate video game music lovers have a pretty good understanding of what franchise Seiken Densetsu is. :P

[@lindsaywheatcroft8247]

This sounds utterly magical

[@coatlesscarl]

The original doesn't actually have a bass line, but the samples have more low end to them. I tried using the triangle channel to add in some lower frequencies, but it was too loud, and I needed to cover this track at such a low volume because the DPCM samples became distorted garbage if I tried to amplify them even a little.

[@Bazuna]

I played this game, but everything was japanese and I couldn't understand very much. It also cost me over $100 to import it back in the day. Good job on the sounds.

[@knate44]

Omg, seiken densetsu 3 is awesome (as is this tune) I haven't made it far yet because, I want to play with my friend, but still! For who don't know, the game is a "sequal" so secret of mana, but was a japanese only realease. Recomend playing the series with a partner.

[@Jimmy-jr9wc]

And another great song goes into my favorites.

[@wellingtoncrdeseusamigos]

Nicely done!

[@Fuddulous]

Anothier hit. Keep 'em coming, Carl.

[@coatlesscarl]

Sure! I put an MP3 download in the description for you.

[@Jusakko]

This is the sequel to Secret of Mana in Japan, so I don't think it's that unheard of to cover a piece of music from it. If you'd done something from say Mystic Ark for example then you'd propably have people going "guhwha?" or alternatively "do the battle theme!"

[@coatlesscarl]

The DPCM is just the percussion. The samples in the original are pretty crummy sounding on their own, so preserving some quality through the import process was pretty difficult. Problem is, the louder the sample, the crappier the quality gets. For the tri, I tried to fill in the the lower octave of the part playing in the VRC6 Square 2 and Sawtooth channels (the samples in the original had multiple octaves playing on one channel). This didn't sound very good, and the tri was too loud anyway.

[@seancassell3778]

I like the beginning. It sounds bouncy and fun!

[@GameDragon2k]

This is amazing. And the timing is perfect (almost scary) as I'm currently replaying this for like the 100th time. Can we get some High Tension Wire? =O

[@nin10doadict]

Well, I've certainly never heard this theme before, but it sounds quite nice.

[@gibbonofdoom]

It was Secret of Mana 2 in the US and Europe, but 3 in Japan as we never got the first one!

[@LoneKiltedNinja]

Hmmmm... yes, that would be a conundrum. What sort of stuff do you have going on the DPCM? And how does famitracker present its interface? Granted it only has so many levels to begin with, but driven at its max sampling frequency (which you can do, since you don't need to worry about storing the sample in ROM), it should be able to get between them fairly cleanly. And what octave did you try the tri at? On hardware, at least, it's low-low range ends up fairly weak in my experience...

[@coatlesscarl]

I'm guessing you mean the triplets in the DPCM samples. It's actually like that in the original.

[@-Etsu-]

Not a random game I've never played, is my favorite game of all time and I've played it through 14 times :>

[@MirWasTaken]

Far catchier than its original counterpart.

[@ZaelleLexil]

What kind of troglodyte hasn't heard of SD3?

[@Lesyeuxouverts]

best song from best game :>

[@BradX8]

Thank you.

[@coatlesscarl]

Perhaps I've underestimated my subscribers...

[@Lechai]

Nope, played the crap out of this. Still do, actually, at least once a year.

[@BradX8]

Can I have this music for download?

[@Doinge]

If you covered Nuclear Fusion, I'd be so happy. Well, if doing so also made you happy, I mean.

[@euphoricrabbit5580]

OMG! Are you gonna do more of this game? I love this so much! owo

[@Jirae_Patrick]

Secret of Mana is Seiken Densetsu 2. Final Fantasy Adventure is the first one.

[@sttrife]

love it!

[@Onebie]

Yeah Seiken Densetsu 3! Would you mind try some Vagrant Story or Xenogears?

[@SuperShadow]

oh this is nice

[@TommyDaGreat]

Nice remix! :D

[@sttrife]

seiken densetsu 3, isn't that like secret of mana 3? or am I wrong about that?

[@medigoomnis]

Moar SD3! Subbed.

[@zakisslackin995]

I thought seiken densetsu 3 was later renamed to Sword of Mana?

[@Sokushinjobutsu]

this ruuuules

[@coatlesscarl]

PM me a link and I'll take a look at it.

[@Angel13691]

weird counterpoint please!!