You are listening to, and watching, the Propeller Knight stage and boss music from the amazing upcoming game, Shovel Knight!

Now, you may have already heard the stage music, because we live-streamed me writing it last year, shortly after development began. But I guarantee you haven't heard this final, VRC6-enhanced version yet, let alone the boss music!

This isn't some lame NES soundalike program, it's data that can actually compile and run on a real Famicom console! If it sounds crazier than normal NES music, that's because it uses the same expansion sound chip as the Japanese version of Castlevania 3.

Also, being in a largely Capcom-inspired style, there are hardly any echoes or complex instrument programming, so this is practically empty-looking compared to my usual stuff, which makes even me kind of dizzy to look at.

To hear what I do WITHOUT the VRC6 or any stylistic constraints, check out http://virt.bandcamp.com/album/fx4 -- and make sure you've had a few cups of coffee, or some ritalin.

Science facts:

- Shut uuuuup, I know the volume column has no effect on the triangle channel (well, 0 does, anyway). I think I copy-pasted from sawtooth at some point and forgot to clean up. I do what I want.

- Shovel Knight comes out really soon for your computer or video game devices! If you don't buy it, I'll be very upset with you! Go to shovelknight.com for more info!

- The soundtrack will be available too! I'll tell you how to get it in the near future. Don't worry, my loves, about 50 tracks of this stuff will soon be yours to enjoy!

- If you haven't already heard, we have been endowed with a pair of level themes from THE ORIGINAL COMPOSER OF MEGA MAN 1, the incomparable Manami Matsumae. Yes, she's still got it, 25 years later. Unbelievably catchy.

- My dog Nugget is right here and he says "YO"