Thursday, March 28, 2024

A new chiptune album is coming to the Nintendo Famicom

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Every week it feels like a new video game soundtrack gets a vinyl release. Journey, The Last of Us, FTL and Shenmue — none of these are surprises anymore. So what’s next? MiniDiscs? Cassette tapes? Well, some musicians are keen to use cartridges instead. 8BIT MUSIC POWER is a new chiptune album that you’ll need to slide into a Nintendo Famicom (Japan’s equivalent of the NES) to listen to. Developed by RIKI and manufactured by Columbus Circle, it features 12 original tracks from, among others, former Famicom music composers Yuriko Keino (Xevious, Dig Dug) and Takeaki Kunimoto (Star Solider).

Source: RIKI, Amazon Japan

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