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Chiptune Friday: Trip to the Beat

Posted by Derrick Sanskrit

I already posted this song last week, but my enthusiasm for BIT.TRIP BEAT compounds each and every day and I can simply no longer contain it, so here's another burst of retro rhythm awesome:





BEAT, the first game in the BIT.TRIP series from indie developer Gaijin Games, is hitting the internet hype machine pretty hard, so I would expect it to drop on WiiWare within the next couple of months. So much buzz has been generating about the inspired new design that Game Music 4 All ran an interview today with designer Alex Neuse all about the game's soundtrack and his love of chiptune. Alex namedrops some of our faves like Nullsleep and Bubblyfish, even revealing that the main menu and credits will feature music from Bit Shifter and that Gaijin Games would love to be a part of Blip Festival 2009. I've still yet to play the game, but I know that's an event I'd love to be in on. Alex, if you're reading this, I'm sure working with Bit Shifter gives you more of an "in" than I do, but I could probably help in organizing said shindig if you felt so inclined.

Also since last week the game's first official trailer has been released. Check out this wonder and amazement right here:



Previously:
The Commander's Out Of The Bag, And I Couldn't Be More Excited
Blip Festival 2008 Primer Part 1 - Part 2
Chiptune Friday: Nullsleep vs. Depeche Mode
Chiptune Friday: Bit Shifter's "Reformat The Planet"


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Brian Mazzaferri said:

Holy wow this game looks awesome.  Just stumbled across this blog while bumming around browsing some chiptune stuff.  F-yes!

-Brian

February 15, 2009 2:34 PM

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