MIDIculous

so i've been taking micro-breaks at work with the boss to play a new game. perhaps
you've heard of this new game. but probably not, because it was just
invented today. it's called "MIDIculous" and the rules are, the dungeon
master (player 1) plays a NES MIDI (musical instrument digital
interface or music composed for [8-bit] nintendo games and converted
into an i-tunes-friendly format) for the abberant female human
assassain (player 2) to listen to and try to guess the game that the
music is from.



how well did i do? let me put it this way...
4 notes into the bassline were all i needed to identify the soundtrack
that i kicked the **** out of abobo to back in the day when 8 bits were
more than enough (it's really no coincidence that when you roll an 8
onto its side it becomes infinity). it's neither the bassline, nor the
melody that makes the music beautiful, but rather the percussive *leap*
& *CRACK* of landing a jumpkick on williams, the *snap snap snap
snap POW* of the 4 jab/upper cut combo on roper or the bombastic *spat
spat spat... CLUNK* of bashing linda's head with your knee followed by
a shoulder throw for maximum damage. the throwing knives and baseball
bats were a whole separate movement of this particular MIDI masterpiece.



conversely, the double dragon cartoon show was a ******* disgrace to saturday mornings.