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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · 2d

Something modern on a retro computer? Yeah, why not. Who said #chiptune should only sound bleep-bloop?

Here we go, winner track at #Deadline demoparty's Oldschool music competition, now on Youtube:
youtu.be/GPjt2TzARBk

#c64 #commodore #vgm #demoscene #electronic #industrial #cyberpunk

Verkuerzte Ausfahrt [C64][SID Factory II][Deadline 2025]

YouTube video by StrayBoom

youtu.be

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budapestmicro.bsky.social @budapestmicro.bsky.social · 2d

A 8 bites és a videojáték zene egész éjszakás ünnepe.
Budapest Micro Vol.3 - Három Holló, 1052, Budapest, Piarista köz 1.

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · 6d

Listen on DeepSID: deepsid.chordian.net?file=%2FSID%...

strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · 6d

Achievement unlocked: Oldschool MSX competition winner! Notice the subtle hint of a real party in the background too. Thank you @deadline-berlin.bsky.social for the great event, see you next year <3

#C64 executable download: csdb.dk/release/?id=...

#demoscene #deadline #commodore #chiptune #sid

A unique pyramid shaped trophy with programmable LED lights inside.

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Sep 11

Announcing BudapestMicro Vol3. - Chiptune, Seminars, Demoscene. Visit us in Harom Hollo pub if you happen to be in Budapest on the 28th March 2026.

#chiptune #budapestmicro #bpmicro #bpm #demoscene

Budapest Micro Vol3 banner. Lineup and Seminars list. Date: 28/03/2026, Harom Hollo, Budapest, Hungary.

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 1

= 32 bits after 32 years =

We're incredibly proud to announce that Second Reality has now been finally ported to a modern operating system, and you can watch it tear up your system: no video, no emulation, just code - as it should be.

conspiracy.hu/files/w32nd_...
github.com/ConspiracyHu...

Second Reality, along with the legendary Assembly party were among the earliest influences to the members of Conspiracy. Today we're honoring the 32nd anniversary with a gift to the community: a native 32 bit port of the demo that kicked off the PC demoscene era with a bang.

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Flashing Ties are back. #C64 #chiptune DJ Set with Visage and vincenzo, utilizing 3x #Commodore64 computers at Arok Party 2025.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCIG...

#demoscene #chipmusic #vgm #djset

Visage vs. Vincenzo [C64][DJ Set][Arok2025]

YouTube video by LethargyC64

www.youtube.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Jul 21

And of course, this is a capture from real hardware with real #SID chip (8580, aka. new SID).

strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Jul 21

I wanted to say something clever about this #Commodore64 #chiptune I made for Arok Party 2025's music competition but instead I just copy-paste the link so you can click and listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gEH...

Made with SIDFactory2, runs on a stock #C64

#vgm #commodore #sidfactory2 #demoscene

Staumagnet [C64][SID Factory II][Arok 2025]

YouTube video by StrayBoom

www.youtube.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · May 8

A #C64 DJ set live on stage, with 3x real #Commodore 64's and 2 DJ's, in 2025? Yes.
Thank you @revision-party.bsky.social for having us. It was great fun.
Sincerely, Visage and Vincenzo from Lethargy C64.

#demoscene #revision #demoparty #dj #live #sid #vgm #chiptune

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4dq...

Revision 2025 - Event - Visage / Lethargy b2b Vincenzo

YouTube video by Revision Demoparty

www.youtube.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Apr 27

Sporadic BlueSky postin' episode 3:
13 tracks of a mixture of remixes and covers as Commodore 64 SID music, recorded from an original C64 with SID8580 for maximum authenticity. Free download.

vincenzo.bandcamp.com/album/bytemo...

#c64 #commodore #vgm #chiptune #chipmusic #demoscene

ByteMorphoSID, by Laszlo 'vincenzo' Vincze

13 track album

vincenzo.bandcamp.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Apr 10

Sporadic BlueSky postin' episode 2:
20 tracks of a mixture of genres as C64 SID music, composed between 2017-2022.
Recorded from an original C64 with SID8580 for maximum authenticity. Free download.

vincenzo.bandcamp.com/album/clockw...

#c64 #commodore #vgm #chiptune #chipmusic #demoscene

Clockwork Factory, by Laszlo 'vincenzo' Vincze

20 track album

vincenzo.bandcamp.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Mar 23

Sporadic BlueSky postin' episode 1:
18 tracks of funky-jazzy Commodore 64 SID music I composed between 2017 and 2022, recorded from an original C64 with SID8580 for maximum authenticity. Free download.

vincenzo.bandcamp.com/album/funkta...

#c64 #commodore #chiptune #vgm #demoscene #bandcamp #funky

Funktastic SID Experience, by Laszlo 'vincenzo' Vincze

18 track album

vincenzo.bandcamp.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Mar 1

Budapest Micro is live www.twitch.tv/budapestmicro

#chiptune #vgm #commodore #live

budapestmicro - Twitch

BudapestMicro at Központ

www.twitch.tv

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Mar 1

Budapest Micro vol2 - ready to chip'n'roll. #chiptune #live #vgm tonight at S8 Underground, Budapest, Hungary.

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Feb 26

Budapest Micro #chiptune event is around the corner, this time with 5 performers, from 8bit chiptune to edm/ebm. Come and visit us in S8 Underground Club if you happen to be in Budapest on the 1st of March 2025:
www.budapestmicro.org

Capture of the previous event:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVpm...

Budapest Micro at Kozpont, Budapest [27/04/2024]

YouTube video by BudapestMicro

www.youtube.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Feb 10

I missed celebrating the 10th year anniversary of strayboom.bandcamp.com/album/bleep-...
but well, let's celebrate the almost 11th year since this 6 track #chiptune #progressive #metal EP is out.
Happy almost birthday.

#demoscene #c64 #vgm #electronic

Bleep and Destroy, by StrayBoom

6 track album

strayboom.bandcamp.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Jan 27

Took me some time to get it, totally worth it. It's beautiful, it's THE dream car with a roar. In a couple hundred years, I might be able to afford the real car, too.

#tvr #cerbera #speed12 #spark #model #diecast #1/43

strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Jan 19

I don't count the hours I spend with SID music :)
Its restricted nature is the beauty of the hardware. You can be oldschool and bleep-bloop. Or you can be modern and use it as a subtractive synth - work your way around the limitations in a way that tricks the ears to believe much more is going on.

strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Jan 17

2021 was the year I released "The Fragment Trilogy".
It's a 3 track #audio #experiment on the #C64.
One track ends with a fragment of a musical theme, the next track starts with the same theme and evolves into a continuous flow of acid jazzy-funky-electronica.
vincenzo.bandcamp.com/album/the-fr...

The Fragment Trilogy [A C64 Trip], by Laszlo 'vincenzo' Vincze

4 track album

vincenzo.bandcamp.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Jan 6

All the SID files are now also available from VN75: csdb.dk/release/?id=...
It's time to upload them to deepsid.chordian.net?file=/SID%20... (I'll see if I can find the time today)

Vandalism News #75

Commodore 64 Diskmag: Vandalism News #75 by Offence and Onslaught and Vandalism News Staff. Released on 25 December 2024

csdb.dk

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Jan 4

I would like to wish a Happy New Year with this new (free) release that contains 24 of my #C64 #SID tracks from the past 7 years. May it bring happiness and joy and even more #chiptune to your life.

#commodore #demoscene #free #bandcamp

vincenzo.bandcamp.com/album/sidcon...

SIDcontinuity, by Laszlo 'vincenzo' Vincze

24 track album

vincenzo.bandcamp.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Dec 28

#C64 #SID and #chiptune and @yth.bsky.social <3
It was a pleasure to make a coop track for Vandalism News. I hope there will be another opportunity for a similar cooperation soon.

/c64/youth.sid @yth.bsky.social · Dec 27

On Christmas morning, Vandalism issue 75, a #Commodore64 #diskmag was released. It features a coop #Chiptune between Vincenzo and me. www.micheldebree.nl/posts/kroket/

Full of Kroket, from the Vandalism 75 soundtrack

On Christmas morning, Vandalism News issue 75 dropped! It was a privilege to supply a track for the soundtrack again. This time it was a coop tune with Vincenzo, who took the track into full party mod...

www.micheldebree.nl

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Dec 25

Merry Noir Christmas <3
strayboom.bandcamp.com/album/chicke...

#chickenpolice #noir #soundtrack #videogame #jazz #ost

Chicken Police - Into The Hive [OST], by Laszlo 'vincenzo' Vincze / StrayBoom Music

17 track album

strayboom.bandcamp.com

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strayboom @strayboom.bsky.social · Dec 17

Grab a bottle of whiskey and tune in to Chicken Police - Into The Hive' soundtrack. Mystery and noir and jazz and chicken in one place. Available here and there, for example on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VgeLSBKaU0

#videogame #soundtrack #ost #jazz #noir #chickenpolice

Chicken Police - Into The Hive! [OST][Official][Full Album]

YouTube video by StrayBoom

www.youtube.com

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