Kamikaze: Codemasters (C64)
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Kamikaze is a cross between SkyKid and Choplifter, created in 1989 by Digital Design and published in September 1990 by Codemasters.
Contents
Screenshots
Music
Digital Design and Maniacs of Noise had been collaborating for over two years. On Kamikaze, MoN co-founder Charles Deenen composed 21 sound effects, while his workmate Johannes Bjerregaard composed a menu song. Both used Turbo Ass to program their drivers and arrange their compositions.
Bjerregaard was a jazz pianist, and Kamikaze is by far his jazziest C64 work. It is probably also his last C64 work. In fact, five months before release, two scene magazines reported that Bjerregaard left MoN.
The ZX Spectrum 128K conversion has completely different music.
Recording
The music was recorded from the game:
- in VICE 3.10 with C64 PAL and a bias of 170, where Bjerregaard's MoN music arguably sounds best.
Recordings for 8580 and other biases can be made if found common and different enough. The song was played 10 seconds longer and faded out.
| # | Title | Composer | Length | Listen | Download |
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| 101 | Menu | Johannes Bjerregaard | 4:21 | Download |
Credits
- Ripper: High Voltage SID Collection
- Recorder: Professor Chaos
- Game Credits:
- Music & Sound Effects: Johannes Bjerregaard and Charles Deenen credited as The Maniacs of Noise
- Music and Sound Effects By: Johannes Bjerregaard and Charles Deenen credited as Maniacs of Noise
- Skypilot Music by: Johannes Bjerregaard credited as Maniacs of Noise
- Written by: Johannes Bjerregaard and Charles Deenen credited as 'JOzz and c.d.' of the Maniacs of Noise....
- Not Credited Programmer: Charles Deenen
- Not Credited Programmer: Johannes Bjerregaard
(Sources: manual, 3rd intro page, MoN's music release, code comparison. Deenen replied to HVSC on 2014-01-18 that he did only sound effects and Bjerregaard the rest.)
Game Rip
Audio Devices
Music and sound play on the computer's built-in SID chip. They sound different on every machine because they use SID's unstable filters.
An official NTSC release is not known.
Releases
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Links
- mobygames.com/game/32865/kamikaze/ - MobyGames.
- mobygames.com/game/63518/quattro-fighters/ - MobyGames on compilation.
- gamefaqs.gamespot.com/c64/574850-kamikaze - GameFAQs.
- csdb.dk/release/?id=95485 - MoN's music release.
