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#2565: Visa Röster - Roland's Rat Race
Added to rotation: 2006-03-29 16:34:38
Song last played: 2026-06-07 09:41:59
Song last requested: 2021-01-21 09:00:00
Artist last played: 2026-06-07 14:35:14
Number of plays: 666
Requests: 81
Votes: 127
Song length: 02:26


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SID INFO
HVSC path: MUSICIANS/G/Galway_Martin/Rolands_Ratrace.sid
Title: Roland's Ratrace
Composer: Martin Galway
Copyright: 1985 Ocean
Subtunes: 20
SID model: MOS6581

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STIL comment"Once I had finished on 'Roland's Rat Race', which took a month, [Ocean] agreed to suspend my tasks as a programmer and my employment as game sound guy began." (MG) "[...] the sounds are a bit poor. I didn't develop pulse-width modulation until the next project, which at the time was called 'Cyclone'. It later came out as 'Helicopter Jagd'. On 'Roland's Rat Race' I guess you could say I was still mastering the C64. It was January/February 1985, my first project on staff at Ocean (I had done quite a few before that as a freelancer but they weren't comfortable employing someone SOLELY TO DO MUSIC... those were the days!)." (MG)
 
SUBTUNE INFO
 
#1 - No.1 Ratfan [from The Cassette of the Album]
 
  Artist: P. Hammond and R. Matthews, performed by Roland Rat Superstar (David Claridge)
  Comment: The first 23 seconds are taken from the 12" version of "No.1 Ratfan".
 
#4 - Bonus Stage [from the arcade game Super Locomotive]
 
  Artist: <?>
 




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OVERALL REMIX64 VOTE:

omoroca:
WOW!!!!!! Hanna rules!😉
nettuno:
O___o I'm very impressed. Well done!
weasel:
Visa Roester expected perfect and solid quality! You are really NUTS guys! 😃 I like your style very much! Go on and suprise us all even more in the future!😀
romeo_knight:
I know why, cos it's bloody awesome! Just try to imitate the arpeggios a little bit better next time 😉
kjetiln:
I don't know why, I just get very, very happy when listening to this 😃
woodstock:
This one made me smile
anaconda:
Visa Röster's real a cappella music is imho where they show their real quality. This is also one of them!
Makke:
Not their best, but Visa Röster rules even on a bad day!😉
ifadeo:
Earcandy by VR, top stuff!!!
eliot:
Nice, but not perfect…
condor:
Funny 😊 Could have been done with improvised tupcs (unz)
damax:
Visa Röster stands for quality.
gorkha:
This tune really fits this style of music for some unexplainable reason
Dan:
Def not their best effort but still a gorgeous rendition
LMan:
What Waz said.😊
Waz:
It's Number 1 Ratfan alright, and it's a very nice rendition. All we need now are the vocals from the original and this would be perfect. As it is, there's a very nice effort.
xerex:
Pleasant arr, like it
immacolata:
In spite of being a cappella, generally ranked low on my list of things I like, this remix catches the sound of the original rather well.
gibs:
No! Didn't give me any shivers unlike thrust… Sound fake
zine:
Quite good technic but a bit repetitive and empty