1996 / 1997 revisited: Which has the more powerful soundtrack, Diablo 1 or Quake 1?

I liked Quake better. I'd sometimes put my Quake CD in my CD player just to play the tunes.

Oh and to me "The Catacombs" in Diablo 1 and "Castle of the Damned" in Quake are the creepiest.

"Castle of the Damned" (38:02 in video) was in the 2nd level of Quake I believe, just when you are introduced to Ogres, Fiends, and Zombies, creepy.

Strangely enough both some to have chilling-like baby cries.

I miss the late 90's for PC Gaming.

Be sure to vote my friend

Diablo music was creepy

When the butcher comes out "fresh meat!" it almost made me shit my pants.

haha I think most of the people in this forum were in diapers when these games came out

@AFBrat77: Quite possibly. Not this guy though.

btw I voted Diablo. Tristram Theme. Nuff said.

Diablo, easily. I loved the Tristram theme so much, I learned it on guitar. :P

Although Quake's tunes were nice, Diablo wins this by far ... that Tristram ... them Catacombs tracks ...

Ahh quake, such a good game, good old times jumping from wall to wall and owning everyone, oh wait, maybe I should get TitanFall, the movements are like Quake all over again. aww sorry Playstation fans, XBOX ONLY, HA!

Unreal Tournament - Razorback probably the second best FPS tune next to the Doom track. Man those were both rockin

I tried the game out, but I just couldn't get into Diablo. And I remember having the music disabled in Quake. I don't know anything about the music from either game...

I've played D1, but never played Quake 1. However, the Quake 1 theme is pretty awesome.

i was born in 1991. i was five when these games got released. I hear the late 90s was an amazing time if you were a pc gamer. shame i only started pc gaming in late 2003. Played on the ps1 and ps2 from 1998 - 2003.

Yes, the Golden Age of PC gaming was 1997 - 2000 (4 years)

It pretty much started with these 2 games: GL Quake (the graphically enhanced version of 1996's Quake that started the graphics card craze) released Jan. 1997 and Diablo, released late 1996/early 1997 (pretty much an early 1997 game that set the stage for true WRPG's like Fallout series and Baldur Gate series).

Each year from 1997 - 2000 there were at least 30 good PC games a year and 20 GREAT ones, there were 3 - 4 good PC Gaming magazines going strong, 3dfx Graphics cards were in high gear, good times. A lot of good creative games made for the PC only.

In 2001 PC games started a big decline as PS2 became quite popular and the original XBox and Gamecube were released. The best things in 2001 were the expansion packs to Diablo 2 and Baldurs Gate 2, multiplatform Max Payne, and simulation game IL-2 Sturmovik. Fortunately "Lord of Destruction" and "Throne of Bhaal" were enough to hold my interest for the year. A few good years since then, but it was never the same.

anyone else remember when these came out?

Nailed it! The one song that may be even more amazing than Zelda songs :P.

Yea, Diablo 1 had great atmosphere & music (despite the shitty click click click click gameplay) Would of loved to see a more substantial RPG in that setting. Too bad they strayed further and further away from that dark artstyle/atmosphere/music with each subsequent release, as that was the main thing going for that series in the first place.

Diablo's music is a lot more atmospheric than quake's

I think that is highly debatable.....I think they both are VERY atmospheric.

Reznor all the way, the Quake soundtrack is one of my favourites. I do enjoy the Diablo soundtrack as well though.

A little bit of trivia, in Quake the nail guns ammo box has the Nine Inch Nails (NIN) symbol on it.

Strange thing is, all the times I played Quake in '97 and '98 I never noticed that.

But I played it again a couple weeks ago and noticed that right away.

Even thought Diablo has an awesome Soundtrack, NIN's Quake OST is a clear winner for me. Probably the very best (game)soundtrack there is...

Actually, Quake OST and The Downward Spiral are the albums, that made such a big NIN fan 8)