Musician crams 38 heavy metal video game songs into one fantastic tribute

A heavy metal version of Tetris, Super Mario Bros. 2, Skyrim and Civilisation may seem a little arbitrary for a Monday morning, but give it a listen and discover how hard rock and sweet music skills can lift even the sourest of moods.

Care of Engadget, we’ve got YouTube user FamilyJules7X rocking it fairly hard with a 17:10-minute long metal tribute to video game music. It took FamilyJules7x and his band over three years to finish this compilation and the results are equally hardcore and heartwarming. There’s over 38 well-known video game tracks here, and spans from 1972 right up until today. The full song list is below the video, for those of us unable to place them all. Our favourite? Skyrim, without a doubt.

All songs in video listed below:

0:07 Pong
0:17 Gunfight
0:21 Space Invaders
0:30 Pac-man
0:37 Frogger
0:46 Dig Dug
1:01 Phozon
1:10 Tetris
1:34 Super Mario Bros
2:01 Legend of Zelda
2:32 Punch-Out!!
2:55 Super Mario Bros. 2 – Character Select
3:11 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3:36 Super Mario World – Athletic Theme
4:04 Sonic – Scrap Brain Zone
4:20 Street Fighter II – Vega’s Theme
4:45 Mortal Kombat
5:17 Star Fox
5:52 Donkey Kong Country – Gang-Plank Galleon
6:04 Donkey Kong Country 2 – Snakey Chantey
6:24 Pokémon – Gym
6:48 Goldeneye
7:26 Ocarina of Time – Intro
8:08 Medal of Honor
8:39 The Sims
9:10 Animal Crossing
9:42 Battlefield 1942
10:14 Wind Waker
10:39 World of Warcraft – Song of Elune
11:05 Civilization IV – Baba Yetu
11:41 Twilight Princess – Hyrule Field
12:29 Super Mario Galaxy – Gusty Garden Galaxy
12:54 Fallout 3
13:23 Braid – Downstream
13:43 Mass Effect 2 – Suicide Mission
14:11 Skyrim – Sons of Skyrim
14:41 Super Hexagon – Focus
15:00 Last of Us
15:21 Dark Souls II – Longing