The music may be a bit on the bland side, but the trackselection sequence, which features a dwarf and some flowers borrowed from thalion s enchanted land, is cute. Wings of death wod is a classic shoot em up, which was coded by marc rosocha and has been released by thalion. The wings of death 7 was later covered in seiklus w32, and a 1 minute and 23 seconds piece of the wings of death 5 is included in the jochen hippel megamix on the album insert disk 2 by video game music remixer instant remedy. This megamix also includes parts from level 1 and 6. The developers described the game as being inspired by the commodore 64 game dino eggs. Jochen hippel jobbade som frilansmusiker och gjorde musiken till manga 16bitarsspel.
X01 spiral hands on iii jochen hippel thalion intro tune. Aug 11, 2009 thalion software intro on atari st music by jochen hippel aka mad max. As with most of thalions other releases, the public interest was somewhat limited. As with most of thalion s other releases, the public interest was somewhat limited. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. I have no time to translate it, but here is a brief summary. With erik simon es, jochen hippel mad max, michael bittner hexogen, richard karsmakers. Juri now works at thalion software has been since early 1991. Over the years he did the music to loads of games and demos. Below is an alphabetical listing of the 1 games we have on record that this artist contributed to view sortable list. Commercial cd published by thalion software on dec 01, 1990 containing arrangement from wings of death, dragonflight with compositions by jochen hippel. Dec 23, 2010 the intro to enchanted land by thalion software on the amiga 500, which came out in 1990. Amberstar was the first installment in thalion software s neverfinished amber trilogy, the game featured a musical score by thalion s jochen hippel. As many other thalion releases, music was composed by a very young jochen hippel.
The story began in 1988 when thalion software was founded by holger. The seven gates of jambala was published in 1989 for the amiga and atari st computers by the german game developer thalion software. Later responsible for nearly all game musics from thalion software on st and amiga. Thalion left us 25 games, created between 1988 and 1994, all highquality titles, some of which real masterpieces. These next few pages are dedicated to the key thalion musician jochen hippel alias mad max. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as descri. And it was jochen s music player, too, which served as the ground work for the development of the future composer editor on amiga. Read about the everyday life of a software company founded by the digital underground.
Jochen hippel born october 14, 1971 is a musician from kirchheimbolanden in southwest germany. Thalion source, the german website about the software company thalion. The music may be a bit on the bland side, but the trackselection sequence, which features a dwarf and some flowers borrowed from thalions enchanted land, is cute. Amberstar amiga, 1992, thalion software 1 remixes, 0 albums, 1 songs music by jochen hippel. Your quest is to find all thirteen pieces of the amberstar. Albion might carry the logo of blue byte software, but you wont find the people who made the game when looking at the credits of settlers.
Press search to match the entered keywords or use go to to jump directly to a matching page name. He was also an experienced amiga programmer and ported many of thalion software s atari st titles. Please note that we only have artists on record for games that have been remixed. The music was composed in multiple genres, such as rock. Jochen hippel, better known in the atari scene as mad max, is a musician that. Commodore amiga platform take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of jochen hippel.
It was published by eclipse which is in fact on person. He was also an experienced amiga programmer and ported many of thalion softwares atari st titles. Ghost battle is one of those thalion games i never played when it came out, i heard about it years later from someone who thought that the music in this game by jochen mad max hippel was the best he ever did. Erik simon, jochen hippel, udo fisher portrayed in dragonflight. Hans rockmusik for spelet amberstar anses vara bland hans basta verk. You must guide ozymandias through the catacombs of astaroths domain. Jochen hippel give it a try cd jochen hippel remixed cd jochen hippel lethal xcess. Among many other gems, hippel wrote this tune for the game over screen of the seven. Designed by klauspeter plog, the game was coded by nic thisell, a former member of the demomaker group tbc. There is indeed no second prize in this race between 6 of the worlds toughest riders. Thalion was a german software company, located in the city of gutersloh, which employed only the finest ste demo coders. In 2001 he released a cdr with those through the thalion source website. He no longer composes music for a living and in 2006 he. Nov 17, 2018 in december it was announced that erik simon and the entire development team were going to blue byte.
This game also came out on the atari st, but to be honest, you dont want to play either version for any. Dragonflight was not ready yet, so thalion published another game, chambers of shaolin, a martial arts fighting game somehow inspired to jordan mechners karateka and way of the tiger. Amberstar was the first installment in thalion softwares neverfinished roleplaying video game trilogy. Han borjade sa smaningom jobba at thalion software och skrev musik at dem. W32, and a 1 minute and 23 seconds piece of the wings of death 5 is included in the jochen hippel megamix on the album insert disk 2 by video game music remixer instant remedy. He played one of the most prominent roles in computer. Enchanted land is a fantasy platformer created by thalion software in 1990 initially for the atari st, then ported to the amiga. Really excellent progressive metal band from seattle one of the few bands, together with jimi hendrix, to come out of seattle. This is a quick beta version of the thalion webshrine music page, just to get it up and running, there is little or no artistic merit at the moment, but be patient there will be. The albion team was composed of former thalion software employees atari demoscene veterans who turned to game development usually for atari st and amiga but couldnt make enough money to sustain their company despite amazing technological. He made atari st conversions of many game songs, such as turrican and the last ninja. As jochen hippel had left thalion at the time of the release of no second prize, matthias steinwachs created the musical score for the game.
Amberstar was the first installment in thalion softwares neverfinished roleplaying video. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. Among many other gems, hippel wrote this tune for the game over screen of. From 1994 to 1998, mike weling made various covers of game tunes composed by jochen hippel using midi equipment a software sequencer, an expander and a drum machine. Check out give it a try by jochen hippel on amazon music. The official lethal xcess website level description.
He played one of the most prominent roles in computer music during the 16bit microcomputer era, composing the music for tens of games. First prize is the one remaining model of the greatest motorbike the world has ever seen, incidentally. Lethal xcess lx was developed by claus frein and heinz rudolf. Thalion published games like dragonflight, amberstar, ambermoon, lionheart and wings of death. The intro to enchanted land by thalion software on the amiga 500, which came out in 1990.
Wings of death main theme, a song by jochen hippel on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Amberstar mixes turnbased 3d perspective and birdseyeview maps to form a complex rpg chocked full of puzzles and drawn out game play. The hip file extension is associated with the hippel audio file format often used by thalion software in video games for amiga and atari st computers the name of audio format is derived from the name jochen hippel, german musician that composed music for thalion games. The graphics are polygon based, with lots of roadside detail, and leaning into corners to maximise turnin lea. The great music in the game astaroth was made by jochen hippel of atari st and thalion fame. Jochen would later go on to work for the game developer thalion software with. The game has both puzzle and platformer elements to it.
Wings of death main theme, a song by jochen hippel on spotify. Thalion software intro on atari st music by jochen hippel aka mad max. Android operating system program that allows you to view more common hard drive partitions. Not too surprisingly, this turns out to be a selection of tunes by thalion musician jochen hippel. Wikibiography of jochen hippel net worth with added hidden assets. This unique knowhow as a harvester enables us to preserve the original qualities of these precious plants and integrate them in new formulas. It is, looking back at that time, a pretty good kungfu continue reading. The tower off power by jochen hippel on amazon music. Jochen hippel is a musician from kirchheimbolanden in southwest germany. Its working titles were wings of war and spellbinder. The angel of death is fantasy fighting platformer developed by eldritch the cat for the amiga and atari st, published in 1989 in the game you have to travel through the catacombs of astaroth, collecting the nine different mind powers that will allow you to face the final battle with astaroth herself. Game info help required jochen hippel amberstar thalion 1992 hippel get music credit in the manual for onslaught but it is of. Jochen hippel remixed is available from the thalion source.
Enchanted land intro jochen hippel amiga 500 youtube. Thalion leading expert in marine cosmetics carefully selects the richest seaweeds. Although considerably more advanced, the game has many similarities to thalions earlier game dragonflight, and was by many fans thought to be a sequel. He started converted rob hubbard tunes from the commodore 64 for the first few tex demos, which eventually culminated in the astounding b. Jochen hippel, scavenger, big alec, jester, tip and mantronix had a. Give it a try, an album by jochen hippel on spotify. Jochen hippel video game credits and biography mobygames. Thalion software gmbh, rainbow arts software gmbh, factor 5 gmbh, the lost boys, eldritch the cat ltd, hewson consultants ltd.
Is there a chance you do a tribute episode about jochen hippel, featuring his music for games by companies like thalion amberstar, wings of death, eclipse software lethal xcess, hewson, etc i run a fansite about thalion, which includes a large section about jochen hippel. It has 80 levels and can either be played single player or simultaneous twoplayer. The game is particularly notable for its title music, an original and much lauded composition by jochen hippel. Jochen hippel, better known in the atari scene as mad max, is a musician that used to make chiptunes for the amiga and atari st computers. Amberstar dos video game music preservation foundation wiki. Musicians jochen hippel net worth jochen hippel net worth 2020, age, height, relationships, married, dating, family, wiki biography. Jochen hippel composer 1 games, 1 remixes, 0 albums. In december it was announced that erik simon and the entire development team were going to blue byte. Sep 10, 2015 if i had to pick one chiptune song to listen to for the rest of my life, itd be the opening track from prehistoric tale by jochen hippel. Jochen hippel if i had to pick one chiptune song to listen to for the rest of my life, itd be the opening track from prehistoric tale by jochen hippel. Wings of death is a 1990 shoot em up video game developed by eclipse software and published by thalion software, released originally for the atari st and then ported for the amiga.
Jochen hippel has been credited on games developed by the following companies. Composers jochen hippel platforms amiga, atari st, msdos. Thisell was able to create an atari st game with 10 levels of parallax scrolling. The official lethal xcess website technical details. Although considerably more advanced, the game has many similarities to thalion s earlier game dragonflight, and was by many fans thought to be a sequel. Jochen hippel net worth 2018, biowiki celebrity net worth. One of the most brilliant atari music programmers, if not because of his composition skills. To aid you in your quest you can pick up nine different mind powers, which act as powerups. Many hours have been wasted while playing chambers of shaolin.
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