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Earthbound Halloween Hack

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By Toby Fox tobyfox Bandcamp tobyfox Twitter toby.fangamer.com Other fwugradiation Tumblr.
Cover art by Unknown Artist and Jebb jebbjabroni SoundCloud jebbjabroni YouTube JeberosE Twitter (edits for wiki).
Wallpaper art by Toby Fox tobyfox Bandcamp tobyfox Twitter toby.fangamer.com Other fwugradiation Tumblr and Jebb jebbjabroni SoundCloud jebbjabroni YouTube JeberosE Twitter (edits for wiki).
Banner art by Unknown Artist and Jebb jebbjabroni SoundCloud jebbjabroni YouTube JeberosE Twitter (edits for wiki).
Released 10/31/2009.
Duration: ~24:41.

Listen on YouTube (playlist).

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  1. (1:11) File select
  2. (2:06) Twoson Love Theme
  3. (3:18) Synchronicity
  4. (0:36) Dark Onett/Unused Intro
  5. (1:13) Game Over
  6. (1:11) File select 2
  7. (1:11) Sewers
  8. (0:45) Winters
  9. (2:53) Andonuts Magicant
  10. (1:26) Dream Maze (Edit)
  11. (2:53) Dead Onett
  12. (0:22) Bad Morning to You (Edit)
  13. (0:49) Power (Edit)
  14. (1:46) Techno Boss Battle
  15. (1:05) The Id
  16. (1:51) Megalovania
  17. (0:05) Game Over (Andonuts)

Added to wiki 10/25/2023.

Artist commentary:

Toby Fox: ("THE MAKING OF RADIATION'S HALLOWEEN HACK")

Honestly, I did very little music hacking in this hack. It just feels like a lot because I did more than anyone else has ever done... ever. I had never music hacked (note-wise) before this hack, so it took me a while to get used to the system and get good at it, which is why the last boss song sounds the best and the early songs sound kind of crappy.

Just to help you understand why it took me a while to make GOOD music, here's a picture of the music editor:

If you have no idea what the hell is going on, you're pretty much on the same boat I was. Music is pretty much coded through a bunch of different numbers telling the game how long notes are, what pitch they are, etc. Pretty much you need to be able to look at numbers and hear music like it's the Matrix or something. It was ridiculous.

Even as I got better, songs took a hell of a long time to make. I know that the last boss song took me an entire Sunday to do, just because I had to code every single slide, every single fade-in, every single instrument change, every single NOTE... seriously. When you play my hack, just appreciate every single note and pixel I had to make. It took forever, okay!?

Quasar Nebula: (wiki editor)

Commentary throughout this album is taken from the HTML document The Making Of.html, including various commentary and images to do with the hack in general (in addition to music commentary), and packaged in a zip THEMAKINGOF.zip with the download for the hack.

View original file ( kB MB). (Heads up! If you're on a mobile plan, this is a large download.)