The evolving use of chiptune music in games

The evolving use of chiptune music in games

Originally, chiptune was used in video games because that was really the only option there was – the systems weren’t sophisticated enough to handle, say, a soundtrack of exclusively full orchestral pieces. As systems became better and more complex, many studios and creators moved away from this chiptune and electronic style, in favor of music with real (or at least more realistic-sounding) instruments. But even today, chiptune music still has it…