For as long as I can remember I have been into 8-bit music, or Chiptunes. Chiptunes, for anyone unfamiliar with the term, are sweet electronic jams, usually made with old computer sound chips, like those from the Commodore 64 (C64), The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), or the Nintendo Game Boy. I own over 100 original NES cartridges. I remember being a child, and playing the crap out of these games, but I remember the soundtracks even more! Tracks from games such as Batman, Mega Man, Journey to Silius, and Shatterhand filled my auditory senses with epic bleeps and blips, sweeping arpeggiated bass lines, and cutting leads! The music was like nothing I had heard before. I later learned about the different types of sound chips used in theses old computer systems, and the limitations that programmers/composers were working with to make these tunes, which has also contributed to my liking of the genre. Being a musician, I have always tried to incorporate some aspect of old game music into the tunes I create. Below are a few synths, and some software I have used in the past to achieve the 8-bit sound!