This is a series dedicated to Indie
Game Music whose albums are good but don't get enough recognition to
mainstream gamers. Why not put this with a Lost in the Music? Some
albums, while very good, are sadly too short to warrant a full
article.
However these albums are good
and deserve a mention. The people behind these albums are incredibly
talented and they deserve to be recognized. Five Bucks to Burn will
showcase these artists.
What does it take to make a
retro game and using chiptunes without making it obnoxious. For
several artists, it is an all to common trap they fall into. Just
having a tune make a beep and boop does not mean you are making the
song feel retro. Luckily Disasterpeace averts disaster (pardon the joke) with is work
on the cleverly old school Cat-Astro-Phi.
Disasterpeace did chiptunes
right when he crafted the soundtrack for the flashgame Cat-Astro-Phi.
It is reminiscent of old Gameboy tunes like Solar Striker and Metroid
II as well as a few others, and coupled with the gameplay of the
game, Cat-Astro-Phi would feel right at home on the Gameboy.
Cat-Astro-Phi's soundtrack
is full of retro narm that you can't help but smile at it. Listening
to the music takes you back to those simpler times when you would be
squished in the back seat of the car with your kid brother and going
on a long road trip. It is sad that Cat-Astro-Phi came out a couple
of years ago because I feel that this game, as I just said, would be
right at home on gameboy.
Cat-Astro-Phi is a great
way to kill a coffee break and if you are fond of good chiptunes then
you should grab the soundtrack. For the price of a cup of coffee, you
can't go wrong. You can play the game over at Newgrounds and buy the
soundtrack on Disasterpeace's bandcamp site.
No comments:
Post a Comment