8bc collection

Posted on November 13, 2012 in CHIPTUNE, MUSIC

For those of you who have been into Chiptune music for a while, you probably remember the website 8bitcollective.com. Plagued with site issues like downtime and a finicky uploader, 8bc held a special place in my heart, it was an incredibly active portal for free chiptune music. Every submission was downloadable, and its where I learned of many of my new favorite artists, included Smiletron, MisfitChris and Electric Children.

At the end of last year, 8bc went down for good. Luckily, some crafty people took the time to create this: a torrent file of every song on the 8bc database. Just over 18GB, this torrent is massive chunk of chiptune history, and includes some songs that can’t be found anywhere else. And the best part, this torrent is entirely legal under Creative Commons.

For those looking for a new Chiptune fix, check out uCollective, a website started in the spirit of 8bc, with much more attentive developers ;)

  • Faking Amnesia

    Hah, this means that there’s going to be a nice chunk of terrible songs I wrote a long time ago.

  • Faking Amnesia

    Actually, it’s not every file, it’s just the ones that had 10 or more favorites.

    • http://www.videogamedj.com/ Dj CUTMAN

      Good point, thanks for the clarification!

  • unihumi

    Is there a similar site up now? One with a community and the ability to upload/like/vote music?

    • http://www.djcutman.com CUT MAN

      My favorites are uCollective.org and NoiseChannel.org!

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