When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: SOPA Images/Getty Images The chiptune music scene grew out of the original hardware, and ...

“What you are listening to are simple and basic oscillators that create very rudimentary sound waves, like the oscillators in an alarm clock. We take this thing that sounds alien and awkward and try ...

We've seen movies like Kill Bill and Blade Runner turned into 8-bit video games, but YouTube user and San Francisco State University student Phillip Raupach has decided to do something different ...

Please take a moment out of your busy day and enjoy this video of ‘The Matrix: Reloaded’ with old school 8 bit sound. YouTube user Phillip Raupach created this awesome mashup of fight scenes with the ...

The 8 Bit Guitar was created by Mike Davenport as part of his senior project at the University of Florida, and it is constructed with some video game controller parts and a guitar. As you can see in ...

One of the best parts of playing classic video games is the music. Chiptunes from platforms like Nintendo are a hallmark of retro gaming, but there’s no reason those 8-bit sounds have to stay in the ...

Musicians using GarageBand, Logic and other loop-based apps with a bent towards the fuzzy sound of 8-bit computers and video game consoles have a new tool in their arsenal, thanks to Sony Creative ...

Musical platformer Sound Shapes gets three new sound packs today, expanding the game's rich composing tools with acoustic sounds, drum kits and chippy 8-bit bleeps and bloops. In addition to those ...

Clones of Shulgin's MIDI machine are available for $500, bling not included. View Slideshow When Russian musician Alexei Shulgin takes the stage, he does so with a computer keyboard strapped across ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Video game music has come a long way since the 8-bit days of bleeps and bloops. Even though we've moved onto epic scores and live orchestra recordings ...

In the basement of a Bowery Street bar in lower Manhattan a musician was working the crowd like a younger (and geekier) version of Keith Richards. Slung waist high was not a guitar, but a PC keyboard ...

Screenshot of "The Adventures of Benjamin Franklin," featuring 8-Bit Ben. The retro 8-bit video game is designed by the Franklin Institute to accompany its current exhibition, "Game Masters." ...