One of the first chiptune albums I had the pleasure of hearing has been remastered. Originally released in 2002, proswell’s Konami album is loved by chiptune fans the world over. If you liked the original (or even if you haven’t heard it) check out the new album for free (or donation) here.

Via TRUE CHIP TILL DEATH.

Nice article about the economics of Pinball over at Cheep Talk.

Pinball attracted a different crowd than video games like Defender (my new pal designed Defender and Stargate too,) and this is the fundamental theorem of pinball economics. Pinball skill is transferrable. If you can pass, stall, nudge, and aim on one machine you can do it on any machine. This is both a blessing and a curse for pinball developers. The blessing is that pinball players were a captive market. The curse was that to keep the pinball players interested the games had to get more and more intricate and challenging.

Read the article here.