C64 Arkanoid Music

[panpancucu13]

juste fantastique comme zik

[figaro589]

Martin Galway is a Genius!

[samvideogamemanpro]

mais c une tragedy de devoir se priver ne seraice quelque minute du site peu comun de hooper x)

[Karkaradon]

J'ai besoin d'un fouet plus puissant :p

[Gwimdor]

@Karkaradon Je pense qu'il faut passer au stade supérieur, oublions le fouet et va chercher dans ton placard secret ton arsenal présenté dans ta review d'Alan Wake ! :p

[MrJejayologue]

Quelle culture PEU COMMUNE du Hooper en matière vidéo ludique !

[Monchagol]

Oula oula, un poile trois retro pour moi ^^ Je suis fan des musics de 16 bits, mais là c'est trop... non ^^

[JeDorsBeaucoupTrop]

@Monchagol C'est de l'histoire avec un H ;) La toute premiere fois où des samples sont utilisés dans un jeu video.

Trop rétro pour toi ? Fait une recherche avec ce code youtube : C3-YcpVowdA

(Titre Jammer(Kamil Wolnikowski) - HVSC) et accroche toi, c'est fait exactement avec le meme micro 8 bits sans extension ni triche.

Peace.

[Spyxhit]

Si vous êtes ici car vous avez essayez d'aller sur le site du hooper 8D

[Joemenix]

@Karkaradon

Ahaha ! ^^

[wiz189]

its like really old school dubstep

[sandmanxo]

Awesome chiptune. I forgot about this one until I saw this video. I'll be playing this tomorrow.

[Krimsorn]

this was one of my favorite games on c64, hearing that music again was just awesome need an (E) to make it longer

[vitivitiv]

great song!!!

[danezoe]

best song ever

[Drunkensod1972]

Recorded from emulator, right?



[poormanklinik]

POORMANKLINIK :ZAJ + DROG (hungarian rap)

arkanoid sample

[iFail22]

They dont make games like this no more :(

[scorpeyman]

@iFail22 i know:( i wish they always made games like this. Games are only getting worse and worse:(

[iFail22]

Youre famous :) MTV Game One used this as their intro theme for their game awards 2009 :)

[XXsabbaXX]

@iFail22 Really?! u have a video or something? Sounds very interesting^^

[iFail22]

@XXsabbaXX watch?v=MULFgqPLzHo sure no problem ;)

[Gelbfleischer]

@XXsabbaXX /watch?v=MULFgqPLzHo

[neoprana]

@XXsabbaXX

better late then never MULFgqPLzHo

[biggiesmartypants]

Fuckin' rocks!

[Tyrfingr]

Fucking miss those days

[BattlestarGentoo]

5 people never had a C64.

[Gabster1415]

damn !! :)

[przyklad12]

Hip Hop & Jumping

[Lattentreffer]

banging head since 25 yrs... :D ... No seriously, one of the best tunes ever... !

[jalil2terror]

holy shit balls this is freaking sick!

[Gorette66]

Wow. Just...wow.

[ThomasBaluWalter]

There are quite a few remixes of this at remix kwed org /index.php?page=1&chart=&view=­rating&search=arkanoid

[Daxter500800300]

GameOne Rules!

[agentleastlikely]

This theme proves that with just 8 bits, awesomeness can be created.

[tsuihark]

Damn, it still gives me goosebumps, just like 25 years ago :-/

[redkillroy]

THIS IS FUCKING SWEET

[rtmnmk]

5 people couldn't get through level 1...

[marcusahle]

Who makes a remix of that?

[nicholasthetaylor]

That was ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!

[Stevieboy74]

Yeah as some others have said this is a jazzed up version of the music that was used for Cobra on the ZX Spectrum. Martin Galway made the Cobra track so I would assume he did this too?

[AshleyMarkPomeroy]

This was also the theme for Cobra on the ZX Spectrum, but it was simpler and less bassy (the quiet bit at 1:30 or so was absent too). It has a very John Carpenter-esque sound.

[Lakumakkara]

Holy shieeeet. This music is vukkin' awesome!

[mekydro]

I remember that start screen so well! Great stuff, and a great tune

[sta1nlesssteel11]

Classic Galway piece. Which SID Chip revision was this recorded on ?

[Lattentreffer]

Dubstep made in 1985....... crucial..... !!!

[FindAllTruth]

all people who like bit-tunes goes to keygenmusic net  a large arhive with the finest tunes from keygens of the last 10 years

[warishone]

Gee this takes me back. And I had to punch in so many numbers to get this game to work on the c64

[OBSysteme]

Phat sound! one of my favorite C64 games music, however, when I run it on a real C64, it runs much faster, but I like this slower version, you hear the notes better.

[senorverde09]

@OBSysteme Welcome to the world of NTSC/PAL differences. My copy plays this song faster too.

[OBSysteme]

@senorverde09 , oh is that what it is??? it's not an original from back in the day, it was actually a T64 file got on the internet and put to a cassette, I wonder if I got a european version running on a north american machine (if that is at all possible, because the display-graphics are okay, but the game does tend to crash).

[ssj4goko4]

@OBSysteme actually it is a original. even the non data-set version has this. the data-set music is a different song when loading then it plays then when loaded up. d64 or tap the both have this song.

[madita1997]

I love it

[BerggreenDK]

this one was recorded on a C64-v2 right? the bass/filters sounds much more numb than my own C64 box did as I recall this tune.

[XXsabbaXX]

@BerggreenDK yes ur right

[unikat73]

@BerggreenDK hm, ok, thx for this! i thought its because of my big 5.1 pc-sound now, because of playing C64 on a very old TV in the 80s :)

[8bitfanat]

Really nice çause of the badly sampled drums, fits with the rest. Like it!

[tsuihark]

@8bitfanat It's great, but not sampled though :) The musician said he experimented by playing random parts of memory, and these sounded like percussion :D

[Psychlist1972]

I assume this is coming from an emulator. To really hear it, pick up a C64 on ebay or craig's list. Keep in mind the early tan C64s sound a bit different from the later white C64 and C128 units (different version of the SID chip). Which one sounds better is a matter of personal preference

[DeLe1000]

Chek my remake of Arkanoid in 3D, enter to my site delek . com .ar or in my YT channel its a video. Regards Delek.

[XXsabbaXX]

@DeLe1000 pretty cool ;)

[TheDisturbedMushroom]

thats some fuckedup music

[TechnoDevotee]

Galway is god

[JulianPaulCarter]

I must ask a technical question regarding C64 emulators such as VICE and CCS64. Both emulators simply don't emulate the C64 sound to my liking. The music always sounds a little scratchy and imperfect. Apparently it doesn't happen to me alone as the recording above (almost definitely taken using one of those emulators) exhibits the same qualities.

Is this a shortcoming of the emulators?

[sy1234]

@JulianPaulCarter Yes and no. There are various settings that exist for emulators to manipulate the sounds, so perhaps that's part of it. There are some serious issues in terms of timing and other finicky stuff that is almost cerainly changing the audio for you. If you want authenticity, check out the HardSID.

[UTUBESUCK666]

@JulianPaulCarter The SID chip was analog, not digital. By definition, practically impossible to emulate. You can only do an approximate simulation. As a matter of fact, not 2 SID chips sound exactly the same due to some slight variation in manufacturing process. In newer emulators, (Hoxs64 and Vice) some filter now helps to recreate the original analog crunch of the SID. Hoxs64 has a built-in SID player BTW.

NOTE: C64 *CAN* play digital sample. Just try Disc 2 of the Vicious SID demo.

[guitarskills2]

@JulianPaulCarter There are many different sound plug-ins you can use for emulators (depending on your emulator). You can go find other ones that are to your liking.

[kellyssa3]

I love this song. Thanks ;)

[gilaetsfn]

why the fuck has no one rapped over this?  This is some SICK SHIT

[wiz189]

thats so fucking awesome

[Rooneysithmaster]

Memories out of the corner of my mind, incredible music (wipes tear remembering lost youth)

[greyvoid]

big tune

[OldMusicOnVinyl1]

This is going in my favourites!

[OBSysteme]

yeah baby! rocking my ears!

[1000rave]

who in their fucking right mind would dislike this?

[markowe]

This was so amazing, those "samples" (well, I think they are technically) were just totally mindblowing at the time!

[C64Revolution]

This is so ahead of time, such a creativity!

[themattrobot]

i love this games music. sid rules

[viperos74]

This is one genuine version with proper sid

[p4z1f157]

its....its...its still... im still speachless

...since my datasette disapeared

[stooart2008]

brill!

[DrGonzoPrototype]

GIEF MP3!!!

[McTatzi]

@DrGonzoPrototype

me 2!

[DrGonzoPrototype]

@McTatzi Just made an Ringtone: heres the MP3 -filesavr(dot)com/c64arkanoidm­usic remove the (dot)

[McTatzi]

@DrGonzoPrototype THX. I have the Last Ninja 2 Ringtone 4 years now. Time 4 a change...

[McTatzi]

@DrGonzoPrototype I cut away the upbeat at the very beginning. Its smoother like that so you won´t get startled. You have any idea from where i could get a power at sea demix (original sound)? I promised to remix it but can´t find it anywhere... Greetings from Bavaria!

[dschonsie]

a c=64 gem! catchy as hell!

[CerebralTantrum]

YEEEEEAAAAH!!!! F****ing rocks!!!

[teenspirit1]

awesome. Even better than all those remixes at kwed

[DingKong]

This tune was nabbed from Cobra on the Speccy! Great tune though - Martin Galway was great!

[roskildahphreak]

Wtf is that?? Explain!

[JeDorsBeaucoupTrop]

@roskildahphreak : What you heard here is the very first music using sampling on a home computer.

[roskildahphreak]

And it still works today

[roskildahphreak]

And to JeDorsBeauciupTrop: I was asking about something completely different. I know what the Arkanoid theme song is.

To all you motherfuckers who gave me thumbs down with out knowing what the fuck i was talking about : FUCK YOU!

Suck my fucking dick!!!

[SoundInterfaceDriver]

sounds emulated. Either that or a bad sid filter.

[zskodarap]

I became an addict. Just cant stop listening.

[zskodarap]

Crystal Castles feeling. xD

[zpunout]

And to think. That entire tune was stored in a file of only about 45kB in size. Amazing.

[XXsabbaXX]

yeah ;) its unbelievable to put such a cool song in this little size .

[SeeleDesTigers]

@XXsabbaXX

it is because the sounds came (come) from a ROM chip, the file has only sequencer datas. But the tune is awesome ideed. You should add to the infos that it is 8-bit, because many people like these sounds today.

[XXsabbaXX]

@SeeleDesTigers I know I know. So u mean i should add 8-Bit to the infos to reach more views?!

[SeeleDesTigers]

@XXsabbaXX I am sorry, I knew, you know it :)

Yes, to reach more views. I think this tune has the best of retro 8-bit sound-technology. The percussion, the bass (room-shaking) and other synths. but my personal favourite is the myth-title (on PSID): search for "Myth c64 orchestra"

[MrMegazuki]

@SeeleDesTigers

No, the sounds didn't come from a ROM chip, they were procedural sounds. The SID chip was not able to play sound samples or MIDI sounds as we know them today. Every little beep from all three channels had to be programmed manually into hardware registers with attack, decay, envelope etc and this would create the sound.

[Psychlist1972]

@SeeleDesTigers No, the sounds don't come from ROM. Music on the C64 was not data, it was instructions. You set values in specific chip registers (mapped to memory locations) to handle envelope, volume, waveform, filter parameters etc.

[neilandlyns]

@SeeleDesTigers.. Not to be rude but it came from the SID chip (Sound Integrated Device) which was allocated the space in the c64 memory $d000 to $e000 and us clever coders used to flip the chip and hide music under it as you could do with the basic at $a000 to $bfff and the kernel from $e000 to $ffff. Ahhhh the days.

[sirleto]

@XXsabbaXX

actually the sid file is 23kb and holds 20 sub songs :)

[compwiz00]

@XXsabbaXX That's larger than I'd expect...

[SoundInterfaceDriver]

That is because that file only contains the notes and programming to play the music. The hardware(SID chip) does pretty much everything.

[zpunout]

Yep. What was it called again? ASDR envelope or something. Plus the waveforms, triangle, sawtooth and square. And that neat trick with the voltages which works best on old SID's that is basically making 4 bit digital sound. Talking about squeezing every drop.

[nicotrial]

@zpunout even more amazing is how you are listening now (and listen to normal music) of recorded and not sinthesized sound that usualy can take up more then 90MB, compressed in a mp3 that only takes up 1MB.. and not pre made electric signals stored in a seperate chip triggerd in a time sequence to make music...that takes up 45kB

[Gunstick]

@zpunout the 45Kb is *with* the game. The music alone usually has between 2 and 5kB! In those times every byte counted.

[Gunstick]

@zpunout ok, just downloaded the sid file, it's exactly 22910 bytes! Or 0.022 MB :-)

[sy1234]

@zpunout .. "45kB"? Not even close. The whole soundtrack to the entire game, and all sound effects, was probably under 5k.

[zpunout]

@sy1234 Yeah 5kB for the sequence instructions plus the "digital samples". The SID wasn't meant to have the capability to reproduce sampled sound but the programmers figured out a workaround that on the earlier "dirtier" SID chips it was possible. The later version of C64 and C64C had a more "refined" version of SID which made the so called digital samples barely audiable.

[DevelX666]

8bit music FTW! :)

[XXsabbaXX]

please also watch my other C64 vid ;)

[Simon0]

What about batty.

[Ado555555]

Sounds like a keygen xD

[jonnysonny92]

yes

[jDxLicious]

bad ass sound.

[cannedkitty]

love the drone in the beginning

[roskildahphreak]

This song is übercool! It'd work out even today! Could make a trance version of it or something, man!

[PaperShapes]

This wouldn't be out of place if it were remixed through drum n bass. The SID chip changed everything for electronic music

[Supersonicguerilla]

the sound is unbeatable!

[hungryhog1]

killer tune! they don't make them like this nowadays

[MrJagerWulf]

8 Bit For the Win,,

[timduncan69]

this song is nuts

[Teedeejayen]

My C64 is older than me... Probably in better working order than me too... -_-

[DrGonzoPrototype]

@Teedeejayen My C64 is still working! (=

[KongoXIIV]

@Teedeejayen No red ring of death here! It's older than I am and still going strong.

Kinda makes you wonder huh?

[0hn0n0tm3]

OH YEAH!

[dodgyjax]

OMG!!!!! The joy! ThankyouThankyouThankyou!

[helenmartin2008]

Yup Hubbard and his mountain of JMP commands at the start were much easier to hack!!

[XXsabbaXX]

:DDD

[z3roo0]

pretty good for being 23 year old game : )

[XXsabbaXX]

nat prtty good .. extrem fascinating :D this 8bit music is f*ckin great !!

[JohannLau]

rock out!

[inphanta]

I have this as my ringtone!

[Dauragon88]

damn this kicks!

[VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

This was so fuckin' amazing back in the days. Well, it still is.

[xxxogchris]

this one is one of my favourite trax.

[utubecansuckit]

Altho this has funkier bass i like the first version better, much better

[XXsabbaXX]

which first version ?

[utubecansuckit]

For the first commodore 64 model (6581)

This must be for a later one like 8580

[inphanta]

No this is the 6581 version. The 8580 SID played samples quietly, which meant this would not sound as good on that model. This tune was also on the ZX Spectrum Cobra game, but it didn't sound anywhere near as good as this on the Spectrum's weedy sound chip. He may have been referring to that, but I can't imagine why he'd prefer it. Maybe he's one of those Speccy fanboys, deluded bunch that they are. ;)

[theratking]

i always liked the arkanoid theme music.. the opening riff has such a raw/trashy sid sound, very unique back in the day.

[NotAgainDamnit]

I've been waiting for someone to upload this :D

Thanks, XXsabbaXX!

[XXsabbaXX]

i was the one Who upload it I WAS THE FIRST !! I AM A HERO ( NOT A BERLINER )

[NotAgainDamnit]

Haha XD

Are you going to upload any more SID classics? There are lots of remixes up but hardly any originals. I never played any C64 games (too young) but I totally dig SID music for its gritty simplicity.

[XXsabbaXX]

im too young, too XD 15 ! but i just play with a C64 emulator and loved the musik , in future i could upload more games !

[Flamesn]

favorite!

[DevilMaster]

MY EARS!!! THE EARMUFFS DO NOTHING!!!

[nefgs]

Cobra has the same music (zx spectrum version)

[XXsabbaXX]

yes jar right

[AiasOfShaoWou]

I remeber last time i had played a new vision of arkanoid the music was very good .

[AmersfoortTristan]

Hmm I recognise this somehow.

[AiasOfShaoWou]

5 stars my friend

[AiasOfShaoWou]

I am the real no. 2

Smitty Bums Jegermans Jhonson!!!

After this game.

[scrambler77]

Awesome!