Using the foundations laid down by a 2008 flash game, Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes crafted what would become one of the most talked about and well loved digital releases to hit Xbox Live Arcade and PC. Combining precision platforming, with a charmingly juvenile sense of humour, Super Meat Boy catapulted the two halves of Team Meat into indie super stardom.

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1: Main Theme by Danny Baranowsky

2: Betus Blues by Danny Baranowsky

3: Escape! by Danny Baranowsky

Cane and Rinse 97 was edited by Sean O’Brien

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Darren holds down the right trigger and goes hurtling through the first world of Super Meat Boy for PC. And then die a lot in some user-made levels:

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