Site History

1999

• Dec. 11 - djpretzel completes very first OverClocked ReMix, Phantasy Star III 'Legacy'
• Dec. 12 - "DJ Pretzel's OverClocked ReMix" debuts as side project of OverClocked, a 3D web comic covering the emulation scene

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

• Q1 - OverClocked ReMix v2 redesign, with blue color scheme

• 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

• Mar. 17 - First FARKing (Second FARKing)
• date unknown - First television mention on TechTV's The Screen Savers

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

• June - Coverage in Electronic Gaming Monthly #156, resulting in the first mass influx of new visitors
• Aug. 18 - First OC ReMix by a veteran professional game composer released, The 7th Guest 'Fat Dance' by "The Fat Man" George Sanger

2003

• July 10 - www.ocremix.org domain registered
• Sep. 12 - First album, Super Metroid: Relics of the Chozo, released

2004

• Feb. 28 - Second OC ReMix by a veteran professional game composer released, Final Fantasy VI 'Squaresoft Variation' by Jeremy Soule
• May 24 - "OverClocked ReMix 4.0", with silver and orange color scheme; remains in place today, with modifications

• 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

• Sep. 12 - Second album, Donkey Kong Country: Kong in Concert, released

2005

• Mar. 09 - Third album, Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Hedgehog Heaven, released
• June 25 - Fourth album, Kirby's Adventure: Rise of the Star, released
• Aug. 08 - Fifth album, Doom: The Dark Side of Phobos, released

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

• Jan. 05 - Tenth album, Radical Dreamers: Thieves of Fate, released
• Feb. 24 - First game musician interview conducted with Michael "Piano Squall" Gluck
• June 04 - Ormgas web radio station taken over by Rob "LiquidRain" McAuley of Rainwave.cc
• Aug. 08 - Eleventh album, Doom II: Delta-Q-Delta, released
• Nov. 27 - Twelfth album and first major game soundtrack, OC ReMix: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Official Soundtrack, released

• created for Capcom's Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, released on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network
• first-ever major publisher game soundtrack completely created by the fan community

2009

• Mar. 07 - Thirteenth album, Summoning of Spirits: An Arrangement of Music from Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Symphonia, released
• Jul. 19 - Fourteenth album, Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption, released
• Oct. 19 - Fifteenth album, Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed, released
• Oct. 31 - Sixteenth album, Castlevania: Sonata of the Damned, released
• Dec. 11 - OverClocked ReMix celebrates tenth anniversary

2010

• Feb. 12 - First original game soundtrack, Kaleidoscope Original Soundtrack, released
• Mar. 15 - Seventeenth album, Donkey Kong Country 2: Serious Monkey Business, released

• 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

• Jul. 29 - Second original game soundtrack, Trenches Original Soundtrack, released
• Sep. 10 - Eighteenth album, Final Fantasy V: The Fabled Warriors ~I. WIND~, released
• Nov. 22 - Nineteenth album, Teen Agent: The Root of All Evil, released
• Dec. 07 - Official IRC channel moved from EnterTheGame to EsperNet
• Dec. 13 - Twentieth album, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening: Threshold of a Dream, released
• Dec. 17 - ChipAmp updated to v1.0
• Dec. 23 - Third original game soundtrack, Return All Robots! Original Soundtrack, released

2011

• Jan. 10 - Twenty-first album, THE ANSWER - Armored Core Tribute Album -, released
• Feb. 07 - Twenty-second album, Heroes vs. Villains, released in partnership with The Bad Dudes
• Feb. 28 - Fourth original game soundtrack, Missile Master, Episode 1: Invasion Original Soundtrack, released
• Mar. 01 - Twenty-third album, Pokémon: The Missingno Tracks, released
• Mar. 25 - Twenty-fourth album, Mega Man: The Robot Museum, released
• Apr. 12 - Twenty-fifth album, Sonic the Hedgehog: The Sound of Speed, released
• Jul. 05 - Twenty-sixth album, NiGHTS: Lucid Dreaming, released
• Sep. 07 - Twenty-seventh album, Mega Man 9: Back in Blue, released
• Oct. 10 - Twenty-eighth album, Super Dodge Ball: Around the World, released
• Nov. 22 - Twenty-ninth album, 25YEARLEGEND: A Legend of Zelda Indie Game Composer Tribute, released
• Dec. 06 - Thirtieth album, BadAss: Boss Themes, released
• Dec. 20 - Thirty-first album, Wild Arms: ARMed and DANGerous, released

2012

• Jan. 24 - Thirty-second album, Unsung Heroes, released
• Feb. 17 - Submission standards were updated
• Mar. 14 - Thirty-third album, Mega Man X: Maverick Rising, released
• Apr. 25 - Thirty-fourth album, Pilotwings: Take Flight, released
• Jun. 18 - Thirty-fifth album, Final Fantasy: Random Encounter, released
• Jul. 18 - First official OverClocked ReMix-sponsored Kickstarter launches for the Final Fantasy VI: Balance & Ruin album; after complications, successfully relaunched on Sep. 25
• Oct. 18 - Fifth original game soundtrack, Impulse Original Soundtrack (12 Followers/Meteo Xavier), released
• Oct. 18 - New torrents containing the first 2500 remixes with updated tagging were officially released
• Dec. 03 - Thirty-sixth album, Donkey Kong Country 3: Double the Trouble!, released

2013

• Jan. 04 - OverClocked University makes first official appearance as the site's house band at MAGFest XI
• Jan. 11 - Thirty-seventh album, Apex 2013: Straight to the Top, released; first partnership with a competitive gaming event
• Mar. 11 - Thirty-eighth album, Milky Way Wishes: A Kirby Super Star Tribute, released
• Mar. 20 - Thirty-ninth album, Deus Ex: Sonic Augmentation, released in partnership with Eidos Montreal

2016

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