Why the PCE? Why Not the Genesis or Snes???

[esteban]

Am I the only red-blooded American who is pro-arpeggio?!

Fellow North Americans, you have let down your continent.

[Arkhan]

C64 kicks ass. Back in those days I didn't really pay attention to music in games (didn't really listen to music much at all in my teens),  but even I knew there was something special about the Commodore.

the SID is what made the commodore succeed as far as games.  If you had any of the other bleepers, it would not have been nearly as distinguished or desirable over other machines.

Imagine it with your standard speccy bleep bloopity crap, on top of muddy, chunky graphics. 

[Tatsujin]

Sure the c64 was all about its music, that why I loved it so much even after I got me an Amiga, and still love it today. Sometimes music can be the motivation factor number 1 in a game, as far c64 games go, this was almost the case for every game.

I'M LOVIN' IT!

[SignOfZeta]

anyone who actually hears chords from arpeggios must be listening through RF or ...

The chord is implicite when one hears the notes that comprise it. Music and the humans that make/hear it work together to make this happen. Its fundimental aspect of music. One plays chords on a bass guitar, even though usually only one note is played at a time.

[Bonknuts]

anyone who actually hears chords from arpeggios must be listening through RF or ...

The chord is implicite when one hears the notes that comprise it. Music and the humans that make/hear it work together to make this happen. Its fundimental aspect of music. One plays chords on a bass guitar, even though usually only one note is played at a time.

 Yeah, but there are sound waves overlaying on top of each of the rapid plucked strings. On the C64 and other chips, they use a single channel. There's no overlaying of any of the notes on different channels.

[SignOfZeta]

You don't need polyphony of any kind to depict a chord. The listener interpolates it.

[Joe Redifer]

Something  must be wrong somewhere because I do not interpret chords from C64 arpeggios. They almost make me laugh because they sound so silly.

[grahf]

You might have mono.

[Tatsujin]

hahaha.

[esteban]

[Tatsujin]

WÖRD!!

[sunteam_paul]

Truth.

[spenoza]

You don't need polyphony of any kind to depict a chord. The listener interpolates it.

I do not this this is consistent with natural human hearing and will pretty much vary based on individual perception. It is a kludge to make up for a deficiency. Used well it can produce some interesting variety. I perceive that it's not usually used well. I'm glad some of you like it. If it was widely hated it would probably not have been used to much, but I do think there's a cultural divide in how it is received.

[Joe Redifer]

It's appreciated in Europe, but Europe operates at 50Hz.  Why?  Because their brains are slower.  Since the average European's brain is so incredibly slow, the warbling arpeggios does interpolate into a single chord for them since they cannot think fast enough to perceive the warble.  

FACT:  The C64 has no music that can compete with the likes of Blaster Master, Batman, Mega Man 2, etc etc etc.

[Tatsujin]

lol, LOL. TELL ME AGAIN HUMAIN.