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Title: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: councilface on May 24, 2010, 05:20:25 pm
Hi all,

Has anyone else noticed that when generic video game noise is required in films and on TV they usually use the FX from Robotron? I thought that this was purely a British phenomenon but I have heard Robotron on a few U.S. shows too.

More importantly is :notworthy: Mr Jarvis receiving any royalties?
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 24, 2010, 05:27:04 pm
In the US, I've noticed the use of the 2600 Pac-man sounds the most.
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: TOK on May 24, 2010, 06:16:15 pm
I hear Centipede sounds a lot.
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: HanoiBoi on May 24, 2010, 09:36:24 pm
Not exactly the same thing, but I used to hear the 'nurse pages' from Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime in TV shows all the time.  I'm guessing they were stock from somewhere else and not owned by Queensryche.

Hope that's not too off topic....
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 25, 2010, 01:10:53 am
Not exactly the same thing, but I used to hear the 'nurse pages' from Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime in TV shows all the time.  I'm guessing they were stock from somewhere else and not owned by Queensryche.

Hope that's not too off topic....

Yep. It's stock. "Dr Blair, telephone please, Dr Blair......Dr Hamilton, Dr Jay Hamilton" or something like that. I always made the Mindcrime connection too. ;D
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: SavannahLion on May 25, 2010, 01:42:01 am
In the US, I've noticed the use of the 2600 Pac-man sounds the most.

+1

Only the Wilhelm deserves to be recycled to the point of death.
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: Edwards80 on May 25, 2010, 02:21:53 am
I always notice people playing DMD era pinball machines in TV shows/Movies that mysteriously have the electromechanical "ding ding ding" sound effects  :lol
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on May 25, 2010, 12:52:39 pm
I've heard a lot of sounds from Doom on the PC.  Mainly the sound of the monsters dying and getting hit and stuff.  Also the sound of the rocket launcher.  I'm guessing that ID software used some royalty free sound effects for their game.
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: delta88 on May 29, 2010, 02:27:28 am
I cant recall but I have heard the ahofle arcade track --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type-- in mainstream use. be it the radio or tv it was one of them. Pointed it out and my wife still thinks im a big Nerd ;) :blah:
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: RayB on May 29, 2010, 01:54:00 pm
I can't say I've ever heard Robotron in tv or movie sound effects. It's always Donkey Kong and Atari 2600 Pac Man. Which is really weird, because often they are showing someone playing something modern like a Playstation 2 or Xbox, and yet the effects are 80's bleeps and bloops.
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: ahofle on May 29, 2010, 11:09:40 pm
I cant recall but I have heard the ahofle arcade track --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type-- in mainstream use. be it the radio or tv it was one of them. Pointed it out and my wife still thinks im a big Nerd ;) :blah:

First few seconds of this video:
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg59q4puhmg#)
...were taken from this sample (http://arcade.hofle.com/arcade/arcade83sample.mp3) on my website.
 :laugh2:
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: opt2not on May 30, 2010, 07:28:36 am
I think we hear what we want to hear. ;)

In fact, I hear Robotron all the time. :D THE HUMAN RACE IS INEFFICIENT
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: Ginsu Victim on May 30, 2010, 07:36:00 pm
I cant recall but I have heard the ahofle arcade track --BINGO! Either that, or I was attempting to say "before" but it was too many letters to type-- in mainstream use. be it the radio or tv it was one of them. Pointed it out and my wife still thinks im a big Nerd ;) :blah:

First few seconds of this video:
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg59q4puhmg#)
...were taken from this sample (http://arcade.hofle.com/arcade/arcade83sample.mp3) on my website.
 :laugh2:


That's totally your track!
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: delta88 on May 31, 2010, 12:12:37 am
hmmm, I heard it somewhere else but yeah thats it.  :applaud:
Title: Re: Robotron = Generic Video Game noise
Post by: RayB on May 31, 2010, 03:09:20 pm
It's also in We Are The Strange, in the arcade scene. (But this movie is chock full of sourced sounds, so no surprise)

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jlD7EVSJFw#)