The Star-Spangled Banner
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The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of The United States of America. The music was composed by John Stafford Smith in 1778. Lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key and set to the song in 1814.
Contents
- 1 Games
- 1.1 SAM (C64)
- 1.2 Blue Max (C64)
- 1.3 Traverse USA (ARC)
- 1.4 Winter Games (C64)
- 1.5 Fireworks Celebration Kit (C64)
- 1.6 Double Dribble (ARC)
- 1.7 Winter Games (AST)
- 1.8 Winter Games (NES)
- 1.9 Rush'n Attack (NES)
- 1.10 1943: The Battle of Midway (ARC)
- 1.11 Double Dribble (NES)
- 1.12 Superman (NES)
- 1.13 1943 Kai (ARC)
- 1.14 R.B.I. Baseball 3 (NES)
- 1.15 World Games (NES)
- 1.16 Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road (NES)
- 1.17 North and South (NES)
- 1.18 NES Play Action Football (NES)
- 1.19 Zombie Nation (NES)
- 1.20 R.B.I. Baseball 2 (NES)
- 1.21 1943 Kai (TG16)
- 1.22 Bo Jackson Baseball (NES)
- 1.23 Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball (NES)
- 1.24 The Hunt for Red October (NES)
- 1.25 Cisco Heat (C64)
- 1.26 CJ in the USA (C64)
- 1.27 Wolfenstein 3D (DOS)
- 1.28 International Tennis Open (CDI)
- 1.29 Super Bases Loaded 3: License to Steal (SNES)
- 1.30 Super R.B.I. Baseball (SNES)
- 2 Lyrics
- 3 Links
Games
SAM (C64)
SAM, an early text-to-speech program, has this song as an example of what the software can.
Blue Max (C64)
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Plays during the U.S. Gold company logo.
Traverse USA (ARC)
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Winter Games (C64)
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Fireworks Celebration Kit (C64)
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Track 1 in the SID file.
Double Dribble (ARC)
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This version of the song is unique, in that it uses a digitized voice to sing the song. Unfortunately, it was very poorly done and has become very controversial.
Winter Games (AST)
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Winter Games (NES)
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The song plays when you select USA as your team. The song was transposed to the key of B major and only plays the first verse.
Rush'n Attack (NES)
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1943: The Battle of Midway (ARC)
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Double Dribble (NES)
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Superman (NES)
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1943 Kai (ARC)
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R.B.I. Baseball 3 (NES)
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World Games (NES)
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Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road (NES)
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Plays when the player wins a race with their country selected as the United States of America.
North and South (NES)
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NES Play Action Football (NES)
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Zombie Nation (NES)
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R.B.I. Baseball 2 (NES)
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1943 Kai (TG16)
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Bo Jackson Baseball (NES)
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The song plays before the start of a game, accompanied by a graphic of a female singer. It is track 1 in the NSF file.
Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball (NES)
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The song plays before the start of a game. Only the last few seconds of the song are included. It is track 1 in the NSF file. It plays in the key of D major and starts from the ending "...home of the free."
The Hunt for Red October (NES)
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The song plays after you successfully complete the game. It is track 5 in the NSF file.
Cisco Heat (C64)
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Track 2 in the SID file.
CJ in the USA (C64)
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Track 1 in the SID file (incorporated into intro).
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The song, The March to War, from Wolfenstein 3D (DOS) incorporates the melody of The Star-Spangled Banner along with several other patriotic songs.
International Tennis Open (CDI)
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The Star-Spangled Banner is stored in hymnes.rtf.
Super Bases Loaded 3: License to Steal (SNES)
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Super R.B.I. Baseball (SNES)
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Lyrics
O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? (These verses were written, but are rarely performed): On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country, should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation. Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.' And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
