The One


PlaySID

Categories: Review: Software
Publisher: 17 Bit Software
Machine: Amiga 500

 
Published in The One #47

PlaySID (17 Bit Software)

Poptabulous! First off, let's make an admission - PlaySID is not a game. However, it does have a lot to do with games. Well, creaky old Commodore 64 ones, anyway. Basically, PlaySID is a program that makes the Amiga's Paula soundchip emulate the C64's SID soundchip... and very well too.

The four (!) disks contain literally hundreds of classic C64 game tunes. Wizball, Master of Magic, Miami Vice, Sanxion, Green Beret, Mutants... you name it, it's got it. Anyone who fondly remembers the days when the likes of Martin Galway and Rob Hubbard were musical Kings of the Kommodore will have a nostalgic field day with this.

One thing's for sure - they don't write 'em like this any more. Not 'arf!