One of the best things about having a smartphone is being able to use one’s own sound effects and tunes as notification sound effects (“notifications”) and ringtones – without having to pay some sleazy company for the privilege.
I’ve lost no time in turning some of my favorite video game sounds into ringtones for my Android phone, so for those of you who don’t mind looking like an overgrown kid in a room full of strangers, I offer my “notification” and ringtone collection, so far.
Notifications include Start Tune (King’s Valley 2, MSX), Coin Pickup (Super Mario Brothers, NES), Ring Pickup (Sonic the Hedgehog, Genesis) and Heart Pickup (Vampire Killer, MSX). Ringtones are Start Tune (Antarctic Adventure, MSX), Level 1 Tune (King’s Valley 2, MSX) and Coda (SD Snatcher, MSX). They’ve been recorded using OpenMSX, Gens32 and NesterJ.
And if chiptunes float your boat, I can’t recommend Kohina enough.
Tags: notifications, ringtones