Tag Archives: 16bit

ALBUMS, CHIPTUNE, GAME MUSIC, GAMING, MUSIC, RETRO GAMES

Nelward’s Fantastic Funky Video Game Remixes

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Okay, you might not know this about me: I love video game music. Like, a lot. Personally, I never get tired of hearing new versions of classic tunes, and I also fully support the blatant overuse of video game sound effects and voice clips in any situation. So, it is my absolute delight to introduce you to Nelward. He’s just recently released the creatively-titled Remixes for name-your-price on Bandcamp, and it’s great. Do yourself a favor and listen up:

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ROM HACKS

The Best Metroid Games You’ve Never Played

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Metroid is a franchise that has a legacy defined by one word: quality. Especially the early years. Rom Hacking one of these games is like covering a famous song – it has to do something new but somehow pay homage to what made the original great. These ones hit the spot, though.

Metroid is not a casual platformer. From day one, it’s been an immersive and serious experience requiring time and dedication. The games often invoke a claustrophobic alien feeling like few others. Check out these games for hours more of xenophobic exploration that’s fresh yet familiar in all the right ways.

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GAMING, RETRO GAMES, ROM HACKS

Open Emu an open source emulator for Mac!

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This is Open Emu,  an open source emulator for Mac computers, with this site you can choose from a wide variety of games and console emulations ranging from Virtual Boy to SNES.

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COSPLAY & ARTWORK, VIDEOS

Paul Robertson SUPER DINO BOYS Animation

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Check out this sweet compilation of the pixel animation series SUPER DINO BOYS by Melbourne based Paul Robertson, who has worked on projects such as Drawn to Life for the DS, Wizorb, Fez, and most recently on Curses ‘N Chaos. You can check out episodes 1-4 after the jump, as well as a massive bump for Adult Swim!

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