Warhawk [C64] music on TI-82 Calculator - HoustonTracker 2

This is a TI-82 remake of the Commodore 64 soundtrack for the game Warhawk, originally composed by Rob Hubbard in 1986. It is programmed down to the deepest details on a Texas Instruments TI-82 graphing calculator using “HoustonTracker 2”.
I start with a tech dive into how sound is generated on Commodore 64 and the TI calculator (which doesn’t have a sound chip) as well as 1-bit music in general. Then the song appears, including a custom-written visualiser that I made.

0:00 Welcome
0:20 Commodore 64 & SID
0:58 Texas Instruments TI-82
1:27 1-bit audio on TI-82
2:04 Pulse Interleaving
2:57 HoustonTracker 2 overview
3:47 Warhawk background
4:08 HoustonTracker 2 startup on TI-82
5:58 Warhawk performed on TI-82

HoustonTracker2:
Warhawk on C64 by Rob Hubbard:
Unknown Planet by John Keating:

#commodore64 #houstontracker #calculator #1bitmusic #robhubbard

[ChrisBennettGameDesign]

Whoa. I sat next to Rob Hubbard when I started working at EA back in 1995! 😮 #Legend

[arnetrautmann]

This is exactly the kind of bollocks that we need more of. Great stuff!

[Wishbone]

Fantastic! Warhawk is also one of my favourite C64 tracks. Rob Hubbard is a great composer.

[A.Venator_Helveticus]

You, my good man, are a true Maestro! Well explained and beautifully realized! Bravo! I'm utterly astonished by what's possible with these old calculators.

[MrZeroPage]

Seriously awesome dude! You blew my mind to the moon and back with this!! Well done :)

[StelloDoussis]

I know Warhawk by heart and Converted it to Amiga Deltamusic back in the day - your work is simply awesome ;)

[strudelkopf]

WOW thanks so much for explaining 1-bit audio :)

[Flopster]

I'm an absolute lover of chiptune but my ears hurt from the grainy noise on this :'D
I guess that's just what you get with 1-bit synths, but it won't stop me from listening to this cover on loop!

[CarlosPardo]

Amazing !!! A clean mp3 export would be greatly appreciated <3 thanks again for sharing

[cosmosynthesizer]

Wow. Stunning. Really fun! The modification of the waves reminds me very to PD (Phase Distortion) on the Casios CZs.

[the_dr_deepz]

As a fellow, boundary pushing nerd, I immediately subbed. I was bobbing my head to this so hard.

Absolutely amazing. Very well done and thank you for the Bop. ❤️

[Flopster]

Following my comment from 7 months ago... Yep, I'm still listening to this banger.

[sandrucristian]

before the smartphone was a smart calculator

[MountainHomeJerrel]

Man, once you dropped the beat, I had a massive belly laugh. That is some impressive work!

[AlanTherby]

I generally didn't understand about 90% of what you said, however I'm just barely tech-savvy enough to know what you just did was amazing.

[kartana]

HoustonTracker2 sounds awesome and I have a TI-82, so I could technically make chiptunes in school if I wanted, though HoustonTracker2 looks a bit hard to use to me. Awesome music by the way, PWM is cool.

[gbb]

Just stumbled upon this, this should have much more views!
Great stuff and just amazing what can be done by this little Z80 powered calculator and ASM code!

[SergioNilo]

THAT COVER WAS Thank you to help me to understand what actualy is SID and this others things! i'm new on the chiptune universe, and want to be a chiptune creator haha, i'm learning about LSDJ, Nanoloop, LGPT, Milkytracker, and now Commodore 64 and the Ti 82! Thank you again man, and don't stop this amazing contents!!!

[peterbrownless]

Wow. Even more off beat and amazing than the Imperial March on a Toaster!

[xidoxido]

This is awesome - you must have four ears :) thanks so much for sharing - great channel