video games

This demo captures the Atari 2600 synthesizer in action.

This is a video demo of Microsia – an interactive sound game/tool which lets you dive into a plant cell to explore the sound of the microcosm.

Within the cell there are a multiplicity of cell particles which you can manipulate to generate music and visual effects. The particles’ interplay creates new audio-visual compositions again and again.

System Requirements: Windows XP/Vista, 1.8GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM (1GB for Vista users), 64 MB Graphics Card, DirectX-compatible sound card

A demo version of Microsia is available.

Rockstar Games has announced that Beaterator is now available in North America for Sony’s PSP (PlayStation Portable) system and for digital download on the PlayStationNetwork.

Description:

Beaterator is a portable studio that guides users through the process of constructing beats and songs with thousands of loops and sounds made by both Timbaland and Rockstar. Read more…

Haunted House Records’s Old Skool Games Sounds is a free collection.

Of what?

Old skool computer game sounds.

The sample collection contains 374 retro style computer games one shots and hits. Jumps, bangs, wizzes, etc. Accoring to HHR, the samples are great when tuned, stretched, chopped and used as part of your drum tracks.

Download it here.

OT: This is the trailer video for High Strangeness, a 12 bit action / adventure video game for the PC about:

crystal skulls
shadow people
flashlight wielding teenagers
string theory
chaos theory
multiverses
dimensional physics
and a talking cat

Note the soundtrack on this – it’s reminiscent of some of Vangelis’ early work, such as Nucleogenesis, from Albedo 0.39.