Thursday, December 18, 2003
Arcade Ambiance, an Audio Blast from the Past
I'm writing this post as I'm on my ferry ride home. My iPod is cranking with incredible sounds - there's Tron!!! Andy Hofle's Arcade Ambiance Project is preserving for us a piece of the past by creating hour-long non-looping mp3 files simulating the sounds of walking around an arcade during the golden age (my childhood).
There are two tracks so far, the first is games circa 1981 and the second focuses on games from 1982-1983. You can download the mp3's from his page.
About the first 1981 track, it is about 65 minutes long and took many many hours to master. Most of the samples were created with MAME. I used a program to record myself playing each of the games all the way through (until the game was over). Some games have more than one recording. I also recorded a few games in attract mode (like Gorf and Astroblaster, which have attract sounds).
There are two tracks so far, the first is games circa 1981 and the second focuses on games from 1982-1983. You can download the mp3's from his page.
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