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In the early days of video gaming, music was almost non-existent. Sound effects were typically limited to brief beep-like noises, limited by the technological constraints of the time. However, the late 1970s and early 1980s marked the advent of 8-bit consoles and arcade machines, which began using basic sound chips, such as those in the Atari and the Nintendo’s Ricor 2A03. These chips produced simple waveforms, which allowed composers to create rudimentary melodies, paving the way for the future of video game soundtracks.