crystalhammer (crystalhammer.mod)

Posted by minebrandon on Wed 30th Oct 2024, rated 10 / 10.

The fact that this song is ranked 374th in downloads while Hymn to Aurora is 3rd is criminal. This song is so much better, I love the arrangement, it uses the D-50 ST-01 samples way better than Hymn to Aurora, pattern 9 is just godly and really good. In addition, this was all 1987, and from a game, this should give it all of the advantages in the world over Hymn to Mediocrity, but alas it's low. Atleast in favorites it's only 158th place while the other is 17th, but overall an extremely good mod, instead of Hymn to Aurora being the default generic mod it should of been Crystal Hammer!! Like it's just so good, what are we doing here? Like this is just too good, why don't I hear it that often? Why is cs127 the only person who talks about it, we need more, this song is just really good. (As a reminder, I've never used an Amiga in my life, I'm far too young for that, so I'm not blinded by nostalgia, I just genuinely think this song is amazing)

Posted by muLperi on Thu 29th Aug 2024, rated 10 / 10.

This is such an iconic tune and nostalgic for me. I used to listen to it as a child a lot. We had Amiga500 and played Crystal Hammer a lot.

In addition to being very catchy tune with good melodies, it is very well crafted using the 4 channels and has nice selection of sounds.

Posted by The Finn on Wed 15th Sep 2021, rated 8 / 10.

[this is a duplicate module with https://modarchive.org/module.php?34651 , comments still apply.]

This nails a very classic tracker sound, not just due to the ST samples. The sparse arrangement and song structure contribute to the wistful melancholy mood that oozes out of this one.

I think this is one of the few original 15-sample soundtracker modules I ran across when building my collection back in the day...

Posted by JudgeGroovyman on Thu 22nd Oct 2020, rated 10 / 10.

This is from an Amiga game called Crystal Hammer (kind of like Arkanoid) and is by Karsten Obarski who made the first tracker program (Ultimate Soundtracker) so this mod is kind of a big deal. Also it takes me right back to my childhood.

Posted by govatsapadam on Thu 30th Jan 2020, rated 9 / 10.

O God... Finally I found it - the (Axxess) intro music to Ports of Call! One of the best from the 80s. Very catchy tune with cool rhythm.

Posted by RavenWorks on Sun 21st Mar 2010, rated 7 / 10.

Used in the soundtrack to Alex Metcalf's "Maniac" :)

Posted by TMA Placeholder Account on Mon 22nd Mar 1999, rated 8 / 10.

This is an upbeat song with a sort of techno style to it. It doesn't really go under anything else. It has a good changing melody and it has an alternating bassdrum/snaredrum beat to it. This has the usual left/right panning of a mod which can't be helped but it would probably sound better if there was some good panning in it. It has some pretty clean sounds and they fit together nicely. This is a more than average song. The only thing wrong with it is that it sounds a little like video game music for a nintendo game.