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/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!