Which Neo-Geo CD Games Have Arranged Music?

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The topic question says all. As far as I know, King of Fighters 94-99, Fatal Fury 3, and Real Bout: Fatal Fury Special had it. Are there any others?
 

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If you mean different music than the home cart version then I know fatal fury 2 and FF special had it plus samurai shodown 2 which was much better than the homecart <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">if however you did not mean this then I appologies for answering...lol

[ October 29, 2001: Message edited by: Lee Gray ]
 
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Originally posted by Lee Gray:
<STRONG>If you mean different music than the home cart version then I know fatal fury 2 and FF special had it plus samurai shodown 2 which was much better than the homecart <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">[ October 29, 2001: Message edited by: Lee Gray ]</STRONG>

Yes. This is what I mean.
 

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Last Resort has arranged music.
Pulstar & Viewpoint don't.
 
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Okay. So far, I know that these Neo-Geo CD games have arranged soundtracks:

-Art of Fighting 2
-Art of Fighting 3
-Fatal Fury 2
-Fatal Fury Special
-Fatal Fury 3
-King of Fighters (94-2000)
-Last Blade
-Last Blade 2
-Last Resort
-Real Bout: Fatal Fury
-Real Bout Special
-Real Bout 2
-Samurai Shodown (2-4)
-World Heroes 2
-World Heroes 2 Jet
-World Heroes Perfect

...and these games don't:
-Pulstar
-Viewpoint

Great! Keep 'em coming, fellas! I want to know for certain, out of all the Neo-Geo CD games, which ones have and don't have arranged soundtracks.
 

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I'm pretty sure the original Samurai Shodown had arranged music on the CD version. Pulstar actually has a fully arranged soundtrack on the CD, so I figured they'd have put that into the game, but I guess not.

Oh, Aero Fighters 2 has arranged music too.
 

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By the way, Metal Slug and MS2 also have the same BGM on cart & CD if I recall right.
 

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All the Neo Geo soundtracks I own are OST plus I own a Neo CD system so I know for a fact that these have arranged tracks:

Art of Fighting 2
Fatal Fury 2
Fatal Fury Special
Fatal Fury 3
King of Fighters 94
King of Fighters 95
King of Fighters 96
King of Fighters 97
King of Fighters 98
King of Fighters 99
Last Blade
Last Blade 2
Real Bout Special
Real Bout 2
Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown III
Samurai Shodown IV
World Heroes 2 Jet
World Heroes Perfect

These actually have the OST:

Fatal Fury
Metal Slug 2
 
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Alright. So, as of right now, I know that these games have arranged music:

-Aero Fighters 2
-Art of Fighting 2
-Art of Fighting 3
-Fatal Fury 2
-Fatal Fury Special
-Fatal Fury 3
-King of Fighters 94
-King of Fighters 95
-King of Fighters 96
-King of Fighters 97
-King of Fighters 98
-King of Fighters 99
-Last Blade
-Last Blade 2
-Last Resort
-Real Bout: Fatal Fury
-Real Bout Special
-Real Bout 2
-Samurai Shodown 2
-Samurai Shodown 3
-Samurai Shodown 4
-World Heroes 2
-World Heroes 2 Jet
-World Heroes Perfect

These games don't:
-Fatal Fury
-Metal Slug
-Metal Slug 2
-Viewpoint

And this one's unknown:
-Pulstar

Keep going, guys! 29 down, 68 to go. Does anyone know if the more rarer Neo-Geo CD games (Breakers, Twinkle Star Sprites, etc.) have arranged soundtracks?
 
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Come on, guys. Anyone else know any other Neo-Geo CD games that do/don't have arranged music?
 

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Twinkle Star Sprites has arraged music BUT, I forget if it's actually in the game or not. I know it's in the DC port, it's bound to be in the Saturn one, and while I should think there's a 99.999% chance it's in the NCD conversion, I simply can't say for sure.

... well the CD-only games of course don't count and I'm guessing Final Romance 2 used the same ST as in the arcade (the only version of the game I've played).
 
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Here's an updated list:

Games with arranged music:
-Aero Fighters 2
-Aero Fighters 3
-Art of Fighting 2
-Art of Fighting 3
-Fatal Fury 2
-Fatal Fury Special
-Fatal Fury 3
-King of Fighters 94
-King of Fighters 95
-King of Fighters 96
-King of Fighters 97
-King of Fighters 98
-King of Fighters 99
-Last Blade
-Last Blade 2
-Last Resort
-Real Bout: Fatal Fury
-Real Bout Special
-Real Bout 2
-Samurai Shodown
-Samurai Shodown 2
-Samurai Shodown 3
-Samurai Shodown 4
-World Heroes 2
-World Heroes 2 Jet
-World Heroes Perfect

These games don't:
-Fatal Fury
-Metal Slug
-Metal Slug 2
-Viewpoint

These are questionable:
-Pulstar
-Twinkle Star Sprites

And these are unknown (for now):
-3 COUNT BOUT/FIRE SUPLEX
-AGGRESSORS OF DARK COMBAT/GANGAN
-ALPHA MISSION 2
-ART OF FIGHTING
-BASEBALL STARS PROFESSIONAL
-BASEBALL STARS 2
-BLUE'S JOURNEY/RAGUY
-BREAKERS
-BURNING FIGHT
-BUST A MOVE/PUZZLE BOBBLE
-CROSSED SWORDS
-CROSSED SWORDS II
-DOUBLE DRAGON
-FOOTBALL FRENZY
-GALAXY FIGHT
-GHOST PILOTS
-KABUKI KLASH/TENGAI MAKYO SHINDEN
-KARNOV'S REVENGE/FIGHTERS HISTORY DYNAMITE
-KING OF THE MONSTERS 2
-LEAGUE BOWLING
-MAGICAL DROP II
-MAGICIAN LORD
-MAHJONG JANSHIN DENSETSU
-MAHJONG KYORETSUDEN
-NAM 1975
-NEO DRIFTOUT
-NEO TURF MASTERS/BIG TOURNAMENT GOLF
-NINJA COMBAT
-NINJA COMMANDO
-NINJA MASTER'S
-OVER TOP
-PLEASURE GOAL/FUTSAL
-POWER SPIKES 2
-PUZZLED/ JOY JOY KID
-QUIZ KING OF FIGHTERS
-RAGNAGARD/SHIN-OH-KEN
-RIDING HERO
-ROBO ARMY
-SAVAGE REIGN/ FU'UN MOKUJIROKU
-SENGOKU
-SENGOKU 2
-SOCCER BRAWL
-STAKES WINNER
-STREET HOOP/DUNK DREAMS
-SUPER BASEBALL 2020
-SUPER SIDEKICKS/TOKUTEN OH
-SUPER SIDEKICKS 2
-SUPER SIDEKICKS 3
-THE SUPER SPY
-THRASH RALLY (RALLY CROSS CD)
-TOP HUNTER
-VOLTAGE FIGHTER GOWCAIZER
-WINDJAMMERS/FLYING POWER DISC
-WORLD HEROES
-ADK WORLD/ADK SPECIAL
-IRON CLAD
-JOINT LINK/OSHIDASHI ZENTRIX
-KING OF FIGHTERS 96 COLLECTION
-MAHJONG FINAL ROMANCE 2
-NEO-GEO CD SPECIAL
-SAMURAI SPIRITS RPG

The goal here is to find out, out of these 97 games, which ones have arranged music in the game. Any further assitance would be greatly appreciated.
By the way, Neo Bomber Man, the CD-only games count for this list.

[ November 07, 2001: Message edited by: insaneben ]

[ November 07, 2001: Message edited by: insaneben ]
 

Neo Bomber Man

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Originally posted by insaneben:
By the way, Neo Bomber Man, the CD-only games count for this list.

Well, the CD-only games were ONLY ON CD, so there's no chance of them having arranged CD soundtracks, is what I was getting at. Thus add them to list #2.

From what I head the existence of an OST/AST for a game does not necessarily coincide with whether or not it's got arranged music in the NCD game so I'm not going to use them specifically. If I remember when I get home, I'll check more into this.
 
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Heads up, kids! Here's the latest list (special thanks go out to Neo Bomber Man; thank you, wherever you are).:

Games with arranged music:
-Aero Fighters 2
-Aero Fighters 3
-Art of Fighting 2
-Art of Fighting 3
-Fatal Fury 2
-Fatal Fury Special
-Fatal Fury 3
-Kabuki Klash
-Karnov's Revenge
-King of Fighters '94
-King of Fighters '95
-King of Fighters '96
-King of Fighters '97
-King of Fighters '98
-King of Fighters '99
-Last Blade
-Last Blade 2
-Last Resort
-Real Bout Fatal Fury
-Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
-Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
-Samurai Shodown
-Samurai Shodown II
-Samurai Shodown III
-Samurai Shodown IV
-Top Hunter
-Twinkle Star Sprites
-World Heroes 2
-World Heroes 2 Jet
-World Heroes Perfect

Games with original music:
-ADK World
-Crossed Swords II
-Fatal Fury
-Iron Clad
-Joint Link
-Metal Slug
-Metal Slug 2
-NEO·GEO CD Special
-Samurai Spirits RPG
-Viewpoint

These are questionable:
-Pulstar

And these are unknown (for now):
-3 COUNT BOUT/FIRE SUPLEX
-AGGRESSORS OF DARK COMBAT/GANGAN
-ALPHA MISSION 2
-ART OF FIGHTING
-BASEBALL STARS PROFESSIONAL
-BASEBALL STARS 2
-BLUE'S JOURNEY/RAGUY
-BREAKERS
-BURNING FIGHT
-BUST A MOVE/PUZZLE BOBBLE
-CROSSED SWORDS
-DOUBLE DRAGON
-FOOTBALL FRENZY
-GALAXY FIGHT
-GHOST PILOTS
-KING OF THE MONSTERS 2
-LEAGUE BOWLING
-MAGICAL DROP II
-MAGICIAN LORD
-MAHJONG JANSHIN DENSETSU
-MAHJONG KYORETSUDEN
-NAM 1975
-NEO DRIFTOUT
-NEO TURF MASTERS/BIG TOURNAMENT GOLF
-NINJA COMBAT
-NINJA COMMANDO
-NINJA MASTER'S
-OVER TOP
-PLEASURE GOAL/FUTSAL
-POWER SPIKES 2
-PUZZLED/ JOY JOY KID
-QUIZ KING OF FIGHTERS
-RAGNAGARD/SHIN-OH-KEN
-RIDING HERO
-ROBO ARMY
-SAVAGE REIGN/ FU'UN MOKUSHIROKU
-SENGOKU
-SENGOKU 2
-SOCCER BRAWL
-STAKES WINNER
-STREET HOOP/DUNK DREAMS
-SUPER BASEBALL 2020
-SUPER SIDEKICKS/TOKUTEN OH
-SUPER SIDEKICKS 2
-SUPER SIDEKICKS 3
-THE SUPER SPY
-THRASH RALLY (RALLY CROSS CD)
-VOLTAGE FIGHTER GOWCAIZER
-WINDJAMMERS/FLYING POWER DISC
-WORLD HEROES
-KING OF FIGHTERS 96 COLLECTION
-MAHJONG FINAL ROMANCE 2

Any further help in figuring out the "unknowns" would be greatly appreciated.
 

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I have both Double Dragon on both CD and home cart, and let me say that the CD arrangement blows away the home cart music!

This game is a so-so fighter, but the arranged music on the CD makes it quite fun (especially hearing that great jazz-sax remix of the classic DD tune <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> ).

Buy it! (oh wait, this isn't a bad review...)

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Bobak, this is the exact reason why I tend to favor some CD versions of Neo-Geo games over the original: the music. No matter how good the MVS music is, it tends to get on my nerves fairly quickly (not to mention the fact that it gets stuck in my head for the rest of the day). A game with an arranged soundtrack, however, just simply feels better to the ears. Which is why I'm doing this list: to figure out, and find out, which games have different music on their CD counterparts, and which ones are no different from their MVS versions.

In addition to all of my previous questions, do any of the Neo-Geo CD exclusives have arranged or original (as in MVS) music? Also, any further contributions to the list would be appreciated.
 

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Originally posted by insaneben:
<STRONG>One other thing I'd liked to mention: fellow board member Neo Bomber Man has added this list to his website (looks like my little pet project's gaining some attention). <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> http://www.geocities.com/the_tea_monger/cdhp.html</STRONG>

Yes, I'm still interested in that list.

I may in fact pick up a NEO CD for myself in the coming months (mainly for Iron Clad & SSRPG.....& Bust-A-Move) so I'll see if I can be more helpful later on. Come on though people, we have a way to go before this is complete! <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
 

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I think it was a great idea, insaneben. I'm glad it's going to be hosted instead of lost in archive-obscurity.
 
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