References to Sega/Music
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Sega's enduring popularity has resulted in the company being referenced throughout pop culture, including music. From hip-hop samples of Mega Drive games to thematic inspirations of Saturn-era memories, Sega has established a unique musical legacy which endures to this day.
Around the dawn of the 2010s, artists in the burgeoning vaporwave genre began adapting their nostalgia of Sega for use in their music. The breakout popularity of Chuck Person's August 2010 album Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 (which used a glitchy collage of PAL Mega-CD release of Ecco the Dolphin as its album artwork[1]) kickstarted the genre as a whole, resulting in Sega-related themes becoming a trope of the genre and also establishing the Eccojams microgenre. It also led to vaporwave labels utilizing nostalgia in more direct ways, such as the packaging of independent music releases in Mega Drive boxes, and even the establishment of entire albums programmed for original Sega hardware.
For references specific to Sonic the Hedgehog, see References to Sonic in music.
Album artwork
| Album | Artist | Release date | Comments | Images |
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| Altered Beast | Matthew Sweet | 1993-07-13 | Matthew Sweet's 1993 alternative rock album Altered Beast takes its name from the 1988 arcade game of the same name. Sweet later told Spin magazine that the title meant "whatever is inside you that someday might explode, and maybe you don't know it's there", which he found similar to the game, in which "you have to find these little power-up things, and when you eat them you become the Altered Beast, this other creature that's really powerful and violent."[2] | 
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| The Sega Method | Drive-By Argument | 2007-03-05 | The 2007 single The Sega Method contains an image of the band on a Mega Drive cartridge.[3] | 
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| Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 | Chuck Person | 2010-08-08 | The album artwork features a collage of distorted and edited scans of Ecco the Dolphin's PAL Mega-CD release. | 
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| New Dreams Ltd. | Laserdisc Visions | 2011 | The album artwork features Japanese Sega Saturn border trim alongside artwork of Virtua Fighter's Dural. | 
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| Dreams | Winter Sleep | 2012 | The album artwork features a Sega Saturn system. | 
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| AM2 Pt 1 | s ? e c i a l - k | 2013-01-21 | The album artwork prominently features the Sega AM2 logo. | 
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| Mythril Nights | Amun Dragoon | 2013 | The album artwork's background features a screenshot of the city Twin Seeds from NiGHTS Into Dreams, along with the text "16-Bit Cartridge, Not For Resale" (commonly found on Mega Drive games packed-in with a system, such as Sonic the Hedgehog.) | 
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| SUNSET SHIMMER | SEPHORA脳バイブス | 2013-08-29 | The album artwork features American Game Gear border trim and the finish line from OutRun. | 
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| Plug In, Drop Out | Golden Living Room | 2013-08-29 | The album artwork features a softened screencapture from the 1995 US Sega Saturn commercial It's Out There.[4] | 
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| The future is here | 猫 シ Corp. | 2013-09-13 | The album artwork features Sega Saturn border trim. | 
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| AM2 Pt 2 | s ? e c i a l - k | 2013-11-12 | The album artwork prominently features the Sega AM2 logo. | 
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| Eccovision EP | ∆Ｓega Dream☾astlε▲コンピュータ天国 | 2014 | The album artwork features the Sega logo, and the EP itself is named in reference to both Ecco the Dolphin and the Eccojams subgenre. | 
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| 冬季大会 WINTER GAMES | 人以上VANQUISH組み込ま利益 | 2014 | The album artwork features Sonic Adventure artwork alongside Sega Dreamcast border trim. | 
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| シェンムーONLINE | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-02-02 | The album artwork features a softened screenshot of Shenmue. | 
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| virtua.zip | ESPRIT 空想 | 2014-05-07 | The album artwork features a screenshot of Akira from Virtua Fighter textured on a 3D cube. | 
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| Uma Carta de Amor Para SEGA | Pessoas Que Eu Conheço | 2014-03-22 | The album artwork recreates the classic "grid paper" box design of Sega Master System titles. | 
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| CHAO GARDEN | MECHA YURI | 2014-08-01 | The album artwork features artwork of Chaos alongside an image of a Dreamcast Controller and VMU. | 
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| 快い亡霊 OST | Kobayashi Yamato | 2014 | The album artwork features Sega Dreamcast border trim alongside the Sega logo. | 
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| 秘密專輯 | Famicom Fountains | 2015 | The album artwork features an American print advertisement for the Sega CD. | 
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| █▓▒▒F U N S T A T I O N▒▒▓█ | nano神社 (✪㉨✪) | 2015-05-17 | The album artwork is overlaid with an image of an arcade containing Jurassic Park. | 
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| Ｊ Ｕ Ｒ Ａ Ｓ Ｓ Ｉ Ｃ Ｐ Ａ Ｒ Ｌ Ｏ Ｒ | Valet Girls | 2015-06-10 | The album artwork features American Sega Genesis border trim. | 
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| SEGAS (SuperDeluxeEdition) | nano神社 (✪㉨✪) | 2015 | The album artwork features its name written in the Sega logo font. | 
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| (*°∀°) GAME OVER | Internet User | 2015 | The album artwork features a heavily-compressed and uncannily-cropped screenshot of Shinobi. | 
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| Ｎｉｇｈｔ ｏｆ Ｔｅｒｒｏｒ「成人専用」 | High School Drama Teacher | 2016 | The album artwork features Sega Dreamcast border trim, alongside the artist's name presented with the Sega logo font. | 
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| Escape to New York | Ursula's Cartridges | 2016-06-17 | The album artwork features both the PAL Mega Drive logo and Mega-CD border trim alongside a title presented in the Sega logo font. Additionally, a February 2020 audio cassette release of the album - the Limited Sega Edition - was presented like a Mega Drive game, with accompanying hardshell box and instruction manual.[5] | 
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| DREAMSNATCHER | ImCoPav / Silhouettes | 2017 | The album artwork features a screenshot from Snatcher. | 
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| Eternal Youth | Costanza | 2017 | The album artwork is an homage to the Dynamite Headdy boss Baby Face. | 
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| Didn't Have To Cut | Khaki Blazer | 2017-05-19 | The album artwork features a background from Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master. | 
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| ＳＩＭ ＥＡＲＴＨ™ ｕｌｔｒａ気候 & 「ＡＦＴＥＲ ＨＯＵＲＳ」 | 「ｎｅｗｔｙｐｅ」 | 2019-01-20 | The album artwork features the Japanese Mega-CD logo. | 
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| Business Presentation | Microsoft Executive & PlayStation ｐｌａｔｉｎｕｍ | 2019-01-27 | The album artwork features Japanese Sega Saturn border trim, alongside the Saturn logo appearing through a television's static. | 
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| Sick & Panic | Macintosh Plus | 2019-12-20 | The album artwork features the phrase "Rise from your grave" from Altered Beast. | 
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| VIRTUAL ARCADE SIMULATION | W.R.I. | 2020 | The album artwork features a heavily-compressed image of an arcade containing a Super Hang-On cabinet. | 
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| Dungeon Explorer | スーパー1999コンソール | 2020 | The album artwork features Sega Dreamcast border trim. | 
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| MEGACDWAVE | WONDERMEGA | 2020 | The album artwork features American Sega CD border trim alongside the Mega-CD logo. | 
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Lyrics
| Song | Artist | Release date | Lyrics | Comments |
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| "Jump Around" | House of Pain | 1992-05-05 | Or better yet a Terminator, like Arnold Schwarzanegger Try to play me out like, as if my name was Sega | |
| "Sculpture of Man" | Manic Street Preachers | 1994-06-06 | Cheap entertainment sold like a new deodorant World War Three |
Sega are cited as an example in the song's litany of vague references to arts and socioculture. |
| "Juicy" | The Notorious B.I.G. | 1994-08-09 | Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this |
References the rapper's newfound wealth, and the subsequent ability to purchase what were previously luxuries (like video game systems.) |
| "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers" | The Crooklyn Dodgers | 1995-05-13 | Clips, whatever happened to .38 Special? Now it's Desert Eagles, government issue |
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| "Think Big" | The Notorious B.I.G. | 1995 | Flipping coke in corner store bodegas In the back room playing Sega, Street Fighter II |
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| "Escape From The Zoo" | King Just | 1995 | Yo, who really started this rap shit, I'm addicted And I can't stop sayin shit, like Sega | |
| "Brodels" | 311 | 1995-07-11 | Lost a lot in Vegas, plays a lot of Sega | |
| "Big Mouth Strikes Again" | Crooklyn Dodgers '95 | 1995-08-29 | Clips, whatever happened to 38 Special? Now it's Desert Eagles, government issue | |
| "Cell Therapy" | Goodie Mob | 1995-09-26 | See Sega aint in this new world order Dem experimenting in Atlanta, Georgia |
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| "You're Only a Customer" | Jay-Z | 1997-02-11 | More flavor than y'all can image havin' Graphic like Sega, Saturn, traffic like the Bodega |
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| "Fake Ass Bitches" | 2Pac | 1997-11-25 | So how about hittin' a motherfucker on my pager Busy now bitch but you can give me the pussy later |
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| "Robyn Turns 26" | Pavement | 1999 | Kick it with the trustafarians Call her at her college |
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| "Proto Culture" | Del the Funky Homosapien | 2000-04-11 | Hey KU you know my SEGA collection is massive Got all the past hits and classics |
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| "Sunshine Slayer" | Apollo Smile | 2000 | Slick like Lara, fast like Chun Li Groovy like Ulala, crafty like Kasumi |
References Smile's portrayal of the character Ulala from Space Channel 5, and the character's notable dancing ability. |
| "Bigmouth Strikes Again" | Placebo | 2003 | The flames rose to her Roman nose and her Mega Drive started to melt |
The band substitute the hearing aid referenced in the original version of the song by The Smiths for Mega Drive (alongside changing Walkman to Discman). |
| "Let Me Watch" | Viktor Vaughn | 2003-09-16 | Spit religion and politics, Sega and chess Roots and culture, hip-hop, skunk and cess |
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| "Those Were the Days" | Lady Sovereign | 2007-04-16 | Catch a joke with my next door neighbor We played the first Mortal Kombat on the Sega |
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| "Go Go Gadget Flow" | Lupe Fiasco | 2007-12-18 | I'm back, I'm back, I'm cool, I'm cool, Westside representative All me, no ghost, no 16-bit like Sega Genesis |
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| "Cannon" | Asher Roth | 2008-06-15 | Hell yeah, word, I'll be rich, and I'll buy the whole world Sega Genesis |
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| "Hectic" | Enter Shikari | 2008 | We'll convene at mine, 3PM to play Sega Mega Drive, Golden Axe, and Sonic, all day |
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| "Altered Beast" | We Are Scientists | 2008 | The title of the song directly references the game Altered Beast. | |
| "Alex Kidd in Miracle World" | Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! | 2010-11-01 | The title of the song directly references the game Alex Kidd in Miracle World. | |
| "Castles" | Skepta | 2012 | Every time the .38 barrel spins Martin Luther turns in the grave It's real life, no computer game, we're living in the Streets of Rage |
References the popularity of the Streets of Rage franchise[6] and its connotations with urban violence. |
| "Nosetalgia" | Kendrick Lamar | 2013 | Smokers repeatedly buying my Sega Genesis Either that or my auntie was stealing it | |
| "Bimini Run" | Mondo Lava | 2014-10-21 | The title of the song directly references the game Bimini Run. | |
| "Welcome To The Next Level (Extended Version)" | Brimaxian | 2014-11-22 | I turned on my TV, Stared right into the screen, |
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| "Eastside" | G Herbo | 2015-09-29 | Buncha niggas that came up with me Either missing them or they got sentences |
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| "Mad Man" | A$AP Ferg & Playboi Carti | 2017-08-18 | Bury your hood Right in your local bodega |
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| "Manilla" | Lupe Fiasco | 2018-09-21 | Preparations, reparations from segregation Genius at Genesis, master system SEGAs |
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| "Intro" | G Herbo | 2020-02-28 | He can't chill, he need a pill, guess he too militant, uh Oh, you just like us, they robbed you of your innocence, huh? |
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| "More M’s" | Drake & 21 Savage | 2022-11-04 | Used to be in 'Sauga out at Sega City Playdium Skatin' through this album like a Montreal Canadien |
References the Sega City The Playdium venue in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. |
Music videos
| Song | Artist | Release date | Comments | Screenshots |
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| "Mr. Harley Davidson" | Cools | 1976 | Footage from the pinball machine Rodeo is used in the official music video.[7][8] | 
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| "Blue Monday" | New Order | 1983 | The official music video uses footage from the Apple II version of Zaxxon juxtaposed with scenes of real-life military aircraft. | 
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| "Freewheel Burning" | Judas Priest | 1984 | The official music video features a group of people headbanging to the song as they play a row of arcade cabinets, Astro Fighter among them.[9] | 
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| "Ot pechali do radosti" | Yuri Antonov | 1987 | Uses video footage from Hang-On Jr. | 
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| "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" | The Beautiful South | 1989-11-19 | The deluxe taikan cabinets for OutRun and After Burner can be seen being played in two scenes shot in an amusement arcade. | 
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| "So Hard" | Pet Shop Boys | 1990 | The official music video features a brief appearance from an Astro Blaster cabinet.[9] | 
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| "Even Better Than the Real Thing" | U2 | 1992-06-08 | Uses video footage from G-LOC: Air Battle and Rail Chase. | 
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| "Fields of Gold" | Sting | 1993 | The official music video features the Sega logo painted on an upside-down oil drum. | 
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| "Wild Wood" | Paul Weller | 1993-08-22 | The upright cabinet for OutRun can be seen being played in several scenes towards the end; the video climaxes with footage of the player crashing. | 
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| "Ready to Go" | Republica | 1996-04-15 | In the original "European" video, lead singer Saffron is shown playing the arcade version of Virtua Fighter 2. A completely different video was recorded for the North American market. | 
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| "Doesn't Really Matter" | Janet Jackson | 2000 | During the scene where Jackson and her entourage are dancing on a swiveling platform, video monitors in the background display clips from numerous Dreamcast games, such as Samba de Amigo, Space Channel 5, and Jet Set Radio.[10] | 
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| "E.I." | Nelly | 2000-10-17 | The official music video begins with Nelly and his entourage playing a Sega Dreamcast. | 
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| "Hard to Explain" | The Strokes | 2001 | Stock footage of Turbo is briefly shown near the beginning of the video. | 
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| "God Gave Me Everything" | Mick Jagger feat. Lenny Kravitz | 2001 | Mick Jagger walks through an arcade during parts of the music video, resulting in a brief appearance from a Jurassic Park pinball machine.[11] | 
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| "The Theme" | Jurgen Vries | 2002 | The second half of the official music video is a rail shooter homage to Space Harrier. | 
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| "Hella Good" | No Doubt | 2002 | Jet Set Radio Future is significantly featured throughout the music video.[10][12] | 
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| "Fit But You Know It" | The Streets | 2004-04-26 | In the original video, lead singer Mike Skinner is seen playing Motor Raid. | 
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| "DVNO" | Justice | 2011-02-04 | The official music video consists of homages to vintage and famous logo designs, including one directly based on Sega's distinct typeface. The logo itself is backed by two offset ovals reminiscent of those used in the Game Gear's design and packaging. | 
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| "Take Control" | Nineties Boy | 2012 | The official music video prominently features both the Sega Dreamcast and a number of its games, alongside the artist wearing a Dreamcast T-shirt for the majority of the song. | 
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| "Tiny Tortures" | Flying Lotus | 2012 | The official music video features a number of objects levitating around a bedroom, one of which is a Sega Dreamcast.[13] | 
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| "Have A Nice Day" | World Order | 2014-03-20 | The band passes a number of Sega arcade venues and games throughout the course of the video. | 
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| "Whistle" | Blackpink | 2016 | The official music video features a Sega Dreamcast and Dreamcast controller.[14][15] |
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| "Heart Demolition" | DragonForce | 2019 | The official music video features the protagonist playing a DragonForce video game on his Mega Drive, which features a number of homages to Sega games (such as the fire-breathing dragon magic from Golden Axe.) | 
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| "Bat Out of Hell" | Punk Rock Factory | 2019 | The official music video features the band playing a fictional Mega Drive game titled Protest The Hero. | 
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| "All These Years" | Static-X | 2020 | The official music video features a scene where a child tunes his TV to an Atari 2600-esque console which displays an homage to the Sega logo upon powering up. | 
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Samples
| Song | Artist | Release date | Song sampled | Comments |
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| "Rise From Your Grave" | Phuture | 1992 | "Rise from your grave" (sound effect) - Altered Beast (Mega Drive) | |
| "Eternal" | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | 1995-07-25 | "Character Biographies" - Eternal Champions | Eternal Champions composer Andy Armer has expressed displeasure with his work going uncredited when it was sampled for the 1995 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony album E. 1999 Eternal.[16] |
| "Tha Crossroads" | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | 1995-07-25 | "Bad Ending" - Eternal Champions | Eternal Champions composer Andy Armer has expressed displeasure with his work going uncredited when it was sampled for the 1995 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony album E. 1999 Eternal.[16] |
| "Mucho Stereo" | Indelible's | 1998 | "Entrance" - Mortal Kombat | |
| "Money, Cash, Hoes" | Jay-Z | 1998-12-18 | "Theme of Thief" - Golden Axe | |
| "Childish Gambino - Let Me Dope You (Streets of Rage)" | Team Teamwork | 2011-03-28 | "Stealthy Steps" - Streets of Rage | |
| "Ghostface Killah - The Champ (Ristar)" | Team Teamwork | 2011-03-28 | "Break Silence" - Ristar | |
| "Kanye West - Touch The Sky (Mortal Kombat)" | Team Teamwork | 2011-03-28 | "The Pit" - Mortal Kombat | |
| "E-40 & Busta Rhymes - One Night Stand (X-Men 2: Clone Wars)" | Team Teamwork | 2011-03-28 | "Inside Avalon" - X-Men 2: Clone Wars | |
| "Laserdisc Visions" | Laserdisc Visions | 2011-07-01 | "After The Dream" - NiGHTS into Dreams | |
| "Get Yah Head Bust" | SpaceGhostPurrp | 2012 | "Pit" - Mortal Kombat II | |
| "SHOPPINGTIMES" | ショッピングワールドjp | 2013-03-07 | "Menu Theme 2" - Shenmue | |
| "WORLD TRAVEL" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Global Travel" - Shenmue | |
| "あなたの笑顔が 私たちの喜び！" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Tomato Convenience Store" - Shenmue | |
| "『ギルドシステム』" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Oishi's (Bunkado) Antiques" - Shenmue | |
| "BEGIN TODAY'S SESSION?" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Menu Theme 2" - Shenmue | |
| "3个刀" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Ajiichi Chinese Restaurant" - Shenmue | |
| "WIN IT ALL" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Bob's Pizza" - Shenmue "Slot House" - Shenmue |
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| "MEMORY BLOSSOM" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Lapis" - Shenmue | |
| "怪しげなバー" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "MJQ" - Shenmue | |
| "明美" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Bar Yokosuka" - Shenmue | |
| "鹿威し" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Hazuki Residence" - Shenmue | |
| "SUBURBAN" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "FREE 9" - Shenmue | |
| "エアコン完備のレストラン" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Manpukuken Ramen" - Shenmue | |
| "夏の夜のパーティ" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Bob's Pizza" - Shenmue | |
| "MAN OF MYSTERY" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Bar Linda" - Shenmue | |
| "吉田寮" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "You Arcade" - Shenmue | |
| "FINALE" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-01-02 | "Maeda Barbershop" - Shenmue | |
| "SEGΔ DREΔMLΔND" | VAPERROR | 2014-xx-xx | "Start-up jingle" (sound effect) - Dreamcast | |
| "DOLPHIN" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-03-01 | "After The Dream" - NiGHTS Into Dreams | |
| "ファンタシーTREE" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-03-15 | "Mother Earth of Dishonesty PART1" - Phantasy Star Online | |
| "宇宙空間RPG" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-03-15 | "Day Dawns" - Phantasy Star Online | |
| "星に願いを" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-03-15 | "Next Cruise (Ending 2)" - Ristar | |
| "実績" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-03-15 | "Can Still See The Light" - Phantasy Star Online | |
| "Sherwood Zone" | Napoleon | 2014-03-26 | "Sega jingle" (sound effect) - Sega "Continue jingle" (sound effect) - Sonic the Hedgehog |
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| "リラックスENJOY" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-04-06 | "The Place Where The Sun Sets" - Shenmue | |
| "whispers.wav" | ESPRIT 空想 | 2014-05-07 | "Sega AM2 Theme" - Games developed by Sega AM2 | |
| "SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | "Unknown Track 3" - Conquering the World III | |
| "夕日" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | "Wandering Wilderness" - NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams | |
| "MACHINE天使" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | "Valentine" - Phantasy Star Universe | |
| "馬" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | "Rolling Start" - Daytona USA | |
| "NEONアーキテクチャ (パート2)" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | "Nostalgia in Solitude, Pt.2" - Phantasy Star Online Episode 4 | |
| "なだらかな上り坂" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | "Ending Theme" - Batman | |
| "THE TOWER RISES EVER HIGHER" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | Unknown song - Phantasy Star Online | |
| "THE INTERNET" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | Unknown song - Phantasy Star Online | |
| "VISION OF STARS" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | "BIOS Theme" - Sega CD (Model 2) | |
| "SITUATION" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | "Arms Black Market" - Virtua Cop | |
| "MACHINE天使 (パート2)" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-06-20 | Unknown song - Phantasy Star Online | |
| "SHROUD DYNAMICS" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-07-01 | "Relics" - Phantasy Star Online "Mizuraki C.D." - Phantasy Star Online |
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| "PLAZA WINDS" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2014-11-08 | "<JINGLE> Introduced Dream" - NiGHTS Into Dreams | |
| "시원한 파도소리 좋아요" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2015-05-15 | "The Kink in the Wind and the Way PART1" - Phantasy Star Online | |
| "BUSINESS CLASS" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2015-05-31 | "Back In Time" - Sonic R "Can You Feel The Sunshine?" - Sonic R "Dreams Dreams: A-Cappella Ver." - NiGHTS Into Dreams |
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| "（万ボルト） ｐｅｒｉｍｅｔｅｒ ｆｅｎｃｅ ｊｅｅｐ ｒｉｄｅ" | Valet Girls | 2015-06-10 | "Replay" - Virtua Racing Deluxe | |
| "POWER UP" | Miami Health Spa™ | 2015 | "Power up" (sound effect) - Altered Beast (Mega Drive) | |
| "Sad and Free" | izzy | 2016-03-23 | "Let's Go Away" - Daytona USA | |
| "DISNEY PRINCE$$" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2016-05-13 | "Field (Chapter 1)" - Traysia | |
| "Pennington Acres" | death's dynamic shroud.wmv | 2017-08-15 | "Green Grove Zone - Act 2" - Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Saturn) "Visitor's Center" - Jurassic Park (Mega Drive) |
Styles
| Song | Artist | Release date | Comments |
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| Abinox (album) | lpower | Composed with similar compositions and soundfonts from early Mega Drive shoot-'em-up games, like Whip Rush and Gaiares. | |
| Abinox II (album) | lpower | Composed with similar compositions and soundfonts from early Mega Drive shoot-'em-up games, like Whip Rush and Gaiares. | |
| Abinox III (album) | lpower | Composed with similar compositions and soundfonts from early Mega Drive shoot-'em-up games, like Whip Rush and Gaiares. | |
| Blazing Force (album) | lpower | Composed with similar compositions and soundfonts from early Mega Drive shoot-'em-up games, like Whip Rush and Gaiares. | |
| Dreams (album) | Winter Sleep | Composed as a hazy allusion to NiGHTS into Dreams's soundtrack, with sparkling, dream-like sounds and classic game music composition. | |
| Return To Dream City (album) | Winter Sleep | Composed as a hazy allusion to NiGHTS into Dreams's soundtrack, with sparkling, dream-like sounds and classic game music composition. | |
| 快い亡霊 OST (album) | Kobayashi Yamato | Composed to sound similar to an airy, low-budget, Japanese-developed Dreamcast game, and presented as a long-lost, rediscovered prototype. |
Packaging
| Album | Artist | Release date | Comments | Images |
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| Great Pine | Seagulls | 2015 | An album released on a limited-edition faux Mega Drive cartridge. | 
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| Thrown Voice | Seagulls | 2019-01-11 | An album released on a limited-edition faux Mega Drive cartridge. |
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| Multiple albums | Cat System Corp. | 2019 | Beginning in 2019, the independent Finnish music label Cityman Productions began releasing the discography of vaporwave artist Cat System Corp. in limited-edition Mega Drive boxes. | 
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References
- ↑ File:EccoTheDolphin scd eu cover.jpg
- ↑ Kelly, Christian: King of Pop, Spin, September 1995.
- ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads%2Fsega-references-in-pop-culture.22988%2Fpage-17#post-1076540 (Wayback Machine: 2024-09-16 02:06)
- ↑ File:SAT US TVAdvert IntroducingSegaSaturn.mp4
- ↑ https://citymanprod.com/album/escape-to-new-york
- ↑ [1https://web.archive.org/web/20240916020612/https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads%2Fsega-references-in-pop-culture.22988%2Fpage-17#post-1077091 https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads%2Fsega-references-in-pop-culture.22988%2Fpage-17#post-1077091] (Wayback Machine: 2024-09-16 02:06)
- ↑ https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2022/04/exploring-arcade-in-1976-music-video.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6PtdLBT2LI
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/atari_tube/atari_tube.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-11-19 11:20)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comments/ft5whd/the_dreamcast_in_pop_culture/
- ↑ https://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/atari_tube/atari_tube.html#videos (Wayback Machine: 2023-11-19 11:20)
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/JetSetRadio/comments/cd027w/til_jet_set_radio_future_is_featured_in_the_music/
- ↑ https://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4261&start=50
- ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/sega-references-in-pop-culture.22988/page-11#post-1008841
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comments/9xpmxu/dreamcast_in_the_meida/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/59-eternal-champions-bone-thugs (Wayback Machine: 2023-10-08 17:38)
