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 ...

If you are in the market for a retro 8-bit chiptune synthesizer you may be interested in a new piece of hardware which is being created by Arcano Systems the form of the Gem-8. The Gem-8 has been ...

Audio has been moving steadily toward higher fidelity and resolution as components become cheaper and more advanced. If it ain’t 24-bit and 192kHz, many people simply aren’t interested. But this week, ...

This article was taken from the August 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

Haven't yet been introduced to the wonders that is the nascent chiptune scene? That's where Paul Owens' Reformat the Planet comes in, a documentary covering the growing 8-bit powered music style. The ...

The twinkly notes of 8-bit music, also known as ‘chiptune,’ are a definite nostalgia-stirrer. Whether you remember the cheery tunes of the first ‘Super Mario Bros.’ or the looping melody of the Namco ...

Here at Bitmob, we cover stories about chiptunes all the time, but this is the first time we've seen an 8-bit recording artist create his own instrument. A University of Florida senior named Mike ...

German developer and musician Alice Zeppa has created an umbrella that uses Piezo sensors to detect rainfall and turn it into chiptunes. German developer and musician Alice Zeppa has created an ...

With its vintage sound, there’s no mistaking the unique 8-bit sound of video games from the 80s and 90s. It became so popular that eventually sparked its own genre of music known as “chiptune” for ...

GameCentral speaks to the composer of The 8-Bit Big Band, about the current state of video game music and his upcoming show in London. Back in 2022 we did a short news article on a jazz influenced ...