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In my memory the sound of an arcade is Tempest. If I think about it for a moment, other sounds come into focus, but Tempest is the first and primary sound I can
by SwellJoe 9y ago
In my memory the sound of an arcade is Tempest. If I think about it for a moment, other sounds come into focus, but Tempest is the first and primary sound I can identify.
Tempest epitomizes early arcade games, to me. It was subject to all the same technical limits of games of the era, but it seemed to be apart from them; there's nothing you'd need to add to make it better. The sound and the look of it, from the intro screen on, is just really iconic.
- mey 9y agoMay I suggest, http://plork.princeton.edu/listen/green/ http://plork.princeton.edu/listen/green/ and listen to "The Future of Fun (1983)"
- bpd1069 9y agoHexstatic - Vector: https://youtu.be/PXVUa6b-r4Q https://youtu.be/PXVUa6b-r4Q This is the best video/music I have heard that captures the feeling of the early arcade from my childhood.
- jjwiseman 9y agoYou don't need a simulation, there are recordings of actual arcades from the 80s. E.g., http://www.coinopvideogames.com/sounds.php http://www.coinopvideogames.com/sounds.php Tempest, recorded in 1982: http://www.coinopvideogames.com/mp3/videogames01/11-tempest.mp3 http://www.coinopvideogames.com/mp3/videogames01/11-tempest....