Good chip tune music

[Eric the Orange]

It may just be the nostalgia talking but I love chip tune music. So I made this thread so people could share there favorites. And by extension I could hear more good chip tune music. Here are some examples from various different sound chips.

Spoiler: NES

Spoiler: sega genesis

Spoiler: gameboy

at about 30 seconds in

Spoiler: ummm, some PC sound chip

 

[DazZ.]

Does it have to be from games?

Spoiler: 4 Saberpulse tunes of varying styles

Pretty standard[hr]I like this one from 2 mins onward, but it's a bit different to whats been posted already.[hr]This is a very messy (in a good way) various mario remix[hr]This ones a really calm and ambient one, used to like this on hangovers. This whole EP was nice and calm.

Spoiler: Dubmood - Monkey Island

Gotta love Monkey Island[hr]

Spoiler: Unicorn Kid

Dubsteppy chiptune[hr]Dancy(?) chiptune

I usually have last.fm chiptune radio [http://www.last.fm/listen/globaltags/chiptune] playing when I'm coding, it was for novelty value at first but I like music that hasn't got words for when I'm working so I'm not concentrating on lyrics and it worked well. I advise listening to that if you want to find some others you like.

 

[Smithburg]

Damn, that Mario nes music turned on and it hit my like a punch to the chest lol, I havent heard that since I was five

 

[Smithburg]

 

[Eric the Orange]

Does it have to be from games?

Not necessarily. But I'm not really familiar with any of it that does not come from games.

 

[Edut]

http://youtu.be/9sQGiG4Ao74

I highly recommend checking out Dubmood for good chiptune music. The song presented has videogame theme, though. It's in there. Spent me a day checking out videogame music to come up with where I had heard it.

 

[Trent Kama]

http://savestates.bandcamp.com/
I absolutely love SAVESTATES, I payed for all of Matt's albums.

http://nsf.4x86.com/?p=music
RushJet1's music has a more GameBoy-like feel to it. It's very good.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

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Crystal Castles are sort of this, but they have other stuff too.

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Anamanaguchi did the Scott Pilgrim Game OST, it's pretty awesome and their other albums are pretty good too.

 

[DeltaEdge]

EarthBound OST: Pokey Means Business

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1QfIbLulf8&feature=g-like&context=G24f7714ALT3U6bQAAAA

Does this count as chiptune music? I'm not very familiar with the term but heck, maybe it does?

 

[BENZOOKA]

AMIGA for the undisputed win. "SID" chip; It was a hell of a lot ahead of it's time.


<spoiler=Also these. Great memories and they're, still, just so funny>

 

[BENZOOKA]

Here's a great example of mixing original Amiga music with something else

 

[Eric the Orange]

EarthBound OST: Pokey Means Business

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1QfIbLulf8&feature=g-like&context=G24f7714ALT3U6bQAAAA

Does this count as chiptune music? I'm not very familiar with the term but heck, maybe it does?

Yeah that counts. Chip tune as I understand it means music synthesized through a sound chip. So the bleeps and Bloops replace traditional instrument sounds.

 

[loc978]

My first thought was the Simon's Quest town theme... then pretty much all of the Scott Pilgrim Game. Both covered already.
Thought for awhile and came up with something less obvious... pretty much all of Crystalis

Spoiler: this is a big ol' part of my gaming history... I think I first finished this game when I was ten years old

**edit**
Sometimes I forget that the 16-bit era actually counts here, not just 8-bit and retro games that pretend they're 8-bit. There's too much to choose from, so I'll just start editing 'em in as they come to me.

Spoiler: Lufia and the Fortress of Doom final battle

Spoiler: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past overworld theme

Spoiler: Final Fantasy VI. Most of it. I'll just post a couple examples

Spoiler: Any thought about FFVI naturally leads me into Chrono Trigger... they were pretty much the last two RPGs of my childhood... right before everything started trying to be a goddamn movie. Just so happens it has an awesome soundtrack too

hell, this song is practically a meme unto itself on OCRemix... everyone remixes it...

Spoiler: getting away from Squaresoft RPGs... Ogre Battle

Spoiler: I keep remembering games and then tossing out their music as merely appropriate and atmospheric... here's one that passed muster from 7th Saga

*sigh*
Reminds me of a time when Square and Enix were competitors, as opposed to the gestalht abomination of today.

Spoiler: Arcana... the RPG that made you wonder why your guys were cards... and why your card guys suddenly had holes through 'em.

This is making me realize just how much of my youth I spent beating incredibly difficult RPGs...

Spoiler: Speaking of games that were unnecessarily difficult... the people who made the Brandish soundtrack tended toward genres you rarely heard in chiptunes back then

 

[DeltaEdge]

EarthBound OST: Pokey Means Business

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1QfIbLulf8&feature=g-like&context=G24f7714ALT3U6bQAAAA

Does this count as chiptune music? I'm not very familiar with the term but heck, maybe it does?

Yeah that counts. Chip tune as I understand it means music synthesized through a sound chip. So the bleeps and Bloops replace traditional instrument sounds.

Oh, I see. Then I will recommend another EarthBound song as well.
EarthBound - Bed And Breakfast

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JoMFsocfbM&feature=related

That is probably my favorite tune from earthbound. It's just, so peaceful.

 

[Chungus]

For me, it has to be Dancing Mad from Final Fantasy VI. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXVNKtmWnc
The first time I heard it, it absolutely blew me away. Even today there are few songs that compare.

 

[GoaThief]

Hmm, the better stuff tends to be from outside of the chiptune niche with crossover from other genres. My artist picks would be

Spoiler: Dj Scotch Egg

Spoiler: Jahtari/Disrupt/Bo Marley

Spoiler: Venetian Snares

 

[Reincarnatedwolfgod]

how has no one put up VVVVVV yet?

Spoiler: VVVVVV

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[The Diabolical Biz]

My favourite two are:


And

 

[Tjebbe]

A couple of years ago I had the great pleasure of watching Mini Roc perform on a music festival here, well worth a listen if you're into it (I still do regularly); http://www.miniroc.com/