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'''''Root Beer Rag''''' is a ragtime-styled song composed by Billy Joel. It was used in [[Odyssey Software]]'s NES game Blackjack.
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'''''Root Beer Rag''''' is a ragtime-styled song composed by Billy Joel from the 1974 album ''Streetlife Serenade''. The song plays at about 145 BPM and the recording plays approximately a quarter-step (microtone) sharp.
  
 
==Games==
 
==Games==

Revision as of 17:16, 12 July 2020

Root Beer Rag
Composer Billy Joel
Released 1974-10-11
Length 2:59

Root Beer Rag is a ragtime-styled song composed by Billy Joel from the 1974 album Streetlife Serenade. The song plays at about 145 BPM and the recording plays approximately a quarter-step (microtone) sharp.

Games

Blackjack (NES)

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Blackjack (NES)
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Arranger Mike Smith
Programmer George Rucker
Released 1992-??-??
Length 3:45
BPM 225
Format NSF
Loops Yes

The song plays when the player first starts the game and they are brought to the American Video Entertainment logo. Surprisingly, this game contains the song in its entirety. The song plays at 225 BPM. Mike Smith arranged the song using his keyboard and created a MIDI file of it. It was then converted to Odyssey Software's sound driver.

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