Have you ever thought about putting a computer game CD in your ordinary CD player? It actually works with some games! I can’t remember how I first discovered it. It was either that I first experimented with Rollcage, or that I left an ordinary CD in the disk drive while starting Half-Life, and was surprised to hear the A-Teens singing instead of half Life’s legendary soundtrack.
Windows Media Player makes life easier now, because you can access the rip function and see if any tracks appear. That said, game music isn’t always as interesting out of context. I tried sitting down with a drink to listen to Half-Life, but it just unsettled me and made me spill my drink.
WMP is also useful for hidden tracks you occasionally get with album CDs. I have far discovered some on the Coldplay album, and on one of the Queen albums. (I must warn you that these tracks tend to be even worse than the computer game music). And for Laura’s sake there is also a hidden track on the McFly CD.
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Think what an experience Half-Life would be to play with a CD containing the Electric 6’s Gay Bar…
I did that too once. It was more a case of trying my PC games in my PlayStation. It didn’t work but it did play all the tracks. The game was Dungeon Keeper and the soundtrack was hideously scary. Haven’t tried it in a while though.