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This post is the first of two, about my Amiga 1200. This post is about the “after” state. As time goes by, the surface of an Amiga will turn yellow – even if you are a non-smoker. This Amiga 1200 … Continue reading
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This post is the first of two, about my Amiga 1200. This post is about the “before” state. Looking at these images it’s not difficult to see that this Amiga 1200 is old and used! The images reveal a lot … Continue reading
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Atari platform Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Mark Cooksey. Game music from ‘Ghosts ‘n Goblins‘. Game was released in 1990 by Elite. Longplay: @YouTube Source of inspiration and material: Atari Mania, … Continue reading
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Atari platform Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Jason Brooke (Jason C. Brooke). Game music from ‘Out Run‘. Game made by Probe Software and was released in 1988 by US Gold. Longplay: … Continue reading
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Moving to present time – in a manner of speaking. Some of my earlier posts is about a project called ‘Project Ymer’. In all its essence it’s a YM 2149 sound-chip emulator. The YM 2149 sound chip was to be … Continue reading
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Arcade platform Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Hiroshi Kawaguchi. Game music from ‘Out Run‘. Game made by Sega AM2 and was released in 1986 by Sega. Longplay: @YouTube Source of inspiration … Continue reading
A lot of home computer (C64, Amiga, Atari ST) games are based on official arcade (coin-up) versions, and then ported/converted to the home computer, limited by its capabilities of course.
This also includes the game music. In some games, the music is converted true to the original game music (as possible) and in other games, the music is made from a interpretation of the original game music.
The list of games that have been converted from a arcade version includes:
The list would almost be endless but I’ve limited it to contain games I either played when young or have posted on this site.
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Commodore 64 platform Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Ben Daglish with Rob Hubbard. Game music from ‘Auf wiedersehen Monty‘. Game was released in 1987 by Gremlin Graphics. Longplay: @YouTube Source of … Continue reading
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Commodore Amiga platform I’ve never seen this demo before today, but I’ve heard the tune back in the old days. I think, it was on one of those music disk’s. Big gold font, a scroller perhaps – very boring actually, … Continue reading
Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Chris Abbott.
I’ve heard the name Chris Abbott associated with C64 songs before, but not as a composer. The CD, Back in Time (BIT), from C64Audio, which contains brand new (from 1998) alternate versions, of old famous chiptunes, are 13 out of 15 arranged by Chris Abbott – and it’s a pretty good job!
I’ve added the comments from the mp3 songs, I’ve have uploaded.
‘Sanxion‘ (2000): “Uploaded by Chris Abbott. Actually the BIT++ version, this was the version of Sanxion that was later “butchered” into the Karma64 version (great dance version, we always thought!). It’s pretty authentic, and as such represents the ultimate evolution of the BIT1 version of Sanxion. The floating lead at the beginning comes from the Korg Z1 which I sold to Michael Delaney :) The Jarre Zoolook bits were borrowed from Moog’s version, which had this bit in. Inspired, Moog!”
‘Thing on a Spring‘ (1999): “Actually, a version of the original Back in Time 1 track file, improved sonically. As there’s no Thing on a Spring on RKO, it seemed a shame this nice version was hanging around on Kenz’s great BIT3 CD-ROM. Plus some of the other files attached to my name aren’t attracting great marks (time has, unfortunately taken its toll on them, though I still think they’re comfortable rather than flashy). Anyway, enjoy this seminal piece. There’s really only one way to cover it, and this is it.”
Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Machinae Supremacy.
This cover version is a bit different from the original version by the great Chris Hülsbeck.
I especially like the beginning of the song. At first it sounds as a regular chiptune, but then it continues a bit harder – SID Metal – what a great concept.
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Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Martin Noriander (Instant Remedy). I have stumbled upon a guy, whom understand my point of view (continued from here), when he makes a cover, tribute or … Continue reading
When you do a tribute, cover or even a remix of an other artists song, I believe that, you have to honor and respect the originality, feel and expression of that track. By this I mean, that you have to take it to another level, and not just “do your own shit” of it.
All to many cover versions and tributes butchers the originality in those songs. Not just in your everyday music but also in the chiptune community.
That being said … I have gathered some cover songs from different artists, which I believe live up to being a great cover version and a tribute to the original song. Your opinion may differ
Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Gustaf Grefberg (Lizardking).
I went through some of my old data on my storage unit this morning, and I found some of my old downloads. Some of the songs are dated 1994-1995 but I cannot verify all of them.
I think that Gustaf Grefberg went through a “phase” at the time, hence the “World of …” naming.
I especially like the “World of Unicorns” song. It’s not everyday, a song this is so emotional from the “King of Doskpop”.
Source of inspiration and material: The Mod Archive
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PC platform Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Thomas Canell. A song made in ‘Project Ymer’, a new Atari ST, YM 2149 sound chip emulator. Somewhat new tune made in Project Ymer. … Continue reading
I’m currently working on translating my old danish retro items from my old site, into posts on this english language site.
Second; I’m having trouble with accepting, how the image-slider are managed and even more annoying how my images are displayed. So this means that for now, all gallery images are left out. So if you bump into the tag ‘IMAGE’, this means that, sometime in the future, there will be added an image or an image-slider in that place.