Arpeggio

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In chip music, an arpeggio is an effect that rapidly alternates a tone generator's period among two to four pitches to create a warbly approximation of a chord. The effect was highly popular on Commodore 64, and during the NES's commercial era, NES games by European developers wee more likely to use arpeggios than games by Japanese developers.

Games whose music has plenty of arpeggios

  • M.C. Kids
  • Silver Surfer
  • Jurassic Park
  • Several games by Codemasters