Skyrunner - “Bang! (Atari 2600)” [Oscilloscope View]

[@PrzeszczepiX]

ladies and gentlemen: this is what can be done on sound chip from 45-year old video game console which was never intended to play music, only simple in-game sounds.

[@ianhuerta6046]

Wow, really?! I didn't know mate. GG.

[@UserSniper]

well said, it only had 32 pitches

[@ASHERXDD]

it seems crazy knowing that the Atari 2600 is three years from being an antique

[@Xonida_NcTroller]

@@ASHERXDD I thought antique meant 100+ years?

[@cursed_cats5710]

the tone at the beginning is the same as my alarm clock and it gives me a heart attack

[@ShwappaJ]

You sure that's an alarm clock 😧

[@claudioricci431]

This distinctive, powerful distorted slightly resonant square wave.

[@Asterra2]

I am weirdly addicted to this tune.

[@TroyFullwood]

If you're wondering why atari waves look like that, it's cause the 2600 TIA uses a bunch of random number generators rather than simple counters because it took less circuitry

[@hakemon]

Not sure where you read that. The TIA only has a pseudo RNG for white noise, called a LFSR. This is achieved by quickly changing the frequency of a pulse wave. That's the two channels 9-bit polynomial counter.

[@TroyFullwood]

@@hakemon i meant the haphazard patterns of the square wave turning on and off for the different audio tones

[@hakemon]

@@TroyFullwood Considering a lot of games don't do that though (Like Donkey Kong for example), where did you read this?

[@VinsCool]

Yuup! Most tones and basses are actually periodic noises due to this. Gives a crunchy charm to it!

[@hakemon]

@@VinsCool Having read up on TIA programming, that little bit of noise at the beginning of each noise is generally produced by the external circuitry around the TIA. Emulators only now just emulate that to give a correct sound, but I have not found ANY proof in regards to a random number generator, etc.

[@katie2940]

this is too complex to be legal

[@John_Smith_Dumfugg]

This is amazing

[@candidoj]

Amazing machine

[@KimStennabbCaesar]

Madness...

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

OMG this goes so fucking hard!!!! And on a 2-channel chip that is notorious for sounding out of tune due to the tech being so primitive!! And it goes on for 7 whole minutes!! This mustve taken up SO much ROM space!!!

[@votekmendo6485]

What did you used to create the music? I know its atari but i would like to know the full setup. THX!

[@-originalLemon-]

Acrouzet didn't create the music, and also, all I can say is that you should use TiaTune, a tracker with a in tune pitch driver for the Atari Tia.

[@SgnileefKaewHtiwNosrepCitsitua]

why do I always see that triangle type+square pulse wave??? still a good music tho

[@nrosquist]

I don’t know if this is what going on here, but that’s what it looks like when you have the oscilloscope in AC mode instead of DC mode

[@SgnileefKaewHtiwNosrepCitsitua]

@@nrosquist my reply got deleted so now i look like im ghosting you.

[@logan8640]

Request: IOcaste by Ctrix & more

[@acrouzet]

Requests are closed right now because my request list is full. Sorry for the inconvenience. Feel free to check the list periodically to know when requests have been reopened: docs.google.com/document/d/171d0S-n6zj7JjbNG_9pz1PfzZnNYbkfT3tz_ibpoA-g/

[@recycledsteel3693]

Hardware guys were like, yeah for some sound effects, software guys were like nope.

[@ЕкатеринаКраснова-щ7т]

0:05 Sounds of a non-authorized computer

[@MTIX_iy]

Wait until you see the demo