Sound Byte Archives
| Video Game MP3's! | Video Game Sound Effects! | Video Game Theme Songs and Anthems! | SID Tunes! |
| Ripped for your pleasure - download and play on your favorite MP3 player. | WAV files suitable for Windows, much like a really good curtain. | All of these EXCLAMATION points are starting to remind me of the Odyssey2! (ack! Another one!) | Commodore 64 fans can listen to the harmonies of the SID chip emulated on your PC. |
We have Arcade, Atari VCS/2600, and Intellivision sounds on 'tap' for your listening pleasure.
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Arcade |
| Berzerk | |
| "Chicken, fight like a robot!" - ... you're not leaving the maze without cleaning up on bonus points, are you? | 46k wav |
| Got the humanoid - Ouch | 60k wav |
| "The humanoid must not escape" - Isn't Evil Otto the baddest bad guy ever? Have a nice day. | 98k wav |
| Bubbles | |
| Start music | 30k wav |
| End music - Game over, man, GAME OVER! | 19k wav |
| Burgertime | |
| Death Ditty - Never will you hear a game get so "cheerful" about the slaughter of one of your men. Chef dies, world rejoices. | 123k wav |
| Carnival | |
| Descending Duck - This was our May 2004 Mystery Game sound byte, probably the toughest one ever! Would you have recognized this one? | 42k wav |
| Congo Bongo | |
| Roar of the Beast - I ain't ascared! Anyway, Donkey Kong looks meaner. | 17k wav |
| Crazy Climber | |
| Falling - Anyone else have recurring nightmares of being bonked with a flower pot and falling 67 stories to your doom? Anyone? Any... one? | 77k wav |
| Crystal Castles | |
| Hat: Acquired. - This is quite the little victory ditty. You've got the hat, kick some ass. | 182k wav |
| Defender | |
| Captured Humanoid - The distress call that puts your eyes on the radar map. | 10k wav |
| Free Ship | 55k wav |
| Materialize - If only we could do this in real life... | 13k wav |
| Start | 33k wav |
| Swarmers - They have a sound all their own, the little bastards. | 8k wav |
| Donkey Kong | |
| Intro Theme - Dum de dum dum. | 59k wav |
| Stage Start Tune | 29k wav |
| Final Fight | |
| Grunt - Gyaaah! | 97k wav |
| Frenzy | |
| Bang Bang You're Dead - The all too familiar sound of a laser connecting to your frail body. Zappo! | 45k wav |
| Frogger | |
| Coin In - The coin-drop sound that kicks off every game of Frogger. | 388k wav |
| Extra - A subtle tune indicating bonus frog. Everyone loves bonus frog. | 431k wav |
| Hop - That familiar sound of a frog moving, only without the squishy bits. | 129k wav |
| Plunk - Into the drink, frog. | 258k wav |
| Squash - Under the truck, frog. | 215k wav |
| Alert - Panic time - the alarm you hear when you've only got a few seconds left. Great for meeting reminders in Outlook. | 215k wav |
| Galaga | |
| Chance Stage Start - This tune always meant to me: "you're not going to get killed for the next 20 seconds, enjoy!" | 30k wav |
| Galaga '88 | |
| Bonus Begins - The short notification tune you get when it's time to start a bonus stage. | 345k wav |
| Gauntlet | |
| Key - Here's that sound you hear when you grab a key. | 25k wav |
| "Your Life Force Is Running Out" - Doncha just hate that? | 431k wav |
| "Someone Shot the Food" - Bastard! | 345k wav |
| Gorf | |
| Laughter - You screwed up - and that makes the alien commander happy. | 11k wav |
| Impossible Mission | |
| "Destroy him, my robots" - The sound we wait for our whole lives Evil scientist sicc'ing the robots on our human asses. | 27k wav |
| Joust | |
| Egg | 4k wav |
| Flap | 4k wav |
| Free Bird - In this case it's a good thing. | 14k wav |
| Lava - The pool is closed. Permanently. | 8k wav |
| Materialize - Your rider appears, Star Trek style. | 124k wma |
| Pterodactyl - One of those great classic game baddies and its terrifying squawk. | 10k wav |
| Skid - "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!" | 11k wav |
| Start | 20k wav |
| Thunk | 4k wav |
| Ka-Ge-Ki | |
| "You Son Of A Gun" - We think... | 43k wav |
| Major League Baseball | |
| Roar of the crowd - I love the Intellivision "virtual" fans. Loyal to their sport but not their team, cheering even when the visitor scores! | 108k wav |
| Mappy | |
| Bounce - That tiny little bounce that tells you all is well and right with the world once again. Now let's get back to stealing stuff. | 22k wav |
| Mr. Do! | |
| Start Stage - The deadliest clown in video games begins the carnage. | 21k wav |
| Three Stage Intermission - Even an energy ball wielding apple dropping psychopath needs a break. | 70k wav |
| End of Game - He gets knocked down, but he gets up again... | 45k wav |
| Pac-Man | |
| Dead - This is usually the last sound I hear before passing out drunk on a Friday night. | 17k wav |
| Pac 'n Pal | |
| Dead - It's the same old you-are-dead-and-kerplop sound but newer and faster. | 231k wav |
| Pitfighter | |
| Just Wait - The end boss' mid-game intermission muttering. | 215k wav |
| "The Best" | 113k wav |
| Wuss - One can never grow tired of some street ho taunting "Come on, wuss!", can one? | 164k wav |
| Yeah - A sort-of rimshot followed by an emphatic "Yeah!" | 420k wav |
| Punch-Out! | |
| You got 'em - "The annoying cornerman is rarely right" - Confucious | 11k wav |
| Q*Bert | |
| Cussing - That foul-mouthed little... little... little thing... with a nose... | 39k wav |
| Bye, Coily - Off you go! | 41k wav |
| Slick - These guys all talk jibberish, little demonic hellspawn that they are. | 54k wav |
| Ugg & Wrong-way - Few gamers realize that what Ugg and Wrong-way say, when played backwards is "Buy Digital Press! Buy Digital Press!". | 50k wav |
| QIX | |
| Completing a Box - It's that SOUND... that the thing makes... when it, you know, does that thing... with the box. | 51k wav |
| Shark! Shark! | |
| Shark coming! | 69k wav |
| Sinistar | |
| "Beware, Coward!" | 19k wav |
| "Beware, I Live!" | 21k wav |
| "I Am Sinistar" | 23k wav |
| "I Hunger!" - I have this one set to go off just before lunchtime. | 11k wav |
| "I Hunger, Coward!" | 21k wav |
| "Run, Coward!" | 16k wav |
| "Run! Run! Run!" | 19k wav |
| "ROOOARRRRR" | 28k wav |
| Snafu | |
| Dead snake! | 35k wav |
| Space Fury | |
| Alien head - Never mind the file size - this is the COOLEST wav going... Cantcha just picture that alien head taunting you? | 73k wav |
| Space Spartans | |
| Hello Commander - "Hello commander... computer reporting", in a sexy futuristic cybersexy voice! Erm... right. I really do need to get out more. | 26k wav |
| Star Strike | |
| Bye bye, Earth! - The entire planet gets destroyed when you lose this game, but doesn't it sound great? | 65k wav |
| Winner! | 47k wav |
| Star Wars | |
| With You Always - A digitized Obi Wan assures you that "The force will be with you, always". | 21k wav |
| Shake Him - A digitized Luke cries out "I can't shake him!" | 302k wav |
| Use the Force - Like a broken record with this force business, Obi Wan repeats "Use the force, Luke". | 431k wav |
| Yahoo - The good guys always win in the end, as proven here by this enthusiastic "Yahoo!" | 517k wav |
| Super Pac-Man | |
| Start | 776k wav |
| Dead - A long, drawn out death scene, Pac-style. | 313k wav |
| Wakka - Your basic "wakka wakka". | 95k wav |
| Time Pilot | |
| Bonus - Sounds like gunfire but it is, in fact, bonus points being added to your tally. | 172k wav |
| Dead - Time Pilot ships don't so much explode as they do "de-rezz". Witness. | 215k wav |
| Total Carnage | |
| "Total Carnage!" - Our favorite game show host, hosting this sequel to Smash TV. | 345k wav |
| "I Love It" - Game show host guy stating the obvious, "I love it!" | 258k wav |
| Woop Woop Woop - When you grab the shoes for speed in Total Carnage, you get this little sound byte from The Three Stooges' Curly. | 172k wav |
| Discs of TRON | |
| De-rezz! | 49k wav |
| Wizard of Wor | |
| Gameplay chatter - It's funny because it's OLD! A web visitor translated this for us: "I'm out of sight, ha ha ha ha". | 136k wav |
|
Atari VCS/2600 |
| Adventure | |
| Slain Dragon | 10k wav |
| Eaten Alive | 35k wav |
| Win! | 49k wav |
| Berzerk | |
| Shoot | 16k wav |
| Killed | 11k wav |
| Bowling | |
| Bowling | 113k wav |
| Centipede | |
| Centipede | 24k wav
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| Dig Dug | |
| Theme | 60k wav |
| Killed | 23k wav |
| Donkey Kong | |
| Jump | 9k wav |
| Killed | 14k wav |
| Flash Gordon | |
| Shoot | 6k wav |
| Explode | 15k wav |
| Warning | 10k wav |
| Killed | 29k wav |
| Haunted House | |
| Door | 5k wav |
| Stairs | 31k wav |
| Keystone Kapers | |
| Thud | 9k wav |
| Prize | 10k wav |
| Bounce | 26k wav |
| Jump | 7k wav |
| Megamania | |
| Shoot | 41k wav |
| Killed | 13k wav |
| Ms. Pac-Man | |
| Theme | 52k wav |
| Prize | 16k wav |
| Pac-Man | |
| Start | 18k wav |
| Power Pill | 63k wav |
| Killed | 26k wav
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| Pressure Cooker | |
| Theme | 118k wav |
| Score | 6k wav
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| Pitfall! | |
| Swing | 23k wav |
| Killed | 28k wav |
| Fall | 8k wav |
| Prize | 10k wav
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| Pole Position | |
| Race Theme | 41k wav |
| Qualify Theme | 32k wav |
| Lights | 64k wav
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| Raiders of the Lost Ark | |
| Flute | 84k wav |
| Killed | 113k wav |
| Theme | 146k wav
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| River Raid | |
| Fuel | 7k wav |
| Space Invaders | |
| Invaders | 79k wav |
| Mystery Ship | 31k wav |
| Killed | 15k wav
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| Spider-Man | |
| Theme | 61k wav |
| Street Racer | |
| Game | 15k wav
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| TRON Deadly Discs | |
| De-rezz | 12k wav |
| Killed | 45k wav
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| Video Pinball | |
| Game | 66k wav
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| Yars' Revenge | |
| Cannon | 23k wav |
| Swirl | 123k wav |
| Win! | 132k wav |
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Intellivision |
| Advanced Dungeons & Dragons | |
| Got him! | 94k wav |
| Damn rat! | 75k wav |
| Something's there! | 33k wav |
| B-17 Bomber | |
| Suite - Everything from the "Mattel Electronics Presents" to the final crash of a doomed run. Great "voice" samples from an Intellivision classic. Unzip to play them. | 523 zipped wav |
Last updated: Saturday, January 22, 2011 12:08 AM