# Ultimate Retro Gaming Music Challenge! **Source:** RetroRalph **Type:** video **Published:** 2023-02-17 **Duration:** 13m 44s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmvNOn0F29w --- ## Analysis RetroRalph hosts a casual arcade music guessing game where a guest attempts to identify classic arcade and console game soundtracks from the last 30+ years. The guest struggles with the challenge, correctly identifying some tracks (Pac-Man, Goonies, X-Men, Captain America and the Avengers, Burger Time, Contra, Arkanoid, Fix-It Felix Jr.) while missing others (Rastan, Street Fighter 4, Sonic the Hedgehog 3). The interaction is lighthearted and humorous, with playful banter about the difficulty level and occasional off-topic tangents. ### Key Claims - [LOW] The guest has played Rastan before on the channel — _Host mentions guest played this franchise with somebody on channel from last year, but guest doesn't remember_ - [MEDIUM] NES Contra has better music than the arcade version — _Guest states: 'It's not very often that I say that a console game is better than an arcade game. But for Contra, it absolutely is.'_ - [LOW] Daytona USA 2 came out in the last 10 years — _Guest claims the game feels newer, host appears to correct this assumption implicitly_ - [LOW] David (presumably Mark Kim or another friend) has Arkanoid as a favorite game — _Guest mentions 'that's one of David's favorite games' after correctly identifying Arkanoid_ ### Notable Quotes > "On a scale of one to ten, where do you think you sit? I mean I gotta be at least like a seven" > — **Guest**, early > _Sets expectation for performance; guest overestimates confidence_ > "This game is fun, I like this... This game's easy. You're doing really good." > — **Host**, mid-game > _Sarcastic commentary on guest's changing confidence levels_ > "It's not very often that I say that a console game is better than an arcade game. But for Contra, it absolutely is." > — **Guest**, mid-game > _Genuine opinion about Contra soundtrack preference_ > "I'm going to walk back to Ohio if you don't get this." > — **Host**, mid-game > _Emphatic statement about confidence in guest identifying 'Chasing' track_ > "Suddenly, I'm not having that much fun." > — **Guest**, post-Contra > _Sarcastic reaction to struggling with identifications_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | RetroRalph | person | Host of the video, runs retro gaming channel, familiar with arcade music and classic games | | Nick Madsen | person | Mentioned as someone who might have helped select music tracks; actually did not help per host clarification | | Mark Kim | person | Mentioned humorously as recipient of water spray incident during game | | Pac-Man | game | First track correctly identified by guest | | Rastan | game | Second track; guest guessed X-Men, failed to identify correctly | | Goonies | game | Correctly identified by guest | | X-Men | game | Guest correctly identified; host noted it was the Mountaintop level | | Captain America and the Avengers | game | Correctly identified; host noted it was easy given context | | Street Fighter 4 | game | Guest failed to identify; host noted guest had played it the previous night | | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | game | Guest misidentified as Donkey Kong Country; host corrected the identification | | Burger Time | game | Correctly identified by guest; guest noted playing it frequently | | Contra | game | Correctly identified as NES Contra; guest preferred its music to arcade version | | Daytona USA | game | Correctly identified by guest; host noted it came out recently | | Arkanoid | game | Initially failed by guest; eventually identified after mercy play | | Fix-It Felix Jr. | game | Guest initially guessed Super Mario World; correctly identified as Fix-It Felix Jr. | ### Topics - **Primary:** Arcade game music identification, Classic retro gaming - **Secondary:** Channel content and collaborations, Gaming memories and nostalgia ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.75) — Lighthearted, humorous tone throughout despite guest's frustration with performance. Host and guest have friendly rapport with playful teasing. Guest expresses genuine frustration at some points but overall atmosphere is casual and entertaining rather than genuinely negative. --- ## Transcript What's up buddy? What's going on? Not much. What brings you here? Well, I live here, so you know, here every day. This is your house, isn't it? Okay. Yeah. You want to play a game? I think we should play a game. Sure. All right. I mean, I'm a little scared, but you want me to put the AirPods on? Yes. Okay. You're going to be guessing arcade music today. All right. Well, I should be good at that. On a scale of one to ten, where do you think you sit? I mean I gotta be at least like a seven okay I have maybe 14 15 tracks here all right I'm gonna go through but there's a catch what's that for everyone that you get wrong I don't even know what that is I don't know how to use this thing it seems like a sensor isn't this game fun it's not it's just okay but let's get started okay all right god man my laptop screen's wet how'd that happen? You ready for the first one? Yeah let's go. Pac-man. Okay, alright, nice. Okay, this one. I'm not going to give you much context as to any of these, but as for a potential hint, you've played this franchise with somebody on your channel from the last year. Okay. But I want you to be specific. Where this is from. I played this game on my channel? You've played this franchise with somebody on your channel. I did? Five, four, three, two... What? Come on! Come on! I can't even let me guess! I gave you a countdown! I don't know, it sounds like maybe it could be X-Men, I don't know. Rastan. Oh, God. Okay. This game is fun, I like this. Get an X-1. That was Rastan, I should have known that. It's Goonies. Okay, good job. We need that one right away. See? This game's easy. You're doing really good. You feel like this is a fun time? No, I don't feel like it's fun. Let's go. This is X-Men. Do you know what level? Or what... Come on, I have to tell you the level? No, I'm just curious if you know. I'm not going to score you. I think it's the second level, but I shouldn't get squirted for going up. You're not. Do you know what it's called? I can't actually hear you. I'm going to give you that. It's Mountaintop. I can hear you Mountaintop Okay Yeah I wouldn know the level Okay I didn know Okay Shut up All right do the next one All right. This one you covered at some point on Arcade James Piekarz era. Okay. Okay. Well, Captain America and the Avengers. Okay. Come on now. If I didn't give you the context, I feel like you still would have known that. Well, it says The Avengers. Oh, does it? Oh. It says The Avengers. I mean, I would have got that anyway. That one's very easy. Okay. So this one, you definitely have played this franchise before. Oh, I almost threw up a little bit. Okay, go ahead. You've played this franchise before. However, I'm not... No, you've played it. That was real confident that I've... Yeah, you're like, yeah, I don't know. Oh, yeah. Oh, crap. Can you play it a little longer? Yeah. Damn, I know it, but I can't think of it. Shoot, I know this. You want me to tell you? Can you stop it for a second? Shoot, I know it. What is it? You played it last night for filming. It's Street Fighter 4. Oh, no. No. Okay, the song that I know, if you played the opening song, I would have known it. Damn it. That's so bad. All right. I'm really not good at this game. That's why I am enjoying this game. This one, I don't know. This one's interesting. I feel bad squirting it if you get this wrong, because I feel like you will. Are these arcade? Everything's arcade, right? It's all within, it's like 30 years old. It's not necessarily all arcade, but it's like stuff you've heard before. Oh, so I should know. Okay, cool. Okay, yeah, cool. Your console route. Makes you feel real good about me. All right. Shoot, it sounds like a Konami game. It's not. It's not? Is it a console game? It's Sega. I'll tell you that. Is it like Donkey Kong Country or something? Is that a guess? Yeah. Donkey Kong's Nintendo. It's what? What is it? What is it? Sonic 3. What is it? Sonic the Hedgehog 3. I wouldn't know that. I just want to describe it. I don't remember everything. That was one thing I... I don't even know. I feel like all I played was Sonic and the... Everyone's getting really into the Sonic games, but I feel like the one that I remember the most is Sonic 1 and 2. Like, I don't even really think... I don't disagree. Does 3 have tails in it? I don't remember. I actually wouldn't have known that one. If it was Sonic 1 or 2, I would totally know. But you weren't going to give me Sonic 1 because I'd get that. Is that your coffee machine? it draining ah okay still enjoying it well it got water in it now but yeah All right This one, I'm going to walk back to Ohio if you don't get this. it's one of my favorites it's the intro to chasing okay the name is that the name of the song is called like chasing madison or something like that's the artist the song is i never really said it out loud yeah i love this i just love this track so much it's like i don't know i love it are we gonna tell people what the next one is i don't even know what the next chasing is that was a joke i don't know trust me i wish i did All right, so this is a Chick-fil-A ad. Why are you playing that? I can tell that's a Chick-fil-A ad. Yeah, totally. I'm glad you know you're... Oh, this is Verbo. Hold on. Oh, God. I'm so gassy right now. You've seen this in somebody's collection. I'm terrible at this game. I feel like... I know. All right, okay. I think you might get this one. That's Burger Time. Ding, ding, ding. Nice. I played a lot of Burger Time, so that one's easy for me. It's pretty distinct, too, so... Okay, this one, I feel like you're going to know this. Maybe not the specific level, but... I feel like you had Nick Madsen help you with these. No, I picked all these. Really? Yeah. Okay. He doesn't even know we did this video. This feels very Madsen. Hi, Nick. Hey, Nick. All right. Hey, guys. Ralph's going to need a raincoat. What is it? Contra. Suddenly, I'm not having that much fun. It's actually NES Contra, too. Good job. Yeah. Jungle theme. Good for you. The arcade one is slightly different. The music's slightly different. So it's not very often that I it's not very often that I say that a console game is better than an arcade game. But for Contra, it absolutely is. Yeah. Like if you ever want to play. Did you even play? How can you score me for that? That's my opinion. Come on. You're using your authority. shoot i don't know no no come on that was in the face that was in my ear that's my airpods good Yeah, good. They break good. I wanted them to break piece of crap air pods. Yeah, they're they're hate. I don't want them anyway Thanks, but I'm in your coffee for all I care. Okay How many more do we have we have a few more I was doing okay. This is Daytona USA to that you just listen to Daytona USA to I never played actually I think that a newer kind of feel like I knew that that not an old game It actually out in the last like 10 years So I think But if you had do da I would have known But cool, thanks for the... Yeah, good job. Oh shoot, just give me a second. Give me a second, I know this. Hold on. You need a little more. Oh my god, I know this. I might give you a little more mercy here. You've played this with somebody on Chasing before. Oh my gosh, I know this! Oh my gosh, this is wicked pissing me off. Are you sure I played this on Chasing? Yeah. No, you totally did. You're such a jerk. Whatever, just squirt me and get it over with. Okay, okay, okay. You probably got the wall on that one. If you get the wall, you have the wall. Kim's in a freaking... All right, good luck with that. I'll let Kim know that you squirted the crap out of the wall. Nope, it's fine. Good. All right, good for you. Hi, Kim. What is it? Because I should know it. It's Arkanoid. Damn it! I should know it just by the beginning. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah. I know, and that's one of David's favorite games. Nice dance moves. Cool. Cool. Okay. This is interesting. That wasn't an arcade game where we just played it. No, that was an ad. Oh, okay. What is that? This one, you're probably going to know it, but it's not necessarily from the 80s. You'll understand, I think. Okay. It's probably, just by the overall sound of it, it sounds like some kind of Super Mario world. Is that your guess? It sounds totally like the Mario character. It's a very Mario-ish sound. What? Come on! What is it? It has to be a Mario! Fix-It Felix Jr. Oh, shit! Come on! Dude, you've seen the movie. I know! You should have known it. Good job. Alright, let's go. Oh my gosh, I know this too, and I can't even think of it right now. I'm really bad at it. My memory is totally bad. Just because I'm nice, I'm not going to squirt you this time if you get it wrong. I like when you squirt me if you get it right, though. shit i don't know it's got to be a it's definitely an 80s era game i can tell by the sound effects but what is it i don't know what i went all over the floor probably Oh, okay. Alright. We got that too. It's recording. Okay. _(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 8c5c1115-afd1-42c3-a8bb-f628b7593df7*