❝What started life as the Famicom (Family Computer) in Japan went on to become the machine that saved the videogame industry. After a major games slump in the west, The Nintendo Entertainment System defied pundits and sold in millions. Gamers scrambled to see and play classics like Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Excitebike, all of which were leaps and bounds ahead of other home systems' games.❞ nintendo.co.uk
The Gradius vinyl soundtrack album published by Ship to Shore contains both the Famicom and enhanced MSX music score.
Konami's 1988 sidescrolling shoot-em-up score for Gradius II, alternatively titled Vulcan Venture, streaming on the Apple Music platform.
The vinyl soundtrack for horizontal shoot-em-up Life Force contains both the 1987 Famicom home console soundtrack and MSX computer score.
Retro game soundtrack label Clarice Disc publishes digital soundtrack to City Connection (1985) through Apple Music.
Part of Fangamer's Rare 35th anniversary collection, the Snake Rattle 'N' Roll vinyl soundtrack features music composed by David Wise.
Square Enix publishes Four Souls vinyl record, containing original and arranged tracks from Final Fantasy III composed by Nobuo Uematsu.
Commemorating Contra's 30th anniversary, Mondo ships the NES vinyl soundtrack album, featuring music composed by the Konami Kukeiha Club.
Technologically innovative Famicom-era soundtrack by the Konami Kukeiha Club available on vinyl and streaming on Apple Music.
Kirby Café locations opened in Tokyo and Hakata, serving food items styled after visuals from HAL Laboratory's platforming game series.
Via record publisher Mondo, the Castlevania (1986) 10-Inch LP vinyl soundtrack features twelve background tracks from the NES title.
Composer June Chikuma's score for the NES puzzle game Bomberman II available to stream in full through the musician's SoundCloud channel.
Performed by Hiroyuki Nakayama, arrangement album "Piano Opera Final Fantasy I/II/III" includes town and battle medleys from the Famicom trilogy.