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A lot of great ones have already been mentioned: (Old School) Runescape, Bastion, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Braid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Celeste, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Crypt of the NecroDancer, Cyberpunk 2077, Deus Ex (2000), Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2, Doom 2016, Earthbound, F-Zero GX, FTL, Hades, Halo, Hi Fi Rush, Hotline Miami, Jet Set Radio and JSR Future, Kirby (any of them), Legend of Mana, Mother 3, Neotokyo, Nier: Automata, Pizza Tower, Quake, Ratchet & Clank (any of them), Risk of Rain 1 and 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Shantae (any of them), Shatter, Shovel Knight, SimCity 3000, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic CD (Japan), Sonic Mania, Sonic Rush, Stardew Valley, Tower of Heaven, Transistor, Trine, and VVVVVV
Here's some that haven't been mentioned yet:
Ape Escape
Final Fantasy Legends III / SaGa 3 Jikū no Hasha: Shadow or Light
Ghost Trick
Gunpoint
Megaman ZX
And I've spent way too much time on this comment. Here's more not mentioned so far that I don't have time to do a writeup for: Skies of Arcadia, Super Meat Boy, Tomba 2: The Evil Swine Returns, Uplink, XCOM (Original), XCOM (Reboot), XCOM 2 (Reboot)
+1 for gunpoint, I absolutely loved that game and its soundtrack. That might be the best one commented so far.
So happy to see Ape Escape get the credit it deserves.
Deus ex Soundtrack was brilliant, the NES megaman 2 and 3 soundtracks are also pure gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrIb4DX5E8k&list=PLYKywKgXv-VIn4FdMyzXHMu4M5IfQ1M76
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWY7ndruY2c&list=PL1A86CAFBA7B7323E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2SEtD9XnaY&list=PLhPt7n-ALrSCBMorcc9pFVBYrCH-A1Mty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH2ZXZxx0Ik&list=PLMW5DKp4ycW21Twx3itWut18E2vFQtH15
Assuming X-COM: UFO Defense/UFO: Enemy Unknown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHBr7J4pgVk&list=PLhPt7n-ALrSDw1E6IRY2ZAicq5C2aWTmr
Assuming X-COM: Enemy Unknown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-cdXsAAme0&list=PLnwZoaepw_dGPCtYI6kTQaFtwBGGZGaFK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTmrXmCzTi8&list=PLydXsA6zXiisCcTPNG0gkpnEq8lPWqmsg
Thanks so much!