When it comes to chiptunes, the original Nintendo Entertainment System and the Game Boy get all the accolades. The OPL synths have all the fun. But there’s another chip out there in dusty old… ...

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 tho… ...

Chiptune composer Niamh Houston, better known as Chipzel, has spent 10 years creating music with Game Boys, including multiple albums and the soundtracks for games like Super Hexagon, Dicey ...

Chiptune music itself is based on early video game music and is all about capturing the classic tones found in games consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Nintendo Game Boy and ...

This is no ordinary electric organ, my friend. Swedish software engineer Linus Åkesson loves chiptune so much (don't we all?) that he felt the urge to convert this old-school instrument into an 8 ...

The Vegas trio works exclusively with authentic period hardware to create its quest-defying synth-rock sound, and that includes the 1989 Game Boy.

Astro likens chiptune to being the punk of electronic music. When he was a kid he didn’t have access to traditional instruments, so he learned to make beats on his Gameboy.

Bronx-based chiptune artist Tyrese Hart performs as AmateurLSDJ. He was still a toddler when Nintendo released the Game Boy Advance SP, and his own device was a hand-me-down from his sister.

Well, some musicians are keen to use cartridges instead. 8BIT MUSIC POWER is a new chiptune album that you'll need to slide into a Nintendo Famicom (Japan's equivalent of the NES) to listen to.