a slice of game history

How is sound used in games?
ever since the first games rolled in on us, sound has been apparent throughout as a medium or identity in wich people describe or remember games. many people can say they remember the mario tune and probebly humb it to. sounds can often be found to be more famous than the composer or even the game itself.

some audio can be an expression of the games visual style and intended mood such as silent hills "promise reprise" not to mention its overly aerie ambient sound effects. games can often be used a psychological tools to get a person to buy or play a game. almost as if someone is saying "coming over here and play this game"
if i am to be honest audio in games has scared me, made me cry, even made me hate a particular character. any form of audio in games has the ability to make you fight on(halo theme tune) my brother learnt the halo theme tune on his guitar just because its an uplifting i wanna kill some bad guys tune.
music can also conjure up an "i don't wanna know whats behind that door". feeling. (silent hill)

In the early 170s music was difficult to incorporate into games as they were cumbersome and quite delicate but a "more affordable method of having music in a video game was to use digital means, where a specific computer chip would change electrical impulses from computer code into analog sound waves on the fly for output on a speaker." similar in fact to the progression of soundtrack to final fantasy 1 through to 12. you ca just about notice the distinct difference in the tones. before long in games were able to take more channels of audio without aking up to much space thus allowing for vocals to be heard in video games and as to date composers are able to play with more than 250 channels of audio.
Akira Yamaoka: silent hill
Nobuo Uematsu: final fantasy
Yoko Shimomura: super Mario, parasite eve, legend of man, kingdom hearts.
jeremy and julian soule: prey
are just some of the major composers on games to date.
"good times" was the most influential songs of the time period and the song left the way for grand master flash's' "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel" and the Sugar hill Gang's single, "Rapper's Delight". it has been used by many hip hop and dance recordings since its release.