Favorite Turbo/PCE Chiptune?

[GAUGE]

Man, I'd really have to think about this, and probably play quite a few games again to really nail it down. I really like chiptunes and think that many of the chiptune songs have way more character and are cooler than most of the music in todays games.


Also, just in case nobody has seen this, awesome video:

Around 5:25 I think is especially cool.

Damn, that is pretty friggin' incredible... I wonder if he's got any plans to mass produce the Chipophone.

[esteban]

Man, I'd really have to think about this, and probably play quite a few games again to really nail it down. I really like chiptunes and think that many of the chiptune songs have way more character and are cooler than most of the music in todays games.


Also, just in case nobody has seen this, awesome video:

Around 5:25 I think is especially cool.

Damn, that is pretty friggin' incredible... I wonder if he's got any plans to mass produce the Chipophone.

I just watched the Chipophone video.

Fantastic.

Lots of classic C64 renditions on there.

[SuperPlay]

I want a Chipophone ...... 'o and to be able to play the keyboard ;-)

[Arkhan]

Damn, that is pretty friggin' incredible... I wonder if he's got any plans to mass produce the Chipophone.

Sadly, I doubt it.  Things like that are a complete pain in the ass to build, kind of costly, and are obviously very big.  Talk about shipping disasters!

The PITA building, and cost involved alone.. along with the fact that this thing would target a very specific kind of market, probably made the guy decide not to bother.

Now, if he posted schematics and components required, and published a build-guide....

[PunkicCyborg]

i really like rastan saga IIs music its totally radical

[spenoza]

Magical Chase final level (level 6). It is my favorite tune on the PC Engine.

This rendition is not hardware authentic, but it still sounds awesome.

Oh my god, that sounds AWFUL. The tune itself is good, but this right here is the precise reason I hate emulation.

What emulator, in your opinion, best represents PCE audio? I've had decent luck with Ootake and Mednafen/PCEjin.

[Black Tiger]

i really like rastan saga IIs music its totally radical

I especially love the thumpin' tunes.

[nat]

Magical Chase final level (level 6). It is my favorite tune on the PC Engine.

This rendition is not hardware authentic, but it still sounds awesome.

Oh my god, that sounds AWFUL. The tune itself is good, but this right here is the precise reason I hate emulation.

What emulator, in your opinion, best represents PCE audio? I've had decent luck with Ootake and Mednafen/PCEjin.

I haven't spent enough time with either of those to say, but they've got to be better than MagicEngine (which is what I've had the most experience with).

I really need to figure out how to get mednafen working on my Mac to see how it compares.

[spenoza]

Nat,

Problem solved!

http://mednafen.darwinports.com/

[nat]

Yeah, I remember now why I didn't install it before.

To get it working on a Mac is utterly ridiculous. You have to install DarwinPorts/MacPorts in order to install the emulator. But in order to install DarwinPorts, you have to install the Darwin Developer Tools from your OS installation discs. Developer Tools is 3 gigabytes.

That's.... f*cking ludicrous. There's no way in hell I need to waste 3 gigabytes of disk space to install a damn emulator. IMO, the author of mednafen (or the party responsible for the MacOS port) should offer a precompiled binary for download. The number of people wanting to install mednafen that already have Darwin Developer Tools installed is probably ~0. I've never, ever encountered an application that required the user to jump through so many hoops just to complete an install.