These features have made many video games immersive experiences akin to movies. Full-scale symphonic scores are now the norm for major platform releases along with recognized voice talent. It is doubly interesting to me because the level of video game music has risen drastically in the past decade. It is strange how melodies produced through simple tone generation are now regularly translated into either acoustic music or, in some cases, back into more sophisticated digital music. Those NES melodies are popping up everywhere, from a beatboxing flute player on Youtube to ironic cadenzas in rock music. You may have noticed how many bands are now covering music from Nintendo games such as Mario Bros.
In the recent tidal wave of nostalgia for all things from the 1980s, there has been a curious undercurrent flowing along.
