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[:Motorbass]

Hi. I am working on a cool little project that I will reveal later and am searching for chilly, loungy tunes like these:

Mario Paint - Mysterious

Flight Club - Pilotwings

and of course:
Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambiance

Also, "festive" themes would be of much help for me!

I didn't play too many RPGs back then so there may be some potential. Thanks in advance!

 

[Meadow Drone]

A couple of Plok's tracks comes to mind, especially Flea Pit. God I love that game's music so much.

 

[Thoraxes]

Mecarobot Golf - Cruising

Just a quick one off the top of my head.

Super Mahjong 2 - Free Battle Rank Down is also nice.
Yuuyu no Quiz de Go! Go! - Egypt
Kidou Senshi V Gundam - Options
Majin Tensei 2 - In the Shop

 

[XAMOEL_ART]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYWcLQ89rZ8

I made a compilation video years ago.
(Chillout and relaxed video game musics)
It haves a lot of games through the years. 8 bits to some actual games.

 

[retroman]

Streets Of Rage - My Little Baby (Good Ending)

 

[:Motorbass]

Thanks for the suggestions so far! Plok was "wtf" at the beginning but then turned to "oh yeah"! I didn't remember this song.

Any christmas-y sounding pieces? I remember Secret of Mana had Santa but did it have fitting music?

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

joes bar from deja vu is some real good chill out music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeRx124RfHY

 

[lazygecko]

Waterworld trumps Aquatic Ambience on the SNES if you ask me. Dean Evans is the unsung hero of SNES music.

 

[retroman]

Jaguar XJ220 - Moody Breeze

Streets Of Rage 2 - Slow Moon

OutRun - Last Wave

Turrican 2 - The Great Bath

Shovel Knight - The Starlit Wilds (Campfire Scene)

Tales Of Phantasia - Be Absent Minded

 

[Breads]

Crystalis - Pyramid Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCjHLzzQPQU

Snowman from the mother series is pretty legendary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65l1H1FGn8A

Summer's theme from Mother 2/ Earthbound might be too chill!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0ff5Xrj5Bo

Guardian Legend has some good ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHY0nRuV5u4&index=8&list=PLEOQ0YA_1DWlqKUJkOJaJL0YB2brVTCFd

Shadowgate's intro is pretty chill... if eerie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySadPyWH2jI&list=PLF299E54137C8FA38&index=1

Here is a simple but effective loop, also from Shadowgate!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHvegQABCS8&list=PLF299E54137C8FA38&index=8

And let's not forget Xexyz!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll68-1bPvlA&list=PLE7JYIHWG8aaLmIUfGy7qkTOi9lMos0Z1&index=5

And also there is Fez's entire soundtrack. I'll start with this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylJ_IIvCQD4&list=PL89C6D0CCE49B641D&index=11

 

[MrBadger]

Streets of Rage - Keep the Groovin'

 

[Kojirospath]

Corridors of Time and Wind song from Chrono Trigger.

 

[capylikesgames]

How was Plok mentioned without Akrillic? Let me fix that.

https://youtu.be/2jbJSftFr20

Also, Fortuna from Star Fox.

https://youtu.be/ye960O2B3Ao

 

[The Rain King]

Lost Patrol main theme is exactly what you're looking for. It's so good. https://youtu.be/I2ZUskVaiuE

 

[pirateluigi]

Since OP already posted the best one in Aquatic Ambiance, I'll go with my second choice:

Yoshi's Island Underground Theme
https://youtu.be/-HOrFykW5ew

 

[Anoregon]

This track is the absolutely epitmoe of dope ass chill out video game music

Chrono Corridor/Corridors of Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNzYIEY-CcM

Them Zeal feels all day

 

[Kodaman]

Mitsuda is always the answer:
Chrono Trigger - At the Bottom of the Night

Radical Dreamers - Star Stealing Girl

 

[woopWOOP]

The Mario Paint and Pilot Wings tracks in the OP were the first two I was thinking of actually. Good choices.

Seconding Akrillic from Plok.

Front Mission - Bar

Seiken Densetsu 3 - Harvest November

Terranigma - Port

Sim City - Town Theme

Trip World - World 4

 

[JinjoUnchained]

World 3-1 from Super Castlevania IV is pretty chill.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=t6lXXCngULI

 

[hypotc]

I love this one. Brinstar Red Soil Swampy Area:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pim1s_DBR64


Here's a nice piano arrangement of it aswell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XgOrG8Idjk

 

[Xeroblade]

I think of poor mallow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_orf0q1xOzs

 

[Spazznid]

oops misread title... I'll be going now.

 

[hiryu64]

Chill tracks:

Sword of Hope II - Winder Castle
Shantae - Water Town (and it's definitely beyond 8/16-bit, but the Shantae and the Pirate's Curse version bears special mention)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons - Tarm Ruins
Mega Man 7 - WIly Castle Stage 2
Rockman 7 FC - Wily Castle Stage 2 (NES rearrange of the above tune)
Secret of Mana - Pure Lands
Secret of Mana - Ice Country
Final Fantasy 6 - The Mines of Narshe
VVVVVV - Potential for Anything (probably my favorite out of this entire list)
Lufia and the Fortress of Doom - Cave
Kirby Super Star - Save Room (this probably best fits your criteria out of all the entries in this list)

I need to make a separate section for Rockman & Forte, as that game has a ton of cool, jazzy tracks, ranging from upbeat to mellow. Check out this playlist. Some of my personal recommendations:
Database (very close to what you're probably looking for)
Museum
Astro Man
Cold Man
Tengu Man
Pirate Man
Crystal Room

I'll add more as I think or am reminded of them.

 

[Anoregon]

Mitsuda is always the answer:
Chrono Trigger - At the Bottom of the Night -

I AM SAD NOW.

 

[mclem]

First one that sprung to mind is Last Wave from Outrun.

I'm not sure if you wanted the festive tunes to also be from the 8/16 bit era, but Chocobo's Happy Christmas from the PS1 era was the first thing that hit me on that front. I'll have a further think to try to come up with 8/16 bit ones.

Edit: I'll add in a couple from Actraiser (mellow, not really festive)
Birth of the People
Peaceful World
North Wall (Maybe? Not sure)
Sacrifices

Stones (Ultima series, this version from Ultima 7. It's roughly contemporary with the SNES, at least; I couldn't find the SNES version, but I wonder what it sounds like)

 

[woopWOOP]

Any christmas-y sounding pieces? I remember Secret of Mana had Santa but did it have fitting music?

Diddy Kong Racing's snow tracks are super christmas jolly atleast

The Ristar snow stage tracks might fit too:
Ristar - Ice Scream
Ristar - Ring Rink

 

[btrboyev]

That Mario Paint music get's me everytime. Instantly brings me back to 9th grade 1992

 

[justjustin]

Ryu Umemoto has made lots of amazing downtempo/chill compositions in games like EVE Burst Error, YU-NO and Grounseed. If I had more time I'd post some examples.

 

[John Rabbit]

Star Cruiser - Space Flight (maybe more jazzy than you wanted)
Tetris Attack - Special Ending 2

 

[Lionheart1827]

There are tons that have already posted and more than I can list but I'm lazy. The one that came to mind for some reason was:

Castlevania III - Evergreen

Not sure if it counts as chillout but its an immense relief when you finally beat this game and this track definitely has that feeling.

Mecarobot Golf - Cruising

Just a quick one off the top of my head.

Wow, never heard of this game. There's always these SNES games I seem to find with some great music in it that it seems not many knew existed.

 

[valkillmore]

Super Adventure Island - Whale (Swimming Level)

Get down

 

[Lionheart1827]

Super Adventure Island - Whale (Swimming Level)

Get down

Dat bass. At first I was sure it was a remix but nope, dat SNES sound chip can crank out some amazing shit.

 

[Dr Zhivago]

Clotho - Columns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=admQ2Ideh0M

 

[Seven4sses]

In a Snowbound Land - Donkey Kong Country 2

You only hear it for about 3 stages at the most, but this song is beautiful. I like to play this on occasion when I've had a long hard day and decide to nap afterwards.

 

[retroman]

Last Ninja Remix - The Sewers

Last Ninja Remix - The Mansion

Last Ninja 3 - Earth