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Chiptunes Are Popping

Chiptunes geeks hack video-game systems into music machines

Photo: Ben Mason
Music: Hexadecimal Genome by Bitshifte
BitShift
Photo: Ben Mason
Photo: Ben Mason
Starscre
Starscre
glom
Nullsle
Photo: Joey Mariano/Animal Style
Nullsle
Image: 8static
Image: 8static

Cheap Dinosau
Animal Sty
Animal Sty
Photo: Joey Mariano/Animal Style
Photo: Joey Mariano/Animal Style
Photo: Joey Mariano/Animal Style
Photo: Joey Mariano/Animal Style
Photo: Gijs Gieskes
Bitshift
Bitshift
Nullsle
Nullsle
Nullsle
Starscre
Paris Treantafel
Image : Paris Treantafeles
Low-Ga
Image: Paris Treantafeles
Nullsle
Image: Paris Treantafeles
Nullsle
Nullsle
Nullsle
Peter Swi
Nullsle
Low-Ga
Chrom
Nullsle
Cheap Dinosau
Music: Her Lazer Light Eyes by Nullsleep
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