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“Defender of the Crown” by Jimmy Maher at The Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/2015/04/defender-of-the-crown/
Media shown: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Dragon’s Lair, Defender of the Crown, Daytona USA, Crysis, Battlefield 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Doom 3, The Order: 1886, Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls, The Bouncer, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Kingdom Hearts 3, Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, Virtual Racer, Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter 3, Tron, Uncharted 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Soul Calibur, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Outrun, God of War 3, Grand Theft Auto VI, Silent Hill 3, Half-Life 2, Get Even, Immortality, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil Remake, The Legend of Zelda, Kid Icarus, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Tales from Off-Peak City, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Okami, Max Payne 3, Battlezone, Space Harrier, The Last of Us: Part 2, Donkey Kong Country, Batman: Arkham Knight, Hydro Thunder, Mirror’s Edge, Resident Evil 2 Remake, I, Robot
Music Used (Chronologically): Remorse (Hotline Miami 2), Draugar Arena (Hellblade 2), Toad Highlands (Mario Golf), Hela (Hellblade), Prisonic Fairytale (Silent Hill 2), VHS Bombstrap (Umurangi Generation), Title Theme (Defender of the Crown), Sky (Mr. Nutz), Attract Mode (Dragon’s Lair SNES), Staff Roll (Dragon’s Lair SNES), Vs. Tina (Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend), Let’s Go Away (Daytona USA), The King of Speed (Daytona USA), Silhouette (Katana Zero), THE MILLENIUM BUG (Umurangi Generation), At Doom’s Gate (DOOM), The Angel’s Descend (Bayonetta), Intro (Doom 3), Save Heaven (Resident Evil Remake), First Light (Crysis), Memories (Crysis 3), Shard (Mirror’s Edge), Ethan Mars’ Theme (Heavy Rain), The Knight’s Theme (The Order 1886), Shoegaze Protagonist (Umurangi Generation), One Legged Waltzing (Franz Gordon)
Additional Video Sources:
Final Fantasy 7 NPCs by Bes: https://youtu.be/hLWu07ee6Lc?si=xlfgnwjNKUU7BzV6
Defender of the Crown playthrough by AL82 Retrogaming Longplays: https://youtu.be/Y1qqoczc0m8?si=REBrzcVJpJvL-NC1
Hydro Thunder by Pelessaria B’Jade: https://youtu.be/MDvOM1nB3xo?si=2SNrG6_c3ZGLqQb9
Battlefield 3 Jet Mission by DrLagGaming: https://youtu.be/cu-dohdtozg?si=YuaEQgCQos3cWSnc
Dragon’s Lair Playthrough by Seth Peterson: https://youtu.be/mkDqAHCV5Yg?si=8is59cGuKWIcH9U9
Star Wars: Trilogy Arcade by nitaZera: https://youtu.be/fLMzT54Hqt8?si=EaQnUIDCz-vwLrBT
Final Fantasy X by kaluzaklein: https://youtu.be/GYbc0hYxyGM?si=NVGoFvAUbz-C8vVs
The Bouncer by Metal Arcade: https://youtu.be/FoBBW9J4-kM?si=U0d1i3J4bBPhPQhb
PONG by andys-arcade: https://youtu.be/fiShX2pTz9A?si=aD8GV3YXPZaMdRhn
Virtua Fighter 3 by Drup: https://youtu.be/Y2O1GCnUPUw?si=N5Zqc2Tx7_-pjf6c
Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound
Thumbnail and Graphic Design by https://twitter.com/HotCyder
Description credit: “On Beauty” by Kahlil Gibran