Tony Hawks proskater.

Myst and Riven. Became homework music for a long time

Test Drive 5 and Hades. Two musical awakenings about 25 years apart.

Both have fantastic sound tracks, but also wildly different.

Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX

As a kid I would play this asia grinder MMO flyff. Not a good game, but the OST is great, especially the music that would play during login.

Kid me would hear this a lot because I kept forgetting my password...

https://youtu.be/5hkvYlVAwjk

It didn't expand my global music preferences but it did make my exercise playlist a very specific kind of vibe.

Xenoblade 2, Silent Hill 2

SuperTux

Guitar hero literally got me into real guitar so probably that one

I think it was one of the Sim City games... I'm not sure if Sim City 2000 or Sim City DS which really woke me up to certain music genres.

Anyway, yeah, The World Ends With You was truly something with its soundtrack. Was such a cool surprise when I first played it on the NDS.

ducktales, maniac mansion, and shadowgate on the nes

oh and secret of mana (but especially secret of mana ~ banished)

Need for Speed Underground 2!!
All songs were awesome, my favorites were the Riders on the Storm with Snoop and Nobody by Skindred

Broo...you just unlocked a core memory dudeeeee

That Kemco Chiptune deep bass hits every time! The Uninvited is a close second.

Skate and Destroy, Tony Hawks Pro Skater, GTA 3/Vice City/SA.

Also numerous PSX games are the reason I still listen to that old school drum & bass.

Later, Guitar Hero games.

The 3D zelda games.

That was the point where I prefered soundtracks over singing. I still have the Twilight Princess trailer mp3 I cut almost 20 years ago on my running playlist.

That and the score for Battle for Wesnoth. Classic freeware, peak 2006.

Came looking for Fallout! I don't know about you but before Fallout3 I kind of had the impression that catchy music began with rock and roll in the 50s. Fallout's 1940s music was quite an education and a great jumping off point to find more pre-rock and proto-rock music. These days my oldies playlist is one of my favourites. For anyone curious check out the Ink spots, Mills Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Fats Waller and The Platters; Not to mention all of the great big band and jazz music from that era!

Journey Escape one of the og music in a video game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_Escape

Journey Escape for the Atari 2600 plays "Don't Stop Believin'" on the title screen and during the ending sequence when you successfully complete the game. I was 4.... lol.

Megaman 2 aka Rockman 2, baby! So good.

Yeeesss. Wesnoth was PEAK

Underrated game: A Hat in Time.

It has a maximum remix edition that came with a soundtrack. It's soooo fucking good.

Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were pretty foundational for me. I think the fact that playing an instrument was a central game mechanic was a big part of that.

Others that come to mind would be gens 1-3 of Pokémon. Pretty much every track in all of these games are iconic.

Valkyrie Profile and Golden Sun were my introduction to prod-rock (thanks to Motoi Sakuraba).

Sheesh I need thaaaat!!!!

And then My War plays

Get Low and Lean Back, so fucking good