During the Microcomputer Craze of the late 70’s and early 80’s, the computer market saw a massive upsurge in the amount of new computers hitting the scene. Many famous sound chips widely used in the chip scene first debuted in computers that were released during this era, with probably the most well known example being the SID Chip in the Commodore 64. However, not all sound chips from this era were as popular as the aforementioned SID. Many of these ancient sound chips have faded into relative obscurity, rarely ever seen mentioned on the modern chip scene. The COMX-35, styled as the “Clever… …

You know, most of the group projects we do in the Café are usually pretty extensively pre-planned. Stuff like the Major Jams and the Coffee Jam have weeks of planning and foresight done by Café Staff before they’re ever revealed to the public. However, every once in awhile, you’ll see a project just pop out of nowhere, with no planning or background from staff, that just completely takes over the entire scene. Such is the case with the current Café craze, a collective effort from a bunch of affiliated artists to cover DoricDream ’s “FamiCommodore” in as many formats as possible. For the uninf…

What’s up, everybody? I was looking back at the blog the other day, and saw that a lot of our content is really similar, and starting to get a little stale. So, in the effort of keeping things fresh, I thought it’d be a good idea to start introducing some new kinds of content to the blog to just see what works and what doesn’t work. This article below is a recollection penned by Cafè OG SuperJet Spade who wanted to share his story of how he discovered Chiptunes with us. Anyways, I’ll go ahead and hand it off to him, but be sure to let us know if you enjoy this kind of content if you’d like to see more stuff like it in the future!

What’s up, everybody? I’ve got something a little bit different for you this week. As I’m sure most of you are aware, our third ever chip jam, Decemberfest, just concluded a couple of weeks ago after a month and a half of fast paced composition, unlikely team-ups and narrow deadline avoidance. It was our largest contest to date, with 27 different entries across 3 different categories, and, in my opinion, one of the coolest things we have done to date. But none of it would have been possible if not for the great team we had working behind-the-scenes, and I just want to give them all some well deserved credit to them before we get into the music.