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#1950: Makke - Arkanoid (SID No More Mix)
Added to rotation: 2004-09-26 02:43:19
Song last played: 2026-06-05 02:14:05
Song last requested: 2026-03-27 07:15:29
Artist last played: 2026-06-09 01:09:00
Number of plays: 979
Requests: 461
Votes: 235
Song length: 02:39


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SID INFO
HVSC path: MUSICIANS/G/Galway_Martin/Arkanoid.sid
Title: Arkanoid
Composer: Martin Galway
Copyright: 1987 Imagine
Subtunes: 20
SID model: MOS6581

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STIL commentThis is the very first published tune on the C64 that used samples. "Q: How did you get involved with using sampled sounds? MG: I figured out how samples were played by hacking into someone else's code... OK, I admit it... It was a drum synthesizer package called Digidrums, actually, so you could still say I was the first to include samples in a piece of music. [...] Never would I claim to have invented that technique, I just got it published first. In fact, I couldn't really figure out where they got the sample data, just that they were wiggling the volume register, so I tried to make up my own drum sample sounds in realtime - which is the flatulence stuff that shipped in 'Arkanoid'. [...] After the project was in the shops I gained access to some real drum samples, and I slid those into my own custom version of the tune. The one that's in the shops is kind of a collage of farts & burps, don't you think? [...] Later I was able to acquire some proper drum samples and by 'Game Over' it got quite sophisticated." (MG)
 
SUBTUNE INFO
 
#1 - Cobra (Title) [from the Spectrum game]
 
  Artist: Martin Galway
  Comment: "I'm glad you spotted 'Cobra' on the Spectrum, whose tune I was in love with and HAD to use somewhere else...! I figured no-one would complain if I used it a year later [for Arkanoid] on the C64." (MG)
 
#2 - Hiscore [from the arcade game Arkanoid]
 
  Artist: Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata)
 
#3 - Intro [from the arcade game Arkanoid]
 
  Artist: Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata)
 
#4 - Level Start [from the arcade game Arkanoid]
 
  Artist: Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata)
 
#5 - Boss Level Start [from the arcade game Arkanoid]
 
  Artist: Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata)
 
#6 - Game Over [from the arcade game Arkanoid]
 
  Artist: Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata)
 
#7 - Extra Life [from the arcade game Arkanoid]
 
  Artist: Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata)
 




REMIX64.COM
OVERALL REMIX64 VOTE:

Eivind Sommersten:
Somehow this one has eluded me, this is fantastic!
FunkyM:
After many years, Still a classic. It's SID!
pad:
Cool idea to use Epic from Faith no more as the base for the lyrics.
GerHobbelt:
Great vocal track; nice balance in the mix and indead this feels like Beasty Boys to me too.
vosla:
Makke, you are a nutter! I love the vocals on this one!
LMan:
Maybe Beastie Boys are hiring? Very entertaining 😊
miika:
Lol, it's Epic 😊
PICRARD:
Yes right, I like it… Arkanoid and Faith no more, too 😊
redi72:
Great remix, highly original.
Dumper:
Nice idea and a little mad, well done Makke.
westerling:
Great vocals!
ifadeo:
Well done… Mixing epic with arkanoid, great idea, great remix!!!
Waz:
It's SID. What is SID? 😊 Makke gooooood.
weasel:
Hahaha!! Really great 'remix' with fresh new ideas in its style!! Not just a 'remake'! It's definitely more behind it! Great makke!!😀
omoroca:
Makke no more! No, seriously, the idea is good, but there's too little left of Arkanoid in this for my taste.
sidbrowser:
Arkanoid-tune could be louder…
infamous:
Not my thang… But still a competent and decent remix… Wtg makke
mad_medicine:
Is there an instrumental Verion around?
neglesaks:
This… Arkianoid? No. SOrry.