Nintendo Music Is Occasionally Grand

This seems absurd, but if you go to this Web site and scroll down to "#44: MEGA MAN 3" and click on the "PROTO MAN'S THEME IN MP3 FORMAT" link, your default media player will play a great song.

It begins with what sounds like a robot wailing. Then, through the sobs, the robot airs its grievances. After that sob-fest section, the robot seems to assure us that despite the sadness, it knows life continues and is still as grand as always. I honestly think it's a great song.

It also couldn't hurt you to go to this Web page, scroll down to "#5: METROID" and then click on the "ENDING IN MP3 FORMAT". From about 50 seconds in through the rest of the song, it's a Strokes song from before there were Strokes songs. And don't give up on it too early—the big payoff is at the 1:26 mark.

They have got to make a synthesizer that mimics those 8-bit sounds. Maybe they do. If you have any information on something like that, leave it in the comments.

Credit where credit's due: I found out about that page from Cold Carryouts contributor Sam's del.icio.us page. (I don't really know what a "del.icio.us page" is either.)