List of games where the player plays music
Games in this list require the player to interactively play music on an in-game instrument. For example, in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64), the player must play various tunes on the in-game ocarina using buttons on the Nintendo 64 controller to play different notes.
| Game | Description |
|---|---|
| The 7th Guest (CDI, DOS, W32) | The player must play a game of follow the leader on an in-game piano by clicking various keys. |
| L'Ange et le Demon (CDI) | You have to play a four-note melody using the harp at the end of Chapter 5 in order to proceed further. |
| Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (NDS) | You are supposed to play Piano Player every day and accompany a randomly chosen classical or folk song using the stylus. The score scrolls by and, in easy mode, the note names. |
| Hugo: Wintergames (W32) | Rather ghostlike, the organ plays 8 bars of Jingle Bells by itself. Every 4 bars, it pauses and you have to click the keys yourself. The moment you hit the wrong one, someone slams all 5 keys at once and you have to repeat the half. |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) | You often have to play the ocarina using the N64 controller. |
| Loom (AMI, AST, CDTV, DOS, FMT, TGCD) | You must play various 4-note tunes on your distaff by clicking each note. |
| Seiklus (W32) | You must jump onto a floor keyboard to play a tune. |
| TKKG: Das Rätsel der Villa Drachenkralle (MAC, W16, W32) | Towards the end, Klößchen has to play Für Elise on the old piano to open a secret door. You can also see the score, but if you click the wrong key or take too long for the 8 bars, he is told off and you have to start over. |
| To be on Top (AST, C64) | First, you compose a song by choosing existing patterns and sounds only, but once you reach the top 3 of the charts, you must play the drums on a TV show for 2 minutes using the joystick to keep up. |
| Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (A2, AMI, AST, C128, DOS, FMT, PC88, PC98, X68) | You have to play the song Stones on a harpsichord using your PC keyboard. |
| Wonder Boy In Monster World (GEN, SMS, TGCD) | You must play three different tunes on an ocarina with the Genesis controller buttons to unlock doors. |
- Category: Games Where the Player Plays Music
Please do not include games where the player has no control over the music that an in-game instrument plays. For example, in The Legend of Zelda (NES), Link plays a recorder, but the player has no control over which notes are played. Also, don't include games just because the player has the ability create music on non-musical devices. For example, if a game lets you enter numbers into a touch-tone phone, you can technically play "music" with the numbers, but this is not intended.
