Chiptune

Broadly a chiptune, also known as chip music or 8-bit music is a piece of electronic music produced by using sound chips that were used in in home computer, game consoles or arcade machines popular in the 1980s into the 1990s.

Videos

 * The Chiptune Story - Creating retro music 8-bits at a time

Musicians

 * Fakebit Polytechnic also explaining a DIY project Cheapsynth