Various - Input 64


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Label: Enduro, L'Age D'Or
Catalog#: ENDURO R_03_01_CD, LADO 17080-2
Format: CD, Compilation
Country:Germany
Released:2001
Genre: Electronic
Style: Chiptune
Notes:A collection of Commodore 64 game music from 1984-1989.
Rating: 4.36/5 (14 votes) Rate It
46 have this / 12 want this
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Tracklisting:

1 Jeroen Tel Music From Turbo Outrun (Intro) (0:13)
2 Rob Hubbard BMX Kidz Title Theme (3:06)
3 Jeroen Tel Alloy Run Main Theme (3:53)
4 Jeroen Tel Theme From Kinetix (5:01)
5 Peter Liepa Boulder Dash (2:00)
6 Ben Daglish The Last Ninja Wilderness In-Game (4:09)
7 Rob Hubbard Crazy Comets Main Theme (4:44)
8 Martin Galway Magnetic Fields IV (As Used In Yie Ar Kung-Fu) (5:30)
9 Peter Clarke Theme From Bubble Bobble (1:29)
10 Jeroen Tel Music From Turbo Outrun (4:19)
11 Chris Huelsbeck* Final Theme From Baby Of Can Guru (4:58)
12 Martin Galway Theme From Arkanoid (2:29)
13 Rob Hubbard One Man And His Droid Title Theme (4:50)
14 Martin Galway Insects In Space Intro (0:27)
15 Peter Liepa Boulder Dash II : Rockford's Revenge (1:38)
16 Chris Huelsbeck* Theme From The Antics-Chip War (4:46)
17 Chris Huelsbeck* Intro-Theme From Starball (5:50)
18 Rob Hubbard Monty On The Run Main Theme (4:08)
19 Jeroen Tel Music From Turbo Outrun (Outro) (0:55)
User Reviews:
planet-noise, Jun 20, 2007

This compilation CD is a deceit.
A horrible way to make money of innocent people, and I dont think the artist which mentioned here got payed for their work.

Actually, all you get here, is a recording of the original tunes, preformed by the legendary machine - the Commodore 64 computer. You can easily download those tunes as the original SID files, from any Commodore 64 fan site, and play it on a freeware SID Player, or a SID plug-in for your Real Player. The sound quality is exactly the same - 8 bit tunes, based on 3 channels, and a volume channel which usually been used to make beat which was based on white noise, just like the original SID chip that you had on your C64.

The music itself is still doing it. After so many year, it finally get the attention it deserves, not to mention that the whole "Electro-Clash" scene is based on those square-wave sounds, with that "Low-Tech" feeling.
Also, you cant call it "A Best Of..." collection, since the C64 has many other better and more familiar tunes. Still, "The Last Ninja" tune is an all time favorite (the tune was so much better the the game), and "Boulder Dash" made me wonder why the hell did I spend so much time as a kid, on that annoying game, trying to figure out how to solve the mazes and get the diamonds without getting smashed by a rock or those bloody 4-pixel butterflies...

Ignore this release, type C64 in your search engine, download and enjoy these unforgettable games and tunes. Just please remember that you also have other duties and things to do with your life ;-)

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