https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=193485 - Favourite parts of The Ur-Quan Masters (fka Star Control II) are when you're majestically exploring a galaxy at war, getting messaged by a new undiscovered faction, and finding out that their theme music sounds like this
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=143951 – Rolled a random MODArchive track and hit paydirt first try LET'S GO
EMBARRASSING NEWS FOR ME: I just discovered that one of my favourite mod tracks that I've listened to for the past 12 years is actually a cover of a British instrumental pop hit from the 80s >_>'
GOOD NEWS FOR ME: The original track in question is a succulent 10 minutes long……
Leons everywhere LOVE it when they're listening to MODArchive on shuffle, hear a funky retro synth track, think "whoa, what's this nugget called?", open the playlist, and find out its name is
Going to make a "unusual vox samples as backing instruments" MODArchive playlist, which only has these three tracks:
- https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=62159
- https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=144187
- https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=163053
I LOVE it when I'm listening to my MOD playlist, some melancholic chiptune comes on, I think "hang on, this rules", then tab over and discover its name is
It's another "Gammis - logfiles of death" day, one of those days where logs.xm is the only music you need https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=48701
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=191112 – I've had the melody of this one stuck in my head for a week, which has to be some kind of endorsement.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=180814 – *listens to this mod*
*thinks*
*opens the instrument comments*
*nods*
MODArchive tip: sort your collection by length and then scroll to <40s to find the real wild west of music, where anything is possible.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=180740 – Strange mix of 00's peaceful squarewave chiptunes and eerie percussion and record-scratches.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=176294 – Great one to play when you're on the border of happiness and melancholy.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=180621 – OK, this one's just plain good.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=181050 – This is only 30 seconds long but feels like a four-song medley.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=135210 – I've liked some other tracks by this artist (DRAX) but I just started going through their stuff, and I have to say I quite like this one.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=172778 – One of those chiptune tracks that makes you imagine an entire freeware Metroidvania around it.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=84796 – JRPG fight after the world map suddenly switches to the white-on-black palette.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=147543 – This one took awhile to win me over, but it's worth sticking around to hear it fully develop.
How do I convince the people who run Cohost dot org to make auto-embeds for ModArchive dot org tracks. That'd be the killer feature that'd rope ME in.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=178396 – Now this is a .MOD (it's actually a .IT) for Sega-aesthetic fans.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=167865 – I felt this one had impressively modern chiptune sensibility and complexity to it… Turns out it's from 2009. Even then, it hasn't aged a day.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=46496 – Now THIS is sinewaves doing what they do best.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=135369 – I just looked up the notes, and the 45 seconds of dialogue in this one (from 0:25) aren't from anything and are just the musician doing an adorable B-movie bit? Oh my goddddddddddd
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=108105 – The acoustic guitar(?) in this one is pretty good.
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=137931 – When you're in a forest in a JRPG, but it's disc 2 so the forest has to step up its game.



