WillRock Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) The Game Boy 25th Anniversary Remix Album The Idea: April 21st, 2014 is the 25th anniversary of the classic portable gaming system, the Game Boy. But, for a portable that had over 600 games, was the launching point of multiple series that are still around today, and was one of the most successful gaming systems in history, it is woefully under-remixed. That needs to change, and what better reason to do it than a big celebratory remix album? The Plan: There are over 600 games to choose from in the Game Boy library, and that's just the 8-bit games. Each of those games has anywhere from a half dozen to a hundred songs used in them. That's tens of thousands of songs to choose from. But that is far too many to choose from. WillRock and I decided that we have to set some restrictions in order to make this album feasible. Rule 1: Only Game Boy and Game Boy Color games can be chosen. This removes all of the Game Boy Advance titles and cuts the list from over 1500 games to just about 600. Even then, that's still a lot to choose from. Rule 2: Only one remix per game or series. This prevents lots of remixes from more popular series taking up most of the album. This also lets more obscure music from more obscure games get some attention. There is more to life than Mario and Zelda music. Rule 3: Spin-off games are allowed. This exception allows titles that are based upon, but are still different enough from their parent game/series to warrant being counted separate. For example, Wario Land and Mario Land; Wario Land came from the Mario Land games, but stands as its own series. In the event that a remix of a spin-off game or series uses music originally from its parent series, it will be considered for acceptance, depending upon how much or how close it is to the original. With those three rules, it may seem like a lot of choice has been removed, but really, it hasn't. Just look at the tracklist so far. It's a wide variety of games and it's not even the full list yet. The Staff: Project Directors: The Damned and WillRock. Shared duties and authority, this ensures that there should always been someone in charge to deal with any problems that arise. It also helps that WillRock's musical talent covers my complete lack thereof... Remixers: WillRock Protodome TheGuitahHeroe Brandon Strader Moomba Rexy Dusk Drakken Level 99 Halc Sir Nuts pu_freak While they aren't working on a remix right, the following people have asked to help with their own talents. If you need a vocalist or instrument, contact them to arrange something: Orangedragan - vocals The Remixes (in no particular order): 1. Batman - WillRock 2. Alleyway - Protodome 3. Pokemon Pinball - Halc 4. Dragonball Z - Legendary Super Warriors - Brandon Strader 5. Donkey Kong Land - Rexy 6. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 - Drakken (WIP!) 7. Pokemon (Main Series) - Dusk (WIP!) 8. Final Fantasy Legend - Moomba (WIP!) 9. Smurfs - TheGuitahHeroe (WIP!) 10. Castlevania - Sir_NutS 11. Mega Man - Lidawg 12. Legend of Zelda - TheGuitahHeroe 13. Solar Strike - Malcos (WIP!) 14. Crystalis - DaMonz 15. Kirby - Pu Freak 16. Metriod - AMT 17. Tetris - Nintendude794 18. Yu-Gi-Oh: Dark Duel Stories - timaeus222 19. Warlock - Argle 20. Duck Tales - Theory Of N 21: Action Man - Sixto Sounds 22: Super Mario Land - G-Mixer 23: Donkey Kong - Chernabogue 24: The Time Table: April 2014 isn't that far away, really. Factor in a few months before that date to allow for distribution and website setup and all that, and we're actually talking more like January 2014. Factor in that all of the art, music and website stuff has to be ready before then, and we're suddenly looking at late 2013. That's almost two years, but it's still a lot of work for that amount of time. That's why we're going to be adhering to strict time limits and deadlines. There will be some flexibility to allow for special circumstances, but mainly, we have to follow the deadlines. If we start going over them, we'll start to run into the time needed for setup and distribution. If that gets used up, we have less time to meet the release date of April 21st, 2014. Want to Help Out? With the large number of member that OCR has, there is a serious talent pool available. Anyone that wants to join needs to be either a skilled remixer, artist or web designer. Submissions aren't mandatory, but would help a lot. Remixers. We need them. Without remixers, who would remix? Not enough remixers means not enough music for the album. Artists. We're going to need album artwork, website art, CD cover, the whole thing. This may require more than one artist, depending upon how much we need. Website designer. This will be the last big part of the project. We'll need someone that can design the site, make it and have it ready for OCR staff to put up for the albums release. Et cetera That's about it. We're aiming for a two year turnaround on this. It won't be easy, but it is doable. Other remix albums have come around in less time without suffering any quality issues. We can totally do this. So, good luck, work hard, and remember to have fun with your work! Don't get too stressed! Get plenty of sleep and eat your vegetables! Edited May 9, 2014 by WillRock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I like this fancy new thread, it is clean and unsoiled. Or at least it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halc Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 ahh i can't believe people are still uppercasing the first letter of my name just sayin also this project is going to be fucking awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusK Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Ideas are a-brewin'. Gonna have some fun with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbu Frahma Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Exciting - there's already some great games on that list, and dozens more in the Game Boy library! Best of luck, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillRock Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 ahh i can't believe people are still uppercasing the first letter of my namejust sayin also this project is going to be fucking awesome Your name requires breaking writing laws if its the first word of a sentence. IT MUST BE CAPITALISED. Also Damned... remember that Deadline we set? The december one? PUT IT IN THE TITLE OF THE THREAD LIKE RIGHT NAOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 This is gonna own! I'll be sure to get to work on a wip over the coming weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Exciting! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaMonz Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 This is really awesome, I'd love to participate! PM sent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Your name requires breaking writing laws if its the first word of a sentence. IT MUST BE CAPITALISED.Also Damned... remember that Deadline we set? The december one? PUT IT IN THE TITLE OF THE THREAD LIKE RIGHT NAOW. SHUT UP, IT WAS ALWAYS THERE AND TOTALLY NOT ADDED IN SHORTLY AFTER YOU SAID SO, so there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillRock Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 SHUT UP, IT WAS ALWAYS THERE AND TOTALLY NOT ADDED IN SHORTLY AFTER YOU SAID SO, so there. Don't forget to give in your WIP before the due date damned. And the same goes for everyone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Wow, the first WIP date is December 1st? That's freakishly soon. I am going to break sooooooo many WIP dates on this project. I'd estimate somewhere around 30 WIP dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 It was supposed to be mentioned sooner, but WillRock didn't mention it until now, so I have to cover his butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillRock Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 it was supposed to be mentioned sooner, but willrock didn't mention it until now, so i have to cover his butt. RAWR rawrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Well it's good to know who is wearing the damned pants in that relationship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 DAMN this project got kicked up super quick. I really wish my schedule would've allowed this, I would've loved to take part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) Move along nothing to see here Edited November 17, 2011 by Mirby problem fixed. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_NutS Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Looks like I'll be bringing the boomtiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StigtriX Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) SUGGESTIONS FOR GAMES WORTHY OF MUSIC REMIXES: - Tetris - a must - Super Mario Land - Super Mario Land 2 - Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 - The Castlevania Adventure - Dr. Mario - Battletoads - Operation C (Contra) - Final Fantasy Adventure (aka. Mystic Quest) - The Smurfs Edited November 14, 2011 by StigtriX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Final Fantasy Adventure is NOT Mystic Quest. It is Seiken Densetsu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StigtriX Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I beg to differ, because it's the silly European title. They always seem to think that we Europeans need something different xD And yes, I do know there's another game with the very same name. Here's the boxart if you doubt me: And here's a link to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 That said, BOTH Mystic Quests could always use more love. But only one can be mixed here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Haha wow, Square really messed up with naming schemes. Regardless, FF Adventure has some awesome music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Someone is already doing DKL but please, someone, make at least one arrangement of the Donkey Kong game (the ancestor of the Mario VS DK games). This game has a so great soundtrack, it'd be a shame not to have it featured here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Someone is already doing DKL but please, someone, make at least one arrangement of the Donkey Kong game (the ancestor of the Mario VS DK games). This game has a so great soundtrack, it'd be a shame not to have it featured here. Donkey Kong GB was awesome; tried playing the ending theme on the piano when I was a teenager; good times Ultimately it comes to the stance between franchises. Though, given the different main game mechanics and even main characters (DKL - DK & Diddy / DK GB - Mario) it might warrant a little difference yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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