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Remember those blips in old videogames of 1980-1900s? Did you expect them to live to see XXI century? Me neither.

So, why are those sounds still around? What keeps them alive. Any lesson there to learn? Is it a nostalgia of wasted time in your upbringing? They present the incomparably tense and a bit awkward personality that efficiently operating synthesizers and advanced drum machines have a tough time to contend with.

And which chip is the most regarded, most desirable and most sought after?  It’s definitely Commodore 64’ SIDCommodore 64 chip. How about DMG-CPU found in Nintendo' Game Boy?

8-bit ruled the world. And yes, I used to own Commodore 64 (Right, public domain) with 10 kg disc driver twice bigger size than puter itself. And yes, I used to have a pure digital 4-track back then in 8-bit glory. Did you have Nintendo NES or Sinclair ZX Spectrum?

Chiptunes - the sound of computer chip.

Not to be confused with Chip Music. Chip Music is for those who wants to be a museum curator.

The grow of the chiptune scene in present time has shown just how much sympathy the listeners still have for the simple square waves and bursts of noise.

All of sudden chiptunes are now integrated in mainstream pop. Is it just a nostalgia or degradation of a taste? I know your answer.

AmigaIf you're curious, then there is a huge community of Commodore 64 music and videogameOGOGO-Game Boy enthusiasts out there. The same goes to Amiga (Left, public domain) chiptunes aficionados. Oh, and don't forget Kohina internet radio station.

I conducted survey during October, beginning November on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, and my personal musician's list to determine the best Chiptune artists and here's the combined result of that quest:

  1. 4mat topped the chart. Amazing artist, read his Interview.

  2. Nullsleep came second

  3. PDF Format

8-bit legends

Nintendo

Koji Kondo - Super Mario Bros theme, The Legend of Zelda

Commodore 64

Rob Hubbard

Tim Folin

Martin Galway

In total the list includes 49 artists. Down the page you'll find the list of the artists who made that list.

I wanna say big thank you to all of you who participated in this survey.

If you want to take part in a future surveys, please contact me HERE.

Computer and console chips of 1970s and '80s:

Commodore 64 (SID chip), Commodore VIC-20
Nintendo Entertainment System
Atari ST, Atari 400/800/2600
ZX Spectrum 128
Nintendo Game Boy
Casio VL-1
BBC Micro (SN76489 chip)
ColecoVision (SN76489 chip)
Arcadia 2001 (UVI 2637)
Magnavox Odyssey² (P8244/P8245)

Here is the list of chiptune artists who made the list, in alpha-beta order (almost):

4mat, 8 Bit Weapon

Alex Mauer, Aliceffekt, Anamanaguchi

Ben Daglish, Bit Shifter

ChipHydra, Chris Hülsbeck, C-jeff

David Whittaker, Dubmood, Duz

Evilwezil

Firebrand Boy, Future Crew, Tim Folin

Goto80, Martin Galway

henry homesweet, Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka, Huoratron, Rob Hubbard

Jeff Donaldson, Jeroen Tel, Jochen Hippel

kid icarus, Kōji Kondō,

lizardking

Martin Galway, mcfiredrill

Nobuo Uematsu, Nullsleep

Paza Rahm, PDF Format

Random, Rob Hubbard, Role Model, Rymdkraft

Sabrepulse, she, Skaven, smiltron

Trash80, Turtle

Virt, viznut/pwp

XC3N

Yerzmyey, YMCK, Yuukichan's Papa, Yūzō Koshiro

Chiptunes featured in music of the artists from other genres -

50 Cent, Beck, OGOGO, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Power Pill, Rusko, Super Cocoa Bruvas, Timbaland, Zombie Nation

I wish you wouldn't get rather intimate with those OGOGO chiptunes..

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