Notices by Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social), page 42

@mcc Both are the names. The original Hybrid.XM file is tagged like that. You can see both names in the info window when playing it in a traditional tracker editor, for example
https://twitter.com/dosnostalgic/status/1395510292776370176?t=BOP__nmqyl2GiIWbobDUDQ&s=19

@mcc The AY one is probably the oldest, but I don't think it's more than a decade & a half old. The rest are fairly recent.

@mcc Arrangements in my collection:
AY-3-8912: https://twitter.com/dosnostalgic/status/1297345463465783302?t=HvZd6TkjbbRHEPFukECA1Q&s=19
OPL3: https://twitter.com/dosnostalgic/status/1665138488662958081?t=0L6sswXcllWsBDkjaZaofg&s=19
MIDI (played on OPL3): https://twitter.com/dosnostalgic/status/1316150905440546818?t=UIPMIUt2RYFobIEwH2jWqA&s=19

@mcc It's a real tracker classic. Probably my favorite XM tune of all time.

@keen456 You remember right. Not sure if it ever got fixed though.

Unexpected PC game re-release of the day:
Atari put out a brand new version of Balls of Steel (1997). Even bigger surprise is that it includes 7 tables instead of original 5.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2050260/Balls_of_Steel/

Why you gotta play that MIDI so loud?
Because we want to
Because we want to

🔊🎵 #OPL3MIDI

The Smurfs: The Teletransportsmurf/Les Schtroumpfs: Le Téléportaschtroumpf/Die Schlümpfe: Der Teletransportierschlumpf (Infogrames Multimedia/EMME Interactive, 1995) #DOSGaming

@wildmancal Yes. I believe Stephane said that the track was originally included in the album against his wishes, so he's going to release it separately.

@vampiress Brøderbund's final C64 release ended up happening in 1990.

@sceneworld He's spinning it that way. When he worked for the new 3D Realms, he was saying the same thing about them. That's just the way Scott is.

@williamtries Awesome. 👍 Send me a pic of the final setup when it's done.

Stéphane Picq's remaster of "Spice Opera" album version of his Cryo's Dune soundtrack is OUT NOW.
Also includes a remastered version of the game's soundtrack that consists of mixing AdLib Gold and MT-32 versions together.
https://stphanepicq.bandcamp.com/album/dune-spice-opera-2024-remaster

A video of a full playthrough. Feels like the kind of a game that could use a fan translation.
https://youtu.be/6DqwYglskSM?si=KYXokv7x8qXCBBiO

A few more Tun Town screenshots. All of this is even before the first battle sequence. #DOSGaming

Tun Town/阿貓阿狗 (DOMO Production/Softstar Entertainment, 1998) #DOSGaming

@SpindleyQ I really dislike the overall MT-32 renditions of it, but I guess I'm not against pulling out some of the instruments out of it that sound more organic & appropriate than the FM ones. 🤷♂️

You know, I feel like normally I'd be against mixing two very distinct versions of a game soundtrack together, but... this actually kind of works for Dune, right? 🤷♂️
https://stphanepicq.bandcamp.com/track/arrakis-adlib-version-of-dune-variation?action=share&from=twittercard

@root42 @carcosa I forget everything these days. Would have to check my records when I'm not at work.

@root42 @carcosa It's actually been done dozens of times, and each one of them sucks.