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Game Sound
Game Sound
An Introduction to the History, Theory, and
Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design
KAREN COLLINS
The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
( 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Collins, Karen, 1973–.
Game sound : an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of video game music and sound design /
Karen Collins.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 978-0-262-03378-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Video game music—History and criticism. I. Title.
2008
—dc22 2008008742
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TO MY GRANDMOTHER
Contents
Preface ix
CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1
GamesAreNotFilms!But... 5
CHAPTER 2 Push Start Button: The Rise of Video Games 7
Invaders in Our Homes: The Birth of Home Consoles 20
‘‘Well It Needs Sound’’: The Birth of puters 28
Conclusion 34
CHAPTER 3 Insert Quarter to Continue: 16-Bit and the Death of the Arcade 37
Nintendo and Sega: The Home Console Wars 39
puters Get Musical 48
MIDI and the Creation of iMUSE 51
Amiga and the MOD Format 57
Conclusion 59
CHAPTER 4 Press Reset: Video Game es of Age 63
Home Console Audio Matures 68
Other Platforms: Rhythm-Action, Handhelds, and Online Games 73
Conclusion 81
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