Akumajou Densetsu (Famicom) - Beginning (Namco C30 WSG Cover)

I've been doing a lot of work with the Namco C30 WSG sound chip using Furnace, as you could probably tell, and I've noticed that I've done plenty of work using that chip to cover Famicom tunes that use the Konami VRC6's sound expansion. While I'm preparing to make my next video, I figured I would whip up a quick cover of something from the game that pretty much defined the sound of the VRC6: Konami's 1989 Famicom action-platforming game Akumajou Densetsu (known on the NES as Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse)! Of course, I picked the song you hear in the game's first stage, known officially as Beginning. Since I was covering a Konami song, I figured I'd restrict myself to using wavetables that Konami themselves used with the Konami SCC in their MSX and MSX2 games (I know I could just do this with the SCC itself in Furnace, but Namco's WSG chips need more love). I do apologize if this cover sounds a bit quiet, at least compared to my other work. I was trying to stick close to the original version of the song in terms of volume control, albeit with some liberties taken, and Famicom songs tend to vary when it comes to loudness and whatnot because of some of the 2A03's limitations. Aside from that issue, I really like how this turned out, and I hope you all enjoy it. ^w^

UPDATE 02-16-2024: I only now realized that I made an unintended whip pun. xD

Here are the downloads for this song: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Composed by: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto, and/or Yoshinori Sasaki
Namco C30 WSG Arrangement by: Andrew Ambrose



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