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** The ''{{Sonic Storybook Series}}'', ''SonicHeroes'', ''{{Shadow the Hedgehog}}'', ''{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2006}}'' and ''SonicUnleashed''.

* ''StarFoxAdventures'' has its SoundTest available from Slippy's part of the main menu... once you paid a certain Well for its Cheat Token and dropped it into the maze's well. The tracks have no names displayed, even numbers. And you'll probably want to turn the SFX volume all the way down, because every once in a while, Slippy snaps his fingers in time with... something, but not necessarily what's playing... which might not even be a tune!

* ''GoldenSun''.

* ''SonicTheHedgehog'' [[Game/SonicTheHedgehog 1]], [[SonicTheHedgehog2 2]] [[SonicTheHedgehog3 and]] [[SonicAndKnuckles 3]].

Sometimes it allows you to hear the entirety of a WastedSong.

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* ''KirbyAirRide'' has a pretty good one, having all background music and noises. However, you must unlock the sound tests of many songs through gameplay.

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* At least the {{SNES}} version of ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters''.
* All three ''SuperSmashBros.'' titles. They even include ''every single sound effect'' in the game, along with ''all'' of each character's voice clips, attack grunts, {{Kiai}}, etc. You could spend literally DAYS listening to everything, considering that the song list for ''Brawl'' alone tops out at around 300-some tracks. (Many would argue that it's [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome well worth the time, though.]])

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* ''RhythmHeaven''.

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* ''GoldenSun''.

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* ''{{Boktai}}'' gives you a sound test once you beat the game. One irritating feature was that some tracks could only be played when the game detected sunlight, and others could only be played when it ''didn't''.

** I might be worth noting that the Sound Tests for the above can actually [[CheatCode serve]] [[DebugRoom another]] [[GuideDangIt purpose.]]

** [[BigNo Shockingly averted]] for SonicColors.

* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces'' have both a voice and music test in the Character Viewer.

* ''{{Mother 3}}''
** ''{{Earthbound}}'', albeit only via its hidden DebugMode.
* ''ChronoTrigger'' (among the additions to the {{PlayStation}} and NintendoDS versions)
* ''FireEmblem''
* ''SonicTheHedgehog'' [[Game/SonicTheHedgehog 1]], [[SonicTheHedgehog2 2]] [[SonicTheHedgehog3 and]] [[SonicAndKnuckles 3]].
** ''Sonic3DBlast'', ''SonicR'', and ''SonicTheFighters''.
** The ''SonicRushSeries'', ''SonicAdvanceTrilogy'', ''[[SonicAdventureSeries Sonic Adventure]]'' and ''[[SonicAdventureSeries Sonic Adventure 2]]''.
** The ''{{Sonic Storybook Series}}'', ''SonicHeroes'', ''{{Shadow the Hedgehog}}'', ''{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2006}}'' and ''SonicUnleashed''.
* ''RhythmHeaven''.
* ''MetalGear Ghost Babel'' had one as an unlockable for completing all the VR Missions.
** ''MetalGear 2'' had an EasterEgg radio frequency which did this, and ''MetalGearSolid Integral'' did a similar thing (but ''only'' with WastedSong tracks).
* Several old DOS games allowed in the Setup (and sometimes in the GUI) to do this.

* ''GoldenSun''.
* ''{{Kirby}}'' games of all sorts.
* {{Meteos}}
* Registered copies of ''{{Wolfenstein 3D}}'' had "Robert's Jukebox", which gave the user access to three different menus of songs. However, you could find out about it only by buying and reading the Hint Manual.
* [[{{Nintendo wars}} Advance wars]]: Days of ruin (Dark conflict for you Europeans) had this, and were Labeled With Creative names Such as 'Hope never dies: Brenners/'O'Brians (EU) Theme' based off of the {{Catch Phrase}} "When theres life, Theres Hope"

* One ROM combo in ''LaMulana'' does this.
* The ''Iris'' games from the ''AtelierSeries'' let you unlock all the songs, that can then be played from the Extras option on the main menu. ''Mana Khemia'', from the same game company, also had unlockable songs.
* ''BreathOfFire'' 3 and 4 let you build music shops in the optional Fairy Villages.
* On the GameBoyAdvance port of ''DonkeyKongCountry'', hold Select while pressing B, A, L, L, A, Down on the game select screen.
** And in the SNES version, press Down, A, R, B, Y, Down, A, Y. Rare likes having FunWithAcronyms.
* The ''{{Touhou}}'' games.
* ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'' has [=CDs=] as in game items, each of which has one song from the soundtrack.
* ''{{Disgaea}}''. You have to buy the songs with in-game currency, though.
* ''TheLegendOfZelda: [[TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap The Minish Cap]]'', after you get all figurines.
* ''{{Iji}}'' has a classic sound test menu.

* Pretty much every game in the TalesSeries.
* ''RadicalDreamers'' - at least the FanTranslation.
* In ''FinalFantasyX'' and ''FinalFantasyX2'', you had to actually ''buy'' the "spheres" that would let you listen to the music.

* Most games by {{tri-Ace}}, including ''ValkyrieProfile'' and the ''StarOcean'' games.
* ''{{Castlevania}}: Dracula X'' has CD's you can collect to not only listen to the music but also change the background music when you play through the levels.
* Most ''WildARMs'' games.

* As an additional NewGamePlus bonus in the second Original Generation SuperRobotWars GBA game, entering a specific sequence of keypresses on the right menu takes you to the Sound Test page instead of the normal BGM Select.
* ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Explorers of Sky'' has the Sky Jukebox which is unlocked shortly after completing the first storyline. It has every piece of music from the game available to listen to (some might be locked until you've played through certain dungeon areas). You can even plug headphones in, shut the DS and listen to the soundtrack on the go. You'd think more DS games would have that last feature...
* ''ThunderForce II'' through ''V''. Strangely, there isn't one for ''VI'', which doesn't even have an original soundtrack officially released.
* ''{{DJMAX}}'' games (save for ''Technika'') have a mode called "Album" or "OST" that lets you listen to the soundtrack versions of the in-game songs. Even in ''DJMAX Online'', which didn't have an OST mode proper, you could use background video mode to listen to the songs without having to play them.

* Once you beat ''LuminousArc,'' you can listen to all the music, sound effects, and dialogue.
* ''StarFox Adventures'' has its SoundTest available from Slippy's part of the main menu... once you paid a certain Well for its Cheat Token and dropped it into the maze's well. The tracks have no names displayed, even numbers. And you'll probably want to turn the SFX volume all the way down, because every once in a while, Slippy snaps his fingers in time with... something, but not necessarily what's playing... which might not even be a tune!
* ''DiddyKongRacing'' has one accessible via a cheat code, but it is [[ObviousBeta sadly incomplete]], displaying numbers rather than track titles, lacking the ability to listen to any of the [[VariableMix dynamic tracks]] as anything but a mash-up of all versions at once, and even containing [[CutSong music not found elsewhere in the game]].

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[[CosmosCosmicAdventure Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure]] had a sound test accessible from the main menu.

Originally it had a proper purpose. Arcade games would have a mode where a service technician could bring up a testing page to check for faults on a given board. This often included a sound test (both music and effects) as a way to check that the sound hardware was operating properly. (See also DebugMode.) Why this was included in ''home console'' games (often with no arcade counterpart) is anyone's guess.

* ''DiddyKongRacing'' has one accessible via a cheat code, but it is [[ObviousBeta sadly incomplete]], displaying numbers rather than track titles, lacking the ability to listen to any of the [[VarableMix dynamic tracks]] as anything but a mash-up of all versions at once, and even containing [[CutSong music not found elsewhere in the game]].