If you thought the 8-bit rendition of Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ was cool, wait till you hear jeonghoon95’s arrangement of the song using Mario Paint Composer! Let your ears enjoy the tune.
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Music
Ultimate C64 Chiptunes
In all honesty, picking my favourite C64 chiptune is like finding a needle in a haystack – it’s impossible. With maestros like Hubbard, Dunn, Follin, Dalglish, Maniacs of Noise, Tinman, Tel, Galway to name a few, the task is all the more daunting.
Like any ‘best of’ list, it is all subjective and down to personal taste. I had the pleasure in narrowing my all time favourite chiptunes to my ultimate top 25.
Let the nostalgic SID sounds wash over you!
#25 Paperboy [composer: Mark Cooksey]
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#24 Operation Wolf [composer: Jonathan Dunn]
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#23 Super Monaco Grand Prix [composer: Jeroen Tel / Maniacs of Noise]
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#22 Hawkeye [composer: Jeroen Tel / Maniacs of Noise]
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#21 Bubble Bobble [composer: Peter Clarke]
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#20 Run The Gauntlet [composer: Jonathan Dunn]
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#19 Golden Axe [composer: Jeroen Tel]
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#18 Ocean Loader 4 [composer: Jonathan Dunn]
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#17 WEC Le Mans [composer: Jonathan Dunn]
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#16 R-Type [composer: Chris Hülsbeck & Ramiro Vaca]
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#15 Parallax [composer: Martin Galway]
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#14 Sanxion [composer: Rob Hubbard]
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#13 Comic Bakery [composer: Martin Galway]
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#12 Red Heat [composer: Jonathan Dunn]
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#11 The Great Giana Sisters (Menu Theme) [composer: Chris Hülsbeck]
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#10 Myth [composer: Jeroen Tel]
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#9 Last Ninja 2 [composer: Matt Gray]
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#8 Cybernoid [composer: Jeroen Tel / Maniacs of Noise]
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#7 Skate or Die [composer: Rob Hubbard]
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#6 BMX Kidz [composer: Rob Hubbard & Jori Olkkonen]
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#5 IK/IK+ [composer: Rob Hubbard] – these could not be split! Absolute classics!
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#4 Mega Apocalypse [composer: Rob Hubbard]
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#3 L.E.D. Storm [composer: Tim Follin]
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#2 Turbo Outrun [composer: Jeroen Tel / Maniacs of Noise]
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#1 Zamzara [composer: Charles Deenen / Maniacs of Noise] – wait till you get to 1:55 !
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There you have it – the ultimate 25 C64 chiptunes. Controversial list? You be the judge.
Like with any pleasure, there is the agony – the agony of leaving out music from: Arkanoid, Bionic Commando, Robocop, The Untouchables, Rastan Saga, Dragon Ninja, Dan Dare 3, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Midnight Resistance and most agonising of all, Commando – sorry Mr Hubbard.
Retro Gaming: The Next Generation
I had the best surprise from my nine-year-old nephew – he recited the Super Mario Bros. tune one-handed on his piano! I was proud as punch and blown away when he told me that he had only been practising that morning. Being a shy kid, I promised him that I would only film his hands during the recital. It is great to see that the retro gaming baton is in great hands with our next generation.
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Retro Gaming Themed Music Video: Avicii & Sebastien Drums
How many video game titles can you spot in Avicii & Sebastien Drums’ My Feelings For You (Original Mix) – The Annual 2011 music video?
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IRL: A Game Like No Other
Warning: the following video contains explicit content and language! Proceed with caution!
Right, with that warning out of the way, we can now click on play and watch Biting Elbows awesome official video for their track, ‘Bad Motherf**ker’. This video could have been inspired by ‘Mirror’s Edge’. Whatever the inspiration, we are glad Biting Elbows created this slick first-person chase video.
WARNING: Explicit lyrics! —- WARNING: Explicit content!
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Daft Punk – Get Lucky 8-Bit
With the popularity of Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ song, it was only going to be a matter of time before it was going to get the 8-bit treatment.
The talented Floating Point Music took this hot track and converted it to what we like, 8-bit!
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Chiptune: L.E.D. Storm
Being avid C64 gamers, we often get asked (quite often actually) if we have a favourite C64 chiptune from that era.
Picking one favourite out of a sea of fantastic chiptunes is literally like finding a needle in a haystack. C64 music from maestros like Rob Hubbard, Matt Gray, Jeroen Tel, Ben Daglish, Steve Rowlands, Martin Galway and Tim Follin spring to mind immediately.
Who could forget the mesmerising IK+ tune by Mr Hubbard or Matt Gray’s aural pleasure in Last Ninja 2. There is one chiptune that does stand out for us (sorry Zamzara by Charles Deened), which is Tim Follin’s L.E.D. Storm riff based on Deep Purple’s ‘Smoke On The Water’ – so, sit back, relax and take in this awesome 8-bit SID tune.
If you have a favourite chiptune, please share it with us via Twitter or Facebook!