Thursday, May 11, 2006
Super Nerdy?
Sometimes we all want to listen to video game music the way it was meant to sound, and midi just doesn't cut it. The midi "arranger" always takes some stupid liberty, and suddenly the Kingdom of Zeal is thumping half-assed house beats. And those mp3s! One minute and a half of Bubbleman's stage and then it stops? Why did I download that crap? We've all been through that.
Yesterday I downloaded a little player that plays .nsf files. NSF files are hacks of the original sound information from the NES, and the players are like emulators except just for the sound. And you can find .nsf files for just about any game! One file usually has every song from a given game, and they sound great! And usually they just loop the song until you switch the track. Now you can finally listen to Crashman's stage music for 15 minutes straight right on your PC or Laptop.
Go here for a page full of links to .nsf players.
And here is a good place to start looking for NSF music.
And if you're interested (i.e. super nerdy), get sidplay and some .sid files and listen to some Commodore 64 game music, which sounds rather different from the NES but is also lots of fun. (Michael recommends Wizball.)
Yesterday I downloaded a little player that plays .nsf files. NSF files are hacks of the original sound information from the NES, and the players are like emulators except just for the sound. And you can find .nsf files for just about any game! One file usually has every song from a given game, and they sound great! And usually they just loop the song until you switch the track. Now you can finally listen to Crashman's stage music for 15 minutes straight right on your PC or Laptop.
Go here for a page full of links to .nsf players.
And here is a good place to start looking for NSF music.
And if you're interested (i.e. super nerdy), get sidplay and some .sid files and listen to some Commodore 64 game music, which sounds rather different from the NES but is also lots of fun. (Michael recommends Wizball.)
# posted by Michael : 8:37 PM
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Does that mean you quickly downloaded an NSF player and a slew of glorious 8-bit soundz? I hope so. Blaster Master had some pretty good music, I now remember!
If that's the case, what player(s) did you get? I'm trying to figure out which is best. VirtuaNSF isn't so bad, though it mysteriosly stopped working today and I had to delete it and unzip it again. Strange.
If that's the case, what player(s) did you get? I'm trying to figure out which is best. VirtuaNSF isn't so bad, though it mysteriosly stopped working today and I had to delete it and unzip it again. Strange.
i can't remember the name of the player i got, but i got music from castlevania and megaman and something else.
thats cool!!! by the way you guys should check out horse the band that i posted on song of the week. they use nintendo as a influence for their songs and some of the keyboard work sounds like it could be game music too.i only have two songs by them birdo and cutman and both are pretty rocking but i need to get the album... whi knew nintendo
Hai Frend!
I heer said that James adn Andrizzle are going doun to vizit u this on weekdays? Mi kewl older bro Timmy 2 Sweets saiz this means a Sweetness reunyon. Plz can u mak song abowt how sweet it iz to b back 2gether agin?
Thx U!!!
I heer said that James adn Andrizzle are going doun to vizit u this on weekdays? Mi kewl older bro Timmy 2 Sweets saiz this means a Sweetness reunyon. Plz can u mak song abowt how sweet it iz to b back 2gether agin?
Thx U!!!
# posted by 
: 8:46 AM
: 8:46 AM
Speaking of 8-bit nintendo....I stumbled upon a website selling art people had done using 8-bit for thier inspiration. There is some pretty cool stuff there.
http://www.iam8bit.net/preview/
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http://www.iam8bit.net/preview/
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