Ocean Loader v4 (Commodore 64)

[giacjack]

sid's music is the voice of the gods

[Doca]

no one complained about loading screens back then, this is why.

[doctorbubble]

@CaptainPoovabladoo Sorry Ben was under my 'many more' sentance. He's good too :) I'll add in Martin Walker as well.

[viciouswhips]

@doctorbubble

Anthony Lees and Matt Gray?

[Phoottis]

God I love this tune and back in the days anxiously waited for the game to load.

[luisadas]

Best C64 Loader

[werre2]

Counting from now... C64 was released 29 years ago. When I was born, Hitler had been dead for 28 years. I'm old.

[viciouswhips]

@werre2 Only old people say they're old When do the young become old? Be bold, don't be cold, Don't say you're old. Don't forget to mention When you are drawing that pension. Count down the years, not up Baby beaker or a cup? Walking stick or Baby walker? Zimmer frame End of Game C64 is not a dinosaur Get off that floor Listen to the music Stay young but dont get Deaf (and stay away from Death) (... and old people).

[MrEnterthehole]

made me want to run for a sandwich while it loads

[MrFooknuts]

what happened to ocean?

It seemed like they made almost everygame on c64 at the time.

I miss my c64

[sabin110581]

@MrFooknuts They went through various owners and name changes. They were bought by Infogrames in 1998, Ocean then became Infogrames UK. Then they became Atari UK. Now they're known as Atari, Inc.

=)

[Solarfactor]

Good bye, Ocean. :/

[WatchRyder]

This is from Target Renegade I think.

[ulmeulme]

so awesome

[underthepale]

I may be 32 but never had a C64. Hearing this, I feel like I missed something.

[kasabian8888]

@underthepale You did. The music from the commodore64 really takes me back to my childhood. Wish I had a time machine, I'd go back NOW!

[JohnACorp782]

Daaamn! :D I got goosebumps hearing this. Heard it first in 1989. Wow! Thank you very much for giving me a nostalgic moment! :)

[TechnicalFreak]

Wasn't this when loading "Green Beret" (Rush 'N' Attack)??

Can't really remember, it's been over 15 years...

[GeeseH]

@TechnicalFreak i think green beret was one of the few ocean loaders to have it's own track (brilliant track also)

[drfrank1980]

How many memories... I feel like crying... this and the variation of Ocean Loader 5 are amongst my favorites... Commodore 64, Commodore 16 and Commodore Plus/4 forever !!!!

[JapStrangler]

@drfrank1980 I know how you feel...but then there was Amiga

[drfrank1980]

@JapStrangler Yes, of course... another very good computer...

[critanime]

This sent a shiver down my spine when I heard it as a kid on Robocop. Even now, when I slid the tape into my datasette and press play, it still send a shiver down my spine a good 20 years later :)

[kingrommelkingrommel]

I didnt own a c64 but always went round to my cousins house to listen to this quality on the C64. Lov ethis and the ocean loader 2.

[IntrinsicPalomides]

Holy shit, wasn't this the loader that came with Operation Wolf also? :D

[KiiiiingOfPaaain]

The best of the Ocean loader tunes in my opinion. :)

[Vicces1212]

:')

[ncry]

Brings back good old memories!

[Davejimjr]

any 11 know wer to get this in mp3 format?

[MaSSiVe0101]

soo nice!

[Elite1919]

The good old days :)

[amispensseli]

EPIC



[calogeroaiello]

ah, when we used to wait several minutes for the game to be loaded....... now I get angry when my psp game takes more than 2 seconds to load......

[8bitfanaat]

I still think this is the best loader, really nice snare drum and synth sounds! I heard it loading Nemesis I of the tape during 15 minutes....

[KorsakowSyndrom]

Einfach unglaublich was mit dem 64er damals musikalisch möglich war. Und man kann meines erachtens Jean Michel Jarre ( bei allem Respekt ) und die anderen Synthie Künstler nicht in einem Atemzug mit den Musikmacheren des C64 nennen, denn die Synthie Künstler hatten Steuereinheiten wie Keyboards oder andere mit dem Rechner verbundene Eingabegeräte mit dennen sie all ihren Kram einspielen konnten (Einige hatten auch mit Bandmaschinen gearbeitet).

[KorsakowSyndrom]

@KorsakowSyndrom Und wer jemals mit dem 64er wirklich versucht hat mal Musik zumachen weiß das das Mühsame stundenlange Schreibarbeit war. Dagegen wirken die Disco-Synthie Leutchen von heute (Fruity Loop, Rebirth, Cubase, Notator, u.v.a.) wie verwöhnte Kiddies. Die müssten genauso wie die 64er Musiker Musik machen. Dann würde es garantiert weniger Computer-Synthie Musiker geben. Was gilt die Wette? Denn soviel Mühe konnten sich nur die wahnsinnigen Programierer der alten Computer machen.

[Starfury687]

damn... I was eight years old back in 1988 when I got my C64. This song makes my skin to goosbumb :)

[Huggenbapsen]

Awesome!

[SuperAudioboy]

haha! aint heard this in a long time. wonderful tune. c64 should of had more than 3 channel sound. i wish they would remake the ole 8 bits with modern mods, can u imagine!

[OnlyGoodCommie]

Marvellous!

How many people actually made music on their C64 back in the day? Paste the following title into the bar:

COMMODORE 64 MUSIC MAKER PROMOTIONAL FLEXIDISC

This is the record which given away free with a magazine to promote the Music Maker keyboard and software.

Have a listen and rate.

[OnlyGoodCommie]

The Commodore people saw no reason to route the noises of the tape loader through the sound system.

But if you turn the volume all the way up you'll still hear it a little.

However, a few unofficial datasettes with head alignment facilities had their own speakers through which the din was emitted.

[SPeacock]

I have a question: Why did the ZX Spectrum (C64's nemesis) emit those horrible screeching noises when loading (and the Amstrad CPC to a lesser degree), but the C64 remained silent when loading?

[StRoRo]

Many spectrum games would have the data on one side of the tape and the game music, as normal audio, on the other side of the tape, the idea being after loading the game you would turn over the tape and press play while playing the game to listen to the music. This also meant you could hear the loading sounds too. You could turn the sound down on some, but keeping it on was a good way of knowing if the game had crashed. No loading sound and no game = crash.

[SPeacock]

Most fascinating. Thank you :)

[s0mmie]

Utterly, utterly brilliant. This tune is etched into my very soul.

[recogntion]

robocop flashback

[Hostog]

Ah, my head goes into Operation Wolf mode!!!! Anticipation!

[dpiktoria]

I dont have some reasons to cry. This music is one of those...

[paul45862]

Still gets the blood pumpin! :)

[tomkvar]

Wow! I must be strange (and very nostalgic)! Listening to this actually made me cry! Games really had a soul back then!

[acidgecko72]

Brilliant post! This is the ocean loader i know and love, the other one just doesn't seem to have it like this one. I think i tried remixing this one a few years back! nice one!

[thehaircrow]

cool song

[skeemag]

this sort of thing just set the premise on what you were about to play.

maybe made games better than they actually were talk about whetting your appetite :)

[skeemag]

shit me i can't believe what i'm hearing......

i haven't heard this since i was about 13 or something when i had my c64

thanks for posting this you are a diamond!!!!

[fiatplane]

Great great great !!!

[critanime]

Oh man I remember this from robocop. Might have to get it going to to see it in action.

[prowokator]

Good stuff! Lots of these old tunes were actually quite rockish compared to most of todays digital music.

[68040E]

im a speccy guy this played during loading? all we got was BEEEEEP BEEP BEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPP but of course c= crap on everyone i guess they got tunes during loading? top respect to C= for everything they ever did apart from marketing.

[68040E]

if this came on in a rave then i dont know what would happen

[AgileNorth]

You can't give enough stars to this! Absolutely lovely!

[Amiga1200Mark]

This was my favourite ocean loader. There was a similar one, arranged slightly differently for Batman The Movie. I used to love playing these two games just to listen to the music. I loved the games as well, though i much preferred Batman The Movie which i still play to this day on my Amiga. Forget PS3 and XBox360, c64 and amiga were the best days!!!

[szubaark]

yes... C64 Scene 80-90's was the best.

Playing these games for hours and calling bbs's for latest -0- day Warez

[ballebanan]

Tunes like this is what made the loading time bearable. :)  Love Galway and Dunn for their Ocean Loader music.

[davejago]

there what made loading the games sometimes more enjoyable than playing the actual game, what an amazing tune

[byurefcezarc]

@davejago Especially in Turrican 3.

[bakkelun]

yea, it made the wait exciting!

[kravorzlair]

I like the 3rd version much more but this is very good too.

[sarayaclassicrock]

From all ocean loaders this was my favourite-the loading of Nemesis 1 (MSX clone) was not taking long because of this great tune! SID sounds fat....

[Karpens16]

damn this sounds good.

[Timsalt3100]

Now I feel old ! I remember listing to these when I was like 13 or 14

[Metaleho]

omg it's remember me that time when i was child, thank a lot for upload!

[rbmk1000]

I also remember this from Robocop.. The game itself wasn't too great, but the loader music and picture werea reason enough to loan this game from my friend every now and then

[VITRUVVII]

Beautiful!!!Beautiful!!!Beauti­ful!!!Beautiful!!!Beautiful!!!­Beautiful!!!Beautiful!!!Beauti­ful!!!

[therideguide]

I think it's fair to say that Jonothan Dunn was an unsung hero of the C64 Music era. Listening to this again after all those years is such a joy. I loved all the Ocean Loaders and this takes me back. Thanks for sharing it.

[ParanoimiaUK]

Great stuff. Anyone got a link to the loader which played the theme to Chariots of Fire? I think it was on Daley Thompson's Decathlon from Ocean.

[demonfister]

You're right mate. This is probably one of the most listened to pieces of music in recent years, all from waiting for a C64 game to load! Does bring back memories though.

[nostalgiacreep]

oh god haven't heard this in so long!

maybe i'll post a vid of me doing this on guitar ;)

[vicemanFIN]

Sounds great! c'moon!!

[nostalgiacreep]

hey dude!

i haven't got around to this one yet, but i've uploaded a bunch of megadrive tune guitar versions pretty recently, check them out!

i should have some c64 stuff coming pretty soon...

[keithaburke]

I am sitting back and enjoying this. How many hours did we spend hearing this bit of music?

[cosine303]

dunno a disk drive solved that problem =) .. but the green beret / rambo music I probably liked better.. ocean loader was nice .. but Galways work on them.. I didn't mind loading up the tapes..haha

[thenodfather]

@keithaburke Many an enjoyable hour :-)

[KajidaKitsune]

Definitely my personal favorite Ocean Loader theme. It's so awesome.

[sounboye]

Hi. Thanks for uploading this, my favorite Ocean loader theme. Great memories of target renegade and Robocop;-) Does anyone remember the Robocop demo included with the Hollywood collection, a fp shooter, where you had to shoot the bad dude to rescue the hostage, using the defender 64 light gun Operation Wolf style?

[BobCassidy]

YEah, rambo and Platoon were also on that game. About the only decent game going for the light gun

[cirovaluto80]

good old times with homeworks and c64 !

[bakkelun]

Ocean :'( We want you back!

[brenfitz83]

Been lookinf for this for ages.

I remember a better version of this as the loading theme for Gutz (what an awful game lol)

[Poehnweiser]

Wow, I've been looking for this tune since ages! This was the loading tune on the Chase H.Q. C64 cassette version, only with better sounding (drums); Never knew it was a standard Ocean tune though...

[InfernalNightfaery]

If I remember this were the most popular loding tune on the games I had. And my goodness, it brings a tear to my eye. What wonderful memories.

[doctorbubble]

With all the power the new consoles have the game music is always easily forgettable. its a far cry from the classics Galway, Hubband and Tel Jeroen and many more produced back in the C64 and Amiga hay day!

[MiracleKD18]

@doctorbubble

The problem is, that modern games use liscensed, reguler music (for example: rock, pop, rap, classical, blues) instead of chiptune or music which is desgined for video games. That's what I miss from the old video games - hired composers, chiptunes, etc.

[OBSysteme]

@doctorbubble I think that with the limited hardware of the past, SID, ADlib.... your only recourse was MELODY, I think that is why music of past games are so.... emotional and distinct, they are about melody and not just about atmospheric ambiant beats....

and contrary to beats ... its harder to compose good melodies that work well....

that's my five cents on it.

[Elite1919]

HMG this is the Ball's of all loading music I LOVE YOU SO MUCH up this vid

[Elite1919]

HMG this is the Ball's of all loading music I LOVE YOU SO MUCH for this upload vid.