Friday, December 14, 2012

interesting compromises

interesting compromises: "my interest in a lot of old game music now has very little to do with "nostalgia" or any associations i had with the games, and much more to do with the way the different kinds of hardware used created interesting compromises for composers that led them [to] making some really interesting sounds," Liz Ryerson collects sounds from the abyss. In her blog post here she details the history and appeal of five (mostly forgotten) game soundtracks which push the limits of the both the genre and the hardware.

Soundtracks in the post:

She also maintains Lost Worlds, which is a collection of surreal, strange, and interesting game screenshots.

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