Game music worth putting on your iPod
Not all game music sucks. Check out these beauties
LocoRoco (PSP, 2006)
How could we write a feature on awesome game music without featuring LocoRoco? In a game where happiness is pretty much available on tap, the music had to match. And boy, does it match! A mix of Japanese and nonsense (mainly nonsense), the words are incomprehensible, but that doesn't matter. It's awesome. Check it out here:
Above: If you've never tried LocoRoco on PSP, give it a go. Definitely over the PS3 version
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Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.
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