- Hey Guys, The Guardian thinks chiptune is back! http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/29/click-download-chiptune-returns #
- RT: @burnkit2600: Hey look, we’re on Brazilian TV! http://bit.ly/asVs8r #
- RT: @2PProductions: NEW EPISODE UP: A bit more serious than our usual fare http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/pa-the-series/118/ #
- The Gooch Opening for OKGO, with pics and snarky hipster comments! http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/04/ok_go_anamanagu.html #
Month: April 2010
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TCTD Links for 2010-04-30
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Steel Raining – Amstrad CPC comic!
Steel Raining is a web comic created by Alberto Silva from Spain. His description of it goes something like this: “In the world’s biggest metropolis, a silent buzz vibrates. A buzz that makes men in suits howl. There’s a symbol drawn with chalk on the floor, a girl trapped in an IC and a neon guitar.”
And why are we covering this here? Alberto, to promote the second season of his web comic, created a teaser edition that runs exclusively in Amstrad CPC machines. We minced a few words with him about what drove him, a non-retro, non 8-bit, non-coder person to do this.
You can read the interview and get the original Amstrad CPC executable right after the jump:
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Baseck – Gameboy Thrashin’ Turntable Bangin
New Mix for the world at large… featuring a smashing blend of 8 LSDJ gameboy tracks from “Creatures” as well as some all new unreleased tracks from the next album (wink) plus a little crazy scratching, insane ear splitting noise and deranged vocals. You know… the usual.
Listen
Track Listing:All Banged Up
Unbalanced
Thrash Dance
Remain in the Muck
Hooptie Rollin’
Wiggidywacadactyl
Chemicals
Skybonesbaseck.net
for mp3s, videos, bio, webshopNOW BOOKING EUROPEAN/UK TOUR
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TCTD Links for 2010-04-29
- RT: @minusbaby: is happy to announce that he is one of the top ten finalists in this year’s FILE Prix Lux. More information to follow. Isso! #
- RT: @crayolon: syphus Amiga jungle/d’n’b from a few years ago: #releasingoldstufftocompensateforunproductiveness #
- RT: @enso_gfx: Preview of my visuals for Cheap Dinosaurs’ set at the next 8static: http://tumblr.com/xgk97pmns #
- “8bit” “Guitar” http://bit.ly/bhJ8OD #
- Look a gift horse in the mouth, internet style: #
- If you liked Cream Wolf yesterday, check out the trailer for Raging Hadron (yea someone went there) http://bit.ly/cgHogW #
- Chiptheft Updates: #
- Hizimi rocking some FM MML techno, in this oldie but goodie video: http://www.youtube.com/user/monkeyturn#p/u/5/XVLcJRoNJWA #
- RT: @burnkit2600: An excerpt from Bent Fest 2010 set, in time for April’s full moon: http://burnkit2600.bandcamp.com/track/wind-moon-live #
- RT: @bltidm: New blog! Video: Balún at Pulsewave April http://ow.ly/17dmXI #
- Boston Chiptune Article: http://nerdfit.com/2010/04/stuff-i-find-awesome-blip-bleep-edition/ #
- Pax East recap on the Gm4A Podcast: http://bit.ly/byR0zc #
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NTRQ V1.3 updated
V1.3 – April 29th 2010
———————-Added pitch fix for PAL version. All future releases will include a PAL version of the ROM (ntrq_PAL.nes) and an NTSC version (ntrq_NTSC.nes). Rename the version you want to use as “ntrq.nes” or you might find you can’t load your .sav files (emulators look for a .sav file that matches the ROM file name, generally).
V1.2 – April 29th 2010
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– Fixed bug where pausing and song and restarting it would cause the song to play incorrectly if you were using a chain of speed settings in the Speed Table
– Made some changes to the priority system used for screen updating to hopefully kill that long-standing screen glitch bug.
– Fixed bug where setting $40 as an aux parameter in an instrument would produce an extreme vibrato effect.
– Added highlighting to Pattern grid. Every 4 steps the grid changes from light to dark grey as a visual aid. I’ll perhaps put in some way of configuring this display. Want to make sure it’s not causing any screen glitches first though.
