Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I recently finished Tales of Vesperia and I found it to be a wonderful experience, particularly with the Japanese voices and English subtitles. The relationships that they had with each other were fun, hilarious at times and extremely cute and wholesome. They did an exceptional job of matching voices to those well-written characters.
After that marathon, I admit it was difficult remembering all of what had happened towards the beginning of the game so I decided to try and reconnect myself but doing a cover of the first battle theme, which evolves over time throughout the game as the story progresses - an idea which I hope to incorporate into a future developed game of my own. I like the idea that the music can evolve throughout a video game experience as the story progresses and unfolds.
As per usual, I enjoyed putting my own spin on the percussive elements and reducing the channels down to a mere four. Sorry chaps, you'll be working overtime for me once again!
All the best.
#famitracker #8bit #chiptune
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I recently finished Tales of Vesperia and I found it to be a wonderful experience, particularly with the Japanese voices and English subtitles. The relationships that they had with each other were fun, hilarious at times and extremely cute and wholesome. They did an exceptional job of matching voices to those well-written characters.
After that marathon, I admit it was difficult remembering all of what had happened towards the beginning of the game so I decided to try and reconnect myself but doing a cover of the first battle theme, which evolves over time throughout the game as the story progresses - an idea which I hope to incorporate into a future developed game of my own. I like the idea that the music can evolve throughout a video game experience as the story progresses and unfolds.
As per usual, I enjoyed putting my own spin on the percussive elements and reducing the channels down to a mere four. Sorry chaps, you'll be working overtime for me once again!
All the best.
#famitracker #8bit #chiptune
MY LINKS
- - - - -
Bandcamp:
jonpon.bandcamp.com
Website:
https://music.jonherbst.dev
X:
https://x.com/jonponsvids10
![Phantasy Star IV - The End of the Millennium [intro sequence] (FamiTracker 8-bit)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vhoOVxewf2k/mqdefault.jpg "Phantasy Star IV - The End of the Millennium [intro sequence] (FamiTracker 8-bit)
Before I start, I do hope that you enjoy my relatively new attempts at making something a little more interesting in the background while FamiTracker is running and the music is playing. In the end, it probably just looks like a weird representation of my face spinning wildly for no apparent reason but I do hope to extend on this in orders of magnitude to improve the viewing experience if you do happen to come across these. Maybe some nice animated textures and different backgrounds perhaps.
Returning to the music itself, I adore the grungy style from the Sega Genesis and especially so with the incredible Phantasy Star IV OST. I never actually played a lot of the game itself - I think I played up until and including the first boss and then stopped for some reason. I believe that it was included on the Sega Mega Drive Collection for the Xbox 360 but its not on the list of backwardly compatible titles for the Xbox One it seems.
Its very much that old-school RPG where you control a team that is likely attempting to stop a threat that may take over the world and/or destroy it entirely. I dont know the premise of Phantasy Star IV and would not want to spoil it for any players who may want to try it but the JRPGs of this era tended to stay relatively stereotypical.
It was fun transcribing this song that plays during the intro of the game down to 4 channels and it translates really well. Its likely down to the simple melody but it is incredibly catchy for the two minutes that it plays.
I hope you enjoy this rendition and as always, let me know what you think in the comments below!
All the best.
#famitracker #8bit #chiptune
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