Author: Peter Swimm

  • The Stupendous Return of 8BC TRACKS OF THE WEEK 09 DX

    logoHey Guys, sorry for the extended delay post blip, but here are some of the neat tracks I found in the last week or so on TEH H8BITCOLLECTION.

    For the week of 1/13-1/22

    failotron – Quater Of A Century – 3 hour hardstyle challenge

    A kind of football hooligan/ Handel’s messiah concoction with soaring buildups and devestating breakdowns.

    wedanced – The last symphony of December 21 2012 and 22 seconds after 48 hour challenge.

    The ending is brilliant. Why do concept tracks seem to bring out the best in 8BC?

    MattWilson – How To Kill a Man From Outer Space

    A little retro, a little modern, manages to capture the Konami sound without being stale.

    benanderson89 – Take The Money

    I have to agree with Randoms comments, old school but tasty.

    solo karier – darah muda

    Catchy cat signing a nice doowop melodies caught my ear pretty quickly. I wonder if its a cover like their other songs seem to be? If not I hope they continue working on this direction.

    BSK – Beijing Moon

    What more needs to be say, other than BSK!! BSK!!! forever…

    486 –8ECK-Gamma Ray

    Beck and I have had our problems in the past, but this catchy remix of a great song is very well executed.

  • 1UP Profiles Konami Composer Hidenori Maezawa

    1UP has a interesting interview with Hidenori Maezawa.
    1UP ‘Hidenori Maezawa Contra Music’ interview
    There are some intersting bits, like his ambivelence regarding his fame and those who cover his tunes, and this intersting tidbit about how he helped designed the vrc6 chip:

    1UP: Gradius II for Famicom was one of those games that never came to the U.S. because it had a special chip that improved the graphics and sound. Did you find it easier to work with those chips, like the VRC6?

    HM: (in English) I made!

    1UP: You made the VRC6?

    HM: (begins drawing diagrams) These are the waves for the sound. With Famicom, there were three types of waves — square, triangle, and sawtooth — and you were able to use one for each of the three channels. But with the VRC6, you could add an additional three channels for a total of six notes, six channels.

    I was actually the one who developed the chip. Of course, there were other technical people who put the parts together, but I was involved in its design. A chip is small, but the prototype is huge! I think the chip was first used in Akumajou Densetsu, which was Castlevania III in America.

    More on the 1UP site, or via these direct links

    An interview with Konami’s Hidenori Maezawa, pt. 3

    An interview with Konami’s Hidenori Maezawa, pt. 2

    An interview with Konami’s Hidenori Maezawa, pt. 1

    Maezawa’s Greatest Hits: Castlevania III

    Maezawa’s Greatest Hits: Bayou Billy

    Maezawa’s Greatest Hits: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Thx Bud for the tip!

  • UP ROUGH #117: Hively Player Advanced (GBA Musicdisk)

    hivleyThe 117th release from underground Amiga legends Up Rough is a top-quality Gameboy Advance musicdisk featuring a bleeding-edge AHX/Hively player port and an astonishing array of dancing teddies.

    Code by Flubba, graphics by Spot, intromusic by Qwan, and tracks by Pink, Mortimer Twang, Geir Tjelta, Syphus and shitloads of others – lots of classic AHX favourites from over the last 14 years to enjoy on your GBA/DS/emulator.

    Download here.

    Thanks syphus!

  • New Leeni Video for “Underworld”

    for fans of that videovalvontaa video.

  • USB BleepBloop Carts now shipping

    bleelI have played with the software and the regular Jose carts for a while, and this is nice and handy if you only plan to use one cart.

    Details:

    Price: $75 + 4% Paypal Fee
    Free Shipping International
    Free First-Class Mail Domestic
    $2 USB Mini-B Cable

    The main feature of this cartridge is a built-in USB programmer. With this extra circuitry an external “transferer” is not required. Using custom software reading and writing new ROMs and SAVs could never have been easier. With Windows and Linux compatibility and OSX software soon to be released, this is the most versitile back up solution for Game Boy musicians and developers to have ever been produced.

    To purchase, please visit the link below.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130514073955/http://gameboydev.org/?page_id=3
    or from Kitsch-Bent
    http://kitsch-bent.embarqspace.com/#/us … 4532597220

    OSX support is planned within the next few weeks. You may use Parallels in the meantime. Ships with Linux and Windows versions.

    This cartridge uses custom software. It is not drag and drop.

    20 are available from Kitsch-Bent. 70 are available from GameboyDev.org (Bleepbloop). More will be available mid-February.

    I’m sorry if I haven’t responded to anyones emails. I have been sick the past few days. I will try my best to respond to everyone tomorrow.

    All pre-orders will ship Tuesday.

    USB Cartridge Programmers or “Transferers” will be available Mid-February.

    [Update]
    Free First-Class International Shipping!

    Will work with Mega Memory Cartridge.