Holiday Remixing Contest!
Hello again fellow Commodore 64 fans. I figured to get into the holiday spirit I might try to add to the holiday spirit by having a little contest here and offering a gift to the winner.
Perhaps I'll even give away multiple prizes if the entries are good enough!
The rules: Let me know in the comments here that you're going to give it a go. Then make a remix of one of the songs (SID tracks) listed below, and upload to Remix.Kwed.Org. The rules for uploading can be found HERE. The remixer who gets the best rating for his/her remix in its first week (7 days) at RKO will be able to choose from one of the games listed here (they allow "gifting" of downloads, so no hassles with shipping, etc. - should be good for anyone who can provide me with an E-mail address):
The prizes (choose 1):
Defender of the Crown
Empires and Dungeons
Gold Miner Vegas
You might notice an old school C64 theme there with the games. It's intentional!
If you have a Mac, Westward III: Gold Rush can be substituted.
Tentatively the deadline is January 1st, 2010, but if you have a work in progress to share I may extend the deadline, depending on how many entries there are. If there are no entries (*sniffle*) then by 1/1/10 I'll call it off.
If you want to polish your song up a bit or are not confident in uploading to RKO yet by the deadline, then you can submit the song to...me! And I'll judge the winner. But ultimately I'd prefer it go up on RKO for all to enjoy.
Most of the SID tunes can be found already converted into MIDI format HERE - see my previous post SID 2 MIDI - And a little present for the holidays
To find the original SIDs, use SID Find.
The tunes (subtune 1 unless otherwise noted):
Adventure Construction Set, Subtunes 1 and/or 2.
Below the Root
Mail Order Monsters, Subtunes 1 and 2
Realm of Impossibility
Spelunker
Winter Holidays (just threw this one in for the season!)
I chose these SIDs mainly because they have not been remixed to death (or at all), and a few are from pretty well known games.
If you prefer, you can also use one of the listed SID subtunes from the following previous C64 Walkabout Podcast episodes here:
Just please make sure it's not something you've already done and submitted to RKO - only new remixes please (a "version 2" is acceptable though).
Happy Remixing! The winner (or any entries for that matter) will be featured prominently in an upcoming podcast, given your written consent, of course.
Perhaps I'll even give away multiple prizes if the entries are good enough!
The rules: Let me know in the comments here that you're going to give it a go. Then make a remix of one of the songs (SID tracks) listed below, and upload to Remix.Kwed.Org. The rules for uploading can be found HERE. The remixer who gets the best rating for his/her remix in its first week (7 days) at RKO will be able to choose from one of the games listed here (they allow "gifting" of downloads, so no hassles with shipping, etc. - should be good for anyone who can provide me with an E-mail address):
The prizes (choose 1):
Defender of the Crown
Empires and Dungeons
Gold Miner Vegas
You might notice an old school C64 theme there with the games. It's intentional!
If you have a Mac, Westward III: Gold Rush can be substituted.
Tentatively the deadline is January 1st, 2010, but if you have a work in progress to share I may extend the deadline, depending on how many entries there are. If there are no entries (*sniffle*) then by 1/1/10 I'll call it off.
If you want to polish your song up a bit or are not confident in uploading to RKO yet by the deadline, then you can submit the song to...me! And I'll judge the winner. But ultimately I'd prefer it go up on RKO for all to enjoy.
Most of the SID tunes can be found already converted into MIDI format HERE - see my previous post SID 2 MIDI - And a little present for the holidays
To find the original SIDs, use SID Find.
The tunes (subtune 1 unless otherwise noted):
Adventure Construction Set, Subtunes 1 and/or 2.
Below the Root
Mail Order Monsters, Subtunes 1 and 2
Realm of Impossibility
Spelunker
Winter Holidays (just threw this one in for the season!)
I chose these SIDs mainly because they have not been remixed to death (or at all), and a few are from pretty well known games.
If you prefer, you can also use one of the listed SID subtunes from the following previous C64 Walkabout Podcast episodes here:
Just please make sure it's not something you've already done and submitted to RKO - only new remixes please (a "version 2" is acceptable though).
Happy Remixing! The winner (or any entries for that matter) will be featured prominently in an upcoming podcast, given your written consent, of course.
Posted by Robinson Mason at 12-22-2009 
Categories: C64 Music Remix,Games,SID Sound
Tags: c64 remix contest remix64
Categories: C64 Music Remix,Games,SID Sound
Tags: c64 remix contest remix64
Sadly while I did get a few nibbles and people citing interest no one had an entry. If you do have an remix that fits the (non-extended) rules, however, I may well give you the prize anyway!
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