"Player Screen" from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves on the Nintendo Entertainment System (1991)
Composer: Paul Webb
Album: No Official Release
Developer: Sculpted Software, Bits Studio
Despite how much time I sunk into Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves on the NES, it was one of those games that I was never able to beat. This is in part because of the difficulty factor, but also because it was one of those games that had to be completed in a single sitting. One of the great things about this game was that there was an inventory system that allowed you to have anybody hold nearly any object you gave them, regardless if it was a weapon or a saddle. At one point, you are supposed to talk to Maid Marian's handmaiden which causes you to hand over your servant Duncan. But if you just didn't talk to her, then you could keep Duncan for the rest of the game, which was important because you could have him hold meat (health items) in his hands and well as stock him up with other health items that you could not fit into Robin's own inventory.
"Player Screen" which is the unofficial title of the track since there was no official soundtrack released, is the music that would play while you are performing inventory management with the various characters in your merry band. Whenever this song crops up, I immediately think of placing these giant legs of meat in both of Duncan's hands being while stuffing his pockets with more meat, apples, and loaves of bread. I mentally laugh at the absurdity of this, but the music itself I think is quite good and is underrated considering how well the game did not do.
Poor pack mule Duncan.
~JWfW/JDub/Jaconian
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