Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1990-1995: Top 256 (Part 1 of 8)

Now it’s time for the knockout rounds. We’ll be single-elimination from here on out. You can see the bracket here

The top 256 will run from the 3rd through the 10th, 32 songs a day. Groups will no longer be feathered, and will instead be open until 9:00 am Pacific the day after they go live (roughly the time the next group goes live). You can listen to a playlist of today’s songs (in matchup order) here, or listen to the entire top 256 here. You can find all 8 groups in the spoiler.
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Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

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PLEASE LISTEN TO BOTH SONGS IN A MATCH BEFORE VOTING

Voting will be live until Tuesday, February 4th at 9:00am Pacific 

Fun stats re:our top 256:

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  • The top 256 by groups:
    • Group 1: 23
    • Group 2: 16
    • Group 3: 22
    • Group 4: 10
    • Group 5: 15
    • Group 6: 11
    • Group 7: 12
    • Group 8: 16
    • Group 9: 12
    • Group 10: 15
    • Group 11: 13
    • Group 12: 9
    • Group 13: 13
    • Group 14: 8
    • Group 15: 9
    • Group 16: 12
    • Group 17: 15
    • Group 18: 17
    • Group 19: 8
  • Songs by game in the top 256:
    • 25:
      • Chrono Trigger
    • 23:
      • Final Fantasy VI
    • 12:
      • Earthbound
    • 10:
      • Mega Man 3
      • Sonic The Hedgehog 3
    • 8:
      • Donkey Kong Country
      • Final Fantasy IV
    • 7:
      • Mega Man X
      • Star Fox
      • Super Mario World
    • 6:
      • Final Fantasy V
    • 5:
      • Mega Man 4
      • Sonic CD
      • Sonic The Hedgehog 2
    • 4:
      • Kirby’s Adventure
      • Mega Man 6
      • Silver Surfer (NES)
      • Sonic The Hedgehog
      • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
    • 3:
      • Pictionary (NES)
      • Secret of Mana
      • Sonic & Knuckles
      • Street Fighter 2
      • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
      • Ys III: Wanderers From Ys
    • 2:
      • Alisia Dragoon
      • Battletoads
      • Castlevania Chronicles
      • Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge
      • Donkey Kong Country 2
      • F-Zero
      • Maniac Mansion (NES)
      • Plantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
      • Plok
      • Streets of Rage 2
      • Super Mario Kart
      • Super Metroid
      • Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
      • The Smurfs
      • ToeJam & Earl
      • Ys I & II
    • 1:
      • ActRaiser
      • Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
      • Clock Tower
      • Cool Spot
      • Crystalis
      • Darkwing Duck
      • Doom
      • Ducktales
      • Earthworm Jim (Special Edition)
      • Ecco the Dolphin
      • Final Fantasy Adventure
      • Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
      • Full Throttle
      • Ghouls ‘N Ghosts (Amiga PAL)
      • Gimmick!
      • Journey to Sillius
      • Knuckles Chaotix
      • Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
      • Lemmings
      • Mega Man 7
      • Mega Man X3
      • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
      • Night Trap
      • Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
      • Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
      • Ristar
      • Shivers
      • Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble
      • Solstice
      • SOS/Septentrion
      • StarTropics
      • Street Fighter 2010
      • Streets of Rage
      • Super C (NES)
      • Super Castlevania IV
      • Super Mario All-Stars
      • Super Street Fighter 2
      • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
      • The 7th Guest
      • The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
      • The Secret of Monkey Island
      • Thunder Force III
      • Time Trax
      • Turican II: The Final Fight
      • Turtles In Time
      • X-Men (Arcade)
      • Yoshi’s Island
      • Zombies Ate My Neighbors!

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