Pounding Headache

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Pounding Headache
Composer Bobby Prince
Released 1992-05-05
Title Origin Official
Loops Yes

Pounding Headache (a.k.a. Left Alone in some sources) is the song played in some versions of Wolfenstein 3D.

The name is verified by in-game jukebox.

Games

Wolfenstein 3D (DOS)

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Wolfenstein 3D (DOS)
Output - OPL2.svg
Wolfenstein 3D - DOS - E5M4.png
Released 1992-05-05
Length 0:59
Format WLF

It is played in E2M4, E2M7, E5M4 and E5M7.

Pounding Headache is track number 5 in the game's data. Its title in the IMF meta data is "HEADACHE". This song is not in the shareware released of Wolfenstein 3D.

Bobby Prince composed this song in Sequencer Plus Gold.

Wolfenstein 3D (WEB)

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Wolfenstein 3D (WEB)
Output - PCM.svg
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Released 2012-05-05
Format UNK

Pounding Heachache stays in the same places as it was in DOS version. In that case the original OLP2 sound was just recorded for browser version.

Wolfenstein 3D (GEN)

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Wolfenstein 3D (GEN)
Output - OPN2.svg
Arranger GASEGA68K
Released 2014-??-??
Length 2:09
Format UNK

In Genesis port, Pounding Headache is only presented in sound test menu. Probably it's because GASEGA68K, game's porter, couldn't create second episode, but was ready to do this, so he arranged the rest of the music just for future.

Music was downgraded for YM2612 chip, used in Genesis, but programmer did a very good job so original YM3812 and this version differ only a little.


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