Scarlet Moon's Prescription for Music is a series of albums featuring piano/jazz covers from classic and modern games. The latest entry in the series, Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies Volume III, has now been released on digital music platforms. The album features 12 tracks from 11 classic games, including songs from two co-op titles: Diablo and Legend of the Mystical Ninja.
Scarlet Moon Records, the leading producer of video game music albums, recently announced the thirteenth album in its long-running Prescription for Sleep series. The new album, Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies Volume III (several albums in the series aren't numbered), will include 12 piano/jazz renditions of songs from classic games. Most excitingly for us, two of the cover songs will come from co-op games: Diablo and Legend of the Mystical Ninja.
Hard to believe it was 20 years ago that I first descended into the depths of Hell in search of the Lord of Terror (and some quality loot). Diablo was released on December 31, 1996 and its arrival marked a new beginning for, and in some ways the actual definition of, the action-RPG genre. To celebrate the title's release, Blizzard is injecting a little of the world of Sanctuary into all of its games.
As 1996 drew to a close, a new chapter in videogame history was beginning. On December 31st of that year, Diablo was released. It was a smash hit, and forever altered the gaming landscape. Diablo was a hybrid, blending action and RPG elements together, and it was incredibly fun to play, especially in cooperative mode with a few friends. Today, we’ll take a look at each game and expansion in the series, tracking the evolution of Diablo in anticipation of the launch of Diablo 3 next week.
Bleary eyed, I slammed my mouse down and growled out loud. I could barely see my watch in the dark, lit only by the glare from my monitor. 2:30 AM. How could I possibly have played this long, and not known it? I sighed and stared at the screen. There, in blood red hue, lay the corpse of my warrior, piles of gold everywhere, surrounded by acid spitting demons. I crept into the other room to find the telephone, and dialed a close friend. Luckily, I had started this session as a modem game, just in case. "John? Are you awake? I need your help, man. I died to those lame acid spitters on Hell difficulty again, and there is no way I can get to my corpse. Dial in and help me? I can't just restart, man, I just got that King's Longsword of Haste, I'll never find one again..." So began another co-op rescue mission in Diablo, Blizzard's masterpiece for the PC.
