It never fails. When the time for finals starts rolling around, and I have a whole bunch of papers to write, music from NES games are the only things that keep me going.
I was playing this game as a ten year old boy ... now 19 years later i still think this is hard to beat. But i will never forget this music. thank you for sharing this piece of music
I wish more modern games could capture that sort of beginning of the world feeling that some of these old NES games had. The music is a big part of that.
tarrker that kind of magic in gaming is long gone. This was a time of epic designers, music composers that did it from their guts. Pouring everything they had into these games.
This just gets better with age. And that cheery music at the end when the four bosses beat the ever living crap out of you is simply the best. Damn fine game...frustratingly difficult, but so rewarding when you finally win.
I got this game the 1st week it came out! Wow! I brought this over my cousin's house when I used to sleep over and we used to take turns playing until one of us died! Such great childhood memories this game brings back!!
Same for me. Only once we managed to make it to IceFire mountain. Then almost immediately triggered the elemental head ... thingys, and got smoked. Never managed to beat it without abusing emulator save states
I remember I bought this game at KB Toys back in the day!!! Was fan of the fist game and when I saw W&W II in the cover, I was so hyped!!! 3:56 has always been my favorite track from this game!!!
this game was so hard i couldnt get passed the first mountain as a young child lol luckily i appriciated it enough to go back and beat it as an adult xD
One of my favorite tracks ever is Ice Fire Mountain. A weird track for a final boss fight, but when I play it I'm always thinking, THIS IS TOO AWESOME FOR ME TO CARE!
i remember being totally scared with the intro song when i was little. i would press start as fast as possible to skip it. amazing music, but a hard game
What a great childhood, this was one of the first games that caught me, and the music was simply magic to the ears. Que maravillosa infancias, éste fue uno de los primeros juegos que me atrapó, y la música simplemente magia para los oídos.
Yep the controls and detection in I think all three games added to its difficulty. But I always loved the music in them. Didn't notice til now it was Fabio on the cover heheh. Great upload the memories.
It's funny to me that the unused tracks in the W&W games are some of the best. :P Great job WiiGuy! Thanks for uploading this and arranging them so well.
Just because you posted the first one up today I had to listen to this one too now...I remember I played this one before I played the first one. I really forgot how great the music was in this one.
I remember renting this one back in the day, wondering who was that man from the cover, i loved the music of it, but the game was really hard for me, i was 9 yo at the time, i think i never passed from the second stage.
Now that I think about it, both this and Wizards & Warriors III have some kind of peculiar tune that serves as the lead-in to the final boss. In this game it's the skull game theme being played in the final caves before the summit and in the third game it's the Final Road/Tunnels theme.
LOL don't even worry about it. You loaded it in the same order that I played the games when I was younger lol. I can't wait for 3. I never played the game but I'm sure the music was awesome.
Best game over music i heard so far.....think Batman on the NES takes 2nd place for that. :D I also had the pleasure to hear it more often back in the days, this sequel was much harder than the first game that one was, a bit too easy. Some odd difficulty balancing between the 2.
Most people don't notice much of anything in this game, they just get really confused and give up. I did play that game but I learned all that stuff afterwards.
I got this game as a kid. It's difficult and flawed - I still haven't beaten it - but it still has some charm. I credit a lot of that appeal to David Wise's excellent soundtrack!
Cameron Moyer The wind level had sweet music and it was kinda fun to bounce around on the clouds. It has a really hectic and epic feeling getting carried into the clouds by that eagle.
ubertroopa Ahhh! Stage one level 2. find the golden egg to get to the cloud boss! that was a fun level! hated trying to get to the magic spell though. those things keept killing me! took me 49 trys just to get to it. how many times did you try?
Was the Fire Demon like: "Those other Elementals can use different songs for their stages, but the song for my stage *WILL BE* the one you hear fighting me!!"???
Would love another W&W, nice little side scrolling platformer with some detailed spritework and an old-timey fantasy tale. Various equipment to facilitate problem-solving, some light puzzle... maybe even introduce different game modes (arcade, etc) for leaderboards. Drop in-out co-op with bonuses for a Wizard and Warrior, or two of each. Hey, it'd be a great budget title.
Sorry, necrod this, but... dude... make that happen. Reach out, be a leader and director of, and make it happen. Not hard, just have to get others with same passion to work for free, lol.
***** I think there was another variant of this game where different tracks were assigned to different parts of the game, as I recall with 100% certainty that in my copy, the title screen theme was Victory (9:34) and the first stage (Wind Mountain) theme was Store / Game Over (1:29). I no longer own that copy of the game, but I remember this with absolute clarity, and I've never been able to successfully confirm with anyone that there existed a variant of Ironsword featuring this particular music arrangement. Always been a mystery I've wanted to try researching, as there has to be a reason for this. The shop theme at 3:24 actually sounds kind of familiar to me, too, so it may be that in that alternate variant of the game, that WAS the shop theme -- though I don't recall that with anywhere near as much clarity.
Loved this music so much, sometimes I would make it to a level and just let myself sit there in game so I could keep hearing the song while I cleaned my room. :P
I remember playing this when it first came out. I was so eager, since I was already hooked on the first Wizards & Warriors. But the music was by far the most magical experience, even beyond the gameplay. It was almost surreal, and really pushed the limits of the NES synthesizer.
I remember always screwing around in the shop to get myself kicked out. XD I also remember that for some reason the main character's sprite looked like the Michelin man to me.
Interesting tidbit I've always been curious to learn more about: I owned this game as a kid, and I'm 100% certain that in my copy, the title screen theme was Victory (9:34) and the first stage (Wind Mountain) theme was Store / Game Over (1:29). I no longer own that copy of the game, but I remember this with absolute clarity, and I've never been able to successfully confirm with anyone that there existed a variant of Ironsword featuring this particular music arrangement. If anyone is reading this and wondering why the music in this video is labeled differently than you remember, please respond so I know I'm not just going crazy here. ;)
You are not crazy. My cousin and I both owned a copy of this game and his was just like you are saying. Mine is like this. I'll ask him if his mom has the game in storage still and try it out to confirm.
You're the first person to confirm this. Good to know I'm not alone -- though I would *love* to know the story behind why there are two different music variants of this game, because that's just... really odd.
@@cyronetics8709 hahah. thanks for reminding me of this. I can confirm that my cousins copy is different than mine. He ended up selling it to one of his friends that collects games for a nice premium. :)
Anyone remember the GB Wizards & Warriors game? That game was solid too! A lot of people stumbled over the jumping mechanics but getting those pixel perfect jumps in earned RESPECT!
![Crystalis (NES) Soundtrack - 8BitStereo [UPDATED]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/stcc-z4zcfk/mqdefault.jpg)
WAAAAY ahead of its time. This soundtrack is unreal.
kanye needs these beats
It’s retarded how good the melodies actually are
It never fails. When the time for finals starts rolling around, and I have a whole bunch of papers to write, music from NES games are the only things that keep me going.
3 years later, and here I am finishing mine too. Crazy, haha
It's also pure fuel for exercise motivation.
I listen to these at work when writing documentation.
@@uumdi even 3 more years later and now i'm just old man...
Haha i listen to video game soundtracks when I work out and go for runs. Also, when I play other games hah. Good stuff
I was playing this game as a ten year old boy ... now 19 years later i still think this is hard to beat.
But i will never forget this music.
thank you for sharing this piece of music
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It was a pretty difficult game. I think I only ever beat it once. I'm not sure I ever beat the first one.
This music is embedded into my SOUL!!
I wish more modern games could capture that sort of beginning of the world feeling that some of these old NES games had. The music is a big part of that.
Shovel Knight has it! :)
tarrker that kind of magic in gaming is long gone. This was a time of epic designers, music composers that did it from their guts. Pouring everything they had into these games.
A legendary soundtrack. A hero who can’t believe it’s not butter.
This just gets better with age. And that cheery music at the end when the four bosses beat the ever living crap out of you is simply the best. Damn fine game...frustratingly difficult, but so rewarding when you finally win.
I think this is the best NES soundtrack
I got this game the 1st week it came out! Wow! I brought this over my cousin's house when I used to sleep over and we used to take turns playing until one of us died! Such great childhood memories this game brings back!!
That's the only way to do it! Sleepover and some Wizards and Warriors! ......Yeh man agreed
Same for me. Only once we managed to make it to IceFire mountain. Then almost immediately triggered the elemental head ... thingys, and got smoked. Never managed to beat it without abusing emulator save states
I picked this game as my birthday present when I was 8 yrs old. I was not disappointed.
The hero we need, but not the hero we deserve. Fabio.
I remember I bought this game at KB Toys back in the day!!! Was fan of the fist game and when I saw W&W II in the cover, I was so hyped!!! 3:56 has always been my favorite track from this game!!!
This may be my as nostalgic as it gets for me. Damn this takes me back. Love it.
Same here bro
this game was so hard i couldnt get passed the first mountain as a young child lol luckily i appriciated it enough to go back and beat it as an adult xD
I shredded those mountains as a young child, get your game up!
I used to just sit there with game playing in the background listening to a lot of these sweet tracks
I was addicted to this as a kid...HAD TO FINISH this game so I borrowed it from my cousin...Anyone notice that's Fabio on the cover? Lol
One of my favorite tracks ever is Ice Fire Mountain. A weird track for a final boss fight, but when I play it I'm always thinking, THIS IS TOO AWESOME FOR ME TO CARE!
Man................... so much memories with this game. I might just pick it up from eBay and play it on my Retron 5.
+Kelly Greenidge Does that thing actually work well?
Tiger74147 why yes it does. I first used it a lot for all my import games I wanted to play with a English patch.
Icefire Mountain is just on another level for an NES game.
i remember being totally scared with the intro song when i was little. i would press start as fast as possible to skip it.
amazing music, but a hard game
Amazing comment! The knight was definitely scary
Such a long time and I love this ost, never could beat the final boss but I have good memories from this game 😆
What a great childhood, this was one of the first games that caught me, and the music was simply magic to the ears.
Que maravillosa infancias, éste fue uno de los primeros juegos que me atrapó, y la música simplemente magia para los oídos.
Yep the controls and detection in I think all three games added to its difficulty. But I always loved the music in them. Didn't notice til now it was Fabio on the cover heheh. Great upload the memories.
This soundtrack was probably one of the best from the NES. No foolin'. Only thing I can think of that's more memorable is Mega Man 2.
Not sure I agree, but the cloud world track is outstanding for sure!
aahahah my same exact thought as I was reading your comment, ”this is second to Mega Man 2”, and you mentioned mega man 2. It’s an objective fact
@@baxter987 Ninja Gaiden is pretty badass
@@fattyjaybird7505 As is the second game, espically that intro music during the opening minute cutscene. Oh god dayummm
@@simondaniel4028 MM3 music is definitely better than MM2
Man, this is a masterpiece!
Dat track right after that gorgeous title track
You got great taste 👍
It's funny to me that the unused tracks in the W&W games are some of the best. :P Great job WiiGuy! Thanks for uploading this and arranging them so well.
Never before have I so wanted to like a game more than this one, and never before has such a game resisted me so.
The music in this game is just great! There's lots of it for many different situations. I love the boss battle theme especially.
Just because you posted the first one up today I had to listen to this one too now...I remember I played this one before I played the first one. I really forgot how great the music was in this one.
I love the soundtrack very much. Has something mysterious, good old times.
That's Fabio on the cover of the game
i can't believe it's not butter! lol
isn't he on the cover of all three games?
Somehow I always knew....but this really is disturbing lmao
@@GiordanDiodato no, just this game. The first game was hand drawn art and the third was a dopey looking guy.
I think the game came with that poster when you bought it as well.
fire element song was my favorite
Simplemente quiero darte las gracias por haber hecho esto! no sabes cuanta nostalgia me has regalado!
David Wise also did Donkey Kong Country and he also did a great job on that game.
I can't even count the times as a kid I would hit reset on the NES with volume cranked up just to rock out to the intro ;P
Me to but the 2 level and the 1 level music 🎵🎶 was the bang in my soround Sistem back in the days
Masterpiece!
I remember renting this one back in the day, wondering who was that man from the cover, i loved the music of it, but the game was really hard for me, i was 9 yo at the time, i think i never passed from the second stage.
Ohhhh David Wise. That makes sense.
I feel like David Wise was born with an instrument in his hands (probably midi)
this shit was hard to beat! FABIO!
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Sometimes I just love this channel.
I just love this channel too death.
Sometimes?
David Wise is a true Genius 4 real yo!
Best NES soundtrack?! Or at least top 5 for sure right??
I guess Kuros must be a little bashful wearing all that armor. He should be proud that he looks like Fabio.
Now that I think about it, both this and Wizards & Warriors III have some kind of peculiar tune that serves as the lead-in to the final boss. In this game it's the skull game theme being played in the final caves before the summit and in the third game it's the Final Road/Tunnels theme.
That credit song is so epic. Real victory music =D
Where is the scantily clad woman hanging off of Fabio?
And why isn't the title "Ironsword - Passions of a Warrior"?
This music and also Guardian Legend are grand
LOL don't even worry about it. You loaded it in the same order that I played the games when I was younger lol. I can't wait for 3. I never played the game but I'm sure the music was awesome.
Best game over music i heard so far.....think Batman on the NES takes 2nd place for that. :D
I also had the pleasure to hear it more often back in the days, this sequel was much harder than the first game that one was, a bit too easy.
Some odd difficulty balancing between the 2.
Most people don't notice much of anything in this game, they just get really confused and give up. I did play that game but I learned all that stuff afterwards.
Oh look, it's my sick day game. I play it when I'm sick.
Thanks to LordKaT for starting THAT little tradition.
2:13 that is my jam.
I got this game as a kid. It's difficult and flawed - I still haven't beaten it - but it still has some charm. I credit a lot of that appeal to David Wise's excellent soundtrack!
Ironsword was one of the greats. and it was fun to play. loved the fire level and final mountain level. what was your favorite level?
Cameron Moyer The wind level had sweet music and it was kinda fun to bounce around on the clouds. It has a really hectic and epic feeling getting carried into the clouds by that eagle.
ubertroopa Ahhh! Stage one level 2. find the golden egg to get to the cloud boss! that was a fun level! hated trying to get to the magic spell though. those things keept killing me! took me 49 trys just to get to it. how many times did you try?
Thank you!
Does anyone imagine this songs being played with metal music?
Was the Fire Demon like: "Those other Elementals can use different songs for their stages, but the song for my stage *WILL BE* the one you hear fighting me!!"???
i like this one, even though its the first time i hear about this game...
Best ost on NES. Better than any megaman or ff.
+cucamonga29 Did he flail his arms and legs before dropping unconscious?
Honestly, when you were a kid, did you know this was Fabio on the cover? I know I didn't. When I saw the NES cover, I just know I wanted to play it.
Would love another W&W, nice little side scrolling platformer with some detailed spritework and an old-timey fantasy tale. Various equipment to facilitate problem-solving, some light puzzle... maybe even introduce different game modes (arcade, etc) for leaderboards. Drop in-out co-op with bonuses for a Wizard and Warrior, or two of each.
Hey, it'd be a great budget title.
Sorry, necrod this, but... dude... make that happen. Reach out, be a leader and director of, and make it happen. Not hard, just have to get others with same passion to work for free, lol.
@2:13 this sounds like a paired down Fleetwood Mac song
Wizard's and Warrior's was IMO the OG Demon's Souls and Iron Sword was Dark Souls.
Wait... I don't remember ever hearing that shop theme @3:24-- all the shops/stores I went to that I recall played the game over/password theme @1:29
*****
I think there was another variant of this game where different tracks were assigned to different parts of the game, as I recall with 100% certainty that in my copy, the title screen theme was Victory (9:34) and the first stage (Wind Mountain) theme was Store / Game Over (1:29). I no longer own that copy of the game, but I remember this with absolute clarity, and I've never been able to successfully confirm with anyone that there existed a variant of Ironsword featuring this particular music arrangement.
Always been a mystery I've wanted to try researching, as there has to be a reason for this. The shop theme at 3:24 actually sounds kind of familiar to me, too, so it may be that in that alternate variant of the game, that WAS the shop theme -- though I don't recall that with anywhere near as much clarity.
Even when I was a kid I thought that looked like Fabio! I just googled it, and you're right, it is LOL!!!
You couldn’t find an imposter with hair that good
I own this game, and let me tell you, I played the living hell out of it!
The unused song must be an alternative song for the store
Kuros inspires me to be a better man
Developed by Zippo Games for Rare? Rare was enlisting help from other third party companies before it was cool.
Loved this music so much, sometimes I would make it to a level and just let myself sit there in game so I could keep hearing the song while I cleaned my room. :P
😊😊😊 me too😅
Hearing similarities to the NES Wrestlemania themes too
this game was / is effing hard.
Is that Fabio?
I cant believe its not rubber...
Fabio is not Kuros!
Can you upload the soundtrack at 320kbps?
Why does Fabio have a Conan sword?
Gavin Lawrence why does Conan have Fabios' sword
Touché.
+james r The best comment. Ever. I LOLed 👍🏻
Gameplay = garbage
Music = AMAZING
tHANKSSS Mr. WiiGUY
So this is where Deadmau5 stole his music from.
Fabio Inspired me to a manly mane of long hair. But I will go a step further than
Fabio ever did I will grow a man beard.
Great game, worst cover ever! Why couldn't they made him a armor? Fabio is really not Kuros!
Erik Kjellberg Back then, cover art wasn't meant to show the game. It was meant to sell the game.
Yeah, I know...😢
V8Supercar1 right hand gun, left hand orange
Erik Kjellberg The guy on the box art of the first game didn't look like Kuros either.
Worst cover ever? U haven't seen much, have u?
Fabio dont like the soundtrack
I got this game the day it hit shelves in America. To this day I still remember the code *XDTRTTBNNQLJ* (I'm now 40 years old...lol)
Whaha, I was just looking at the picture planning to ask the burning question; "where do I know this bloke from?"
Thank you for the answer :D
Now that's what I call a awesome soundtrack. David Wise is genius, he did magic with every game he picked.
I remember playing this when it first came out. I was so eager, since I was already hooked on the first Wizards & Warriors. But the music was by far the most magical experience, even beyond the gameplay. It was almost surreal, and really pushed the limits of the NES synthesizer.
The title theme. Fabio's rippling muscles. Box art with fire and skies. Pinnacle 80s high fantasy.
Ironsword is for me the Quasm of the NES. It got this weird energy that I can't even put into words.
When I was young I thought that was Schwarzenegger and that this game was about Conan Barbarian.
I remember always screwing around in the shop to get myself kicked out. XD I also remember that for some reason the main character's sprite looked like the Michelin man to me.
huh. thanks for mastering this. you actually took the time to properly pan the music. sounds great with headphones.
The music to Ironsword is epic. I hope we get a remaster of the entire series of games.
WOW! The stereo really adds a great sound to this one!
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Interesting tidbit I've always been curious to learn more about: I owned this game as a kid, and I'm 100% certain that in my copy, the title screen theme was Victory (9:34) and the first stage (Wind Mountain) theme was Store / Game Over (1:29). I no longer own that copy of the game, but I remember this with absolute clarity, and I've never been able to successfully confirm with anyone that there existed a variant of Ironsword featuring this particular music arrangement.
If anyone is reading this and wondering why the music in this video is labeled differently than you remember, please respond so I know I'm not just going crazy here. ;)
You are not crazy. My cousin and I both owned a copy of this game and his was just like you are saying. Mine is like this. I'll ask him if his mom has the game in storage still and try it out to confirm.
You're the first person to confirm this. Good to know I'm not alone -- though I would *love* to know the story behind why there are two different music variants of this game, because that's just... really odd.
@@clayrush1 Still waiting. What was the results? lol
@@cyronetics8709 hahah. thanks for reminding me of this. I can confirm that my cousins copy is different than mine. He ended up selling it to one of his friends that collects games for a nice premium. :)
Anyone remember the GB Wizards & Warriors game? That game was solid too! A lot of people stumbled over the jumping mechanics but getting those pixel perfect jumps in earned RESPECT!
This game sucked IMO. The music was okay, but the gameplay and control was stupid.
soundtrack so good that i even made my own lyrics of them when i was younger. haha