One game that I remember fondly from the NES era is Sunsoft’s Batman. Not because it was a great game, even though it was, but more because it had such a kick ass soundtrack. I have been searching for that soundtrack without success for quite a while now until I realized tonight that I was searching in the wrong places. You see, if you google for something like “batman nes ost” or “batman sunsoft ost” you will get a bunch of crap and exactly one result that looks promising, the torrent link on The Pirate Bay. Unfortunately, no one is seeding that torrent any more so it is slightly less useful than a banana in a bucket full of shit.
Tonight I was stupid enough to try searching again but after a few minutes and a bunch of useless clicking later I was ready to give up once more. “Fuck this shit, it is easier to find the game as a ROM than to find the stupid soundtrack”. But then it hit me: why not just get the ROM and rip the music myself? After investigating for a bit it became painfully obvious that doing this manually would take a lot of time and an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the NES. I have neither one of those so that rules out that option.
Fortunately though, there is a better way. A little bit more googling turned up this gem on YouTube which shows how to rip the music without the hassle of byte fucking. Just download a bunch of stuff, click a few buttons and you are set. Within five minutes after watching that clip I had the music in MP3, ready to be enjoyed.
Someday in the near future I am going to do a more elaborate story on this music but now it is back to Zophar’s Domain for me to get the Castlevania and Megaman soundtracks.