Like a relentless swarm of Space Invaders, retro videogame graphics have marched into music videos over the past decade. Directors, never immune to the nostalgic allure of the pixel, have injected ...

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, ...

Japanese artist and developer Riki Iwasaki last month released 8-Bit Music Power, a chiptune album that as of now can only be played on Nintendo's original home console. Adam Bolton is a contributor ...

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 ...

Following on from their first Kickstarter success, Arcano Systems has this week launched another campaign to crowdfund their new Obscura MIDI 8-bit NES & C64 Chiptune synthesiser which requires just ...

The bleeps and bloops from vintage video games like Donkey Kong, Super Mario Land and Mega Man are being celebrated this weekend at a new festival. Boston Bitdown is a three-day bash with dozens of ...

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 ...

It's relatively easy to brew some authentic Nintendo console-esque sounds with modern software. Here's how to rustle up some chiptune seasoning When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

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 ...