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Most of these are in S3M or NSF format. NSF files contain an actual program written in NES machine language; you can play them in any of these players (Festalon recommended) or in any relatively recent NES emulator. S3M files play in Modplug Player, Winamp, or most other tracked music players, though those that use pitch or volume slides will be a bit unbalanced in Winamp because of a bug in its module decoder.
NBA Jam T.E. ported to NES might sound like this S3M.
The hero from the first Bomberman game for NES looks like the enemies from Lode Runner for NES. Have a listen to this S3M.
"I never meant to give you mushrooms girl, I never meant to bring you to my world." Listen to this S3M re-creation of the backbeat to Eminem's "My Fault" using Super Mario Bros. samples.
That's what Zelda fans had to have thought when they heard the name of a new song in Dance Dance Revolution 8th mix. This S3M attempts to interpret "The legend of MAX" as The Legend of Zelda's composer, Koji KONDO, would.
CuteArrow contributed the following story, used by permission:
Link trains every day playing DDR to pass the Legend of Max, the only song he could not beat. Until then, he will not be worthy of Zelda's hand in marriage. One night, while Link and Zelda were fooling around in the bushes, Ganon, Link's nemesis, stole his precious DDR machine out of his home! What is our little hero to do? He must fight and prove his worthiness to Zelda but most importantly, get back the machine and pass the Legend of Max!