Ballblazer.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 29 s, 105 kbps, file size: 366 KB)
This is the algorithmic composition played continually during play on the 1985 Lucasfilm Games game Ballblazer on the Commodore 64 microcomputer (the game was originally developed for the Atari 800, and also released for the Atari 5200 and 7800. the 800 version was called Ballblaster during development). This page describes the music thus:
The music plays forever, without repeating itself but without straying too far from the original theme. The bassline doesn't vary at all, only the lead line in the higher register is fractally varied. This sample doesn't at all do the original justice – the only way to appreciate it properly is to download SIDplay and the .SID file (both linked below) and let it play for hours.
Fair use is asserted for the following reasons:
Additionally, the copyright status of this (and other generative works) is unclear and untested. The actual notes performed, and the weighted-random numbers used in their composition, were created on my computer. They are based on an algorithm designed by Lucasarts.
I assert no copyright of my own on this work.
This is a sound
sample from a song, movie, sound effect, or other audio recording that is currently copyrighted. The copyright for it may be owned by the company who made it or the author. For a song, it may also be owned by the person(s) who performed it. It is believed that the use of this work qualifies as
fair use under
United States copyright law when used on the
English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the U.S. by the non-profit
Wikimedia Foundation, where:
A more detailed fair use rationale should be provided by the user who uploaded this sample.
Any other uses of this sample, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be
copyright infringement. If you are the copyright holder of this sample and you feel that its use here does not fall under "fair use", please see
Wikipedia:Copyright problems for information on how to proceed. To the uploader: If this is a free, non-copyrighted audio recording, please post it to Wikimedia Commons instead. | ||
Original .SID file obtained from: http://www.c64unlimited.net/games/b/Ballblazer/Ballblazer.htm [ dead link]
Rendered by User:Finlay McWalter in the following steps:
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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current | 21:23, 13 April 2022 | 29 s (366 KB) | LucasKannou ( talk | contribs) | To comply with WP:SAMPLE. | |
14:38, 8 June 2004 | No thumbnail | 1 min 0 s (761 KB) | Finlay McWalter ( talk | contribs) | ballblazer tune |
You cannot overwrite this file.
Format | Bitrate | Download | Status | Encode time |
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MP3 | 168 kbps | Completed 15:58, 20 April 2022 | 1.0 s |
Ballblazer.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 29 s, 105 kbps, file size: 366 KB)
This is the algorithmic composition played continually during play on the 1985 Lucasfilm Games game Ballblazer on the Commodore 64 microcomputer (the game was originally developed for the Atari 800, and also released for the Atari 5200 and 7800. the 800 version was called Ballblaster during development). This page describes the music thus:
The music plays forever, without repeating itself but without straying too far from the original theme. The bassline doesn't vary at all, only the lead line in the higher register is fractally varied. This sample doesn't at all do the original justice – the only way to appreciate it properly is to download SIDplay and the .SID file (both linked below) and let it play for hours.
Fair use is asserted for the following reasons:
Additionally, the copyright status of this (and other generative works) is unclear and untested. The actual notes performed, and the weighted-random numbers used in their composition, were created on my computer. They are based on an algorithm designed by Lucasarts.
I assert no copyright of my own on this work.
This is a sound
sample from a song, movie, sound effect, or other audio recording that is currently copyrighted. The copyright for it may be owned by the company who made it or the author. For a song, it may also be owned by the person(s) who performed it. It is believed that the use of this work qualifies as
fair use under
United States copyright law when used on the
English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the U.S. by the non-profit
Wikimedia Foundation, where:
A more detailed fair use rationale should be provided by the user who uploaded this sample.
Any other uses of this sample, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be
copyright infringement. If you are the copyright holder of this sample and you feel that its use here does not fall under "fair use", please see
Wikipedia:Copyright problems for information on how to proceed. To the uploader: If this is a free, non-copyrighted audio recording, please post it to Wikimedia Commons instead. | ||
Original .SID file obtained from: http://www.c64unlimited.net/games/b/Ballblazer/Ballblazer.htm [ dead link]
Rendered by User:Finlay McWalter in the following steps:
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 21:23, 13 April 2022 | 29 s (366 KB) | LucasKannou ( talk | contribs) | To comply with WP:SAMPLE. | |
14:38, 8 June 2004 | No thumbnail | 1 min 0 s (761 KB) | Finlay McWalter ( talk | contribs) | ballblazer tune |
You cannot overwrite this file.
Format | Bitrate | Download | Status | Encode time |
---|---|---|---|---|
MP3 | 168 kbps | Completed 15:58, 20 April 2022 | 1.0 s |