GAME TIME

8bit style 14

NECC-2016

8-bit(e) Me

At long last, one of the most challenging songs ever to grace the Guitar Hero series (keep in mind, I'm still a retrogamer/retro fan) has finally been translated to my usual, tried-and-true NES form! 

Original Song: Buckethead (under FAIR USE - NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED)

Buckethead's "Jordan" (8-Bit Cover)

Remember my first attempt last year (https://soundcloud.com/8bitky-2k13/kiss-detroit-rock-city-8-bit)?  I've brought the best and most-badass out of the space-age hard rock quartet [whose legacy has now spanned 40 straight years] in NES form yet again, improved beyond belief!  

Also, I'd like to dedicate this to another hardcore KISS fan whose B-day's coming up in 2 days!

Original Song: KISS (Mercury Records c/o Universal) [under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

KISS' "Detroit Rock City" (8-Bit Cover, Revision 2)

Time and time again, I've heard countless variations of this classic-as-f**k theme - the original SNES, the Sharp X68000, Bloodlines (Genesis), Chronicles (PS1)....I could go on all damn day!

Why not compose my own variation of it?  Dedicated to all horror fans and Castlevania fans, especially....EVERYWHERE!!

Original Song: Masanori Adachi & Taro Kudo (Courtesy Konami, 1991-onward)

Castlevania - 'Dance of the Holy Man,' Theme of Simon (8-Bit Cover)

As part of yet another in the series of my post-hiatus comebacks, I'm dedicating this number to all SHINOBI fans everywhere - this was heard during the boss fight for Stage 3, in which Musashi takes on an enormous, deformed bio-monstrosity known as 'Hydra', whose only means of offense include not only its arm, but also portions of his skin and an impenetrable beam of light!  Every time you inflicted damage, he would change color dramatically and bury/arise every once in a while...enjoy, folks!!

Original Song: Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama & Masayuki Nagao (Courtesy Sega 1993) 

Shinobi 3 - Return of the Ninja Master / Super Shinobi 2, "My Dear D - Boss #3, Hydra" (8-Bit Cover)

A forest hostile to humanity's very existence, poisoning all who enter. Why then would you venture through...? Cruelly, the last hope for mankind, the antidote against the encroaching toxic fog, is held secret by it's oldest tree.

Originally created for Thasauce OHC347, where everyone has an hour (and a bit) to create and submit a composition: http://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/OHC348

Watch this visualized in NSFPlay Synthesia on youtube: http://youtu.be/_I5xRgGsAss
Download .ftm (requires 0CC-Famitracker 0.3.5 or later, see http://hertzdevil.info/forum/discussion/2/0cc-famitracker-0-3-5 ): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56073318/Famitracker/My%20Songs/Putrid%20Forest.ftm
Download .nsf (works in NSFPlay Synthesia http://forums.famitracker.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=101 ): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56073318/Famitracker/My%20Songs/Putrid%20Forest.nsf

This song is Creative Commons licensed. You may re-use it for any purpose you wish as long as you attribute it (and let me know that you did!)

Artwork is from http://ebonysnowwhite.deviantart.com/art/Toxic-Forest-209921689

[8-Bit Forboding Instrumental] Putrid Forest

This is for all the CAPCOM fans the world over...by now, this ditty should at least jog your memory a smidgen or 2!  It's from the 2nd stage of the sequel to one of the hardest arcade games ever made (which, unlike its predecessor, was later ported to the Sega Genesis - as a launch title, I should add; and the Japan-only Supergrafx/PC Engine), in which Arthur's exploring through the above-mentioned title area - inhabited by rock turtles, scorpions, fire-bats & finally Cerberus!

Original Composition: Tamayo Kawamoto (Courtesy Capcom 1988)

Ghouls 'n Ghosts - Stage 2, The Village of Decay & Destruction (8-Bit Cover)

Whew, that's a long title, isn't it? Anyways...

Here's a song from a game that I played in my childhood. I didn't get this far into it, but after finding a rather high-quality game rip *wink wink* on SiIvaGunner's channel, I was instantly reminded of it. What I was surprised to find out is that the original composer is 4mat, who I only knew for a couple of his chiptune works. Interesting stuff, IMO.

Credit goes to HertzDevil for the steel drum sample.

Original by Matt Simmonds (4mat). Made in 0CC-FamiTracker v0.3.14.1, and uses the new .0cc extension as well as several features. http://hertzdevil.info/programs/

(Oh, and just a heads up- Any files that use any 0CCft-exclusive features will be saved under the .0cc extension from now on, to distinguish from normal .ftm files.)

MP3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzYFmL8hMnKwNWxlZzExbjJRem8/view?pref=2&pli=1
0CC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzYFmL8hMnKwZnluZjBQQWZGUWs/view?pref=2&pli=1
NSF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzYFmL8hMnKweTdscFI2Q1R3SG8/view?pref=2&pli=1

SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge- Industrial Fields & Oil Rig [6-N163]

Ever since hearing the VGO's version of this song at their Capcom Live performance with Nakama and his associates, I've felt compelled to reconstruct and bust out my own tribute to the flagship third-party developer/publisher's fantasy-themed RPG series (not that I've played much of it, mind you...)!  This is heard in the credits, at the end of at least one of its installments (despite this particular cover being inspired by a few guitar renditions).

Original Song: Yuko Komiyama (Courtesy Capcom, 2004-ongoing)

Monster Hunter - "Proof of a Hero" (8-Bit Cover)

The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes (8-Bit)

Weezer - Say It Ain't So (8-Bit)

Motion City Soundtrack - Make Out Kids (8-Bit)

New Found Glory - My Friends Over You (8-Bit)

Bright Eyes - First Day Of My Life (8-Bit)

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (8-Bit)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

Circa Survive - Living Together (8-Bit)

Since I made a soundcloud account to bash a footwork music artist for stealing Sapling by Blitz Lunar, I figured I might as well upload some of my music.

This one here is a cover of Aruarian Dance by Nujabes. I made this in famitracker 3.8 beta 3 with the default 2A03 chip and the VRC7 expansion chip. If any of you have watched Samurai Champloo, then you may recall this song (though I vaguely remember this song playing in a scene where Jin was with a woman who wasnt Fuu, fuck man idk that was like 5-6 years ago lmao).

Anyway, I started this one at the beginning of March. It wasn't really difficult, but this also marks the first time I ever used VRC7. I can't say I'm all too fond of the way the volumes work in VRC7, but I tried to work with it the best I could. I also took a couple liberties with the song (mainly the chords) so hopefully it doesn't detract from my cov as a whole.

Enjoy!

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1848sj45_Q
FTM: http://www.mediafire.com/?ap8anwdaynz18rf
NSF: http://www.mediafire.com/?45b1nt893qvy2tc

Nujabes - Aruarian Dance (Cover) [2A03+VRC7]

Blitz Lunar: @blitzlunar

BLIPS LUNAR is a choice selection of Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) chiptunes I wrote between 2007~2012, for Ubiktune.com, Famicompo mini, BattleOfTheBits.org et al., now all available in one place for convenience and ease of integration with modern media players. ♪ 

Download includes the original NSF data, playable with NSF players, NES emulators and (in some cases) the original NES game console. 

FamiTracker project files (FTM) are also available, thanks to Samuel Ascher-Weiss (Shnabubula) for hosting these!: arnoldascher.com/BLIPSLUNAR_FTMs.zip 
credits
released August 24, 2018 

Composed 2007~2012 by Dave Harris. iridescentaudio.co.uk 
Complete original release credits and sound chip information is included; please check the info for each track. 

All tracks produced with FamiTracker by jsr. famitracker.com 
Re-recorded in 2018 using NSF Live!, also by jsr. http://web.archive.org/web/20151027114921/http://user.tninet.se/~zxy965r/nsf.zip 

Cover art by Blitz Lunar. (1,000,000 hours in MS Paint) 

Big thanks & shout-out to Dmitry Zhemkov (C-jeff) & Ubiktune. ubiktune.com

BLIPS LUNAR

15. The Labyrinth of Skadi [Winter]

12. Octagonal Battlebots

A fun little cover of one of my favorite Strokes songs.

The Strokes - Hard to Explain (8-Bit Cover)

A continuation of my last station (8Bit_KY2k13).  Basically, just like the aforementioned previous sound bank - this one's packed with WAY more NES-inspired [8-Bit] covers of various indie and mainstream [no infringement/pirating intended] rock/ska/folk songs, as well as non-NES arranged tunes!  Also, as with the previous sound bank, my duration's running very short, so be on the lookout for the last one!


IMPORTANT NOTE (heartfelt regards/apologies to all 'brothers' who happen to come across it): I will NOT cover any dubstep, hip-hop/rap and/or R&B songs - AT ALL!

Buckethead's "Jordan" (8-Bit Cover)

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