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Here you are: http://theshizz.org/forum/index.php?/topic/31625-how-nes-music-was-made A collection of interview snippets and anecdotes from various NES-era game composers.

I was walking home from downtown tonight and saw the longest, brightest shooting star I've ever seen. Figured now is a good time to bump this. It's Perseids time again, with the peak this year falling on August 12.

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I use the World Map themes from XOC Plays 3. World 6 for unknown caller, and the rest of the world themes are spread out among my contact list (for example, World 2 if my brother's calling (fitting, as it was the first theme he remixed), etc). My morning alarms are World 4 and 8 (depending on whether or not I have to get up for classes or work). I still use my phone's default sounds for text messages and other alerts, but I might go through and theme the rest of those as well.

I echo everything this man says.

That animation always makes me . Hope you two have an awesome birthday!

Anamanaguchi released the first of their Summer 2010 singles; Airbrushed b/w Penpal. Check this out, if only for the amazing (albeit NSFW) animated cover art alone. Check out the latest release on Pause as well: Disasterpeace's Midnight Orphans. St. Valentine (track 7) is killer.

I think it's safe to assume that most composers / copyright holders either (a) support or ( turn a blind eye to the not-for-profit remixing and arranging of their works. I think many would agree that, if anything, it's a legal grey area... So, assuming you're okay with that, you're good to go... so long as you adhere to the terms of use.

As much as I like Rockbox, it's probably not the ideal chiptune player. On my Sansa Fuze, SPC playback used to cause all kinds of glitches and crashes, and the noise channel on a lot of NSFs sounded kinda messed up.As for SIDs, well, I've never tried them. As far as I know, those are the only chiptune formats rockbox supports. EDIT: Oh, I suppose I should mention that you can combine Rockbox's GB emulator with gbs2gb, you can play most GB / GBC soundtracks.

Just stopping by to say that I support this effort. I've still got the original wav version of my one remix and access to at least a few of Random Hero's mixes. We've been without internet at chez Roberts for a few days now, so when we're connected again I'll be sure to send whatever I can along.

The Thousand-Year Door and Super Paper Mario would like to have a word with you.

I cannot find a single reference to a Canadian TV network airing the new Futurama episodes... FFFFFFFFFUUUUU

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Hmm... just playing devil's advocate here: When they designed the GBA-SP, they replaced the headphone jack with a proprietary connector... My launch model GBA is still kicking (and believe me, it's seen it's fair share of drops), where my brother's GBASP gave up the ghost years ago. I've seen multiple DS lites with cracked hinges and broken trigger buttons. If the original DS suffered from similar flaws, they certainly weren't as widespread. Just saying that all of Nintendo's handheld revisions over the years haven't always been perfect. And seriously, what are the odds that the revised 3DS would be worth the extra ~2 years wait?

http://twitter.com/DaleNorth/status/16267164796 ooh boy. I think I just might have to get a 3DS.

'bout bloody time.

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Oh right, you're still on dial up, aren't you? I've never had any problems with their download system, so I'm inclined to think that the problem lies more with your connection than with bandcamp itself.

I guess a fair bit of my love for that tune is rooted in nostalgia... I knew I submitted it that it was a bit of a repetitive source, but between the lead melody and the backing harmony parts, I think there's more than enough material to work with. Ahh well. Guess I'll add that one to the ever-growing list of songs I have to remix myself, since no one else seems to want to touch it with a ten foot pole.

Wait, what? Are we using the same service here? I've bought several albums from Bandcamp and never had a problem. The fact that it offers all downloads in any format one could possibly want is a huge positive, as are the full-length streaming previews... what's not to like?

*sigh* Another one of my FBRC picks goes unremixed... I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little disappointed. :'(

Man, that's what made the last to FBRCs so fun for me: remixing songs I otherwise would have never heard. I accepted my challenge. This could be very interesting...

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I said I'd bump this thread whenever I found a chiptune release I felt like sharing, so: NOISEWAVES - PTE025 - Noisewaves (NES+Guitar driven post-rock.) (the lossless version is up on bandcamp if you'd prefer that...)