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Liverpool, UK

http://www.videogamedj.com/8bc-collection/

For those of you who have been into Chiptune music for a while, you probably remember the website 8bitcollective.com. Plagued with site issues like downtime and a finicky uploader, 8bc held a special place in my heart, it was an incredibly active portal for free chiptune music. Every submission was downloadable, and its where I learned of many of my new favorite artists, included Smiletron, MisfitChris and Electric Children.

At the end of last year, 8bc went down for good. Luckily, some crafty people took the time to create this: a torrent file of every song on the 8bc database. Just over 18GB, this torrent is massive chunk of chiptune history, and includes some songs that can’t be found anywhere else. And the best part, this torrent is entirely legal under Creative Commons.

For those looking for a new Chiptune fix, check out uCollective, a website started in the spirit of 8bc, with much more attentive developers wink

The torrent can be found over at Legit Torrents - http://www.legittorrents.info/index.php … 1d5efbac79

Figured even though it's from THEY WHO MUST NOT BE MENTIONED, it's a pretty cool thing, the closest to a backup of the 8bc archive, until...

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babylon

im about this.

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cool. There's even a song of mine in there.

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uhajdafdfdfa

apparently it is only the songs with more than ten likes. I KNEW THE 8BC LIKES SYSTEM WAS BAD IDEA

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Sweden

They should make a torrent of the songs that scored 1 star back when they had that rating system.

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Nice, glad to hear some of the song database was saved! Can't wait to listen.

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NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL (LSDJ/NEED CC/CLIP) VOLUME 24

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Abandoned on Fire
ant1 wrote:

apparently it is only the songs with more than ten likes. I KNEW THE 8BC LIKES SYSTEM WAS BAD IDEA

Dang.  That's not as great as it could be.

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Riverside, CA

I've seeded that bitch to a ratio of 48. Almost a whole terabyte uploaded smile

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The Hollow Earth
ant1 wrote:

apparently it is only the songs with more than ten likes. I KNEW THE 8BC LIKES SYSTEM WAS BAD IDEA

And it's still 18GB? Weak.

4mat wrote:

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL (LSDJ/NEED CC/CLIP) VOLUME 24

I have a feeling that pretty much describes most of the torrent.

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Sydney, NSW

I remember frantically bookmarking the first fifty tracks on the 8bc frontpage in hopes that it would work again and I could compile a stupid compilation full of those tunes.

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Joliette, QC, Canada

I'm downloading it ONLY if all Matt Fuzz and Un Canard songs are on it !!!

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NYC

god..... I dont need this.

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Milwaukee, WI

I'm glad he went ahead and assumed the uploaders were the original composers.

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Tacoma WA

luckily for you guess i don't think i got likes

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hey look mahamajama is on there - mahamajamamahamajamamahamajamamahamajamamahamajama

version of the same torrent with a list - http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/3174 … ab=summary