arrangers: []
catalog: mtk.mp3.086
categories:
- Game-adjacent
category: Game-adjacent
classification: Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/43318
  names:
    en: virt
covers: []
discs:
- disc_length: '23:35'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Blastoff (Gyruss)
    track_length: '3:26'
  - names:
      English: Bogey At Your 6 (Top Gun)
    track_length: '3:59'
  - names:
      English: Vile Red Falcon (Contra)
    track_length: '2:43'
  - names:
      English: Pizza Time (TMNT)
    track_length: '3:35'
  - names:
      English: Option (Gradius 2)
    track_length: '3:13'
  - names:
      English: Shell Shock (TMNT 3)
    track_length: '3:43'
  - names:
      English: Blastoff (Bonus Beats)
    track_length: '2:56'
link: album/5253
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2007-11-05T22:08
  edited_date: 2013-11-15T12:48
  fetched_date: 2026-01-05T05:14
  freedb: 1
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 4287
name: fx 2.0
names:
  en: fx 2.0
  ja: fx 2.0
  ja-latn: fx 2.0
notes: '-=/fx 2.0/=-

  a nes chiptune disk by virt

  -----------------

  it has been about two years since fx was released, and i''ve been introduced to
  a pretty active chiptune scene through it. there are a lot of really awesome people
  who are into this stuff.

  a student of film composition might, as part of his studies, practice re-scoring
  a whole film. that is, he cuts out the existing music track, and writes his own
  to replace it. i needed to go beyond the vaguely konami-style tunes of fx, and actually
  pretend that i had been hired to compose for specific konami nes games.

  so, here are 6 new tunes. they are in the genre/style of music from the original
  games, with my own style added and, in some cases, a lot of progressive metal influences.
  i got the baroque-ish castlevania-esque stuff out of my system last time - here
  i am concentrating on other games, action titles and shooters.

  please either listen in impulse tracker or xmplay, or download the mp3s from my
  site or wherever you got this zip. modplug and winamp butcher the tunes, ranging
  from not playing at all to missing the noise channel to messed up note bends. if
  you listen in a mod player the chances are good you''re not hearing it correctly,
  and it may sound awful.

  v-blast

  blast off (gyruss): in the game, an absolutely brilliant "konamization" of bach''s
  toccata and fugue in dmin plays. this is what i would do instead.

  v-bogey

  bogey at your 6 (top gun): a much more aggressive and frantic tune than the original,
  with guitar solos, and the original dpcm jet hum in the background. even trusty
  xmplay will mess up the tempo of the intro, so check out the MP3 if you can''t use
  impulse tracker to listen.

  v-falcon

  vile red falcon (contra): this is the most sparse of all the songs, but contra is
  one of the sparsest konami soundtracks, too. i did some weird rhythmic stuff here.

  v-ptime

  pizza time (tmnt 1): starts out with my version of overworld music, then sort of
  goes off on a huge tangent and skips to later in the game, and inside later buildings,
  then bosses and stuff. gets really progressive-wank later on.

  v-option

  option (gradius 2): traditional konami "shooter music" - a genre that is completely
  exlusive to games, and immediately recognizable.

  v-shock

  shell shock (tmnt 3): tmnt3 is my favorite nes soundtrack of all time, and this
  is my attempt to pay homage to it. i love the "HEY!" sample so, so much.

  shout outs, greets, thanks:

  .hally.memblers.nullsleep.naruto.h0l.

  .truestar.rs3.taezou.prozax.kae.kjh.

  .basehead.seffren.beek.aethra.beej.rv.

  .lasombra.skyline.ross.ubik.pyro.ne7.

  .zsazs.oman.k.gd.dr.deciblast.majesty.

  .vill.diablo.symbiote.cloak.crenton.

  .spencer.mellogear.mpollard.torex?.

  .mathew.nykad.wave.funkymuskrat.hunz.

  .everyone else.i''m.forgetting.

  !!!!!!!!!!! MML / MCK RULES !!!!!!!!!!!!

  near the end of my work on this disk, i started to get into using mck to actually
  write authentic nes music in nsf format, and i''m pretty sure thata if i release
  more nes music it will be as nsfs or even as a .nes demo rom! mml is a scripting
  language popular in japan, used for everything from cellphones to midi, and using
  a tool called mck, you can compile it with a sound driver into working nes tunes!
  grab my english translation of the mck docs at http://virt.vgmix.com/mckc-e.txt
  and the tools at http://nesmusic.zophar.net and get started making your own REAL
  nes music!

  [email protected]

  http://virt.vgmix.com

  somebody get this freakin'' duck away from me!'
organizations:
- &id001
  names:
    en: Monotonik
  role: publisher
performers: []
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/35/5253/5253-1194329333.jpg
picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/35/5253/5253-1194329333.jpg
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/35/5253/5253-1194329333.jpg
platforms:
- NES (Famicom)
products:
- link: product/10383
  names:
    en: Gyruss
    ja: ジャイラス
    ja-latn: Gyruss
- link: product/10836
  names:
    en: Top Gun
    ja: トップガン
    ja-latn: Top Gun
- link: release/2792
  names:
    en: Contra
    ja: 魂斗羅
    ja-latn: Contra
- link: product/7272
  names:
    en: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
    ja: 激亀忍者伝 (NES)
    ja-latn: Gekikame Ninja Den (NES)
- link: release/705
  names:
    en: Gradius II (FC)
    ja: グラディウス II (FC)
    ja-latn: Gradius II (FC)
- link: product/6114
  names:
    en: 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project'
    ja: ティーンエイジ ミュータント ニンジャ タートルズ 2 ザ マンハッタン プロジェクト
    ja-latn: 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project'
publish_format: Doujin/Indie
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '2002-08-29'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Free
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://archive.org/details/mtk086
  name: Internet Archive
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/5253?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: http://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp86.html
    name: '^^^^ monotonik :: mono ^^^^'
