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List Universe has published an interesting look at the top 10 soundtracks created on the Amiga computer.

#4, above, is State of the Art (at least for 1992):

State of the Art is another demonstration of the sound and graphical capabilities of the Amiga, using advanced programming techniques to combine silhouette dancers with hardware generated special effects – one of the very first sources to do so to such an extent. The music is in the hardcore rave style that was very popular at that time, using many high quality synth sounds and modern sounding rhythms; which seems to complement the presentation to a tee.

See the full list here.

This video captures a demo of the Magic Voice cartridge from Commodore - a speech synthesis device that allows the Commodore 64 (C64) computer to talk.

If you’ve got any experience with Commodore 64 speech synthesis with the Magic Voice or other applications. leave a comment!