Group 9 Results:
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Group 9 Champions:
| 23 | Super Castlevania IV | Bloody Tears |
| 19 | Silver Surfer (NES) | Level 2 |
| 18 | F-Zero | Big Blue |
| 18 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | Lost Ancient Ruins [Dungeon] |
| 17 | Solstice | Title Screen Theme |
| 16 | Street Fighter 2 | Guile’s Theme |
| 14 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade) | Scene 01 Stage 01 |
| 13 | Ys III: Wanderers From Ys | Ilberns Ruins |
There was a tie for 8th, so I chose to award Ilberns Ruins the final spot, sending Sonic 3’s “Launch Base Zone (Act 1)” to the Wild Card.
Remember the Fallen1These songs were most recently eliminated from wild card contention:
| 9 | Sonic & Knuckles | The Doomsday Zone |
| 9 | Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen | Neo Overture (Good End Credits) |
| 9 | Seiken Densetsu 3 | Powell |
| 8 | Darkstalkers (Arcade) | Lord Raptor’s Theme |
| 7 | Phantasy Star IV | Land master AXV-25 |
| 7 | Earthbound | The Place |
| 7 | Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium | Main Theme |
| 7 | Super Robot Wars 3 | Mazinger Z |
| 6 | Tengai Makyou Zero | Overture |
| 6 | Kirby’s Adventure | Final Battle 2 |
| 6 | FX Fighter | Jake Theme |
| 5 | Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals | Ancient Cave Theme |
10 remains our bubble number. As usual, the bubble exceeds available space; if this doesn’t sort itself out by the end I will break the remaining ties.
Wild Card Standings:
| 17 | Star Fox | Space Armada |
| 16 | Maniac Mansion | Michael’s Theme |
| 16 | Crystalis | World Map |
| 16 | Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu) | Endless Battlefield |
| 16 | Sonic & Knuckles | Doctor Robotnik |
| 16 | Streets of Rage 2 | Never Return Alive (Rain) |
| 15 | Earthbound | Happy-Happy is Blue |
| 15 | Ducktales | Transylvania |
| 15 | Full Throttle | Legacy (Opening Theme) |
| 15 | Journey to Silius | Stage 2 (Underground Concourse) |
| 15 | Chrono Trigger | Sealed Door |
| 15 | Star Fox | Map Select |
| 15 | Final Fantasy VI | Coin Song |
| 15 | Turican II: The Final Fight (Amiga) | Main Theme |
| 15 | The Secret of Monkey Island | Title Theme (MS-DOS Roland MT-32 version) |
| 14 | Mega Man 6 | Blizzard Man |
| 14 | Chrono Trigger | To Good Friends |
| 14 | Super Mario Kart | Rainbow Road |
| 14 | Donkey Kong Country | Ice Cave Chant |
| 14 | Mega Man 6 | Mr. X’s Fortress |
| 14 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Oil Ocean Zone |
| 14 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Marble Zone |
| 13 | Phantasy Star IV | Motavia Field |
| 13 | Final Fantasy V | The Day Will Come |
| 13 | Earthbound | Pollyanna |
| 13 | Mega Man 7 | Shade Man (Alternate Theme) (Ghosts n Goblins Remix) |
| 13 | Mega Man 4 | Wily Battle |
| 13 | Earthbound | Your Name, Please |
| 13 | Sonic CD | Stardust Speedway Present (JP) |
| 13 | Mega Man 6 | Plant Man |
| 13 | Sonic CD | Metallic Madness Present (JP) |
| 13 | Chrono Trigger | Tyran Castle |
| 13 | Final Fantasy VI | The Mines Of Narshe |
| 13 | Ys I & II (PC Engine) | Tower of the Shadow of Death |
| 13 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Launch Base Zone Act 1 |
| 12 | Final Fantasy VI | Mt. Koltz |
| 12 | Silver Surfer (NES) | Device Complete |
| 12 | Kirby’s Adventure | Vegetable Valley 2 |
| 12 | Final Fantasy IV | Kingdom Baron |
| 12 | Kirby’s Adventure | Boss Battle |
| 12 | The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (1995) | “Music for Ludwig & Elisabeth (Eagle and Seagull)” |
| 12 | Final Fantasy IV | Prologue |
| 12 | Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge | The Swamp |
| 12 | The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening | Sword Search |
| 12 | Final Fantasy VI | Epitaph |
| 12 | Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist | The Ballad of Freddy Pharkas (sung by Al Lowe) |
| 12 | Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen | Go-Go March! |
| 12 | Super C (NES) | Stage 1 |
| 12 | Final Fantasy V | Harvest |
| 12 | Chrono Trigger | Ruined World |
| 12 | Darkwing Duck | Floating Fortress Stage |
| 12 | Mega Man X | Launch Octopus |
| 12 | Mega Man 4 | Dust Man |
| 12 | Ys III: Wanderers From Ys | Valestine Castle |
| 12 | Final Fantasy V | Ahead on Our Way |
| 12 | Mega Man 3 | Spark Man |
| 12 | Mega Man 6 | Select Screen |
| 12 | Mega Man X3 | Opening Stage |
| 12 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Final Boss |
| 12 | Sonic & Knuckles | Flying Battery Zone Act 2 |
| 12 | Ys III: Wanderers From Ys | The Strongest Foe |
| 11 | Super Robot Wars 3 | Main Theme Crossing Through Time |
| 11 | Ys III: Wanderers From Ys | The Boy’s Got Wings |
| 11 | Lagrange Point | Theme Of Isis |
| 11 | Final Fantasy IV | Red Wings |
| 11 | Demon’s Crest (SNES) | Memorial of the Fallen Ones |
| 11 | The Smurfs | The Swamps |
| 11 | Castlevania Bloodlines | The Sinking Old Sanctuary |
| 11 | Mega Man 7 | Slash Man |
| 11 | Crusader of Centy (Genesis) | Battle 1 |
| 11 | Doom II | Running From Evil |
| 11 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Metropolis Zone |
| 11 | Castlevania Chronicles | Moon Fight |
| 11 | Earthworm Jim (Special Edition) | Buttville: The Descent |
| 11 | Final Fantasy VI | The Prelude |
| 11 | Mega Man 3 | Wily fortress 1 |
| 11 | Star Fox | Titania Boss |
| 11 | Yoshi’s Island | Bowser |
| 11 | Mega Man X | Chill Penguin |
| 11 | Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen | White Storm |
| 11 | Mega Man X3 | Blizzard Buffalo |
| 11 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | Priest |
| 11 | Terranigma | Crysta |
| 11 | Sam & Max Hit The Road | Pleasantly Understated Credit Sequence (Roland MT-32) |
| 11 | Mega Man 7 | Shade Man |
| 11 | Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen | Impregnable Defense |
| 11 | Mega Man X | Flame Mammoth |
| 11 | Street Fighter 2 Turbo | Ken’s Stage |
| 11 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Spring Yard Zone |
| 11 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Chrome Gadget |
| 11 | Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo | Ryu’s Stage |
| 10 | Panzer Dragoon (SEGA Saturn) | Track 2 |
| 10 | Super Robot Wars 3 | Neo Granzon |
| 10 | Sonic CD | Sonic Boom |
| 10 | Shining Force 2 | Ready for War |
| 10 | System Shock (PC) | Intro |
| 10 | Sailor Moon: Another Story (Super Famicom) | Legendary Battle |
| 10 | Mega Man 6 | Knight Man |
| 10 | Phantasy Star IV | Terrible Sight |
| 10 | Demon’s Crest (SNES) | Cursed Towers |
| 10 | Secret of Mana | Whisper and Mantra |
| 10 | Shining In The Darkness | Fateful Battle |
| 10 | Turrican II | Desert Rocks |
| 10 | Mega Man 3 | Password Theme |
| 10 | Phantasmagoria | Consumite Furore (Main Theme) |
| 10 | Rock n’ Roll Racing (SNES) | Paranoid |
| 10 | Sim City (SNES) | Village Theme |
| 10 | Sonic CD | Sonic You Can Do Anything (JP) |
| 10 | Star Control II | Hyperspace (3DO version) |
| 10 | Ys I & II (PC Engine) | Palace of Destruction |
| 10 | Illusion of Gaia | Sky Garden |
| 10 | Lightening Force, aka Thunder Force IV | Stage 1A |
| 10 | Mega Man X3 | Volt Catfish |
| 10 | Axelay (SNES) | Unkai |
| 10 | Mega Man 6 | Yamato Man |
| 10 | Laser Lords (CD-I) | Warp Music |
| 10 | Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge | Chromatische Phantasie |
| 10 | Castlevania Bloodlines | Calling From Heaven |
| 10 | Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy | Eat Your Vegetables |
| 10 | Ys I & II (PC Engine) | Palace |
| 10 | Final Fantasy V | Home Sweet Home |
| 10 | Yoshi’s Island | Ending Theme |
| 10 | Sonic CD | Wacky Workbench Past (JP) |
| 10 | Shivers | Main Hall |
| 10 | Final Fantasy V | Pirates Ahoy! |
| 10 | Mega Man X2 | Wheel Gator |
| 10 | Mega Man 6 | Tomahawk Man |
| 10 | Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos | Tower of Lahja |
| 10 | Gate of Thunder (PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx CD) | Stage 1 |
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Now we get to the eliminations. We have 616(!) songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 19 groups of either 32 or 33. For the group stage, vote for as many songs as you like! The top 8 songs of each group will automatically advance to the knockout rounds. Additionally, the top 104 songs across all groups outside the top 8 will advance as “wild cards”. 2For you non-sports fans, wild cards aren’t treated any differently than group winners, the term only refers to how the song qualified
We’ll be “feathering” groups; voting on group 11 will be active until Friday January 24th at 10:00PM Pacific. Group 10 is still active until 10:00 pm tonight; vote here. Group 12 will start Friday and be active until Saturday, and so on. Please listen to every song! Don’t just vote name recognition.
You can listen to all songs in group 11 in this handy YouTube playlist! (Don’t worry, songs will also be linked in the comments, where voting will take place)
You can work ahead if you like:
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Or listen to every nominee here
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Again, voting for group 11 is open until Friday January 24th at 10:00PM Pacific.