Dans la Matrice, Eric Hill a dit:
quoted 5 lines I just installed the Williams Digital Arcade and realized that the sounds on>
> I just installed the Williams Digital Arcade and realized that the sounds on
> these machines had quite a strong impact on me as a kid. Defender! Joust!
> Robotron! Chock full of beeps, burbles and scritches to keep those young
> ears occupied. Was Ryuichi Sakamoto a tester in the 70's?
In the early days, the sound chips on arcade machines were analog. Sampling
was used only for voices (and it was a novelty too). Stuff like Curtis
electromusic chips or yamaha were usually used. Later, yamaha got a huge
chunk of the market with it's fm chips (digital), and that's when they
started making rock soundtracks :(
On a related subject, the best track i've heard for a video game is
definitely Wipe Out (Psygnosis). Note that the game and the soundtrack
are available independently, but the UK versions of both are much
better than their US/Canada counterpart, something that i dont think
was mentionned on this list. I bought the US/Canada version of the game
and quickly noticed that the Chemical brothers, Orbital and Leftfield
tracks were absent. I promptly sold it and am awaiting the UK version
any day now (you'll need a TV that can dig PAL if you want to play
it however).
One positive point for techno music is that Wipe Out is the best
selling title for the Sony Playstation (over 300000 sold in a month)
and that all the reviews gave high marks for the music.
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