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		nwellnhof 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Monkey Island for Commodore 64 Ground Up You can do amazing things with only a single SID channel. One of the most impressive examples is the in-game music of Hawkeye [1] which allows to use the remaining two channels for sound effects. [1] https://youtu.be/es-rWnVSJ1c

simonw 15 days ago [–]

That was incredible.

selcuka 14 days ago | [–]

That was made by Jeroen Tel, one of the wizards of the C64 music scene. See this for another example of a technical feat with the SID chip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYnwR16NbPE

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