![]() It had to be loud, it had to be rough, and it most of all had to be exciting. This was not only a celebration of interests but it was a crude ritual that would not be the same as just playing official soundtracks. In small side rooms of upscale convention halls, guitarists would play video game riffs over top of drum machines while projections of Nintendo games would scroll on screens behind them. ![]() It was a scene of people that were not only heavily involved in the tribute of video games but also expressing it in the noisiest and sometimes the most DIY way possible. Before the advent of reliable streaming services like Bandcamp, much of this music existed on file sharing networks and through purchased CDs that were acquired through merch tables at conventions. The artists in this nebula would play music in medium size video game conventions as well as warehouse concerts and bar shows. This genre of tribute music has been tagged as chiptune for electronic and referred to as Nintendocore for the rock variety (though that name has never been used even as a joke). Many of these acts played video game conventions, where there was a focus on nostalgic entertainment for the attendees. In another life, I spent a considerable amount of time with video game music–specifically rock and electronic tribute bands who would play renditions or remixes of video game songs.
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