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8-bit fm internet radio offers video game music 24×7x365 [chiptunes]

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Can’t get enough of the retro beeps and blips of old-school video games? Then today must be your lucky day. There’s a new online radio station that’s just for you.

8-Bit FM is a new Internet radio station that plays everything from classic video game soundtracks to modern day electronic music played on old gaming…

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May 4th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio retro technology video games

iphone sid player cranks out c64 8-bit chiptunes

c64 iphone sid player 8-bit chiptune 6581

Miss the classic 8-bit sounds of the Commodore 64? Well thanks to this new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, you can listen to all of your favorite retro sounds all over again.

Software Engineer Michael Lauer recently released SID Player, which emulates the 6581 SID audio circuit from the C64. Of course, what’s…

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January 5th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio media players retro

gameboy octopus music controller mod

Gameboy Foot Controller by No Carrier

What’s got 8 tentacles and the brains of a Nintendo GameBoy? It’s an 8-bit music maker’s dream, that’s what. Electronic musician Joey Mariano (aka “Animal Style“) took an old GameBoy Color system and built a custom controller for it that uses 8 individual foot pedal controllers to jam out on the device.

Using a series…

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November 26th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods video games