Arguably, it all started when a collegiate a capella group arranged a medley of the music from Super Mario Brothers and accompanied it with a Mario mimic collecting coins and pouncing Goombas. 
Hearing the midi-inspired tunes so quickly catapult us back in time to the lazy days of 8-bit plumbers rescuing sparkly princesses. Yes, even an a capella group -- clad in requisite two-toned business casual and reeking of cheesiness -- can make us giddy when we're treated to a new generation's definition of "the classics."
Below, check out attempts by others to rekindle the sound of NES past in several different genres:
- A beatboxing, mustachioed flutist!
- Japanese big band!
- Siblings on piano.
- One-person, four-part harmony (admittedly considered, by the performer himself, to be "awful")
