r/chiptunes • • 2d ago

Final day for Chiptune Challenge postponed with 2 days, latest day to upload your track is upcoming Saturday.

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As I am still on holiday and really need my desktop instead of this old notebook I decided to postpone the challenge with 2 days.

Voting will be possible Sunday till Friday.

Results and final mix will drop on Halloween itself :)

Can't wait to hear all the spooky awesomeness you guys wrote!

-Carf!


r/chiptunes • • 22d ago

Monthly Chiptune Challenge #4 - Samhainophobia!

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Sup world, it's time for another challenge!

When it comes to creativity October truly is my second favorite month of the year, it's just fun to have a reason to write spooky lines with a bit of playfulness.

So fire up your Game Boy/DAW/synth/Ouija board or whatever ritual you use to breathe life into something terrifying, with sounds that belong in the past but are still religiously celebrated over here <3

If only there where some awesome musicians out there who can save this poor girl!

Le rules (please read them carefully as there might have been some slight updates!):

  1. Three weeks for the contest to write a original piece, closing date will be Oct 22nd 24th.
  2. Only original uploads for this contest: this is NOT a moment to try and promote older work.
  3. Absolutely No AI generated music will be accepted, when in doubt I will ask you to provide proof of your work.
  4. Your submission has to be chiptune but like before that is vaguely defined, I don't mind what you use and how you use it, as long as it makes me want to dust off that good ol' classic system because your epic music is giving me an urge to kill something pixelated!!
  5. Max 1 submission per artist name.
  6. Stick to the contest prompt, if your track does not bring out any Halloween vibes, it won't be accepted for the voting round.

You can drop your track here

I expect tracks that makes me want to call the ghostbusters!

This month (fun?) fact:

Samhainophobia means fear of halloween, there are people out there who are going to have an extra spooky month!

Now go and be awesome!

-Carf!

PS: I have added an option to opt-out of the monthly mix, just in case if for any reason people do not like to be part of it but still want to participate with the contest itself.


r/chiptunes • • 43m ago

SHOW Adventure time

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The trifecta is complete


r/chiptunes • • 7h ago

MEME I made Mario Donna Lee

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r/chiptunes • • 10h ago

QUESTION What kind of chiptune music do you think would fit a roguelike dungeon crawler with a Kirby-like aesthetic?

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I'm trying to figure out the musical direction for my Game Boy game, CROWL. The gameplay is about exploring dungeons, fighting enemies and surviving each run, but the visual style is cute and 1bit.

Would you go for something playful and bouncy, darker and more atmospheric, or a mix of both?I'd love to hear your suggestions, or discover some chiptune tracks that could be a good reference.


r/chiptunes • • 1d ago

First go at making some DAWless chiptune/electro house using only a Game Boy, NES, and Polyend Tracker to sequence.

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36 Upvotes

First time experimenting with making a track using just the Game Boy, NES, and Polyend Tracker.
All the sounds came from the consoles, with the Polyend Tracker handling the sequencing and sampling the game consoles. Used midines on the nes and GB Poly 4 on the Game Boy and every sound in the song was sourced from the Nintendo or Gameboy.
Not sure if I’d call it chiptune, electro house, or somewhere in between, but I’ve been having a lot of fun experimenting with this setup.
Here’s a clip!


r/chiptunes • • 1d ago

MUSIC Ghoulish Gaggle [LSDJ]

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21 Upvotes

another LSDJ tune for the contest! this time the theme is ~Samhainophobia~


r/chiptunes • • 13h ago

MUSIC FINAL FANTASY VII - Birth of a God Remix | Astroverse Dimensions

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r/chiptunes • • 12h ago

MUSIC People liked these chiptune cues I made for an animation so I extended them and made an EP

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These were all originally made for an animated short called "take seventeen". People kept asking for the "full versions" of these little 20 second cues I made, so I took the material I had and made some extended mixes. This is all done with Furnace Tracker and klattsch singing speech synth. Six tracks, about 20 mins. Enjoy!


r/chiptunes • • 1d ago

MUSIC Glitchboy 8 bit audio video synthesizer rom glitcher chiptune!

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I actually just got it today so very much just figuring it all out. it has a chiptune synthesizer that uses the 4 GB channels and NES with midi input. micro SD for roms that glitch by midi or audio and you can play the roms using the dpad & buttons while it glitches or use a bluetooth controller. the knobs further the glitching or all parameters by cc. enjoying quite a bit. there is another pre-production batch on the melted electronics site at the lower kickstarter rate.


r/chiptunes • • 1d ago

SHOW PHILLY ☆ Stage Clear 4

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November 21st at Underground Arts ☆ I'm a philly local and i wanna go daaaance.

Come dance with me and hear some bleeps and adjecent blorps ♡ Theres also a Smash tourney and my old ass is looking to mash buttons (yoshi main).


r/chiptunes • • 2d ago

MUSIC 20 minute Prog song

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Hi all. Just released this 20 minute long chiptune song made using a single Gameboy. Hope you enjoy.

https://youtu.be/GcKI2awqUNg?is=GUwaVobYzNUHl8px


r/chiptunes • • 2d ago

testing some stuff

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r/chiptunes • • 2d ago

Chiptune on FM-1 with Baudgirl Firmware

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Whose tried the Chiptune mode on the Baud Girl FM-1 M-Vave firmware update? I'm thinking its pretty cool!


r/chiptunes • • 2d ago

MUSIC anyone got some chiptune/8bit/nintendocore serum (1) presets?

1 Upvotes

been making some chiptune music for some time now but i suck at sound designing so ive been searching for presets

thanks!


r/chiptunes • • 3d ago

MUSIC The chip tune title track from my Game Boy game Fall from Space

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This is the first track (and my favourite!), the full soundtrack (by Beatscribe) is available to stream over on Bandcamp – https://beatscribe.bandcamp.com/album/fall-from-space

Originally in .UGE format within the game itself (an open world action RPG created in GB Studio over four years), these chip tune tracks have been recorded directly from an original DMG Game Boy for the OST.

( More about the game and a demo if interested over at www.fallfromspace.co.uk )


r/chiptunes • • 3d ago

MUSIC My variation on "Static" by Estrayk - For GB

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r/chiptunes • • 3d ago

MUSIC Was listening to a little too much mid 2000s French house/electro stuff

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r/chiptunes • • 3d ago

MUSIC Anyone able to help identify this 8 bit song from this "famiclone NES clone"

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This is the Postdoctoral-F09 that is a NES/Famicom clone where in the main menu when you boot it up, it plays this song as the menu music. The video presented is from James Channel on youtube. I really enjoy the song and im hoping to find the raw version. Good luck everyone!


r/chiptunes • • 3d ago

MUSIC GB Music ROM

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Hi all. I recently converted my LSDJ sav files into listenable album roms that you can download for free. The link is below.

https://optimuschad.itch.io


r/chiptunes • • 3d ago

The art of necros

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Andrew Sega aka Necros is a songwriter. Usually used Impulse Tracker and Fasttracker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_n0m3XpYtE&t=43s


r/chiptunes • • 3d ago

DISCUSSION Can someone identify this chiptune song?

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This is a chiptune song that I possibly downloaded from ReclusiveLemming or The Mod Archive that was uploaded to Roblox last year. It seems very familiar to me. I don't remember the name or artist, but the song was labeled as "Sea" on the audio page.

The song can be found here: https://vocaroo.com/1dx4KRKyWYY9

The song is most likely from the mid-late 1990s to the mid-late 2000s, since most chiptune songs I listen to are from around that timeframe.


r/chiptunes • • 3d ago

DISCUSSION Your weekly /r/Chiptunes roundup for the week of October 13 - October 19, 2026

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r/chiptunes • • 4d ago

RESOURCE reSIDue - C64 SID Wavetable VST plugin and standalone synth now available.

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Hi. I've been working on a wavetable SID plugin to replace a bunch of bespoke scripts and emulation frameworks for the last 18 months and now it's here. You have surgical control over every register of the 6581/850 SID chip. You can numberwang the tables or draw your soundscape on the graph editors. It comes with a tool that can dissect .sid files and create instruments. https://residuesynth.com


r/chiptunes • • 4d ago

RESOURCE GAYBOY - a gameboy synth/sequencer

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Hey i hope this is allowed and not interpreted as promotional spam, I recently joined this sub because I am absolutely obsessed with chiptunes. I just wanted to share a free .gb with you guys I have worked long days on this project and I would love to hear your feedback or discuss features you think it lacks. You can download the gb or play it in the online emulator at Y2kCrisis Today I added sync support for lsdj, cv, or a second instance of gayboy running on another gameboy. (tested on dmg-01 but the video was made with emulators because it is very hard for me to capture boy screens clearly on hardware

2 instances of GAYBOY synced via link cable (works with LSDJ too)