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Woody Woods [8-Bit; VRC6] - Mario Party 3

Fly Octo Fly ~ Ebb & Flow .ftm

About this track: I've never actually played Splatoon or Splatoon 2. In fact, I've never played quite a few games that I've covered recently. I don't even make an conscious effort to seek out video game soundtracks, but instead I just stumble across these by whatever means. Usually people share t...

Fly Octo Fly ~ Ebb & Flow [8-Bit; VRC6] - Splatoon 2

Raceway .ftm

About the track: Ehh not crazy about how this turned out. I mean it's fine. I went for something closer to the Mario Kart 8 arrangement, but I think my version is a bit weak in the mixing department.  

Raceway [8-Bit; 2A03] - Mario Kart 64

Ripple Star .ftm

Hooo this one was hard, but it turned out better than I expected. Some of the chords here were really hard to decipher, and I struggled with this more than trying to recreate the fast runs and percussion solos. 

Ripple Star [8-Bit; VRC6] - Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Reach for the Summit .ftm

If there's any 2A03 arrangement I'd like to retry in VRC6, it's this one. While it was a fun challenge to work within 2A03 limitations, I would have had a great time with the additional channels. This track just begs for two-channel reverb, and feels kinda dead without it. There are also so many ...

Reach for the Summit [8-Bit; 2A03] - Celeste

Lower Brinstar/Red Soil .ftm

I like what I was trying to do with this one, but it came out sounding a little unpolished. Especially the arps...I feel like they're a bit jarring. Samus Returns motivated me to make this, seeing as it expanded upon the original lower brinstar theme from Super Metroid. I also tried to incorporat...

Lower Brinstar [8-Bit; 2A03] - Super Metroid

Friend Star .ftm

At first I didn't really like this theme in Star Allies, but it grew on me. I get the feeling that others felt the same way but never grew to appreciate it. Idk, I just like the chord progressions a lot for some reason. 

BTW I hate Famitracker sometimes. There's this annoying popping s...

Friend Star [8-bit; 2A03] - Kirby: Star Allies

Your Name Please .ftm

Two things inspired me to make this. First, I had recently discovered a program called RJDMC made by RushJet1 that allows me to make dpcm samples. I wanted to have more fun with this program. Secondly, I recently listened to a Super Soul Bros arrangement of Your Name Please and remembered how goo...

Your Name Please [8-Bit; 2A03] - Earthbound

Vs. Hyness Unhooded .ftm

I got kinda carried away and increased Famitracker's engine speed for this one, thus making the vibratos jarringly fast. In retrospect, I don't know why I did this. Maybe I was caught up in how wacky this theme is. 

Also the video for this kinda blew up in a way I wasn't expecting. Pri...

Vs. Hyness Unhooded [8-Bit; 2A03] - Kirby: Star Allies

Bubblaine .ftm

This is one of my favorites from Super Mario Odyssey's soundtrack. I felt as though I didn't have much to offer by going the "faithful recreation" route with this arrangement, so I added some percussion and a bit of flair here and there. Looking back, the percussion is a little messy and I could ...

Bubblaine (Seaside Kingdom) [8-Bit; VRC6] - Super Mario Odyssey

Renai Circulation .ftm

LOL what possessed me to make this? I was looking for a song with rap(ish) lyrics to convert to dmc samples. I had just recently discovered RJDMC, a user-friendly program for creating and editing samples to use in the DPCM channel. The program is made by RushJet1, a guy who does some awesome stuf...

Renai Circulation [8-Bit; VRC6]

Redial .ftm

This is my first time revisiting an old cover and making it uhh...better. I think I succeeded! This tune is short and simple but still a bop. The entirety of Bomberman Hero's soundtrack is so otherworldly compared to most other VGM from that time, and I love it.

Redial [8-Bit; 2A03] - Bomberman Hero

City of Tears .ftm

I once made a tweet about how I don't like to slap reverb on a track and call it "better", but I really like how this arrangement sounds with reverb. I think it sounds fine without it, but the strict limitations of 2A03 really make it difficult to capture the feel of the original piece. The rever...

City of Tears [8-Bit; 2A03] - Hollow Knight

Here's both the original and the version with added reverb :)

Battle! Ultra Necrozma .ftm

Battle! Ultra Necrozma [8-Bit; VRC6] - Pokemon Ultra Sun & Moon

Battle: The Sky Scraper .ftm

Battle: The Sky Scraper [8-Bit; 2A03] - Miitopia

The Sky Bridge .ftm