I know chiptunes are normally Derrick's game around these parts, but when I stumbled on Dr. Octoroc's 8-bit Jesus, I couldn't resist. It's an album of Christmasy chip tunes, half of which is available for free online as individual mp3's or a rar/zip file.
Now, as if a collection of bleep-bloopy Christmas songs weren't enough, Dr. Octoroc has carefully arranged each song to mimic the signature style of a specific development studio, publishin company or franchise. "The First Noel" is given the Hyrulian marching band treatment in "The Legend of Noel". "We Three Kings" plays like a frantic Contra boss battle in "We Three Konami". These classics should fit nicey between Bing and Andy Williams this holiday season.
Head on over to Dr. Octoroc's site for nine free songs.
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