Commodore 64 music tribute 1

[BoomRoomFive]

Beautiful shot of the SI:D!

[halo2pc]

My favourite music is number 2 = ghouls'n ghosts

[ZxAnubizX]

i I want to see the video again but says insert coins! >_<

[ZxAnubizX]

8-bit - chiptune - c64 - :D!!!!

[NavarroOne]

My C64 developed a problem after one too many homemade flashcards had been plugged into the expansion slot and one too many resets had been done on the reset switch I'd mounted myself. I had an early version where the soundchip had legs covered in gold. Apparently they replaced the motherboard to fix it so the innards was completely different when I got it back. It worked, but I felt so ripped off. The C64 sound was awesome, but I was convinced it was never the same after that switcharoo!

[NavarroOne]

I liked the theme song to "Commando" as well, not to forget "Fur Elise" which was played on "Elite". Finally there was the "chariots of fire" song; I think it was from Summer Games..... oh so many great memories. Funny that you can still find it interesting today, with the crap graphics and the slow speed; and still turn around and knock the graphics on a 2010 game for not being realistic enough... the rose tinted glasses of yesteryear....

[NavarroOne]

My favorite on the C64, was the 16 second sequence of Paul Hardcastle's "19".

[tweakiepop]

Commando music! Goosebumps

[jimamia77]

Watched a youtube video of someone opening up a brand new C64 from the original packaging in the 2000s!

[torterra220]

I have 21 years.my commodore 64 still works and the music is fantastic!

[1300l]

ppl remember nes chiptune as it was the only one in the 80s. C64 had way beter music experimentation for me.

[TortureBot]

My first Commodore 64 had a bad SID chip, shown at 3:45 in the vid. I had to buy a replacement "6581" when I finally figured it out after programming a few games and not being able to get any sound from the computer. I still have a game called "Rabbit Hunter" on 5 1/4" floppy I programmed which had zero sound (due to my SID chip not working when I programmed the game), lol! Commodore 64's ROCK!

[ISeeSickPpl]

i didn't speak any english at all back then, games were hard man;)

[zammy1985]

i never owned an commodore 64 when i was little, but now i have 4 xD. i have played a little but the reason i bought them is for the awesome music from the games :).

[y2k4ever1]

Amazing what this sid chip could do, wish i could have owned one of these wondrous machines, im 16 and haven't even seen one before.

[Vocoder07]

this sound is fucking awesome ..sorry :) ...i love it so much...please check out my c64 style music..i mix 8 and 16 bit sounds..

[dave19711998]

You make me feel old. I played most of these games on the C64 and the spectrum and I loved the music chip on the C64. I was dumb struck the first time I heard loading music whilst the game was loading. On the Spectrum you used to get this high pitch noise. I'm 39, so, I guess I'm not too old, LOL

[Quartrez]

I'm so glad my dad still has his Commodore 64 up and working. We don't have that many games, but they're all awesome.

[RyogaXvX]

Brilliant! Thank you for sharing!



[athtsak1]

4:58... sounds like transformers

[Tomi1993r]

Heh I'm 18 years old and I want thanks my parents for bought for me C64 not PC when I was very young 4-6 years old <3

[cinqo7]

@Tomi1993r I'm 37 years old and I want to thank my father for buying me a C64 back in 1984 instead of a Atari 2600. I was young 10-11 years old.

[JanitorMaster]

My comment recieved some overwhelming feedback on here, thank you all!

Once I have some spare money, I will buy one, as some of you suggested.

I'll tell you when I got it, possibly with a video!

[oostvoornehc]

yeah man,i just found a commodore 64 in my junk closet,defenitely gonna buil a kick ass midi box and connect it to my korg 707

[mrmeval1]

look for acid64 it's a music player for c64 aka sid music

[summer20105707]

Love this bid. The c64 can play sweet music.

[eldontyrellcorp]

Still have 12 x C64, 4 x C128, 1 x SX64, 6 or 7 1541 drives, tons of software, some cartridges, ... :) And soon a 1541u cartridge (thanks gideon!)

[a11401]

Sometimes when you feel down, a little SID tune will always cheer you up.

[brbZoning]

Love the music.

Brings me back to when for some odd reason I had to run my disks a few times to get them to work... almost like they needed to be heated by the floppy drive =)

Games I remember: Ultima 2, 3 and Aliens and some alien corridor runner game =)

thanks again

[MrHackerGnome]

The golden age of computing. I still have my Commodore VIC 20, C64 and C128.

[blackmore82]

Io sono dell'82 e ho vissuto quasi appieno tutta l'evoluzione,il mio primo pc fu addirittura un commodore 16!!!!Bei tempi con le cassette che ci mettevano gli anni a partire!!!MA la soddisfazione era tanta!!!

[musarman]

This is great. Renaisance!

make sure to listen to Slayradio org for all the great remastered music.

[PAFAWAG1]

The oldest one I used was (now RIP) Macintosh II. And now, as a part of retrocomputing, I saved a C64... :)

[japantuning88]

8 people were playing atari while watching this

[KubaPSP]

@japantuning88 Why? I still preffer Atari through, but SID is really better than POKEY :D

[japantuning88]

@KubaPSP ok i have never tried a atari but just typed that because atari and commodore were rivals back then :P

[Spiritplumber]

why aren't we all using commodores tday?

[dallase1]

Is this from an actual C64 system or a emulator on a PC?

[Porcelluzzig]

il mio primo pc

che bei tempi e che curiosita''

[RaMMeRaaR]

Like this?

really need to check out all the songs of machinae supremacy!!! most of theyre songs are mad with commodore 64.

I really love it!

[jahoodunrama]

man, the music to Commando just brings me right back. now i need to find the music for Druid 2 again, too.

[ruslanio]

Runescape

[rbfyou]

i'm from '81... after c64.. that where the good times amiga 500..

[cssourcepl]

SID <3

[Phacioco89]

15 Great Tracks, The best Home Computer ever, a time that will never come back, an ingenious video, and.... and 8 bastards that voted against...

[Nuron666]

Anyone have the Music track from ROCKETBALL?

Cant seem to find it



[Scioneer]

My favorite C64 tune was the intro to Skate or Die. The Electric Guitars sounded 10x better than on the NES version.

[thelasthallow]

Lucky for me i still own a commodore 64 and i even have the original TV thing that it came with. i also have a flopy disk drive and some kind of 56k adapter to. oh and a whole slew of games. but i lost the damn cable that runs from the flopy drive to the C64 so i cant play any of the damn games. im so pissed!!

[nebrekker]

@thelasthallow That's a standard 5-pin DIM cable, I believe. Radio shack should have them. I think they are also used as MIDI cables. I could be wrong.

[MrBrander]

Ghouls'n ghosts is in Kirby's Adventures on Nesticle. This tune (with slight changes) plays when you for the first time enter a forest level.

GOOD OLD TIMES FOREVER! I so remember this when I played Kirby on Nesticle. :')

[TheBerserkertamer113]

im not even 20 and my brother had or still has a commordore 64

[dazzy1975]

Excellent choice of tunes, these bring back memories, I make my own tunes as a hobby and always try to incorporate the "SID" in my music, well, my later tracks at least. Brilliant machine, great times.

[kardobondy]

My childhood, my memories, the sound my kids are listen to. Some things never change.

[mannaiallaXXXXXX]

the first song is fucking beautiful

[Vinterthorn]

Hell, YESSSS!

Even though I was born in '80, hearing this stuff now makes my blood boil - and makes me want to play a round of Commando Libya again. :)

Oh, the memories. :)

[struckapatata]

PRES PLAY ON TAPE

SYNTAX ERROR

[Schnippshly]

man where did you get these songs

[Pakijaner]

What memories are associated with this  ;)))

[e57michel]

great times! it is already about 20 years ago i used the C64 to make some little routines. but for today i use it too.

[tbsys31061]

c64 for ever.

.... yes even a 12 year old likes c64 (-:

[Striker2971]

FUCK!!

thats the good old time..

[Flatlinezor]

I'd like to know which "alliance" is the song at 3:47--->

Thanks :) A download link would suffice as well ;)

[rickonami]

CHIPTUNES RULES !!!!

[freejaytea]

Most of this is complete shit... :-)

[Bayc0n]

I can't find the 'Alliance' song anywhere on google or youtube, what game/demo is it from and how do I find it? Thanks

[greyhoundgill]

2:01 i could remember that tune anywhere, litrelly, if i was strander and a car on a car ferry had it on the stereo i would yell COMMANDO!!!

[FutureMJFan]

I wish I had a C64 insted i was born in the dumb Play Station 1 era.

[alienorox]

sound absurd, really, truly had a heart the Commodore 64.

[bobjoesmit]

which game is running starting at 3:43? can anyone tell me?

[bobjoesmit]

Which game is at 3:43?

Greatings Bob Smit

[bobjoesmit]

This sound received cult-status worldwide

[shivayavoda]

Could anyone tell me where can I find "06. rats nest intro (omen)" or tell me some more about this track? I find it simply amazing! :)

[JayMoreProductions]

These tunes are where melodic metal comes from...

[OnlyGoodCommie]

Anybody interested in some new Commodore samples?

Click my name to view COMMODORE 64 SAMPLES PACK: SFX SOUND EXPANDER IN 'C'. If you click the link below it you are also taken to a special selection of SID sounds and effects taken from famous games and applications.

[draconpost]

My C64 died long ago but. I took the chips form it, made one into a keychain and the others are just laying on the shelf.

[VincentGreece]

Best sound chip ever

[Boscoloantonio]

YeaH! #1!!!!

[R33Racer]

Could I recommend annotations to show the currently playing tune on the video?

[6581r2]

@R33Racer Click on the double down arrows to the right of the video description

[JanitorMaster]

Oh, also, that's a great photograph of a SID chip.

[6581r2]

@JanitorMaster Thanks...I waited until the sun was setting to take the pic.

[JanitorMaster]

I never owned a C64, neither did i ever have the chance to operate one.

I'm 17 years old, so i'm born long after the era of the C64.

But heck, i love the sound of this music.

[6581r2]

@JanitorMaster Great to hear! Thanks for commenting.

[OBSysteme]

@JanitorMaster get your *ss on Ebay and buy yourself a C64 ASAP !

[EricBarbman]

@OBSysteme

In case he'd have missed the joys of the floppy, the 5mn tapes loading etc... No, emulation will a fair enough challenge for a 17 yo, I think.

If the command line doesn't make him flee like there's no tomorrow.

[OBSysteme]

@EricBarbman I contend that nothing beats a physical artifact, lol

[Leoooonard]

@JanitorMaster buy a used one , they arent to expensive tbh

[thearchiveable]

@JanitorMaster

Than go check out this legacy! It all started with this machine!

[iamthegroovester]

@JanitorMaster

You grow up on PS3 and XBOX 360. And before you know it, you'll be assembling a clip "Tribute to PS3 music" to some kids who'll grow up with PS40 and God knows what. :D

[JanitorMaster]

@iamthegroovester: I doubt so.

While the C64's SID chip has its very unique sound, most of today's computers and game consoles sound similar, except for differencies in quality.

[hshmanowin]

@JanitorMaster Hey, Janitor, when you love the sound than listen to this: "CoGFV_xxR64" In my and many other opinions this is the best c64 tune ever. Give it a try!

@6581r2 Thx for uploading this masterpice of CIDs. I think in this list, the LN2 tune is missing, but many nice tunes are there. Good job!

[Murphy7394]

@JanitorMaster Hehe, i own two C64's ^^

[BabylonWhore666]

@JanitorMaster I did, and recently had some nostalgic throw back memories so had a hunt around.

Found Linux MultiMedia Studio (LMMS) which is an Open Source sequencer and synth thingy (which also works on PC) includes a C64 SID emulator (sound chip) - and before too long i was on there forming my own notes from sa, square and triangle waves and tweaking attack and dealy values and all kinds of shit to make fantatsic synth noises.

Oh god Im such a nerd lol.

[JustWickedSwede]

@JanitorMaster I had the fortune to have an Commodore 128 as a kid. I never learned to make music on it thoug :-(

[MoonRaven09]

@JanitorMaster You missed a great thing....

[tomcatmwi]

@JanitorMaster it is because this thing is timeless and epic! :)

[kalebparham]

@JanitorMaster same here bro. I missed all the good things: the arcades, the genesis/mega-drive, C-64

now all I got is FPS's. They are good, but they over-saturate the market on Every system

[oXbOxr00X]

@JanitorMaster BUY ONE! i'm 26 and i'm just missed the awesome time... BUT with my 80368 and my daddy's 80468 DX4 i got his old C64 we played more with this MONSTER as with the DA-DOS 368 :) it changed after i got the 486 DX4 and commander keen i guess 3 or 4 :) ....

@6581r2 THX for the lovely flashback! i miss the old times! long life demo.scene!

[digitthecatx19]

@JanitorMaster dude im 15 and i own a c-64, their a bitch to use. but in the long run using a MSSIAH cartridge for one is awesome :D

[6344Dragonkingon]

@JanitorMaster Me too. But. Eh I'm 12.

[macreviews94]

@JanitorMaster I'm 17 and I just got a C64 breadbox for $15, just waiting on a cable so I can actually hook it up to my tv, can't wait =D

[Mentran]

holy shit so many fucking nerds posting this crap on the internet

[zagor1974]

menace sounds like the sound of one level from the lemmings

[RetroSpectreUK]

SID, what a chip. A propose toast to SID!

[ueberRegenbogen]

Here's the track list from the description, with time offsets added. 0:00 01 turrican 0:36 02 ghouls'n ghosts 1:21 03 las vegas casino 2:01 04 commando 2:47 05 menace 3:18 06 rats nest intro (omen) 3:43 07 alliance 4:28 08 nato intro (cant stop) 4:58 09 abyss intro (rebel) 5:34 10 metal force 6:05 11 rampar intro (summer olympiad) 6:35 12 savage 7:21 13 target renegade 8:06 14 xis demo (crazy comets) 8:45 15 wizball [Feel free to whack this, of you integrate it.]

[dhollseed]

@ueberRegenbogen that Commando music is just...classic

[ueberRegenbogen]

'80s game (and game-like) music writers had a nasty tendency toward breakneck tempos. A lot of the stuff sounds a lot cooler if it's backed off a bit.

[plungerdrum]

Can somebody please help me find out the name of the track or the game it was featured in @ 3:21?!?! PLEASE!? I've seriously been looking all over for that song, and I can't find anything. Please help!

[ceaoistca]

The SID chip rules!

[Vicces1212]

Thanks!!!

[Typhus2009]

can someone send me the first track in full version ? would be so great!!!

[Elettronicopazzo]

3:17 where can i find this one? plz!

[GravitonProductions]

The Rambo loader by Ocean was my all time fav. Lazy Jones was also awesome.

[DynamicSun]

i remember i build a secound SID into , so i have got 2 x 3 voives ^^, mg that was a time ............

[Twilight1964]

gthe days when you knew if Rob Hubbard was involved the sound would be great... have a lot fo great memories of my first c64.... later bought the updated version and am external 5.25 floppy drive for it :)

[GamesEmotions]

GNG music rulez!

[chrisandsamvideos]

where can you find the full versions of these songs?? please help someone :[

[ouchihasasuke]

@chrisandsamvideos try mp3bear :]

[scathiebaby]

@chrisandsamvideos  search for HVSC (=high voltage sid collection)

[djonescph]

From 5:24 to 5:34 - the tune sounds familar. Where have I heard this melody before? Is it a dancetune or what?

[6581r2]

@djonescph - It's from the title screen of Rebel. The crack group Abyss also used it in their intro to Super Mario Bros (a modified version of Great Giana Sisters.)

[ichorworkstudios]

@6581r2 an incredible tune too. i've downloaded a wad of c64 cracktro roms, and was so surprised having come across it, i never thought i'd hear it again. when i was 6 i would leave the intro screen running to the mario hack on my c64 just to listen to it.

[6581r2]

@ichorworkstudios It's a short tune, but it's really good.

[bobjoesmit]

@6581r2

Hello, 6581r2

I like the sounding of 64 and some of them well composed.

I want the complete song which starts at 3:43, you have it? Or you know which one it is?

I cant find in the list you added any music on youtube I guess.

Dearest regards Bob Smit.

[ichorworkstudios]

@6581r2 also... when you say Rebel, is that short for something?

[6581r2]

@ichorworkstudios No - that's the name of the game. I can give you a link to it if you want it.

[e4gail]

SID chip was so ahead of its time. Music and sound released in 82 that wasn't beat till the Sega Mega Drive around 88. I miss my C64

[jimic1976]

excellent video!

[soberek]

What's the easiest way to software emulate the SID sound bank an a PC?

[IMakeOrWatchVideos]

@soberek emulator?

[cobrachoppergirl]

warez keygens would never be the same without C=64 midi on crack

[benniehitchcock]

Well selected

[davidtabone93]

(2nd song).................I can't believe how good ghouls n ghosts sounds....hardly beeps and bleeps.....damn awsome!!!!

[SPeacock]

The C64 makes me feel like a plonker for owning a Spectrum. :)

[camorramerda]

One of the few things worth to be remembered in the 80s

[Anayo]

Yeah, I thought the Berlin wall was overrated too.

[xxbox6191]

danm 80's where awesome in those days from long hair bands and from roller skating and when neighbors were friends in the whole block, and playing commodore 64 games, now days new generation people listen too hiphop rap songs

[arkadiuszweiss]

SID to najlepszy generator w swoich czasch, dopracowany bo i najlepiej zasilany (najwyższym napięciem), jako atarowiec zawsze zazdrościłem tego dzwieku mimo ze atari było 2 razy szybsze prawie to dzwięk był proporcjonalnie słaby a i programisci sałbi oraz ich brak. Dema Desert Dream do teraz nikt na atari nie zrobił, takiej gry jak GIana Sisters czy Hard 'n' Heavy też nie było tylko jakieś mocno statyczne szybko robione szroty.

[traxonja]

i wish i still have my c64 :-(

[UltraWill]

Commando blows my mind. Hubbard is a god!

[XysiekXYZ]

Muzyka z 8 bitowa..... piękna !

[aphroman7]

One of my favorite game soundtracks was for Sega's Streets of Rage 2, but this c64 shit, which I never played, is even radder! How can I play these games, what are emulators?

[DragstMan]

I recommend ccs64, it has a feature of launching something from the disc images even if you're unfamiliar with the syntax of c64.

[2bakJ]

kk didnt see the tracklisting ^^

[2bakJ]

music @ 2:48 is from Menace ???

[olo198111]

Ohh beauty times.....

[ksipila]

Hot damn these sounds are diamond!

[Manialt]

Visit my channel for the largest collection of c64 music!

[hamster700]

back in 1982 the c64 was advanced becuse soundcard were unknown then

[korgpadude]

i love sid music its awesome:D my first computer was commodore 64 1988

[furryraver199]

omfg the commodore kicked fucking ass i have one and it still works perfectly!

[1D0N]

Mine has been long gone; thank heavens for emulators.

[stevensantosss]

7:21 , target renegade , awesome sid =)

[21jumppp]

sounds a bit like atari st too.

[exedeus]

sigh.. SID memories... =/

[1D0N]

There's something emotional about the sounds of the SID chip. I don't know. Maybe it's just because I grew up with a C64 and have so many good memories of it.

It gives me chills every time.

I also recall how scary some of The Last Ninja music was...

[korgpadude]

@1D0N

i agree with you

[spyware1100]

@1D0N

Lots of people feel the same, including myself. :)

[Urko2005]

@1D0N Anyone who grew up in the 'SID' era will have a flashback whenever they hear the great '80s sound it created.

[Cablo102]

@1D0N

You think that was a scary game?! When I was a kid I played this game where you were a bouncing pumkin head and you had to escape witches.

[Helyzz82]

@Cablo102 Yes the laughing witches, in the castle... it was Super Cauldron (II?) or something like that. With the candles, sharp points, tables, brooms... I remember that one

[Cablo102]

@Helyzz82 You right. It was Cauldron II. I hated that witches laugh everytime you died.

[2010mustang2]

@1D0N Me to but I was born in 96 and my dad might have had a commodore 64 but I'm not sure if he had one and if he did I think he never used the sound much. I guess it's emotional to me because it sounds cool.

[tsukai1]

@1D0N I grew up with the nes 8 bit days instead and yet the SID chip still gives me chills.

[HighTreason610]

I salute you SID! C64 is awesome, and probably better than the NES (capability-wise at least) when it comes to games.

[soulreaverdoug]

i love 8bit, god bless the commodore sound chip

[cyrixproductions]

All hail the SID!

[Scumkill2]

I love everything about C64 and Amiga. Great video man!

[BLUDAR]

gng theme FOR THE FUUCKING WIN, AWESOME GAME, and i bet lots modern dj's listen to this kinda shit to copy and make heaps off it lol

[Draxx1134]

You easily could haha, like the Ghosts and Ghouls song, you could easily do some kinda weird style of rap over that. And DJ's use some of this stuff in their battles to scratch over and stuff.

It can happen lol.

[TechnoMulen]

ofc they do... most music has been recyled .. why not .. if they can make it sound good or even better :D

[AkitoTheFerret]

Man this takes me back... I'd love some MP3's of these.

[townx]

Do a second part, plz :)

[mig189189189]

Awesome video. Keep on with that good work!

what is the first song called? or the game to that song??

thanks