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16 Formats
Lvl 31
sixteen brand-new BotB formats, all appearing in one brand-new major!
our top team of BotB format scientists has reviewed and researched many outstanding format requests of the last few years to create this unique new major. maybe one of your favorite tools has been freshly included, or maybe they're all new to you - either way, now's your chance to make BotB history tackling all new formats.
please feel free to contribute info to the lyceum articles on these formats, whether you're already an expert or just exploring! thank you!
(note 1: currently XHB hosting for all these formats is disabled; they will be opened up after the major!)
(note 2: the "AdLib Soundcard" format has been retired from hosting and replaced with two formats: "Yamaha OPL2" and "Yamaha OPL3". only OPL2 is part of this major; OPL3 is functionally identical to the old AdLib.)
thanks to kilowatt64 for the incredible battle cover art!
thanks to jangler, kleeder, MelonadeM, DEFENSE MECHANISM and arceus413 for designing and/or helping me with format icons!
thanks to puke7 for letting me host this insane battle idea!
- newly minted • exploratory • crunch-a-tization • fresh factor • oops in pants
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- No covers allowed, only original works.
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Buzz is a freeware modular environment for making music that shares some functional elements with trackers. :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
8 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
Images and animations made in Clipnote Studio, a free successor to Nintendo's Flipnote for DSi/3DS. :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
17 entries submitted :: view entries
Project file made in FamiStudio, the piano roll NES chiptune sequencer. Use the latest stable version! :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
29 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
Music made for the Nintendo GameBoy Advance, featuring samples on top of the classic GameBoy soundchip. Submission should be able to play back on real hardware (or in an emulator)! :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 8mb
13 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
Project file made in Little Sound Dj, a hardware tracker for the GameBoy created by Johan Kotlinski in 2000. Indicate the version used along with your submission to ensure accurate playback! :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
17 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
Music written in Music Macro Language (MML), a text-based form of songwriting. Submission must contain the source MML and all additional files needed to compile. :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
12 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
Music made for the AY-3-8910/YM2149 chip and one or more expansion chips that were featured in the MSX and its game/expansion carts. Allowed expansion chips: Y8950 OPLL SCC SCC+ and Turbo-R PCM :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 4mb
24 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
Assets and/or visual artwork made in NEXXT, an editor for NES hardware-compatible graphics. :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
19 entries submitted :: view entries
Music for the Yamaha YM3812 chip, also known as the OPL2. Nine channels of 2-op FM with four waveforms. :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
30 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
Music made using Orca, an esoteric MIDI-sequencing programming language, and its companion synth Pilot. Submit your .orca patch file! :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
9 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
The precursor to PxTone, OrgMaker is a music sequencer by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya that was used to make the music for Cave Story. :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
9 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
Music made for the Commodore PET. Submission should be able to play back on real hardware (or in an emulator)! :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
7 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
MIDI file written for the Roland SC-55, an iconic Sound Canvas module from 1991 and the first to incorporate the then-new General MIDI standard. :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
18 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
WaveTracker is a wavetable synthesis-focused tracker that also offers sampling capability. :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
16 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
Music made for the Sharp X68000, a Japanese computer from 1987 containing a Yamaha YM2151 FM chip and an OKI MSM6258 sampler chip. Submission should be able to play back on real hardware (or in an emulator)! :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 8mb
23 entries submitted :: view entries :: listen entries
Custom quests for Zelda Classic (ZC), the Armageddon Games PC clone of the original NES Legend of Zelda. :: read lyceum article
Maximum File Size :: 12.5mb
9 entries submitted :: view entries
