The 16-bit Audiophile Project

22/04/2024

I've always wanted to find a social media manager for this project to share other music related content to keep you engaged, so I'd like to ask you... would you enjoy some "extra" content such as this once in a while?
Let me know!

A look inside the music theory of Sonic CD's Stardust Speedway.Three livestreams weekly on twitch at: AlexYardPatron rewards include getting your name in the...

02/04/2024

[ Update about our Sonic CD release ]

To better differentiate our release from an existing product, we're going to re-release it in a "multi-disc" format like we did with Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
It will have JP/EU, US and Proto tracks and will be renamed "Sonic CD Complete".

Release date is yet to be defined, stay tuned for updates.

24/03/2024

You've been asking it for a long time, so here it is: we've just released a digital rip of Sonic CD!

Happy listening!

Sonic The Hedgehog CD ( Mega CD / SEGA CD ) Digital Rip

15/02/2024

I forgot to make an actual poll here, so let's try and fix that.
React to this post with:

👍for separate videos with playlist
❤️for one big video with chapters

Results will be added to the Twitter poll.
Thanks!

13/02/2024

PSA: several people have contacted us over the last months about a broken link for the Contra: Hard Corps remaster by our community.
The link is working, but the files have been unfortunately taken down due to a copyright strike.
We have now re-uploaded it, but if it gets taken down again, we won't push our luck further.
Thank you for your understanding.

12/02/2024

We're trying something different with our Youtube channel: instead of uploading a video for each track and then making a playlist, we've tried making a single huge video for the whole OST with chapters.
Let us know if you prefer it this way!

Release Author: BirdyBroMega Drive/Genesis model: US Genesis VA3Mods: NoneMethod of Playback: In-game sound test (go to square 2×2 in top left of map and hol...

02/02/2024

I'm proud to announce that 16bap is now officially part of the No-Intro database!
Discover why this is such an important achievement and what it means for us and videogame music preservation in the article below!

16bap is now part of the No-Intro database!

19/12/2023

Thanks to a massive community effort, we've been able to save and re-upload all of the old Amiga and DOS releases!
Thanks again to all the involved!

All of the old Amiga and DOS releases re-uploaded!

22/11/2023

First of all, thank you all so much for reaching out and helping us in recouping those old releases which we thought were lost forever.
Watching the community getting together really warmed my heart.

15/11/2023

Knuckles Chaotix is sorted out!
Thanks to all of you who reached out, it turns out there were several of you who still had it in your collections!

Thanks again! One down, eight more to go!
If you have any of these, please reach out!

15/11/2023

Hi everyone, 16bap needs your help!

We regret to inform you that we have unfortunately lost some of the releases made by other people in the era before we've opened our project to contributors.

If you still have those, PLEASE reach out otherwise they are lost forever. Thanks!

10/10/2023

Due to Youtube's new policies, we have now deemed this platform inappropriate for the preservation goals of our project: our work should always be freely available with no restrictions whatsoever.

Please let us know any valid alternatives to YT we should consider.
Thank you.

03/09/2023

Our long time contributor Lilmattere strikes again with a new, huge release of a strange unlicensed game: Action 52, a collection of several games in one!
Thank you so much!

Action 52 released by our community!

11/08/2023

Our contributor Quaid is back with another release: Micro Machines!

Thank you so much for your second contribution!

Micro Machines released by our community!

27/07/2023

A new contributor appears!
Thanks to Quaid we now have Mortal Kombat re-ripped at correct 50Hz!
Thank you so much!

Mortal Kombat released by our community!

12/07/2023

We're live, streaming the amazing Ys III Soundtrack!

Come hang out!

Release Author: Richard MixinMega Drive/Genesis model: US Genesis VA6Mods: NoneMethod of Playback: 16bap VGM Player via Mega Everdrive X3Recording audio inte...

07/07/2023

Hi everyone,
the Youtube channel now has a new admin and it's getting up to date with the latest releases, so I thought about doing "Release Parties", Youtube Premieres where we'll stream the entire soundtrack of a game while we hang in chat and chill out to Mega Drive tunes.

I don't know if this is something people are interested in, but we'll give it a shot this Wednesday around 11pm GMT time.

If there'll be no participation we'll just pack it up and not do it again, it's just an idea I've had with our Youtube admin and wanted to try out.

Make sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel to receive a notification for when the Premiere will start!

Check out our website to get our releases in high res FLAC! http://16bap.theclassicgamer.netOur goal is archiving the music of the 16-bit console era reprodu...

17/01/2023

The Hybrid Front released by our community!

The Hybrid Front released by our community!

31/10/2022

An important update about PAL games on Mega Drive: not all Mega Drive games are meant to be played at 60Hz.

An important update about PAL games on Mega Drive: composer Matt Furniss reveals that his Mega Drive games are meant to be played at 50Hz.

07/10/2022

Castlevania Bloodlines has been remastered by Katcho! Thank you so much for another important contribution.
Also, make sure to stay tuned for a very important announcement soon!

Castlevania Bloodlines has been remastered by our community!

17/09/2022

Mad Stalker - Full Metal Forth released by another of our OG contributor: Katcho! Welcome back!

Mad Stalker - Full Metal Forth released!

10/09/2022

Lilmattere did it again, and with style: Mega Man The Wily Wars is released! 84 tracks of pure awesomeness, made with VGMs freshly ripped from blast'em for max accuracy! Enjoy!

Mega Man The Wily Wars released!

07/09/2022

Results for the poll to freeze the forums are in from both Twitter and Facebook and the result, thank god, is to freeze them.

What this means is that I won't maintain them anymore, I won't update them, won't write on them, people won't be able to post, new users won't be able to register, etc. etc.

And finally I'll be able to get rid of a horrible Wordpress plugin which has forced me all this time to keep an ancient version of Wordpress on the main website and finally move forward.

Thank you all for participating.

04/09/2022

No one is using the forums anymore and they are a pain to maintain, what should we do?

Should we "freeze" them (ie: keep them available, but read only) or should I keep updating them?
https://forum.theclassicgamer.net

As always... Facebook, in its immense wisdom, has removed the option to make polls, so, please, bear with me:

If you want me to freeze the forums, react with a 👍
If you want me to keep them updated, react with a ❤️

Thanks.

31/08/2022

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer has been released by none other than one of our OG contributors: Lilmattere! Welcome back!

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer released!

24/08/2022

Unfortunately with 3 years of delay Outrun 2019 has been released by our community! Thanks to ButcherGrindslam for yet another great contribution!

  ButcherGrindslam graces us with a completely new release: Outrun 2019! A bit of a shame that this came 3 years late, it would have been dope to have this out in actual 2019, but, hey, it’s here! Thanks to ButcherGrindslam for yet another contribution and I’ll see you next time… where we’l...

20/08/2022

The contribution guidelines have been updated, all contributors please give a quick glance to the small update I've posted!

Hi everyone, this is aimed mainly at our contributors (current and future ones!). I’ve made a small update on the guidelines on how to contribute to the project and, as always, they’ve been highlighted in blue color. It’s not a major change but an important one so I’d appreciate if you could...

19/08/2022

Thanks to ButcherGrindslam, Contra: Hard Corps has been remastered!

  ButcherGrindslam is back with his remasters and this time it’s Contra: Hard Corps! Thanks again to ButcherGrindslam for his many contributions and help in remastering our old releases. We still have some community releases in the pipe, so don’t go anywhere! Click here to comment

15/08/2022

After 10 years of being the game chosen for our "Request example thread", CrazyToaster finally released it! Enjoy Quackshot and, if you have time, give the game a try because it's one of the hidden gems in the Mega Drive library!

  This new Community Release from CrazyToaster has a bit of lore behind it. When I decided to make the project open to community’s requests, so that anyone could ask for a game to be recorded and released, I had to create an example thread on how to make a proper request and I chose […]

11/08/2022

After prototypes and remasters, our contributor CrazyToaster is back with a new game: World of Illusion! Check this out as this soundtrack (and the game!) is pure fire!

  We’re taking a break from all the Community Remasters and Prototypes to release a new game, one I’ve absolutely loved and, if you have never played it with a friend, I strongly encourage you to try out. Courtesy of our contributor, CrazyToaster, we’re thrilled to release Disney’s World of...