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hi all,
don't know if anyone else is interested, but there's a new album out called "Boy Playground" which is an album of dance music programmed using Gameboy software and sounds. i got my copy yesterday and it's excellent.
anyone into their chip music or wanting a misty-eyed trip down the 8-bit path should add it to their collection :)
also, http://www.8bitpeoples.com have got a LOAD of similar stuff for free mp3 download, and their christmas album is pretty damn good too! :)
don't know if anyone else is interested, but there's a new album out called "Boy Playground" which is an album of dance music programmed using Gameboy software and sounds. i got my copy yesterday and it's excellent.
anyone into their chip music or wanting a misty-eyed trip down the 8-bit path should add it to their collection :)
also, http://www.8bitpeoples.com have got a LOAD of similar stuff for free mp3 download, and their christmas album is pretty damn good too! :)
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Install .... Amiga?
Nah, back in those days, fancy gadgets like 'Hard Drives' were unknown to me. I went for the 'play for 5 minutes then insert another disc' approach. :D
It got to be a pain, as some games (like mortal kombat) had about 7 discs, which is no joke. The amiga kind of lost its practicality at that stage, to me anyway.
Nah, back in those days, fancy gadgets like 'Hard Drives' were unknown to me. I went for the 'play for 5 minutes then insert another disc' approach. :D
It got to be a pain, as some games (like mortal kombat) had about 7 discs, which is no joke. The amiga kind of lost its practicality at that stage, to me anyway.
oooooh yes! Syndicate was glorious...
unless you tried to install it on your faithful amiga, whereby it created all manner of problems for you, but that was sadly the case with most early bullfrog games, especially Theme Park as i remember....
great looking and atmospheric though, as you say, a lot like blade runner.
unless you tried to install it on your faithful amiga, whereby it created all manner of problems for you, but that was sadly the case with most early bullfrog games, especially Theme Park as i remember....
great looking and atmospheric though, as you say, a lot like blade runner.
Syndicate, now that was excellent. Why haven't they made a new version of that?
Taking a group of cyborg killing machines through futuristic cities to kill other cyborg killing machines with Mini-Guns, and Gauss Cannons was a lot of fun.
I even remember the beginning sequence - they 'recruited' people by running people over in the street, bundling them into the boot, then replacing their damaged limbs with prosthetic ones.
Very Blade-Runner-esque atmosphere to it.
Taking a group of cyborg killing machines through futuristic cities to kill other cyborg killing machines with Mini-Guns, and Gauss Cannons was a lot of fun.
I even remember the beginning sequence - they 'recruited' people by running people over in the street, bundling them into the boot, then replacing their damaged limbs with prosthetic ones.
Very Blade-Runner-esque atmosphere to it.
fade to black - rings a bell but can't place it :(
i know this is in no way "retro" music, but i have to say i think the music for Viewtiful Joe is glorious. the fact that the game only has one piece of music throughout and not once did it grate on me is a HUGE testament to how good it is. catchy, vibrant and fits the style perfectly.
2nd only to FInal Fantasy 7 ;)
i know this is in no way "retro" music, but i have to say i think the music for Viewtiful Joe is glorious. the fact that the game only has one piece of music throughout and not once did it grate on me is a HUGE testament to how good it is. catchy, vibrant and fits the style perfectly.
2nd only to FInal Fantasy 7 ;)
i had the amiga for ages and i just remember it. Such classics never die. Syndicate, virocop, darkmere, push over, legacy of sorasil.
Mind you zool was pretty god in the music department and secerts of mana's music (especially boss fights) was brilliant. Pushover had a wide variety of music (Good?)
Anyone remember fade to black?
Mind you zool was pretty god in the music department and secerts of mana's music (especially boss fights) was brilliant. Pushover had a wide variety of music (Good?)
Anyone remember fade to black?
that was it - either you have a great memory, or access to the game details :D
I belive flashback started off when conrad hart created a device which allowed you to see who was human and who wasn't (A coincidence thing and not made on purpose). But the aliens (Morpths) discovered this and attempted to silence him. They failed and conrad placed all his reseach and findings on a holocube of some sort. But striaght afterwards, the morpths capture him and sometime later conrad escapes and the game begins...
Great music at the end. But one of the best music has to be Deus ex!
Great music at the end. But one of the best music has to be Deus ex!
Sonic 2 and 3 had a Casino level in it, if I remember correctly. Sonic 2 had Casino Night and Sonic 3 had Carnival Night.
As for Twilight Zone, that could be Star Light Zone in Sonic 1.
As for Twilight Zone, that could be Star Light Zone in Sonic 1.
Grandprix wrote:
> Anyway, back on the subject of retro music, I'm a total Sonic nut.
> I've got all of Sonic 1 and 2 in mp3, I've got some of 3 but working
> on it. I haven't got any Sonic and Knuckles and I've got quite a lot
> of the Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 tunes.
which game was the twighlight zone in?? the casino level??
i think it was SOnic 2, that had great music!
> Anyway, back on the subject of retro music, I'm a total Sonic nut.
> I've got all of Sonic 1 and 2 in mp3, I've got some of 3 but working
> on it. I haven't got any Sonic and Knuckles and I've got quite a lot
> of the Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 tunes.
which game was the twighlight zone in?? the casino level??
i think it was SOnic 2, that had great music!
a bit too jolly, that music for me. I like techno stuff like turrican 2, perfect dark etc.
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