I Believe in Father Christmas

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I Believe In Father Christmas
Composer Greg Lake
Released 1975-11-??
Title Origin Official

I Believe in Father Christmas is an English song about Christmas with lyrics by Peter Sinfield.

Games

Out on a Limb (C64)

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Out on a Limb (C64)
Arranger Unknown
Released 1985-0?-??
Format SID
Loops Yes

Sounds the same on every SID chip. In the rip, it is track 1.

Plum Duff (ZXS)

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Plum Duff (ZXS)
Output - AY.svg
Output - PC Speaker.svg
Plum Duff - ZXS - Hall of Fame Entry.png
Arranger Unknown
Released 1987-1?-??
Length 0:12.79 (AY-3-891x on 128K)
0:12.78 (AY-3-891x on 48K)
0:13.04 (loudspeaker on 48K)
BPM 150 (AY-3-891x)
147 (loudspeaker)
Format AY
Loops Yes

If Select soundbox is checked in the main menu, I Believe in Father Christmas starts on the AY-3-891x when the hall of fame asks for your first initial, and stops after you enter your third initial when you press the joystick button (or assigned key). In the rip, it is track 3.

If Spectrum sound is checked in the main menu, I Believe in Father Christmas starts on the loudspeaker only when you enter your third initial. In the rip, it is track 2.

To record every song, Audacity 2.1.3 was started with Recording Volume 0.40 and over 100 points reached in Fuse 1.6.0 with:

  1. Select Machine Spectrum 128K and Select soundbox Spectrum 128.
  2. Select Machine Spectrum 48K.

Santa's Xmas Caper (C64)

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Santa's Xmas Caper (C64)
Output - SID.svg
Arranger Mark Wilson
Programmer Jon Spencer, Mark Wilson
Released 1990-1?-??
Length 1:31.93
BPM 125
Format SID
Loops Yes

I Believe in Father Christmas starts with the first level and stops when you defeat the boss at the end or lose your last life.

The bass sounds different on every SID chip because it uses their unpredictable low-pass filter. In the rip, it is track 3.

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