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8bitcollective
(Founded On: 20 June 2005 )
Shutdown Date: 29 Feb. 2012
Links: [Website]

Last Updated: 1 Nov. 2024
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What is the 8bitcollective?
8bitcollective is the first completely open chiptune-related media repository and file sharing community.

We love chiptunes. We want more people to make chiptunes and we want more people to listen to chiptunes. That's why anyone can upload or download their chiptune-related media at 8bc.org.

How did the 8bitcollective come to be?
The seeds of the 8bit collective were first planted when Jose Torres, a founder of gameboymall.com noticed an large demand for a public and open chiptune upload site. Other sites such as micromusic.net had strict "quality filter" systems that prevented many great artists from gaining the exposure they deserved.

With some repurpose code and a lot of free bandwidth, Jose put together a file sharing site at music.gameboymall.com which in months was receiving a steady stream of music submissions each day.

Time had passed, and the site went through a number of domains and layouts. Once the forums were introduced it was obvious that a faithful community of contributors had been fostering behind the somewhat anonymous submissions pouring into the site each day.

The new 8bitcollective aims to solidify the community through the membership system, giving our contributors a firmer presence in the community if they so desire.

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