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Atari 2600 Hacks

Posted by michael on from the things-man-was-not-meant-to-know dept.

olclops writes "Check out this guy's projects. He's an Atari 2600 programmer who's created, among other things, a cartridge that uses the 2600's sound generators to turn your atari into a full polyphonic synthesizer! The demos sound insane. Imagine being able to play console-perfect pitfall music from an atari hooked up to an amp. His other games look cool, too. Apparently, he'll be at the Classic Gaming Expo next weekend."

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  1. The New Old School Band by eric434 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Introducing the New Old School Band, with Lenny on the Atari with Synthcart, Joey on a Commodore 64 hacked to do guitar, Danny with the Drumsticks on the Apple IIes...

    On another note, if we put together a beowulf cluster of these, would we have a symphony? "Slashdot Symphony in AC Major..."

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  2. He's an Atari 2600 programmer ... by BxT · · Score: 5, Funny


    Now there's something that looks good on the 'ol resume. :)

  3. Can we really trust this? by Kaz+Riprock · · Score: 3, Funny
    Feedback from a satisfied synthcart user:
    "man, i wanted to tell you that my girlfriend is having trouble pulling me away from the damn atari...hte synth cart is the coolest thing ever."
    Yeah...right...like anyone who is jammin' on his atari deck like it's a mixer has a girlfriend. And even if he did, would he be worth trying to pull away from his killer 4 note mix?
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  4. GRONK PISSHA PI-GRONK GRONK PISSHA! by herrd0kt0r · · Score: 3, Funny

    aww JEAH! old sk00l ghetto synth in da hizzaus!

    as mentioned above, the sidstation uses SID chips from the commodore 64 to generate all sorts of crazeh beeps and gronks-- the site also has a ton of demos as well.

    for all you crazeh c64 SID toon fans, be sure to check out the High Voltage SID Collection! tons of great SID toons from your childhood, including, but not limited to:

    - Contra! bew bew bee boop ba boodaboop!
    - Commando! chikkachikkabowgronk!
    - Ultima IV! ba blinng! ba da bling! ba da bling. ba da blonng...
    - and who could forget the cutting edge voice synth of Neuromancer? SSSHOMM SHINNGS MMEEEVVERR CHANNNSGE!

    you'll need the SIDPlay plugin to listen to these things with winamp. don't forget you can move the slider doohickey to choose from multiple tracks within each SID toon! WOOHOO!