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Oh? What’s that? You want more versions of the Psycho Soldier theme song? Why, of course! Here’s an arranged version from a cassette that was packed in with the Famicom version of Athena:

Athena is a sort-of spinoff to Psycho Soldier: while Psycho Soldier starred the psychic teen Athena Asamiya, who would go on to be featured in the King of Fighters series, Athena’s heroine is a different Athena, some kind of celestial princess or something. While I have an irrational affection for that terrible game, the focus of today’s post is still Psycho Soldier and its rad fully-voiced theme song — the first vocal theme to be used in a video game.

Here’s the version from King of Fighters ‘96:

And an arranged vocal version from a KOF ‘96 soundtrack:

From KOF 2002:

And a cover by Keith Burgun:

This is by no means exhaustive. We can listen to the Psycho Soldier theme some more if you want. And for more info about Psycho Soldier and Athena, check out Nicola Nomali’s wonderful writeup from GameSpite Quarterly #3.

tags / snk / psycho soldier / athena / music / king of fighters

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Doki Majo Plus explores fake SNK history →

A blog entry on the Doki Majo Plus site, written in the voice of one of the characters, offers a fake history of console ports of the real SNK arcade game Psycho Soldier.

The retrogaming-obsessed Renge Oda, a fan of Athena, posted this screenshot comparison of different (parody) console ports of Psycho Soldier. It’s sort of like the fake ports in Game Center CX 2, except that the source game is real — and, critically, it’s being discussed by a fictional junior-high student.

Here’s the original:

The “Nanicon” (Famicom) version:

The “Point III” (Mark III) version:

The “CP Motor” (PC Engine) version, which, of course, came on a CD-ROM with anime cutscenes:

And finally, the ZMX version (MSX):

I love it! Something about Doki Doki Majo Shinpan that doesn’t make me extremely uncomfortable!

Finally, because I can’t mention Psycho Soldier without it, this page contains MP3s of both the English and Japanese vocal themes from the arcade game.

tags / doki majo plus / snk / psycho soldier / jc

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