At game.audio we love the Legend of Zelda series more than just about any video game. We go through our favorite soundtracks from the series, in order. 10. Majora’s Mask We could spend days discussing the technological limitations of the N64 audio chip. It had surprisingly weak audio capabilities for the hardware of its time.…
Over on Twitter, Power Up Audio’s creative director Kevin Regamey breaks down how he helped create the amazing dialogue sytem for 2018 award winning indie game Celeste. Spoiler, it relied on an incredibly detailed implementation of FMod’s transition system. First, they made individual syllables to represent specific emotional ranges. Then they tested these ideas with…
We polled our staff at game.audio to find an answer to one of the most contentious topics in Game Audio. We asked everyone a simple question: What are the 10 absolute best Soundtracks for Final Fantasy games? As expected, we received a variety of answers ranging from “I’ve only Played FFVII” to “Well, FFII only sounds the…
Emulating sound chips in vintage consoles can be a bit of a dark art. There have been many attempts in the past, including Plogue’s excellent chip sounds or sample-based techniques. People frequently debate how to get the most authentic emulation of the original game hardware. Emulating game chips authentically is a bit of a dark art. One way…