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The resolution of sound: Understanding retro game audio beyond the ‘8-bit’ horizon

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dc.creatorBraguinski, Nikita
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-08T13:25:10Z
dc.date.available2019-01-08T13:25:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe labelling of retro-themed musical products as ‘8-bit’ has become a fixture of today’s popular culture. Yet, contrary to its use in the visual realm, this ‘resolution’ of retro game audio normally does not specify the amount of information used to encode and display the artefact. Instead, the number ‘8’ in ‘8-bit audio’ refers to a nebulous amalgam of aesthetic imaginaries that connect to a vision of grossly inadequate audio and video technologies of the previous decades. In this article, I propose a different vocabulary for the assessment of the specific qualities of 1980s game audio, and its more recent imitations.en
dc.identifier.doi10.25969/mediarep/3442
dc.identifier.urihttps://necsus-ejms.org/the-resolution-of-sound-understanding-retro-game-audio-beyond-the-8-bit-horizon/
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/4211
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmsterdam University Press
dc.publisher.placeAmsterdam
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2213-0217
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subject8-biten
dc.subjectaudioen
dc.subjectresolutionen
dc.subjectretroen
dc.subjectvideo gameen
dc.subjectVideospielde
dc.subjectAuflösungde
dc.subject.ddcddc:791
dc.titleThe resolution of sound: Understanding retro game audio beyond the ‘8-bit’ horizonen
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBraguinski, Nikita (2018): The resolution of sound: Understanding retro game audio beyond the ‘8-bit’ horizon. In: NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies 7 (1), 105–121. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/3442.
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local.coverpage2020-11-22T11:04:14
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://necsus-ejms.org/the-resolution-of-sound-understanding-retro-game-audio-beyond-the-8-bit-horizon/
local.source.epage121
local.source.issue1
local.source.spage105
local.source.volume7

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