CARTRIDGE
WORLD 1
8-BIT · BPM
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CARTRIDGE

INSTRUMENT 08 · CONSOLE-ERA SONGWRITER

A cartridge that writes its own game. Every run composes original stage themes in the language of the console eras — the grammar, never anyone's tune. The constraints are authentic: in 8-BIT the whole band is two pulse channels, one triangle for bass, and a noise channel for drums — chords have to arpeggiate because there's no third voice, and the master is bit-crushed with no reverb. 16-BIT earns more channels, softer waves, stereo, and that signature short echo. 64-BIT adds FM bells, pads, and a deep sub.

Think song form: stages chain into worlds — overworld, underground, a water waltz in 3/4, a boss — sealed with a stage-clear fanfare. Every new world modulates up a whole step and commits for the entire world.

TAPgrab a coin — the blip lands on the next sixteenth ERA CHIPSswap the console at the next barline STAGEclear this stage now — fanfare, then onward NEW RUNnew seed, back to world one 1 · 2 · 3choose the era SPACEclear the stage Ccoin M · V · Imute · hide interface · this panel
DUNL.APP · INSTRUMENT 08

CARTRIDGE

Blow on it and press start. A run of worlds, written live in the language of the console eras — pulse, triangle, noise and everything they grew into. Original tunes only. No two runs alike.

2A03-STYLE CHANNEL BUDGET · DUTY-CYCLE PULSES · BIT-CRUSHED
STAGE → WORLD FORM · COMMITTED MODULATION EVERY WORLD
NOTHING SAMPLED · NOTHING PRERECORDED · SEEDED
PRESS START