Bitstream: Recent Episodes

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Showcasing the best retro gaming and demoscene audio.

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C64 Christmas Special – 100% SID!

Featuring tracks from Beyond Reproach, TSM, Scarzix, DRAX, Ray, A-Man, Wax, Gouafhg, NE7, Richard Bayliss and Spino. …

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We’ve made it to Episode 10!

The last episode made me realise just how much incredible music is released at demoparties but then not given the audience it deserves.…

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This episode covers my favourite music entries at the Summer Nordic parties; Assembly and Datastorm. Included are streaming and tracked entries plus a C64 SID tune.…

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The Amstrad CPC 464 was my first computer so very special to me. Here I present some of the best Amstrad CPC tunes from classic and new games, plus the CPC demoscene.…

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Featuring the best remixes of Amiga game and demoscene tracks. Despite using modern instruments, many remixes sound like poor substitutes for the originals.…

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In this episode I recall some memories of the the Amiga demoscene in the 1990s, specifically related to my involvement with Slipstream and The Foul Critters.…

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In this episode I focus on the often neglected PC Adlib soundcard, specifically the 18 channel OPL3 chip. This episode features tracks predominantly created in Adlib Tracker II by artists NAB622/Xaxxon, Nula, Roger Ojala, Loudness Sound System, Encore, Kvee, Cyberholix, Diode Millampere, Peter Szabo/Zlatavlas and Konakonaa.…

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A selection of the best soundtracks from the most memorable arcade machines. This episode features the themes to X-Men, R Type Leo, Street Fighter, Fatal Fury, After Burner, Hang on and more!…

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The SID and Paula show – with special guest, the Yamaha YM; Comparing the soundtracks from games and demos that exist on both the C64 and Amiga.…

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Covering my first impressions of the Commodore Amiga as a 14 year old; the single experience that sealed the fate of my poor Atari ST.…

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In this first episode I re-live my first impressions of the Atari ST as an impressionable 13 year old, having migrated from the Amstrad CPC; experiencing the Atari ST for the first time.…