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Chiptunes on a chip, just like mom used to make (before she was eaten by bears)
2:28 AM on 07.05.2007, Nex 11 comments

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Chiptunes artist Alex Mauer has stumbled upon the kind of synergistic, proactive scheme that marketing firms create terms like "synergistic" and "proactive" to describe. Mr. Mauer forgoes the standard MP3 or laser-etched media route with his latest album of bleeps and bloops, and has instead opted to release Vegavox on high-fidelity plastic NES cartridges.

You can purchase a copy of Vegavox from this page for €22 (two hogs' heads), or you can catch a preview clip of his music here.

While many may see this move as merely a novel trick, for those of us who get pixelated nostalgic tears from this particular genre, Mr. Mauer is a genius. In reaction, Destructoid has decided to release all further blog entries on Game Gear cartridges, and each episode of the Podtoid will be shipped to you on a CPS1 board.

[Gracias Tehuberone] 


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nightmareci at 07/05/2007 03:16
Just wondering, but will he be releasing .nsf's of the tunes as well? There's some hardware-based options to run .nsf's on a real 2A03 (or whatever sound chip the other, non-USA NES' have) instead of an emulator capable of playing 2A03 code. I don't have said hardware, but I've always sort of wanted to get more classic music playing hardware, so I can run .nsf's on a real 2A03 whenever I want (SID might be a better choice though, tons more music to run on it).
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Sharpless at 07/05/2007 03:20
I knew I could count on you to bring the Game Gear action, Nex. You my boy, Blue.
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Fana7ic at 07/05/2007 03:56
Yeah .Sid is teh shit. I love the C64 sound chip. Might have to get one.
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CannibalCalvin at 07/05/2007 04:15
I have constructed a lazer using only BULL SEMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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some_dude at 07/05/2007 04:31
I must be real old school, I just listen to the radio, and LMP on my R4DS.
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Antimat3r at 07/05/2007 06:47
FINALLY a use for my game gear...thanks DTOID =P LAWL
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SuperDave at 07/05/2007 07:51
Shit....now I will have to blow on my music too...
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Alaphic at 07/05/2007 08:19
And here I thought I was the only one that remembered the Game Gear. I knew one day that thing would pay off, I just knew it.
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SuperDave at 07/05/2007 10:39
@Alaphic

Haha, I actually have one but the damn thing died. :(
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