8 Bit Weapon!

The Chief · Sep 28, 2004

If you have no idea what I'm talking about head over to www.8bitweapon.com and check them out.

They make some of the coolest music ever with oldschool 8-bit consoles. If you're curious as to what it sounds like there are sound samples available for download and they've got CD's for sale right on the web page at a very reasonable price. I encourage people who like video game tunes to check them out.

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Sep 28, 2004

pretty cool.

but soon i shall be making better beats using vg samples.

soon meaning when i can afford a good drum machine/sampler.

Cylotron · Sep 28, 2004

this type of music is called 'Chip'. there aren't very many producers out there doing this style, but if you like it there's another style somewhat similiar to this called 'Retro' that you guys might be interested in checking out.

if all this sort of stuff does fancy you though then i'd recommend checking out artists like Dr Shingo, Ural 13 Diktators, Micromusic, DJ Gio MC-505, etc...
or to broaden it a bit more, here's some labels that have artists that do stuff like this occasionally: Frogman Records, Good Life Records, Lasergun Records, Muller Records, PocketGame.

galfordo · Sep 28, 2004

Pretty cool stuff - although I wish they had more samples available (the SMB2 link is broken). Anyway, thanks for t3h heads up.

aria · Sep 28, 2004

I still think the best "chip" group I've heard is

8-bit Construction Set

Kaiju Big Battel used their tune "Dollar" really well in one of their music videos (they have full samples of "Dollar" and "Saucemaster").

http://www.beigerecords.com/products/beg-004.html

The Chief · Sep 28, 2004

galfordo said:
Pretty cool stuff - although I wish they had more samples available (the SMB2 link is broken). Anyway, thanks for t3h heads up.

I hear you man, I listened to those short samples over and over again until I received the "Official Bootleg CD" in the mail. When you sign up for the Fan Club you get that CD along with it and if you as me it's the best $10 I've spent in a while. BTW, SMB2 is awesome, too bad the link is broken.

Curt · Sep 29, 2004

I saw them at CGE this year... they're pretty cool...

i'd post a pic but my photobucket is down.

Mike Shagohod · Sep 29, 2004

Dooooood I clicked on the "Metroid" one and it played for like 4 seconds then my browser shut down? I'm sure the site's cool though.

MERCENARY X99

The Chief · Sep 29, 2004

CurtWRX said:
I saw them at CGE this year... they're pretty cool...

i'd post a pic but my photobucket is down.

Awesome man, I'd love to see them play live. I hope they tour a bit on the East Coast next year so I can catch a show.

Orochi Iori Y · Sep 29, 2004

Yea, those guys are pretty sweet. I am more into the Minibosses though, check them out here: http://minibosses.com/

:buttrock:

The Chief · Sep 29, 2004

Orochi Iori Y said:
Yea, those guys are pretty sweet. I am more into the Minibosses though, check them out here: http://minibosses.com/

Not bad man, thanks for the link

Dancing Mad · Sep 29, 2004

As a big fan of 8-bit music for many many years, I always wanted to learn to make my own. What equipment do these guys use?

Right now my only source of making 8-bit music is my Famicom ROM of the shooter creator game "Dezaemon".

The Chief · Sep 29, 2004

Dancing Mad said:
As a big fan of 8-bit music for many many years, I always wanted to learn to make my own. What equipment do these guys use?

Right now my only source of making 8-bit music is my Famicom ROM of the shooter creator game "Dezaemon".

I honestly don't know much about how the music is made but it sure sounds great. You could always email 8 Bit Weapon on their web site and ask them, they might be able to give you some info.

Curt · Sep 29, 2004

Here they are in all their 8-bit glory... notice on their website their faces are blurred.

Not here though!!! Muhahahaha

also dig their kickass Dot Matrix Banner...

It was cool seeing them do this stuff right before your eyes... very cool.

The Chief · Sep 29, 2004

CurtWRX said:
Here they are in all their 8-bit glory... notice on their website their faces are blurred.

Not here though!!! Muhahahaha

also dig their kickass Dot Matrix Banner...

It was cool seeing them do this stuff right before your eyes... very cool.

Woah, cool pics. Thanks for sharing. I can only imagine how cool it was to see a live show.

The Chief · Sep 30, 2004

Orochi Iori Y said:
Yea, those guys are pretty sweet. I am more into the Minibosses though, check them out here: http://minibosses.com/

I had a chance to listen ot both the Megaman 2 and Castlevania 3 tracks and they were quite impressive. It seems they are sold out of their EP CD though, do you know of anyone whos still selling it?

FeelGood · Sep 30, 2004

lol i would hate to see a room of the people that would actually go see these guys in concert.

"omfg i couldnt believe my eyes i didnt think they could ever have enough time to do the sonic theme but then as we were leaving some dude said ENCORE! and everyone turned into frenzy and started moshing to the sounds of sonic then they followed up with CASTLEVAAAAAAANNNNIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAA i was like :eek:

"

Curt · Sep 30, 2004

FeelGood said:
lol i would hate to see a room of the people that would actually go see these guys in concert.

"omfg i couldnt believe my eyes i didnt think they could ever have enough time to do the sonic theme but then as we were leaving some dude said ENCORE! and everyone turned into frenzy and started moshing to the sounds of sonic then they followed up with CASTLEVAAAAAAANNNNIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAA i was like "

You just described the people at the Classic Gaming Expo.

I fucking flipped out when I heard Metroid though :loco:

The Chief · Sep 30, 2004

CurtWRX said:
I fucking flipped out when I heard Metroid though

Seriously, they did a very good job with Metroid.

Orochi Iori Y · Oct 1, 2004

The Chief said:
I had a chance to listen ot both the Megaman 2 and Castlevania 3 tracks and they were quite impressive. It seems they are sold out of their EP CD though, do you know of anyone whos still selling it?

I think that they just sold it via their web site... I grabbed a copy as soon as I heard it was out. It has some pretty good cover art too, with Samus and Dracula playing Nintendo while MegaMan watches over their shoulders with a bucket of chicken in his arms.

Not sure if they have it on their site still, but if the have Wizards and Warriors up there still grab that it is great as well as the ones that have been mentioned. Really all of their stuff is great. I think that they are planning on releasing another studio album.

:buttrock:

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