Added to rotation: 2012-06-06 18:38:31
Song last played: 2026-06-11 09:40:52
Song last requested: 2025-09-17 07:56:04
Artist last played: 2026-06-26 05:16:44
Number of plays: 402
Requests: 26
Votes: 63
Song length: 00:43

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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:

Melaure:
Great but too short…
SarahKreuz:
Well done
LaLa:
Uncanny! This is EXACTLY how I always imagined this tune! Well done! Now, go make it longer, please!😃
Mayhem:
Nice,
Mordi:
Jazzy little tune! Very laid-back. Too short. Would be nice with a full blown jazz-track, á la Rune-Bertil's.
Paleface:
Oh woogie this is very funny - Me likes!
kwed:
Brilliant, but way too short. More remixes in this style please, everyone.😊
Dr Future:
Hmmm, it's short, that's for sure. And it's good, imho.