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If the soothing soundtracks of Kid Icarus or the original Metroid still bring a smile to your face, and you would like to keep hearing more 8-bit melodies, this is the gift for you. The catch is, you have to own a Nintendo Entertainment System. An electronic recording artist (is that even a job?) named Animalstyle is releasing an NES cartridge full of brand-new, original “chiptunes” using the systems often imitated, never duplicated sound board.
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu0SXNs2_pk 425×344]Animalstyle has a ton of 8-bit music he created on his site, including a tribute to Weezer. If he’s taking requests, we would love to hear the digitized version of “Stairway to Heaven.”