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[alphafightmusic]

So I made this song to highlight the inner demons we all struggle with and the voices in our head telling us we aren't good enough or to doubt ourselves. It's easy to give into that temptation and it's a game I'm constantly playing. Fighting back is the hardest thing you'll ever do but in the end I always try to look for peace and a reason to keep going. Hence, the title "Mind Games". Hang on there friends. Enjoy :)

[vanvoxy]

Hey all! I just uploaded an 8-bit version of "Eternal Bond" from "Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn on Youtube, so feel free to check it out!

[sparkysynth]

Cause I think it looks like the old grey gameboy you see

[nepalsaysrawr]

It’s been a year since I posted a Dismal Disney comic so here’s another one for y’all and your enjoyment! This time, it’s a video game night with Iger and DeSantis! Who’s gonna win in this battle of epic proportions? Is it Iger or DeSantis? Find out next!

Feel free to repost this thing or reuse it however you want, even in commercial works, but make sure to credit me!

[foone]

Robotgirl S&M scene where the more pain and pleasure she's in, the more her moans and screams get bitcrushed.

Turn the Hitachi on high and she drops to 8bit 8000hz, sounding like enemy chatter in a DOS game.

You hit her hard enough and get to hear her voice collapse down to a single sawtooth wave.

Here, try this paddle. Last time I used it on her, she could only make BIOS beeps about not being able to initialize her video card. One long, three short beeps.

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D-D-Darlings ! | Unit One/Digital Dolls | CH1 Battle of the Bands

When everyone enters the Arcade SEKAI, the most notable thing is the flashing lights from arcade cabinets. By the looks of things, the arcade cabinets, normally placed all about the room, have been pushed up against the walls. The lights on each screen flash in coordination, pulsing gently in shades of pink leading up to the stage. They continue to follow this pattern as the crowd settles in for the show

The stage is hidden behind sparkling pink curtains, covered in glitter and hand-embroidered with little stars and bows. With the overhead lights and the light patterns from the arcade cabinets, the curtains shimmer beautifully, befitting the dreamy nature of the arcade.

For a moment, the room is quiet, save for the various beeps and boops from the arcade cabinets and any hushed whispers from the audience. And then: the music starts. A backtrack some of you may recognize as "Darling Dance" by Kairiki Bear, and the curtains slide open to reveal a sparkling stage with the members of Unit 1 already in position.

Their outfits are reminiscent of the "Darling Dance" album art, but with personalized twist. They stray away from the jirei kei fashion and approach something more akin to jersey style idol outfits, with ruffled collars and Miku-like sleeves. Although as cute as ever, the members of the group look even cuter with makeup that truly highlights their features under the stage lights and dripping halos in their signature colors. Coattails hang down from their backs, swaying freely and reflecting the lights. 

The stage's floor lights up in beautiful pink and black lights, and the screen behind them lights up with a logo and name: Digital Dolls.

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(Lyric Assignments - Done by Lovely)

The group immediately begins to dance in an incredibly coordinated choreography to the beat of the song, and in perfect time, Hitome moves to the front to begin the song.

“‘My proof of existence—It’s love, it’s love,’ I spit out and yet-!!” Cute yet energetic sounding, Hitome stands proud in front of the stage. A hand placed on her chest, before she flashes a small peace sign. Confident, yet absolutely beaming as she steps to the beat of the song, holding the stage as the lead for a few moments.

As Hitome sings, the screen behind her flashes in a simple, but pretty 8bit pattern. The screens on the arcade cabinets flash along in the same pattern.

As soon as Hitome finishes her line, she spins with Lau Fei and he begins to sing the next line of the song, "Ahh, I don’t want to lie down and roll over, no way, no way. Pretty pretty, a diet day~" His voice, although perfectly in tune and cute enough, lacks any real talent. Inoffensive, but nothing particularly outstanding. That smile though…worthy of representing a true idol.

Lau Fei and Hitome begin to sing together, before swapping positions with Pellonia and Inazuma.

Pellonia takes center stage with a flourish, her husky voice ringing out for the audience to hear as she sings, “‘This lifeline is for love, it’s love’, I wail and yet-“

Her voice is nice, a deeper tone that contrasts the others. It’s nowhere near perfect, but clearly belongs to someone who’s practiced a lot to get a nice result. Even as she sings, her mouth doesn’t make any moves to smile- a clear sign of the pure focus she’s putting in as she twirls around Inazuma in trained steps.

Cutting right through Pellonia’s concentrated performance, Inazuma delivers her line with a cartoonish, pleading quality. “Ahh, I still just don't get it! Another lonely, lonely day of nonsense!” There’s certainly a strain as she makes a good effort to hit the rising pitch, but her enunciation is excellent. Her spare hand waves frantically as her body language matches the frustration her line calls for.

The group begins into the chorus together, swapping between singing together and giving solo lines. They dance together along to the beat of the music, with their movements suiting the lyrics. They move together in sync, clearly having worked hard as a team to master their routine in their limited time. The song doesn't have any instrumental breaks until the very end, so they're forced to sing and dance through the whole thing. And yet- the group doesn't seem to struggle. Well, between a trained idol, a dance mascot, and two very fit women, it seems possible.

After an energetic performance the song comes to an end, with the four striking a group pose with the final beat. They face the audience, breathing heavily, as the song comes to a close. They wait a few moments before moving.

Lau Fei stands up straight to bow and wave to the audience.

Hitome regains her composure, before giving a small nod and dip for a bow, before flashing double peace signs.

Following Lau Fei’s lead, Inazuma scampers over to her colleague’s side, putting a fist in the air and standing on one leg.

And Pellonia places one hand to her chest as she does a half bow, using the other to hold up a finger heart for those watching.

Into his microphone, still slightly out of breath, Lau Fei exclaims, "Thank you so much! Everyone worked so hard! Thank you to Pellonia for moving and programming all of these arcade cabinet screens and the screen on stage, as well as making all of our cutie costumes. Thank you to Inazuma for working with Oscar to make the choreography for us. And a thank you to Hitome for doing everyone's hair and makeup! And thank you all for being such an AH-MAZING audience!"

Before Lau Fei can properly send everyone off, Pellonia slides up next to him, placing a hand on his shoulder and smiling coyly as she speaks. “And don’t forget to thank our little lamb for our accessories, dividing the lines, AND this beauuuuutiful curtain~ Please keep supporting all of us!��

Hitome giggles at her two unit-mates and the recognition they gave. How cute, how charming. “The idols about technology and just looking cute, that’s us-! Thank you for the spotlight, hehe-!!”

“We’re the Digidolls, and we’ll be looking forward to seeing yooooooou next time!” Inazuma whoops into her mic, letting the echo fade away to end the group’s performance.

[gstdaisuki]

EXTMIX #27: Some More Cute Beeps (with arrange)

Today we’re looking at some more cute tunes from your 8bit Sega consoles… but arranged, with a focus on that early 90s rompler sound. (Finally, some bass!)

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[joviantwelve]

Please speak more on your knowledge of vpets???? I've never met anyone who knew anything about them!!

uh oh anon you just slapped the "hyperfixation" button here we go

OK, so, I'm not entirely sure what you're looking for--are you looking for a way to get into it? or are you into it and just want to know my personal faves?? or my general history and opinions of them?? so sure I'll answer all of that. by the end of this you will have wished you were more specific.

I have one of my interests listed as "electronics," mostly to encompass the broad range that is for me, like mechanical keyboards, PCs, synthesizers, game console modding & hacking...but it also includes vpets. Pretty sure it started with vpets.

(Aside: haven't done anything with circuit bending quite yet, but it does fascinate me. A lot of people seem to find it horrifying, especially when it's done with kids' toys, but I just find it...Neat. maybe that's how I know I'm in too deep with this stuff.)

as a Millennial™ I was a small baby child when the craze first hit, and so the whole concept of "virtual pet" was just very formative for me. didn't matter what it was--physical electronic devices like Tamagotchi, PC games like Petz, robotic toys like Poo-Chi or Furby, whatever, I had a little of everything. Tiger electronics and LCD screens dominated our childhoods (RIP).

but then the craze faded, as all crazes do. I became less interested in toys' for toys' sake, and a fair few of the vpets I had became lost in two moves (I'm so sad about my angelgotchi ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. please remake that one next Bandai?!).

wasn't till college where my roommate had a Tamagotchi Connection with her. and I was like, "wait, they still make those?!", a sentiment shared with many of my peers every time I start spouting things about vpets. turns out they never stopped making that shit in Japan, we just...weren't getting the majority of them. Japan had colored Tamagotchi for YEARS and we only JUST got them like three years ago, over here.

I'm very happy about the revival and Bandai's willingness to bring more and more Tamagotchi and Digimon over, because let me tell you, those eBay prices fucking hurt. $80 for a secondhand Digimon X is now $20 at Wal-Mart. Thank god.

I have seen a Giga Pets revival browsing online stores, but uh, Tiger's been out of business a long time now. Those are not the Giga Pets of yore. and Nano Pets? who?? I kinda do miss Nano Pets though...I liked their aesthetic. they had those weirdass talking ones with the super crunchy 8bit voices, and yet, I still played with mine a lot. I think my favorite Nano was a dog one that came as two devices, that you could connect and breed once they reached adulthood, and just continue the generations that way. it'd record your family lineage. I found that one incredibly cool and kinda wonder why more pets hadn't done that. but alas, all of my Nanos are lost to time!

but, like, yeah, I got mega back into Tamagotchi specifically in college. turns out, I can take care of them pretty well! when I was a kid, I lost my Tamas pretty quickly and the rest of what I had were Giga Pets, so I guess they just colored my opinion for the longest time.

here's my general Tama/Digimon strategy, since they operate on similar time scales:

hatch on a day off where you can attend to the needy baby stage and/or be generally aware of the beeping.

once it's at the child stage you're seriously good muting it and playing/feeding it whenever you go to the bathroom or something. after that you just have to be aware of the sleep schedule.

if you want to go for a specific form, look up an evolution chart and follow the instructions accordingly.

you should be golden!! they're super easy if you're allowed the break time to check every couple hours like that.

GENERAL OPINIONS SECTION IDK HOW TO SEGUE INTO THIS ORGANICALLY?????

Giga Pets: I feel like these were the ones that created the stereotype that vpets were hard to take care of--those things were PICKY. if you look up a guide on how to properly care for one so that it reaches adulthood, it fucking SUCKS! don't bother with them! they were just riding Tamagotchi coattails! I had a few of them as a kid and became endlessly frustrated with them, lmao. the revival looks like it's doing weirdass AR stuff, I can't attest to how it is as a "vpet" device, but I feel like it's probably not much better.

Nano Pets: probably the better of the western brands if you're looking for an electronic vpet that's an actual animal and not a funny anime creature. nothing wrong with wanting that. however, I don't think this brand ever came "back," so anything selling itself as such nowadays is bound to be some kind of scam if it's not a '90s used one. I remember them being fairly easy to take care of even when I was a small child killing all of my Giga Pets.

Tamagotchi: the "girly" Bandai vpet. originally sold gender neutrally in the west, Bandai's finally bringing over the modern devices with color and dressup and whatnot. the color ones are a bit unwieldy compared to the classic, but I'm glad we have options to pick from in that regard. go for the classic revival you can find in stores today if you just want Any Old Virtual Pet Device, as it's definitely the most reliable of the bunch. (you fake pausing by going to change the time, and then never finalizing a time change. the color ones have pausing built-in.)

the color ones tend to have some gimmick or another per each release (the latest one has an app and lets you take photos, for example), and are generally even easier than the classic ones. you can literally keep your Tamagotchi alive forever if you care for it every day, while the classic ones do eventually reach old age and a natural death. the color ones are a bit reminiscent of browser games like Gaia with their dressup and room/furniture aspects, and I'd call them fuller "games" as a whole. however, as you can imagine, this makes them pricier.

don't bother with the mini ones or the mascot tie-in ones, unless you really like the mascot. (I think the mascot ones have totally eclipsed the mini ones at this point, but I figured I'd mention them both. they're the same shell and game engine and such.) they're not very involved; more like a glorified keychain than a virtual "pet." but hey, maybe that's what you prefer!

Digimon: a lot of people are surprised to learn that Digimon was originally the "boy" version of Tamagotchi, and not, (shocker) a Pokemon ripoff. but yeah, it is, and it's my favorite! you'll get a big evolution chart in every device, and now that Bandai is bringing more of them out here, they don't cost an arm and a leg on eBay. that's kind of the tradeoff with Digimon--due to the existing fandom, a lot of Japan-only products are pricey or get snapped up immediately.

but thankfully, we have a lot of cool ones in the west. any Digimon vpet you see over here marketing itself as just a Digimon vpet will be the 20th anniversary vpet, which is a FANTASTIC first Digimon imo! it has a huge amount of QoL compared to the original vpets from the '90s: there's RAM, so your progress isn't killed by your battery life, you can train up to two 'mons at once, and you can fight other 'mons as a sort of "stadium" mode rather than NEEDING another device to connect to (which was pretty harsh because battling others determines if you got to evolve or not).

the Digimon X are my favorite vpets overall, but they have a bit of weird backstory that was in Japan-only TV specials and stuff, so the US releases of them...just...market them the same way? be careful if you order an English one if it says "X" or not, in case you're looking for the 20th. the Xs have an actual "campaign" mode with RPG leveling, which is what makes it fun to me--you unlock new evo branches with your progress, so I try to make it to the end of each one. you can store your digimon, too, so if you got a big strong one you don't want to grow old, you can just shuffle it out and raise a new egg.

the Pendulums haven't come out over here, which is a shame, because I like that the devices are specific Digimon elemental families. just makes sense to me! I know the Pen 20th is like the holy grail of Digimon devices, because you can hack the board to unlock every egg that was in that lineup, which makes for the biggest evo branch in any Digimon device. but it's like $300 on eBay AND you have to mess with the PCB. so, no. if you want a modern Pendulum (which is the Pendulum Z line, though I think they recently wrapped it up?), you kinda have to be on top of the preorders from Bandai's site, or pay scalper price. the Pendulums function similarly to the other vpets, but have a gyro shake battle system, and focus more on new digimon and fusion evolutions, almost requiring you to have more than one device...but the fandom loves them.

the actual Digivice electronics are less a pet and more a pedometer with a game attached. these fetch high prices on eBay and are often gimmicky, so I wouldn't go for them nowadays unless you were strictly a collector. apparently the Japanese ones are better, but I don't think it makes them "eBay scalper price" better.

(side note: Japanese devices are fine for Digimon, as the menuing is still in English for some reason. it's a bit harder on Tamas, because of all the accessories and such you can collect. In terms of finding more obscure devices, JYW has my back.)

I tried a bit of the Vital Hero but couldn't get into it, sadly. a bit too unwieldy on the wrist, and it wants you to do a bit of exercise in order to make any progress. which is, like, fine, but it's not really what I was looking for. I guess I was hoping it'd be more like the Pokemon Pikachu, counting your steps and gaining happiness etc. that way? but it wants me to do squats. eh.

The cool thing about the standard Digimon vpets (vanilla/20th, X, and Pendulum), for me, is that it's always been backwards compatible. there's a generic battle system baked into each device, so my Pen Z that I bought a couple years back can battle with my original '90s vpet if I so desire. AND, if you like Arduino stuff, you can very much spoof other devices to connect with if you know how. I've literally battled with folks across the world using this silly little program and an Arduino board. lots of folks make their own on Etsy and such, and the Discord is very friendly to new tamers, making this all less intimidating. I certainly don't know how to program, but I've done it.

they recently announced a color Digimon, which is like, wow, about time, but I'm a little worried it might bring the devices more toward Tama territory, of not being very compatible between generations. fingers crossed, but both are owned by "Bandie" "Scamco," so...we'll see, I guess.

BUT. YEAH. THANKS ANON. here's my collection, thank you for entertaining me.

I literally just came back from the store to this ask. I've been typing for like an hour and a half straight. ahh. sometimes, I go down the toy aisles just to see what's Hip With Kids nowadays. each and every time I STILL feel tempted by whatever FurReal has currently put out or something. (also I'm very happy when I see Tamagotchi & Digimon there.)

I have ideas for a vpet like program thing, or perhaps a story that involves similar devices somehow, but currently it's on the backburner. but lord if I don't end up thinking about it every time I play with one of these.

[yelling-into-aboid]

When did audio posts only consist of Spotify links???? I made a thingy and wanna post it, why can’t I post my audio file of beeps and boops? My (8bit music)

[the-cinnamon-snail]

Bug can make 8bit remixes of songs just by beeping them

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Such a talented Bug <3

[leidensygdom]

Okay so-- Listen, I know I’m an artist and my whole thing is drawing, but- I had to try out some music. I love little videogame tunes, and found this thing called BeepBox which is free and online and rather easy to use, so- Here’s a work in progress tune! Some factory theme in 7 / 4

[practicalsolutions]

Establishing A Connection..

[sevenstar707]

My FBI agent when they have to listen to the Shooky song for the 15th time today

[mysticdragon3md3]

Animal Crossing’s fake language is different in Japan, and here’s why by Polygon