Chiptunes are the fantastic, bleeping musical renditions of the soundchips of retro consoles past. Performers of the art overwhelmingly favour the various flavours of Game Boy, though there are ...

If you’ve never been to a chiptune show – yes, they exist – you’ve noticed the awesome visuals behind the performers that are usually displayed with a glitching NES. If it’s a really ...

Well, did you know they were the inspiration for an entire genre of music? Yes, the genre known as “chiptune” is one that was born from those 8-bit gaming systems. The artists in the musical ...

Chiptune is a genre that developed from reusing the onboard synth generation chips in classic gaming consoles such as Nintendo's Game Boy. Nowadays, we can use any number of software synths to ...

Boston Bitdown, a new local music festival, aims to bring attention to the local chiptune scene with more than 50 performers across several locations in the Greater Boston area, March 6-8.

Given its computer roots it should come as no surprise that the retro-leaning genre of chiptune is heavily associated with ...