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Sometimes it’s worth doing something in an inefficient way. For example, it might be worth it in order to learn something new, or just to use a particular part. [Deater] did just that with the ...

Chiptune music is one the many phenomena that '80s era gaming nostalgia spawned — but to get into it you need to mod a working 30-year-old NES into an instrument. Now, a company called Assorted Wires ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: SOPA Images/Getty Images The chiptune music scene grew out of the original hardware, and ...

Anyone that needs to create retro sounds in the form of Nintendo style chiptune music, may be interested in a new Arcano MIDI NES Chiptune Synthesizer that has been created by Arcano Systems. The palm ...

Chiptune music – tunes made using hacked sound chips from video game hardware – is as well-known to many gamers who snap to the nostalgic bleeps and bloops as it is known to fans of creative ...

The semester is wrapping up at Cornell, and that means it’s time for the final projects from [Bruce Land]’s lab. Every year we see some very cool projects, and this year is no exception. For their ...

If you were lucky enough to own one of the earlier game consoles, you may still remember those little bleeps that passed for music. Earlier technology was extremely limited in the way it could output ...