For those who want to try it out, you can also access these sounds in a somewhat easier way by using an NES audio emulator in your favorite DAW, or by using one of the various tracker programs:
Further, FYI: famitracker has a few different variants, with DN–famitracker being the fork, currently closest to accurately reproducing, the NES and the most common extant sound expansion chips: https://github.com/Dn-Programming-Core-Management/Dn-FamiTra...
And Famistudio is an excellent alternative if you prefer composing on a piano roll: https://famistudio.org
I always recommend watching his old Chipophone video (homemade 8-bit synthesizer from a repurposed old electronic organ). He has made many cool instruments since. Some of which maybe more tehcnically impressive, I can't tell. But this one is probably still on my all time top 10 "most enjoyment from watching a Youtube video" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1pchpDD5EU
I am a fan of these Famicom/NES synthesized sounds, they have a flavor that is rarely found in modern game music. There are a few musicians who does rearrangements of songs for playback on the Famicom, example:
Unfortunately the Midines is basically vaporware. I don't think he has actually built and delivered a cart in more than 15 years. He took my money for one about 18 years ago and never delivered.
They do occasionally show up on eBay and Reverb though.
https://www.mattmontag.com/projects-page/nintendo-vst
http://famitracker.com
And Famistudio is an excellent alternative if you prefer composing on a piano roll: https://famistudio.org
https://aframe.itch.io/famikondo
I always recommend watching his old Chipophone video (homemade 8-bit synthesizer from a repurposed old electronic organ). He has made many cool instruments since. Some of which maybe more tehcnically impressive, I can't tell. But this one is probably still on my all time top 10 "most enjoyment from watching a Youtube video" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1pchpDD5EU
Such cool sounds and he plays it well!
https://www.linusakesson.net/music/vivaldi-summer-presto/ind... https://www.linusakesson.net/music/withering-bytes/index.php
It'll give you a good idea for what he's making. (The music video is also really cool.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM3bYVt-c1k
Original song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKKyrGGaDk
They do occasionally show up on eBay and Reverb though.