The nine inch nails song, "the mark has been made", seriously seriously sounds almost just like an arrangement of the beginning of Phantasy Star I, when it opens and says "space century 342" in the prologue as it drifts down and shows
Nero dying in Alis’ arms. Seriously, you have to listen to it:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmohYatPQRg[/Youtube]
And then there is also another NIN song, titled, "The Great Collapse", which doesn't have any sort of melodic similarity to Phantasy Star II, but in name, one can't help but think of the massive collapse of society after the destruction of
mother brain.[Youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmohYatPQRg[/Youtube]
I am not good with video editing, as I'm not a digital production hobbyist or professional, but I think it would be so so awesome if "the mark has been made,” was spliced into the opening of Phantasy Star I, and made into a video on YouTube or whatever.
Anyway here is the link to "The Mark Has Been Made" once again, since it is so awesome and so so similar, at least in the opening:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmohYatPQRg[/Youtube]
Perhaps Trent Reznor is a closet Phantasy Star fan.