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coin-op bop

By monstret on February 1, 2026 9:25 pm


My concept for this week's track was:
Create a brief window into an arcade game that never was, using 8-bit emulation.


I love the idea of it and had a ton of fun but ultimately it's a pretty fiddly concept to get right and I had no time to do it justice for now. Will definitely return to the concept in the future.


Soundcloud version that may be slightly tweaked now or in the future.

this is fun! I feel like I'm in the game

SQF wrote:

this is fun! I feel like I'm in the game

haha thanks. that was the hope. if i had talent, the game sounds would be integrated into the track seamlessly and not a parallel track but it was fun to work on.

woah yais! feels like I got thrown into the game at the arcade and then got interrupted by IRL stuff aww. 

Love the start sample, then we bloopin', lead is really fun, coin sounds, then I died, life 2! Bass is bouncin' along, we gamin' lead kicks in again, vocal sample is great. Melody is really fun and up-beat. hahahahaa, love the footsteps walking away and the ambient arcade sounds, really captures the feeling of leaving the arcade behind. Great storytelling and ambience, love it!

Tone Matrix wrote:

woah yais! feels like I got thrown into the game at the arcade and then got interrupted by IRL stuff aww.


bobbyd wrote:

Love the start sample, then we bloopin', lead is really fun, coin sounds, then I died, life 2! Bass is bouncin' along, we gamin' lead kicks in again, vocal sample is great. Melody is really fun and up-beat. hahahahaa, love the footsteps walking away and the ambient arcade sounds, really captures the feeling of leaving the arcade behind. Great storytelling and ambience, love it!


very kind of you both to take the time to listen and comment. loved both your uploads this week

The atmosphere created in the first couple seconds is so evocative. I'm instantly there in my childhood.
Phenomenal job.

BarristerPlong wrote:

The atmosphere created in the first couple seconds is so evocative. I'm instantly there in my childhood.
Phenomenal job.

Thank you kindly!

This arcade is tiny (no reverb) and every patron is a robot (everything on beat) and honestly, it's quite the sight to behold.
- Valx

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