Support RS at patreon.com/reasonablysound It’s all about nostalgia and limitation as Mike chips away (ahhh?!?!?) at the world of chiptunes music. If you played video games years and years ago, you’ll hear a set of sounds that will be completely familiar, even when used in unfamiliar compositional genres. Mike explores the anatomy of chiptunes sounds and composition, and looks into chiptunes’ relationship to hacking and the counterculture. PLUS: lots of clips of music from the video games of bygone times. And Mike pronouncing more European names. And the line “making bonk-bonk noises.” -- SOURCES -- Endless Loop: A Brief History of Chiptunes by Kevin Driscoll and Joshua Diaz http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/96/94 Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design by Karen Collins Playing with Sound by Karen Collins Music in Video Games, ed. Donnelly, et al The Sound of Playing: A Study into the Music and Culture of Chiptunes by A. Yabsley Gameboy sound hardware http://gbdev.gg8.se/wiki/articles/Gameboy_sound_hardware 8-bit Punk by Malcolm McClaren http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/11.11/mclaren.html?pg=1&topic=&topic_set= MOS Tech SID on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_SID SID on the C64 wiki wiki.com/index.php/SID">https://www.c64-wiki.com/index.php/SID -- THANKS -- And a special thanks to these Reasonably Sound Patrons: Brandon Bennes, Hans Buetow, Xander C, Talia F E, Camilla Greer, Parker Higgins, Joe Krushinsky, Tod Kurt, Ethan Rose, and Susan Rugnetta. -- a previous version of this episode contained the following MUSIC -- Intro and Outro – Square and Enjoy by Goto80 http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Goto80/Open_Funk_Sores/00_goto80_-_square_and_enjoy Break #1: Can’t Stop Us by Chipzel https://chiptuneswin.bandcamp.com/track/cant-stop-us Break #2: Chango Island by Kupa http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kupa/Bit_Pairat/vira_-_VIRANET02_Kupa_-_Bit_Pairat_-_03_Chango_Island Break #3: mushroom giggles by minusbaby http://freemusicarchive.org/music/minusbaby/O_Que_No_Tem_Juzo_20032006/05-minusbabymushroom_giggles