Retro Replay Retro Gaming History, Reviews & Emulation
You know the moment. A game is sitting at its title screen, nobody has touched the controller for a while, and somehow the music has become the main event. The next level can wait. This bit deserves another loop.
We have given that habit a much bigger home. Retro Replay’s Video Game Music Library is live, with 95,901 tracks across 60 systems at the time of this announcement. Pick a system, find a game, and press play in your browser. No emulator or game ROM needed. The controller can have the afternoon off.
Start with a favorite, then take a detour
Nintendo or Sega? The directory starts with a familiar choice, then keeps going through PlayStation, handhelds, arcade machines, and computers. The Genesis collection currently has 14,950 track entries, NES has 11,312, and arcade stretches to 16,112. Different arrangements and versions can share a tune, so there is room to compare favorites.
Visit the Game Boy shelf, wander through DOS and Windows, or see what the Dreamcast collection has waiting. These counts were checked on October 29, 2026, and may change as the library is updated.
Original formats and community arrangements
The library brings together 65,364 original-format tracks and 30,537 community MIDI arrangements, labeled beside each entry. MIDI files are synthesized in your browser, so their instruments can sound different from the original hardware. They are enthusiasts’ arrangements, sometimes with several takes on the same piece.
Original-format entries use supported sound-chip music files. Availability varies: the SNES collection currently contains MIDI arrangements, and original files larger than 250 KB are omitted. This is not a collection of complete official soundtrack albums.
Arranger and composer credits stay separate. The catalog draws MIDI arrangements from VGMusic and original sound-chip files from the VGMRips May 2024 snapshot, retaining available credits.
Put something on
Try a quick NES kickoff, a trip through Mushroom Hill, and a little Mario Paint. These three samples are community MIDI arrangements. Press a play button to listen.
Three tracks to start your listening session
MIDI arrangement by Jedi QuestMaster. Open the game’s music listing.
MIDI arrangement by Ian Bennett. Open the game’s music listing.
MIDI arrangement by Jeff Benson. Open the game’s music listing.
Choose a sample to listen.
There is more from Sonic & Knuckles on the Genesis shelf and Mario Paint in the SNES collection. Follow a tune you recognize, then try the one underneath it whose title means nothing to you yet.
A few clicks to your next listening session
Search within a system by game, song, or credited music maker, or use the alphabetical controls and jump-to-game menu. Each track has play, information, favorite, and queue controls. You can add individual tracks or queue a game’s music, up to the player’s 50-track limit.
The player handles pause, previous and next, volume, and stop. Format filters help narrow the list. Favorites stay in that browser, rather than syncing through your account, and clearing stored site data can remove them.
Matched listings also have a View in Gamebase link for the game behind the music. Related platform editions are labeled. It is an easy excuse to revisit a box cover or investigate something you missed.
Open the Video Game Music Library and put something on. Then tell us which soundtrack you went looking for first, and which unexpected tune persuaded you to stay.
