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*Aug. 22 - Move from third-party hosting with ZTNet to self-funded dedicated hosting on LiquidWeb
 
*Aug. 22 - Move from third-party hosting with ZTNet to self-funded dedicated hosting on LiquidWeb
 
*Sep. 21 - First release of OC ReMixes on a commercial VGM album, Tommy Tallarico Studios' ''Earthworm Jim Anthology''
 
*Sep. 21 - First release of OC ReMixes on a commercial VGM album, Tommy Tallarico Studios' ''Earthworm Jim Anthology''
*Nov. 19 - Eight album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/id/9/sonic-3-and-knuckles-project-chaos/ Sonic 3 & Knuckles: Project Chaos]'', released
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*Nov. 19 - Eighth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/id/9/sonic-3-and-knuckles-project-chaos/ Sonic 3 & Knuckles: Project Chaos]'', released
 
*Dec. 30 - Forums migrated from phpBB to vBulletin
 
*Dec. 30 - Forums migrated from phpBB to vBulletin
  
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*Oct. 19 - Fifteenth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/15/humans-plus-gears-xenogears-remixed Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed]'', released
 
*Oct. 19 - Fifteenth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/15/humans-plus-gears-xenogears-remixed Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed]'', released
 
*Oct. 31 - Sixteenth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/16/castlevania-sonata-of-the-damned Castlevania: Sonata of the Damned]'', released
 
*Oct. 31 - Sixteenth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/16/castlevania-sonata-of-the-damned Castlevania: Sonata of the Damned]'', released
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*Dec. 11 - OverClocked ReMix celebrates tenth anniversary
  
 
== 2010 ==
 
== 2010 ==
  
 
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*Feb. 12 - First original game soundtrack, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/17/kaleidoscope-original-soundtrack Kaleidoscope Original Soundtrack]'', released
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*Mar. 15 - Seventeenth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/18/donkey-kong-country-2-serious-monkey-business Donkey Kong Country 2: Serious Monkey Business]'', released
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:*Two-thousandth OC ReMix posted in subsequent mixflood
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:*Third OC ReMix by veteran game composers: [http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02000/ ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' 'Re-Skewed'] by Dave Wise featuring Grant Kirkhope and Robin Beanland
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*Jul. 29 - Second original game soundtrack, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/19/trenches-original-soundtrack Trenches Original Soundtrack]'', released
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*Sep. 10 - Eighteenth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/20/final-fantasy-v-the-fabled-warriors-i-wind Final Fantasy V: The Fabled Warriors ~I. WIND~]'', released
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*Nov. 22 - Nineteenth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/21/teen-agent-the-root-of-all-evil Teen Agent: The Root of All Evil]'', released
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*Dec. 07 - Official IRC channel moved from EnterTheGame to EsperNet
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*Dec. 13 - Twentieth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/22/legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-threshold-of-a-dream The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening: Threshold of a Dream]'', released
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*Dec. 17 - [http://chipamp.org ChipAmp] updated to v1.0
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*Dec. 23 - Third original game soundtrack, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/23/return-all-robots-original-soundtrack Return All Robots! Original Soundtrack]'', released
  
 
== 2011 ==
 
== 2011 ==
  
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*Jan. 10 - Twenty-first album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/24/the-answer-armored-core-tribute-album- THE ANSWER - Armored Core Tribute Album -]'', released
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*Feb. 07 - Twenty-second album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/25/heroes-vs-villains Heroes vs. Villains]'', released in partnership with The Bad Dudes
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*Feb. 28 - Fourth original game soundtrack, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/26/missile-master-episode-1-invasion-original-soundtrack Missile Master, Episode 1: Invasion Original Soundtrack]'', released
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*Mar. 01 - Twenty-third album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/27/pokemon-the-missingno-tracks Pokémon: The Missingno Tracks]'', released
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*Mar. 25 - Twenty-fourth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/28/mega-man-the-robot-museum Mega Man: The Robot Museum]'', released
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*Apr. 12 - Twenty-fifth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/29/sonic-the-hedgehog-the-sound-of-speed Sonic the Hedgehog: The Sound of Speed]'', released
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*Jul. 05 - Twenty-sixth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/30/nights-lucid-dreaming NiGHTS: Lucid Dreaming]'', released
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*Sep. 07 - Twenty-seventh album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/31/mega-man-9-back-in-blue Mega Man 9: Back in Blue]'', released
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*Oct. 10 - Twenty-eighth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/32/super-dodge-ball-around-the-world Super Dodge Ball: Around the World]'', released
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*Nov. 22 - Twenty-ninth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/33/25yearlegend-a-legend-of-zelda-indie-game-composer-tribute 25YEARLEGEND: A Legend of Zelda Indie Game Composer Tribute]'', released
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*Dec. 06 - Thirtieth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/34/badass-boss-themes BadAss: Boss Themes]'', released
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*Dec. 20 - Thirty-first album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/35/wild-arms-armed-and-dangerous Wild Arms: ARMed and DANGerous]'', released
  
 
== 2012 ==
 
== 2012 ==
  
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*Jan. 24 - Thirty-second album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/36/unsung-heroes Unsung Heroes]'', released
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*Feb. 17 - [http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38885 Submission standards were updated]
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*Mar. 14 - Thirty-third album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/37/mega-man-x-maverick-rising Mega Man X: Maverick Rising]'', released
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*Apr. 25 - Thirty-fourth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/38/pilotwings-take-flight Pilotwings: Take Flight]'', released
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*Jun. 18 - Thirty-fifth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/39/final-fantasy-random-encounter Final Fantasy: Random Encounter]'', released
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*Jul. 18 - First official OverClocked ReMix-sponsored Kickstarter launches for the ''Final Fantasy VI: Balance & Ruin'' album; after complications, [http://kickstarter.com/projects/ocremix/an-epic-5-disc-ff6-fan-album-from-oc-remix-take-tw successfully relaunched] on Sep. 25
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*Oct. 18 - Fifth original game soundtrack, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/40/impulse-original-soundtrack-12-followersmeteo-xavier Impulse Original Soundtrack (12 Followers/Meteo Xavier)]'', released
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*Oct. 18 - New torrents containing the first 2500 remixes with updated tagging were officially released
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*Dec. 03 - Thirty-sixth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/41/donkey-kong-country-3-double-the-trouble Donkey Kong Country 3: Double the Trouble!]'', released
  
 
== 2013 ==
 
== 2013 ==
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*Jan. 04 - [http://university.ocremix.org OverClocked University] makes first official appearance as the site's house band at MAGFest XI
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*Jan. 11 - Thirty-seventh album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/42/apex-2013-straight-to-the-top Apex 2013: Straight to the Top]'', released; first partnership with a competitive gaming event
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*Mar. 11 - Thirty-eighth album, ''[http://ocremix.org/album/43/milky-way-wishes-a-kirby-super-star-tribute Milky Way Wishes: A Kirby Super Star Tribute]'', released
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*Mar. 20 - Thirty-ninth album, ''[https://www.facebook.com/DeusEx/app_108468622525037 Deus Ex: Sonic Augmentation]'', released [http://community.eidosmontreal.com/blogs/Sonic-Augmentation in partnership with Eidos Montreal]
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== 2016 ==
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*Nov. 26th - [http://gamemusic.org Game Music Initiative, Inc], a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization, is founded and assumes management and sponsorship of OverClocked ReMix.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:05, 22 November 2017

1999

2000

  • Feb. 18 - OverClocked ReMix becomes separate site with its own sub-domain, remix.overclocked.org, debuting its initial orange layout
  • July 14 - First Slashdotting
  • Oct. - First print mention in SHIFT

2001

  • dedicated sections for chat, ReMixing, links, etc. with different color schemes for each
  • basic PHP-driven searching for ReMixes
  • first appearance of the Iomanoid/Arkanoid font logo

2002

  • Jan. 24 - Forums migrated from wwwthreads CGI to phpBB
  • Q1 - Ormgas web radio station launched by Marco "ravon" Alanen
  • Mar. 18 - First in-depth article on VGM arrangement scene by Salon.com
  • Mar. 18 - Judges panel, after a community poll of ReMixers chose the most acceptable solution to handle the growing submission queue, officially begins evaluating submissions
  • Q1 - OverClocked ReMix v3 database-driven design prototypes, the first of which actually went live for a short while until djpretzel "was forced to realize how embarrassingly, well... abstract it was"
  • Q2 - OverClocked ReMix v3, with purple color scheme
  • Added headphones-and-SNES-gamepad graphic to existing Arkanoid-style logo, upgraded forums to phpBB, and more
  • Now database-driven, relational database structure created associations between games, ReMixes, composers, ReMixers, etc.
  • ReMixes retagged with ID3v2 tags matching database info
  • Veteran ReMixer McVaffe helped test and provided feedback on the final design, for which djpretzel is eternally grateful
  • Later, ReMixes were linked to their review threads, added downloads of game music format archives (e.g. NSF, SPC) for listeners to compare ReMixes to original music, added additional database fields, and switched underlying code from spaghetti PHP to XML/XSLT templating scheme

2003

2004

  • Clean-up of PHP, XHTML, CSS, and XSLT codebase OCR v3 initiated, forming consistent, clean base to build additional site functionality
  • Site completely XSLT templated, outside of the forums; design entirely dictated by CSS
  • All documentation moved out of flat files into MySQL, navigation and sorting options expanded and normalized

2005

2006

  • Jan. 03 - Sixth album, Chrono Trigger: Chrono Symphonic, released
  • May 29 - Seventh album, Super Street Fighter II Turbo: Blood on the Asphalt, released
  • June 03 - djpretzel's first signing appearance alongside video game industry professionals at Video Games Live in Philadelphia, PA
  • Aug. 04 - First convention appearance, Otakon in Baltimore, MD
  • Aug. 22 - Move from third-party hosting with ZTNet to self-funded dedicated hosting on LiquidWeb
  • Sep. 21 - First release of OC ReMixes on a commercial VGM album, Tommy Tallarico Studios' Earthworm Jim Anthology
  • Nov. 19 - Eighth album, Sonic 3 & Knuckles: Project Chaos, released
  • Dec. 30 - Forums migrated from phpBB to vBulletin

2007

  • June 29 - djpretzel appears on-stage at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at Video Games Live in Washington, DC
  • Aug. 06 - Upgraded to PHP 5
  • Sep. 14 - Ninth album, Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream, released
  • Oct. 02 - Upgraded to MySQL 5
  • Q4 - OverClocked ReMix registered as an LLC

2008

2009

2010

  • Two-thousandth OC ReMix posted in subsequent mixflood
  • Third OC ReMix by veteran game composers: Donkey Kong Country 2 'Re-Skewed' by Dave Wise featuring Grant Kirkhope and Robin Beanland

2011

2012

2013

2016

  • Nov. 26th - Game Music Initiative, Inc, a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization, is founded and assumes management and sponsorship of OverClocked ReMix.

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