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The last ninja - palace gardens (loader) - arranged by wk-oneReview by cyphax, 06/11/2006 Warning upfront: my favorite Remix64 track is Tonka's version of this same song. I'm also a big fan of the original SID. That puts the bar way up… well up there, quite high. Not all too fair perhaps, but c'est la vie.This arrangement isn't bad. But I wouldn't wanna call it great either. So, it's average, hence the rating. Except nostalgia, cause it's very faithful to the original, that is a plus. What could wk-one do to make this better and rise above average? Let's start off at the first 2 minutes: they're in desperate need of… shape. Shape? Shape. It's too plain right now, and it doesn't really have… well, shape. Or a face. You pick, it's all just terminology: download and listen to the song and it becomes clear in about 2 minutes what I'm trying to say. Fortunately, after these 2 minutes (you know what, it's actually 2:12, but that's for nitpickers) the song starts to show its true face ever so slightly, with drums and just generally more sound, more flair. Unfortunately it's still not convincing enough to blow you away or anything. The way I see it, this is a fine foundation, but you have to build the house on top or you still end up without a roof over your head. If this is a first attempt, it's surely not bad at all. Just add some bells 'n whistles. |
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Myth Remix - arranged by Suvak ZajosReview by Makke, 04/11/2006 I really like this from a technical stand point. Recreating those sounds on the Virus is very impressive.However, the end result is too much like the original, and towards the end it sounds just like a crappy SID+drums effort remix/remake - something I just can't enjoy. So while I admire Suvak's technical skills, the resulting remake just isn't that exciting. Frankly, I'd rather listen to the original. I think Mr. Zajos should take those sounds he created for this remake, because they are absolutely brilliant, and use it in some original production of his. That would be awesome! |
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Deflektor (REMIXED-3v1-) - arranged by DeesReview by beyond, 01/10/2006 Just heard this as I'm going through my collection of old remixes. I must say that I really like it and I agree with FLOAF (above). Produced in 2002, some of the sounds are maybe a bit tame, but others are very well put together. I like this! |
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Scroll Machine (5th Dream About Happiness) - arranged by LManReview by guru512, 26/09/2006 the original c64 track was so hot. I listened to it countless times. it was just really crazy shit! This is a prefect cover. it also sounds great. but the c64 original is of course unbeatable, the SID just rulez!!! |
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Ultima IV - The Complete - arranged by choscReview by immacolata, 09/09/2006 My favourite Ultima-remixer must be chosc. Not a lot bother with this sound track. This remix is perhaps his best attempt. It sounds like he is gathering old attempts into a larger model, a potpourri. It is a nice task, since the original soundtracks are short tunes with no real connection between them save their medieval theme. |
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Bionic Commando (Tune 5) - arranged by Romeo KnightReview by immacolata, 11/08/2006 Lovely. Just lovely. You can't help smiling and tapping your foot to the rhythm. It really catches the original melody awfully well, yet it sounds salsa like. Spanish guitar, some good percussion and tin drums. I love it when people remix songs in new styles without falling for novelty. |
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Shades (Mix) - arranged by o2Review by omoroca, 10/08/2006 In my opinion, Shades is not only Hülsbeck's first but also his best song. No other Hülsbeck tune ever gave me goose bumps like this one does.o2 captures the feeling of the tune and gives even more emotional strength to it. Well done! Great work! |
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Unreal ingame Turbo Galeazzi Cut - arranged by N-Joy of TsWReview by REYN, 09/08/2006 Hi there..I read some discussion if this tune was written by Charles or by me, but it is indeed written by me. It was made in some really low-level machinecode-type music editor. Just like the MoN one on the C-64. I couldn't use more then 8kB for the music since the game was taking so musc space already. I only used a sample for the kick and the snare and the rest were self-generated waveforms. So you know… Great work NJoy, nice to hear that tune again after so many years… Cheers, Reyn www. reyn. net |
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Game Over - arranged by WesterlingReview by omoroca, 07/08/2006 I had always thought, playing the guitar can't be that difficult. Until Romeo Knight and most others who tried to play C64 music on the guitar gave me the impression that it's almost impossible to produce a good sound on the electric guitar unless you're Slash or Steve Stevens.But Westerling gave me new hope! Keep on rocking, dude! 😉 |
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Captured - arranged by MontyReview by tamaha, 06/08/2006 The rework on Captured is outstanding (used to play the game a lot and the tune becomes a bit heavy to assimilate during loger sessions) and keeps the atmosphere as it was originally intended, without boring you when repeated. The metallic and dark sound style is also excellently treated. |
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Rolands Ratrace (The quest for Jarre) - arranged by TraxerReview by immacolata, 01/08/2006 A rare remix of the much under-appreciated Roland's Rat Race sid, it self being a nice cover of the tv show's theme. This remix suffers a bit from the clichéd synth intro. Takes the author about one and a half minute to tell us how much he likes Jarre.Once the introductory lull is over, I do believe the song picks up. I have rewritten a bit of this review, because upon several listenings, I tend to favour the tune more. Only niggle I have here is the drum track. Not that it is bad but I found that the song worked very well on its melodical parts and synths, no need for any artifical sweetener in shape of a drum track. The overall impression is therefore that the song is a fair job, but intros is perhaps something the author should work on, at least to make them shorter. I still think it beats the a capella version by a long shot. More Roland remixes, however, and the best roland remix of the lot. |
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Stormlord (Senecas Marble Pack Edit) - arranged by N-JOYReview by omoroca, 26/07/2006 If I wasn't married myself, I'd envy N-Joy for being married with Simona. 😉BTW, my wife said, this sounds like T. A. T. U. in Italian, great work! Give us more of that!!! |
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Gods Intro DaxxTRS Remix - arranged by daXX offlineReview by dream_19, 23/07/2006 At first I must admit, that this Tune was my favourite Amiga-Tune for years. So I was quite happy to see that finally someone made a new Remix. It was about time - and it's goood.Richard Joseph's Original was mindblasting - this remix caches the epic style of the original tune and enhanced it. The echo of the GODS-Castle wide the rememberance, pumping beats and bass takes you forward through the castle. I love that Remix. It's definitely the best one ever made of this Masterpiece. The only thing I miss is some kind of twist. But I don't want to be pedantic - great work! |
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Bubble Bobble (Live!) - arranged by Hampshire Regional High SchoolReview by hillsman, 20/07/2006 Brilliant! Absolutely love this! Wonder who's in the audience as they seem to be loving it too! Main theme accurately reproduced with lots of humour - then we have the invincibility music (which gets a big cheer) followed by the New Zealand story ingame music Great stuff and a lot of fun!! |
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Delta Ingame ('97 XG mix) - arranged by Chris AbbottReview by hillsman, 06/07/2006 Obviously an arrangement rather than a remix, but when we're talking about Delta's in-game epic then this is definitely a good thing! I was blown away when I heard Hubbard's masterpiece almost 20 (!!) years ago and no SID is listened to more.Chris' arrangement re-produces the original with impressive accuracy and is more than good enough to warrant repeated listening. My main complaint? A lack of power and impact during the opening minutes, particularly the baseline. Addressing this would make it perfect for me. Love the string section at the end though - great arrangement overall! |
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Bubble Bobble (Live!) - arranged by Hampshire Regional High SchoolReview by wishbone, 06/07/2006 Now this is damn funny. I wonder how it got made. Maybe the band conductor is a C64 fan. This is the kind of stuff that just doesn't happen, because getting that many "ordinary" people (not that we C64 fans are all complete freaks) to play C64 tunes is all but impossible.One thing noone have mentioned is that this is not just a remix of Bubble Bobble, but also of New Zealand Story. I think this is important since it is the ONLY New Zealand Story remix at RKO, although hard to find since all its information relates to Bubble Bobble only. |
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Judgment Day (2005) - arranged by XxDUSTYxXReview by cyphax, 13/06/2006 Unfortunately I didn't hear the original and I can't find what it is so I'm gonna have to do without. So how does this song do all by itself? Simply put; great! In Dusty's previous effort, Echoing, I thought the choice of instruments/samples wasn't as good as it could've been. The same does not apply for this remix. Dusty's picks are good alltogether and the remix sounds very pleasant.I can understand why one might think the song lacks variation but quite possibly the original didn't have any more variation either, in which case I can't blame Dusty at all. To sum it up a little I can't really seem to find anything wrong with this, I simply really like it a lot. |
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Commando - arranged by Instant RemedyReview by gbl, 07/06/2006 Outstanding! This is how a remake should be. The original Sid with a new beat. This tune keeps the original Commando feeling alive.I would like "Instant Remedy" do Jeroen Tel's Ikari Union like this… |
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Spellbound ('97 XG Mix) - arranged by Chris AbbottReview by cosmic_gerbil, 04/06/2006 This is one of my two favourite remixes of spellbound. It captures the atmosphere of the original SID perfectly. I love the way the song builds up, the brass section is groovy and I especially love the dark, dramatic bit at the end. |
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Wizardry - arranged by AmpReview by cosmic_gerbil, 04/06/2006 I love this remix; it is so dark and Gothic. The bell at the beginning is a great introduction and the song just gets better and better. |
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Wizardry - arranged by Mark VeraReview by cosmic_gerbil, 04/06/2006 I love this remix, it is so atmospheric. It has a brilliant medieval sound and captures the mood of wizadrdy perfectly. |
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R-Type Title (Re-make) - arranged by Tn-1Review by gator, 23/05/2006 An R-Type remix is always welcome, bit this one is kinda bland and a bit uneven. Don't get me wrong, it does have some cool moments but I think you need to re-do the whole track and make the good parts stronger and erase the rest. |
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Metal Generation - arranged by Emre BulsatReview by solo, 21/05/2006 By the way. This reminds me of an Ikari crack screen… Whether thats good or bad… i dunno. BUt ikari had a good few bopping intro tunes. Yours doesnt improve much on that im sorry… Same old same old |
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Alleykat - arranged by Romeo KnightReview by OJ Oscillation, 14/05/2006 the 1st part comes with a synthetic sound which fit the tune quite well, whereat the rhythm is flowing like kinda odd and interesting. after that the break with the windows sound-gimmick prepares the tune for a very solid rock number. romeo pulls the right stunt with his guitar and squeezes the essence out of the original sid with his superb skills. there's nothing more to say then : hold ya nuts and let's rock! |
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Last Ninja II - The Final Battle (loader) - arranged by EcoReview by the_last_ninja, 13/05/2006 For me this track was everyting The Last Ninja stood for, mystical yet powerful. I loved it. Even if there were mixed reviews, for me personally it was really good. |
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Space Harrier (Cooksley vs Bach Mix) - arranged by Karl R PettersenReview by thedownandout, 29/04/2006 I can't understand why this tune just gets average reviews. I think it's awesome, a mix of baroque and rock that rivals the work of Muse and Bach. Put the two together and you have music to accompany you into outer space. Fly away into an LSD dream world… this will augment your emotions and make you feel inspired. |
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Wizball (piano version) - arranged by ChronbergReview by thedownandout, 22/04/2006 This might be played in elevators on a distant planet in years to come. Full of pathos with sweeping segues from one style to another. I'd like to watch the triple Suns of planet Yaro set whilst listening to Chronblom's version of the Wizball theme before I die. |
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1942 (Orchestral) - arranged by Miguel F EttemaReview by ncd, 18/04/2006 Great cover of an old classic. Managed to get hold of the tune the original SID was based on, and the arrangement in this remix is actually better than the original, especially since this cover incorporates the marvelous high-score sub-tune found it the game.My only gripe, and this has been mentioned several times already, is the "synth" sound of some of the instruments. Down one point in technical merit, there. But listening to the arrangement, I'd be hard pressed to find a fault, so a full score in that department. The nostalgia is a dead given. Someone should get this guy in touch with a real orchestra, that would be like christmas, summer holiday and my birthday all at once! Great work, rock solid! |
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Combat Crazy - arranged by Ollas & ZiphoidReview by DHS, 03/04/2006 Pro:I like very much some parts of this remix: it's general "'90s" feeling, the strong orchestral part at the start (it really kicks power out of the loudspeakers), the mastering. Also, percussions (crashes, "rockets", and so on) do a good job to movimentate the track. Cons: "Pauses" like the one at 01:45 don't work good, as they really push down all the hype work done before. Also, i'm not fond of all the Vanguard lead going nuts starting at about 03:28 to the end (while the base is cool). Overall, a very good mix, very well done on the technical side, with enough variations (even if somewhat i feel it to be a little undeveloped, expecially at the end, but maybe it's just me). If this is the "welcome back" after 10 years of inactivity, we can expect great things from Ziphoid in the future |
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Combat Crazy - arranged by Ollas & ZiphoidReview by gator, 02/04/2006 This is a kinda over-rated track. Sorry, it's just the way I feel. None of it sounds memorable or catchy and it doesn't develop in any interesting or dynamic way. It's actually a bit scattered and random. |
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