The album only plays on a 1983 console

Chiptune music was already pretty strange and niche, given that it's all about making sounds from early gaming consoles using their sound chips, but this takes it to a whole new level.

The album only plays on a 1983 console

A new album called 8 Bit Music Power is coming out on the 31st of January and it features some classic sounding tracks with all the twanging goodness you expect from Chiptune. The kicker this time is that the album will be available on a cartridge and not just any cartridge - one that will only play in the original Nintendo Famicom which released in Japan in 1983.

How's that for hipster?

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