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Can you believe it's been over 2 years since we last did a full Zelda track? Me neither! So it's about time we get back to Hyrule with this remix from one of Zelda's most popular titles with this remix of Firestone Lake from Link: The Faces of Evil!

It wasn't easy covering the best song from this outstanding soundtrack, but I tried my best.

(Seriously this song is really cool though.)

I will probably have a small update post up before our next Patreon stream (usual time: April 5th, 3:00 PM US Central), but until then, thank you all as always for your ongoing contribution and support, I'll see you in the next post! :)

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Firestone Lake (Link: The Faces of Evil) - GaMetal Remix

After a 2+ year hiatus, we're finally back in Hyrule to attempt to tackle a song from the world renown Philips CD-i game Link: The Faces of Evil, with this remix of Firestone Lake! ◆ Gameplay by the mysterious Jimmy Ultima ◆ "Eye of the Enemy" (Guardian) Shirt by Draculabyte https://draculabyte.com/products/eye-of-the-enemy?_pos=2&_sid=944553525&_ss=r The year was 1993, and after a few years of success for the SNES, Nintendo decided it was time to kick things up a notch. They reached out to Sony to develop a CD-ROM add-on for the SNES to make bigger and better games. However, Sony was not able to handle the magnitude of what Nintendo was asking for. Parting ways, all looked to be in a peril, but then, from the shadows, a hero emerged: Philips. While Sony went on to develop the Playstation (which went on to sell an estimated 12-16 units worldwide), Philips created what is still accepted by many to be one of the greatest consoles of all time: the Philips CD-i. Eager to jump on the CD-i bandwagon, Nintendo hastily connected with Philips and threw their 2 biggest IPs right at their faces: Mario and Zelda. The iconic "Hotel Mario" went on to sell 3 gazillion units, and gamers unanimously agree that future Mario titles have been unable to reach it's high level of quality since, with the exception of Super Mario Odyssey which some feel came close (but still, ultimately, fell short). But before that, developer Animation Magic was tasked with creating a game for the Zelda series. Unlike Hotel Mario, the game and world they had imagined was so monstrous in size (comparable only to Breath of the Wild), that the game had to be split into 2 different titles, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, and Link: The Faces of Evil. Gamers and critics the world over were floored upon playing the titles. SNES N-Force Magazine praised the games for their superb graphics and brilliant sound / voice acting.* Joystick Magazine also considered the graphics to be stunning, and described the animations as "perfect".* The soundtracks, composed by Tony Trippi and William Havlicek, have been unmatched in later Zelda titles. Most reviews of recent Zelda games you find these days will usually contain a version of the phrase "the OST still fails to reach the high bar set by the Wand of Gamelon and Faces of Evil soundtracks" somewhere along the review. Philips would attempt to capitalize on the wild success of Wand of Gamelon and Faces of Evil by releasing a third Zelda CDi title, Zelda's Adventure, but no one cares about that one. You probably didn't even know it existed. We've covered many songs from many games on this channel, but I hope this attempt at one of the CDi Zelda's best songs, Firestone Lake from Link: The Faces of Evil, can deliver even half of the justice that the game and soundtrack deserve. Enjoy! *All this is true. ◆ Support GaMetal on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jonnyatma ◆ Follow me on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/jonnyatma ◆ Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jonnyatma ◆ Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jonnyatma ◆ Draculabyte GaMetal T-Shirt Collection: https://draculabyte.com/collections/gametal ◆ More GaMetal Shirts n' Stuff: https://teespring.com/stores/gametal ◆ Interested in the EQ I use, or even the shelf stuff? https://kit.co/jonnyatma ◆ Atmacoustics (Acoustic Short/Loop) channel: https://youtube.com/atmacoustics ◆ GaMetal Discord: https://discord.gg/6Qk8HyK ◆ Download GaMetal songs and more: https://www.jonnyatma.com ◆ GaMetal Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GaMetal/

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Tacoguy777

Never thought I'd see a remix on one of the obscure Zelda titles.

sum1udunno

Too many times terrible games have amazing songs which are overlooked or forgotten along with the game it was bound to. We need more requests like these to help give the musicians who gave it their all recognition!