--- title: A Cappella Video Game Music: PacMan, Super Mario Bros, Tetris, Halo description: From Pac-Man to Tetris to Halo canonical: https://time.com/3089082/a-cappella-evolution-of-video-games/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-07T16:10:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:14.955Z og:title: This A Cappella Medley Is a Musical Journey Through the Evolution of Video Games og:description: From Pac-Man to Tetris to Halo og:url: https://time.com/3089082/a-cappella-evolution-of-video-games/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b020a866e2a830a/69869eb335ba6fc990c0353a/screen-shot-2014-08-07-at-11-30-57-am.png?branch=production&width=919&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 919 og:image:height: 517 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-08-07 at 11.30.57 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This A Cappella Medley Is a Musical Journey Through the Evolution of Video Games twitter:description: From Pac-Man to Tetris to Halo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b020a866e2a830a/69869eb335ba6fc990c0353a/screen-shot-2014-08-07-at-11-30-57-am.png?branch=production&width=919&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Take a Musical Journey Through the Evolution of Video Games With This A Cappella Video > Sponsored content. 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Pac Man 1980 – 00:43 2\. Super Mario Bros 1985 – 00:58 3\. Legend of Zelda 1986 – 01:38 4\. Dragon Warrior 1986 – 02:26 5\. Tetris 1989 – 03:10 6\. Ninja Turtles 1989 – 03:36 7\. Sonic the Hedgehog 1991 – 04:14 8\. Doom 1993 – 04:55 9\. Super Metroid 1994 – 05:38 10\. Super Mario 64 1996 – 06:07 11\. Duke Nukem 3d 1996 – 06:46 12\. Pokemon 1996 – 07:13 13\. Resident Evil 1996 – 07:57 14\. Final Fantasy 7 1997 – 08:30 15\. Zelda Ocarina 1998 – 09:43 16\. Metal Gear Solid 1998 – 10:25 17\. Halo 2001 – 10:59 18\. Katamari Damacy 2004 – 12:01 19\. Oblivion 2006 – 12:34 20\. 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