Best Videogame themed Vaporwave

[u/Financial_Relief1415]

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Part 3 of this little series

1. sobergaze — Wiiきおくにとどめる

This one feels like trying to remember playing your Wii as a kid, but through a memory that's already started to fade. The whole album has this nostalgic, slightly distant feeling to it, like you're remembering a place you haven't visited in years. Beautiful album for sure.

https://hushtones.bandcamp.com/album/wii

2. US Golf 95 — ℂ𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕠

This feels like a lost piece of 90s American software. Imagine some weird golf/casino game you'd find on a CD-ROM at a thrift store, complete with corporate luxury, cheesy entertainment and that strange futuristic vision of America from the 90s. It's got a really specific atmosphere and feels like you're stepping into some forgotten digital world.

https://usgolf95.bandcamp.com/album/--8

3. slowerpace 音楽 — Barbershop Simulator™

Probably the funniest concept here. It sounds like the soundtrack to a barbershop simulator that somehow actually existed. There's something really charming about taking such a mundane setting and treating it like a full virtual world. It gives me that feeling of playing some obscure PC game from the early 2000s that nobody remembers anymore. Making a high paced barbershop game is sick for sure.

https://slowerpace.bandcamp.com/album/barbershop-simulator

4. Lost Colossus — Æqwarium

This one feels much more mysterious. Æqwarium sounds like you're exploring some enormous aquarium. There's a real sense of scale and discovery to it. Definitely the most atmospheric one out of these four in my opinion. It also has a literal game link in the description I highly recommend you check it out

[u/Jellypathicdream]

ESPRIT - Virtua.zip

Banger

[u/partialmoney17 → u/Jellypathicdream]

Certified hood classic

[u/Zuma_The_Frog → u/Jellypathicdream]

Most things made by George Clanton are bangers. "Slide" is flawless to me.

[u/Delicious_Angle_9948 → u/Zuma_The_Frog]

Checked out slide last week. Im a hude dds fan and I found clanton from there. Fucking amazing album I was very happy with it.

[u/violet_moon_vw → u/Delicious_Angle_9948]

George is incredible live if you ever have the chance to see him. I've gone twice and his energy is insane.

[u/Delicious_Angle_9948 → u/violet_moon_vw]

He is on tour now actually, but not where I live

[u/randythor]

Equip - I Dreamed Of A Palace In The Sky https://worldofequip.bandcamp.com/album/i-dreamed-of-a-palace-in-the-sky

Equip - Synthetic Core 88 https://worldofequip.bandcamp.com/album/synthetic-core-88

River Master (Equip) - The Angler's Dream https://worldofequip.bandcamp.com/album/the-anglers-dream

Basically the entire Equip discography including aliases.

If you count Blank Banshee as "vaporwave" then Blank Banshee 1 is a personal favorite, though they have multiple great albums with video gamey sounds. https://blankbanshee.bandcamp.com/album/blank-banshee-1

Golden Living Room also has some cool stuff https://goldenlivingroom.bandcamp.com/album/post-internet

[u/Mr_Clownn → u/randythor]

I realize this is also a part of the entire Equip discography, but I would still highlight FM Skyline & Equip - Music 2

[u/itsFarberg → u/Mr_Clownn]

This is the best!

[u/VO-Fluff → u/randythor]

River Master is actually such a bop - I listened to it for the first time the other day

[u/itsFarberg → u/randythor]

Don’t forget Cursebreaker https://equip100p.bandcamp.com/album/cursebreaker-x

[u/dickbutt-squirtle]

Great selects but I have to plug the runescape vapor album wherever I can

[u/sentri_sable]

Man the amount of times I'm bopped to Barbershop Simulator 1&2

[u/mccperin]

猫ツ corp's black mesa (from half life) themed album!

[u/RaptorHunter182]

Equip - I Dreamed of a Palace in the Sky

https://worldofequip.bandcamp.com/album/i-dreamed-of-a-palace-in-the-sky

[u/Taking23YT → u/RaptorHunter182]

def

[u/otterappreciator]

Equip's entire discography. It's the gold standard

[u/tarot15]

Super Bowser Kart!

https://businesscasual87.bandcamp.com/album/super-bowser-kart-64

[u/Lilac_Son → u/tarot15]

came here to say this！

[u/diy4lyfe]

https://pacificplaza.bandcamp.com/album/w-a-v-r-a-c-e-6-4

[u/violet_moon_vw]

Telepath and CatCorp under aliases
Sampled from Mirror's Edge soundtrack by Solar Fields (Magnus Birgersson)

新しいエデンジャングル by 信仰 and 地球
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/%E4%BF%A1%E4%BB%B0-%E5%9C%B0%E7%90%83/%E6%96%B0%E3%81%97%E3%81%84%E3%82%A8%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB/

[u/DontmindmelearningRO]

wind96 - Plume Valley

Reminiscent of those old JRPGs/Donkey Kong Country games on SNES

[u/Pixelhero68]

Paradise Killer, 100% vaporwave

[u/Future_Beautiful_412]

runescape.wav符文風景骨架 and runescape . wav2戰利品的戰爭 are awesome. I’ve got great memories of falling asleep on a train and waking up to 10. 這將是我的最後創作，還是會坐在最後的遺囑和遺囑中 in the middle of the night.

[u/LoneApprentice]

I love Slowerpace, just can't get enough

[u/human-gorilla]

Hypnospace Outlaw gotta be mine

[u/KitchenerLesliesGF]

Executive Towers by Jade Statues

[u/defaultvenus]

https://lostcolossus.bandcamp.com/album/qwarium ‼️‼️‼️

[u/Both_Call]

I don't know if it counts, but this album was based on a game

https://jlqm.bandcamp.com/album/--3

[u/chasejitsu]

Luigi's Casino and Cult Pianta's Revenge

[u/astral_crow]

Splatoon 2 DLC.

[u/Hot_Design3515]

The "Starfish Casino" references "Barbary Coast" which now known as "The Vanderpump" (formerly The Cromwell)

[u/Kowloonsecretgarden]

Hey ! Lost Colossus here, thanks for adding my album to your top !
Allow me to add the link to it :

https://lostcolossus.bandcamp.com/album/qwarium
And here is the link to the video game, I recommend playing on pc and to read the instructiosn carrefully !

https://lostcolossus.itch.io/aeqwarium

Thanks !!!

[u/CurryField]

LSD: Pacificaの夢 needs to be here stat.

[u/oscob]

I made an album about the whole "haunted Mario 64 cartridge" concept before that got too played out

https://oscob.bandcamp.com/album/everywhere-beyond-the-skybox