Get ready to give this guy your best armchair ovation.

In the space of 17 raucous, rhythmically magnificent minutes, FamilyJules7X manages to shred through a platoon of games as obscure as Phozon (1983, Japan only) and as ancient as 1975's arcade shooter Gun Fight all the way through videogame history to stuff as recent as Dark Souls II (released just this March). The video salutes 38 games in all.

The picks here include a multitude of themes you'd expect from a games history medley, like Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros. and Zelda: Ocarina of Time. But it's also got a bunch of stuff you might not, including Pong, The Sims (remember that classical-themed symphonic intro?) and Civilization IV's Grammy-winning "Baba Yetu."

The really clever thing about this YouTube musician's feat, in addition to his transcribing all those tunes by ear, is that he manages to link all these themes together in one continuous, head-banging cycle, finding musically synchronous moments in each melody to leap seamlessly from one theme to the next.

You'll also note that the visual cuts between instruments have him playing both guitar and bass, which would be impressive enough by itself. But read his notes on the process and you'll discover he also sequenced the drum machines, arranged and mixed and mastered everything himself, did all of that in just four days – and all this during his college final exams.

This isn't FamilyJules7x's first music video – he's been paying tribute to games and offering how-to-play game music workshops for the past three years, starting with a Goldeneye 64 tribute back in July 2010.

Poke around and you'll find treasures like this original NES Castlevania cover, a beautiful Minecraft medley that switches between acoustic and electric, a hat tip to indie game The Binding of Isaac and this sweet seven-minute Mega Man X medley.

But "Replay: A Metal Tribute to the History of Video Games" is clearly his finest moment, one of those things that reminds you how clever and sophisticated and downright cool game music can be. I could listen to that genius Dig Dug cover morning, noon and night.