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Nescover: 16 Nes-ified Hits

Posted in Art, Fan-made media, Nintendo by ubersoldat on November 20th, 2005.

Something Awful forums is now hosting something quite nice! The offering is 16 remakes of popular songs of today and yesterday, synthesized with the PSG audio system of the NES. The remakes are:

1) REM – Losing My Religion
2) Europe – Final Countdown
3) Radiohead – Karma Police
4) Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
5) Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
6) Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
7) Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
8) Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
9) Slayer – Angel of Death
10) David Pomeranz – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now
11) Coldplay – Yellow
12) Rick James – Superfreak
13) Semisonic – Closing Time
14) (Silence)
15) Hidden NESmix Intro
16) Zero Wing (Opening Theme) (4×4 Remix)

The downloads are avaiable either here or here.

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3 Responses to “Nescover: 16 Nes-ified Hits”

  1. j. says:

    thanks! i love covers, mash-ups and the like.

  2. bhspitmonkey says:

    Neither download link works anymore :(

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