C64 Rob Hubbard's "Mega Apocalypse" Oscilloscope View

[@sgtflashback5442]

I had a 90 min cassette tape with ONLY this nonstop. In my walkman 27/4. Summer of 1989.

[@SRDhain]

This and IK+ proved that Rob was so good on the 6581 , that he could even better his own originals by remixing them within the boundaries of the c64.

[@trulyinfamous]

I love a good use of the triangle wave. I love the slightly muted ting it can get.

[@JestersDeadUK]

One of the best if not THE BEST on the c64, so multilayered and complex, pure genius!!!

[@lightweave]

Wow! This is amazing! When I watched the video, I thought there are Sawtooth, Rectangle and Noise overlapping each other in the same voice, and I thought: WTF! How is this possible if it is not digitized sound (which I know it isn't). Now when I watched it in slow motion, I can see that they are not overlapping, but interspersed, so they give the illusion of multiple voices in the same channel. I didn't know this is possible, as I thought this can only be done with i.e. drums or such, where you have distinct pauses in between which you can use to inject other sounds. Really great work!

[@ct88910]

I think this is based on Crazy Comets, it definitely has that motif. EDIT: yep it's a fucking sequel to it

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

Yep just found it out as well, that Mega Apocalypse is not a Crazy Comets ripoff, but a follow up game! Didn't know that game!

[@GregDaniel78]

One dislike? Probably the creator of the Mad Planets arcade game.

[@kyorin6526]

Was so hard!

[@hansdegroot652]

Thank u for a pure version 😀👍🏻

[@GregDaniel78]

"Missuhl!! Mi-Mi-Missuhl! Extra wife!"

[@RolfRBakke]

Haha, I should have included those samples! :)

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

@@RolfRBakke Glad you didn't!

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

My favourite SID tune (even over Sanxion loader!), used to load this game and just leave the title screen on (the game was crap) to listen to the music!

[@NemesisElite2010]

AMAZING Rob Hubbard

[@smorpht923]

Hey Rolf, thanks for this Vids and this playlist. Its the perfect motivation music for work. =)

[@richardwhitehead6966]

In a better world, Rob Hubbard would be more well known to the wider community of stand out game music composers.

[@daibonehead]

Contains a higher state of consciousness before Josh Wink was sentient.

[@bishopworks3203]

This is like a remix to Crazy Comets, my all time favourite C64 song.

[@AntonioPetrelli]

In fact Mega Apocalypse is the sequel of Crazy Comets.

[@LarsTragel-zh7ei]

LOL. It IS a remix of CC.

[@mima85]

Another great tune from the Master :-D

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

So satisfying to watch!

[@christianherbst674]

This awesome soundtrack and constantly *baddaboom* *kaaa-chk* *dakadakadaka* *boom* *ratatatata* *badaboom* *chkchkchkkaboom* *captain one!* *missoh* *rotate* *extra life*

[@brutusmuerto]

3 channel genious. I LOVE Sid chip.

[@hakunkamminga3915]

Shit,what did nI just watch, fucking EPIC

[@cloud3810]

this sounds like something out of a sonic game, sonic & knuckles to be exact

[@LarsTragel-zh7ei]

No.

[@WilliamMoser]

these are great, would love to see/hear Cyberdyne Warrior if you are taking requests, if you aren't just keep doing what you are doing!

[@jongheumpark6913]

wow this is like crazy comets remix

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

It literally is!

[@gageiannitelli6994]

This is amazing!

[@romaneberle]

this is just superb 1:04 and on

[@kolbyte]

Dude, plz make vid with sid "Nutcase - Atomic War"

[@benja14xd]

Awesome song, and the visuals of the oscilloscope are too crazy What program do you use for the oscilloscope????

[@RolfRBakke]

SidWiz

[@AntonioPetrelli]

Hello Rolf, I searched through the Internet and I did not find anything about SidWiz. Is it underground or what?

[@MrGarapablo]

Hey Rolf, can I request a song to see in a oscilloscope? The intro song from Commando is one of my favourites :)

[@eduardopupucon]

this reminds me of another music, can't actually remember

[@rogerwennstrom6677]

Probably Crazy Comets, also by Rob Hubbard :) (Mega Apocalypse is the sequel)

[@richardwhitehead6966]

Or Arilou theme from Star Control 2. That theme seems to be influenced by both Crazy Comets and Mega Apocalypse (more Crazy Comets though)

[@simonrichard9873]

Isn't it kinda similar to Crazy Comets?

[@saucedispenser9167]

That's what I was thinking.

[@wbdeejay]

Yes. But it's MEGA APOCALYPSE, everything bigger and better :)

[@tongey1]

Mega Apocalypse is the sequel to Crazy Comets. So, Yes. Similar Musix :)

[@jamesdeen8158]

The first channel does sound like it's playing the melody to Crazy Comets.

[@roboticbaboon3125]

Fuck yeah!

[@stoicvampirepig6063]

I love these, can you do Time Machine by Martin Walker please?

[@stoicvampirepig6063]

And Hubbards Rasputin.

[@BikeNutt1970]

Some nice arps but not a patch on his original composition. Also the Original game loaded in 27 seconds from tape which was great if (like me) all you wanted was the music accompanied by the starfield swirl on the intro screen.

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

Disagree strongly, this is FAR superior to the original tune!

[@richardwhitehead6966]

@@RichardM-kv4uu I think they both have their own special qualities. I commented on the Crazy Comets theme that it sounds as though it heavily influenced the Arilou theme from Star Control 2. Crazy Comets is a bit more laid back and Mega Apocalypse cranks up the tempo.

[@AntonioPetrelli]

I never understood the silence at 0:22

[@rogerwennstrom6677]

It's weird: on a friends c64 there was a low volume "tick tick tick" sound in the background during that silence - sort of like a snare drum - which kept the silent part more interesting. I guess it only was some kind of electrical intereference (as nothing can be heard or seen on the scopes here) but it sorta worked better that way.

[@rogerwennstrom6677]

Hmm, or do I remember it wrong and confusing it with the very end of the song? Damn, I'm getting old :(

[@AntonioPetrelli]

I checked on Stone Oakvalley's Authentic SID Collection and none of the chip versions MP3s you can listen the tick tick. However the length of those MP3s are 7:22 instead of 7:46, so either the STIL info are broken or, possibly, there is a bug in the SID code that prevented the tick tick to sound on first iteration.

[@wbdeejay]

It's a… dramatic pause! Always loved that touch

[@wbdeejay]

Roger Wennström in this clip you can hear the ticks near the end ~7:45 - after the tune has started repeating and hits that "silent" part again

[@timcrompton3427]

I wonder if the heavy borrowing from Crazy comets was intentional? It's almost like he hacked his own tune and changed a few values to hear what it would sound like. When I saw the patterns on the 1st osc I knew it straight away having watched crazy comets so many times.

[@mrsid6581]

I dunno, maybe because Mega Apocalypse was the sequel to Crazy Comets? :) Nah, that makes no sense...

[@MichelMOURET]

LOOOL so true :D

[@timcrompton3427]

mrsid6581 Crazy Comets was a shit game with good music. So was Mega Apocalypse any good? Because this remix is shit compared to the original.

[@GregDaniel78]

Me and my friends had a blast with this. It was simultaneous two player and had tons of speech samples (which mattered back then). If you didn't like Crazy Comets then this will not be even worth looking at. It was more of the same, but fancier.

[@elizabethpate]

1987

[@MegaPuffycat]

*insert joke*

[@BalczoLev]

I recommend to watch it slowed down.. It's kinda like watching an impressionist painting using your ears.. A dissonant masterpiece