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Chiptunes Showcase at PAX Prime 2010

I was asked to put together a flyer for the Chiptunes Showcase for Penny Arcade Expo 2010 in Seattle, WA. For those who don’t know what it is, PAX is a huge gaming convention with a giant expo hall/panels/contest/tournaments/ and more!

This is what I came up with! I wanted to stray away from the traditional use of Game Boys, and represent the Emerald City-ness of Seattle more. I also still wanted it to retain an old school gaming/8-bit look, but without a crazy amount of pixel art. I think the colors/tone of it came out nice!

For many years, chiptune musicians from lands far and wide have gathered at the gates outside of PAX. Using portable gaming consoles, these lo-tek buskers would blast their hand-crafted 8-bit tunes onto the streets of Seattle time and time again. Slowly but surely, the humble 8-bit minstrels won the hearts of PAX attendees, who danced and cheered as bleeps and bloops filled the Autumn air.

Now, charmed by their talent and persistence, the beneficent rulers of PAX have opened their doors to these plucky lo-fi performers, and granted them a special chiptune music showcase to take place this year inside the PAX JamSpace! Come indulge your ear drums and pump your fists to the sounds of Fighter X, Spamtron, Seanbad, Knife City and Zen Albatross at the first-ever PAX Prime Chiptune Music Showcase !

For those going to PAX Prime 2010, this event is on Saturday at 1pm in the Jamspace area. If anyone is going to this, let me know, maybe you’ll see me there, heh.

This is an example of the kind of music being showcased…

This event is sponsored by Magfest and CrunchyCo..