I started creating 8-bit music around 2002 when I picked up nanoloop[…]
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8-bit
//ˌeɪtˈbɪt//
Synonyms for "8-bit"
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1 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 12 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- 8-բիթանի adj (represented using 8 bits)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 8位元 adj (represented using 8 bits)
Czech
1 entries- osmibitový adj (represented using 8 bits)
Finnish
3 entries- 8-bittinen adj (represented using 8 bits)
- kahdeksanbittinen adj (represented using 8 bits)
- kasibittinen adj (represented using 8 bits)
Hungarian
1 entries- 8 bites adj (represented using 8 bits)
Japanese
1 entries- 8ビット adj (represented using 8 bits)
Korean
1 entries- 8비트 adj (represented using 8 bits)
Persian
2 entries- 8-بیت adj (represented using 8 bits)
- ۸-بیت adj (represented using 8 bits)
Polish
2 entries- 8-bitowy adj (represented using 8 bits)
- ośmiobitowy adj (represented using 8 bits)
Romanian
1 entries- de 8-biți adj (represented using 8 bits)
Russian
1 entries- восьмиби́тный adj (represented using 8 bits)
Turkish
1 entries- 8-bitlik adj (represented using 8 bits)
Sample sentences
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Typically far more complex than the songs of the 8-bit games, songs in Amiga games had a highly varied structure, but usually followed the same basic principles seen in the 8-bit games (shorter loops with fewer distinct sections for battle music, and longer loops with more distinct sections for in-game music).
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Much of La-Mulana's 8-bit aesthetic is tied to its self-imposed graphical limitations. To start, the native resolution of 256 × 192 pixels is (as we would expect) much less than that of contemporary standards[…]
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The BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum are well-known British 8-bits.
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