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#4383: Analog-X64 - Arkanoid (2013)
Added to rotation: 2013-02-06 10:33:46
Song last played: 2026-05-26 17:19:52
Song last requested: 2025-04-27 17:08:55
Artist last played: 2026-05-26 17:54:43
Number of plays: 380
Requests: 31
Votes: 98
Song length: 03:34


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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)
 




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OVERALL REMIX64 VOTE:

NecroPolo:
Compression makes it a little pumping but it is some really good stuff. There is some organic juice and warmth that I really like.
omoroca:
Even though there have been so many so good remixes of this tune already, I'm still not fed up with it. Good job!
TNT:
I agree @Razmo, but I like the interaction of the instruments, the whole arrangement and of course the music style. Good work!
Melaure:
Nice stuff!
Razmo:
Really good one ANX-64: O)… Lots of nice sounds in it, especialy towards the end. Still find it has a bit too much reverb, most notable in the beginning though. Seems to blend out when everything is playing.
LaLa:
Great intro, great arrangement, but I find the lead sound too whiny.