Uploaded March 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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I decided to remix one of my favourite Rush songs in 8-bit format!

I adhered to the NES limit of 4 maximum simultaneous sounds (technically it's 5, but I use two combined for the kick drum as did most NES composers), which means that in order to accurately represent the chords, I had to arpeggiate some parts and harmonise with the bass in others.

It's really difficult to take a Neil Peart drum track and reduce it to one drum at a time...


Oh, and yes, I made the image by tracing over the original album cover and by applying what I could discover about NES colour palettes. If I'm correct, this entire thing could theoretically be displayed on a NES (probably not the same resolution though).


Cygnus X-1
Book I: The Voyage = youtube.com/watch?v=6qh29YUpXm4
Book II: Hemispheres = You are here