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DF Retro: Chris Huelsbeck interview (Turrican, Star Wars)
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Yeah the orchestrated selections sound amazing. Glad they finally did Air Combat from Mega Turrican for the last one.
Can't watch now but please tell me it's in German, dictator interviewing him in his native language and the video has English subs.
Happy with this one but disappointed by the low views again. I've become increasingly bitter with how the things I enjoy tend to do poorly while the stuff people care about are things I don't. That's a tough problem to overcome and I wish our channel could find a different audience. Console wars and modern comparisons just aren't interesting for me any longer.
The amount of extra work that would require is insane plus Chris has lived in the US since 1998!
Gee thanks ha ha
The amount of extra work that would require is insane plus Chris has lived in the US since 1998!
Personally, I love these interviews and deep dives. They're more important to gaming history in my book.
funny how i know his name since the 90s but never knew how he looked. man, his soundtracks are amazing, it was the shit back in the days, absolute standout stuff
It's all good and I didn't even know he moved to US. I just thought it would make sense, though. Didn't you move to Germany, actually?
Anyway, will definitely watch later!
Watched now. The accent from Chris is killing me! But very interesting video from him and nice interview.
Back in the day Chris calling SNES sound "dull" would've meant way more clicks on the video if YouTube would've been a thing back then.
Back in the day Chris calling SNES sound "dull" would've meant way more clicks on the video if YouTube would've been a thing back then.
Chris's English is fantastic, I had no problem understanding him.
Fantastic video, cheers for this John. Huelsbeck is one of my all time fave composers, especially his work on Apidya & the Turrican games. I've tried to get all the soundtrack cd's for the games he's composed for over the years, but I had no idea he was involved in Bubsy lol. I guess I'll have to buy that piece of crap as it seems to be the only way to get a physical version of the soundtrack.
Fantastic video, cheers for this John. Huelsbeck is one of my all time fave composers, especially his work on Apidya & the Turrican games. I've tried to get all the soundtrack cd's for the games he's composed for over the years, but I had no idea he was involved in Bubsy lol. I guess I'll have to buy that piece of crap as it seems to be the only way to get a physical version of the soundtrack.
Yeah but it comes down to the topic, I think. Need to get more people interested in the niche things somehow!
Don't get down on it. Great video and very interesting stuff. The man was part of the golden age of video game composers. He also worked on the cancelled factor 5 game Thornado, the music to which sounded awesome!
I guess because Huelsbeck is so wedded to the euro computer scene that was never really a big deal outside of europe.
but MEANWHILE
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but MEANWHILE
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I can understand the frustration, but from the total number of gamers in the world, only a very tiny % care about the past. You can see it when all the work that encompasses a gargantuan project like MAME has been done by less than 500 contributors.
In this case I didn't know Huelsbeck's work as someone who was born in the second half of the eighties and had almost no contact with Micro-Computers, and later I became a MD kid. Sure, I've played Turrican thanks to emulation and the later Factor 5's works, but never wondered who was behind the soundtracks, even if they were really memorable.
This was a great interview! Huelsbeck is a great composer.
It was very fascinating to hear about his methods for creating music with the limitations they had back in the day.
Such a shame he doesn't work more in games these days. With all the retro inspired games you'd think there would be a lot of games that'd fit great with his style. Maybe he's a bit too expensive for most indie projects.
It was very fascinating to hear about his methods for creating music with the limitations they had back in the day.
Such a shame he doesn't work more in games these days. With all the retro inspired games you'd think there would be a lot of games that'd fit great with his style. Maybe he's a bit too expensive for most indie projects.
Just got my copy of Retro Gamer #200 with a free CD of Turrican rearrangements, too!
That was my first thought as well - the entire European development scene often seems relegated to support the US-centric narrative of Nintendo saving a doomed industry :/
Actually, the Spectrum was massively popular in the UK, moreso then the micro (Micro was was very big in schools, which is where I first used one).
Clive Sinclair himself was a household name in the 80s in the UK too.
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Legendary composer. I'll watch this vid later today!
Post the niche stuff you're passionate about Dark1x !
I made this appreciation thread a while back and he even posted in it himself!
Chris Huelsbeck appreciation thread
Post the niche stuff you're passionate about Dark1x !
I made this appreciation thread a while back and he even posted in it himself!
Chris Huelsbeck appreciation thread
The problem is that the people who grew up listening to Chris's music skew way older than the youtube generation. So people growing up with C64s or Amigas aren't going to check out your videos any ore than they do Retroman Cave and the likes.
Hueslbeck, Alister Brimble and Dave Whittaker are my very own living legends ;-)
had to make this joke :-D
Poor you!
Let's listen to some Jim Power to make up for it! :
For what it's worth, those of us who do watch them really appreciate them. I like to make a sandwich and sit down with a brew and some chocolate every time one of these vids pops up.
had to make this joke :-D
I do move at a pace akin to the dinos did on the bottom 2d view during combat lol
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wish the Power games had a cd soundtrack release
Really nice video, unfortunately it's barely scratching the surface. Chris is really an industry legend.
Good thing they're going to do a more in-depth one next year then!
(pls discuss Apidya)
For what it's worth that's how I feel just posting on ResetEra. I feel like I'm speaking a different language sometimes and the gap is getting wider. I'm thankful for what you do, at least.
The BBC Micro was the computer used in schools in the UK, nobody had them at home. Speccy all the way!
I definitely feel the same way. But it's topics and videos like this that are great and remind me I'm not alone here. DF Retro and Huelsbeck kick ass.
That sucks. I admit, I wasn't sure this video would be for me when I first saw it posted but I'm glad I did watch it, it was a very interesting interview. Shame there aren't more people willing to give it a chance like that.
Watching/listening to the interview right now. Great stuff.
I hear you. Earlier this year I decided that I was finally done with AAA games. Unfortunately, that and console wars are all most gamers are ever interested in.
So you know what I say? Fuck 'em. I'm going to spend the rest of my time as a game writer covering whatever the hell I want.
When I started, I was writing arcade game reviews for an audience of one. If that's how it ends for me, then awesome. At least I'm doing what I like.
I hear you. Earlier this year I decided that I was finally done with AAA games. Unfortunately, that and console wars are all most gamers are ever interested in.
So you know what I say? Fuck 'em. I'm going to spend the rest of my time as a game writer covering whatever the hell I want.
When I started, I was writing arcade game reviews for an audience of one. If that's how it ends for me, then awesome. At least I'm doing what I like.
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One of my all time favourite composers, the Amiga Jim Power ost especially is in my top 5, despite one track being heavily inspired by Y's (though definitely improved).
Personally, I enjoyed this video, and I appreciate the effort that you put into it. It's cool to hear about the technical tricks he used to push the audio capabilities of some of these systems beyond the norm, such as squeezing 7-channel sound out of the Amiga.
Ironically, just a few hours before watching this interview, I played Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back for the first time today, not knowing that Mr. Huelsbeck was involved with that game (a fact that was revealed in the interview).
For what it's worth, I'd rather have more videos like this so I appreciate it. So much of what get's recommended on my Youtube feed these days is just clickbait garbage. So it's refreshing when a video like this shows up
Well I for one watch and hit Like on every one of your guys' videos, and you guys introduced me to My Life In Gaming so for that alone I am grateful.