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Platform - Atari XL/XE

Atari XL is 8-bit Atari computer released in 1982. Its expanded edition was called Atari XE.

Pokey chip used in these machines was designed earlier in the 1970s. Pokey handles samples relatively well and has a distinctive square wave sound which is easy to recognize.

During the early 1980s just few significant game songs were made for Atari XL but later especially some Polish composers have made fine music with it.

The word "POKEY" is derived from POtentiometer and KEYboard.

Despite of machines being technically relatively good, 8-bit Atari computers were not very successful in 8-bit home computer markets.

Audio features
-4 semi-independent audio channels with following configurations for channel frequency resolution (not sample bits!): 4x8-bit, 2x16 or 1x16-bit + 2x16bit channels
-Per-channel volume, frequency, and waveform
-High-pass filter

The chip is designed by Atari's Doug Neubauer

Songs

Song Title	Artist	Song Length	Status	Vote	Queue	Last Request
3886 days ago	505 (Nils Feske)	3:41	Active	5.0	l	2012-02-02
Already Obsolete	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	0:11	Jingle		l
An Anthem for Winterchip	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	2:11	Active	5.0	l	2012-02-02
Arcade Fruit Machine Simulator	Gizmo (Adam Gilmore)	1:29	Active	4.8	l	2012-01-28
Archon	Unknown Artist	1:04	Active	4.6		2012-01-14
Ballad	505 (Nils Feske)	2:19	Active		l	2012-02-02
Barymag #1 - Intro	Bartman (Bartosz Kalinowski)	5:39	Active	4.6	l	2012-02-01
Barymag #2 - 8	Factor6 (Alan Petřík) AY Riders	1:32	Dupe		l
Blinky's Scary School	Gizmo (Adam Gilmore)	2:40	Active	4.8	l	2012-02-03
Blood Fighter - Tune 1	Tomasz Liebich	2:33	Active	4.0		2012-01-19
Blood Fighter - tune 2	Tomasz Liebich	2:50	Active	5.0		2012-01-10
Bunny on the Moon	YERZMYEY	2:52	Active	5.0		2011-12-30
Cipher Of Moving Compass, The	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	1:52	Active	5.0		2012-01-01
Colding	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	2:01	Active	4.7		2012-01-21
Congrabalation!	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	1:27	Active	5.0		2012-01-10
Cool Emotion	Hard Software	1:32	Active	4.3		2011-11-28
Crystal	505 (Nils Feske)	2:22	Active	5.0		2012-01-05
Dead Boy's Poem	Epi	2:25	Active	4.0		2011-12-28
Delight	505 (Nils Feske)	2:19	Active	5.0		2012-01-05
Dictum Acerbum	Tomasz Liebich	2:34	Active	4.6	l	2012-01-27
Digi-loo-digi-ley	X-Agon (Vit Hotarek) AY Riders	1:57	Dupe		l
Dot Dot Dot	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	0:10	Jingle		l
Draconus	Adam Gilmore	2:59	Active	5.0		2012-01-24
Drum Power I	Benjy (Stephan Düsterhöft)	3:21	Active	3.3		2011-12-19
Echo (sampled version)	Zoltar X (Filip Golewski)	1:23	Active	5.0		2011-12-31
Elementary School Supernova	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	1:44	Active	3.0		2011-12-20
Exodus	Cedyn (Marcin Czartynski)	3:47	Active	5.0	l	2012-01-28
Feud - Ingame	X-Agon (Vit Hotarek) AY Riders	1:32	Dupe		l
Fuji Rave	YERZMYEY	2:36	Active	4.6		2011-12-16
Funktion	505 (Nils Feske)	4:24	Active	4.3	l	2012-01-20
Gamma	505 (Nils Feske)	6:49	Active	4.5		2011-11-15
Generic Battle	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	0:51	Active	4.0		2012-01-21
Hobby Tronic '91 - Equalizer	Benjy (Stephan Düsterhöft)	5:09	Active	3.8		2011-09-03
It Means War	Zbx Virus (Daniel Numan)	3:12	Active	4.3	l	2012-01-27
Jet Set Neo	Epi	3:22	Active	4.0		2011-12-20
Jet Set Willy	X-Agon (Vit Hotarek)	5:20	Dupe	5.0	l	2010-08-12
Jet Set Willy	Rob Hubbard	5:05	Active	4.9		2012-01-19
Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge	Gizmo (Adam Gilmore)	3:02	Active	4.6		2012-01-03
m4700rK4	Epi Tristesse	2:35	Active	4.0	l	2012-01-29
Madness Sky Falling Etc.	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	1:06	Active	4.5		2011-12-26
Meryb	Epi	2:15	Active	5.0	l	2012-02-01
Mountain in the Sky	YERZMYEY	2:53	Active	4.8		2011-12-06
Ninja Commando	Gizmo (Adam Gilmore)	2:01	Active	4.3	l	2012-01-22
Nothing	505 (Nils Feske)	0:52	Active	4.0		2011-12-17
Pandora	505 (Nils Feske)	1:37	Active			2011-11-30
Pokey Axel Foley	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	2:49	Active	5.0	l	2012-01-28
Quicky	505 (Nils Feske)	2:06	Active		l	2012-01-29
Random Encounter	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	3:04	Active	5.0		2011-11-13
RAVE'olution	YERZMYEY	4:25	Active	4.6		2011-12-26
Rebound	Richard Munns	3:33	Active	4.0		2011-10-31
Reksio - Theme	Mayonez (Tomasz Majewski)	1:39	Rejected		l	2009-12-05
Rucu	Tomasz Liebich	1:17	Active			2011-12-28
Running	505 (Nils Feske)	2:22	Active	5.0	l	2012-02-02
Scream	Epi	2:45	Active	5.0	l	2012-02-02
Self Test - ZX Remix	Gasman (Matthew Westcott) AY Riders	1:19	Dupe		l
Severley Overused - Christmas Version	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	1:27	Active			2011-12-26
Space Lobsters	X-Agon (Vit Hotarek) AY Riders	2:13	Dupe		l
Straight Edge?	Epi	1:42	Active	5.0		2011-12-20
SV2K10	505 (Nils Feske)	2:49	Active	5.0		2012-01-19
Takeoff	505 (Nils Feske)	3:26	Active	5.0	l	2012-02-02
Those Were The Good Old Days	Kulor (Richard J. Armijo)	0:35	Jingle		l
Tokyo Gondwana	YERZMYEY	3:22	Active	4.4	l	2012-02-04
Train Sampled Version	SoTe (Adam Bienias)	3:36	Active	4.8	l	2012-02-01
Trans-X	Cedyn (Marcin Czartynski)	2:29	Active	4.3		2012-01-07
Tristesse	505 (Nils Feske)	3:00	Active	5.0		2012-01-10
Veronika - 6	Hard Software	2:41	Active	4.7		2012-01-20
Warhawk	X-Agon (Vit Hotarek) AY Riders	3:12	Dupe		l
Waving Sound	Zoltar X (Filip Golewski)	1:58	Active	4.5		2011-12-26
Wodospadem Czasu	Jakub Husak	4:43	Active	4.7	l	2012-01-30
XL Dance	YERZMYEY	3:04	Active	5.0	l	2012-01-25
Xmascard	505 (Nils Feske)	2:17	Active	5.0	l	2012-02-01
Yoomp! - Congratz	X-Ray (Lukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	0:14	Active			2012-01-08
Yoomp! - Game Over	X-Ray (Lukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	0:28	Active		l	2012-01-29
Yoomp! - In Game	X-Ray (Lukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	3:32	Active	4.5		2012-01-03
Yoomp! - Level Done	X-Ray (Lukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	0:12	Active			2011-11-04
Yoomp! - Menu	X-Ray (Lukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	1:09	Active			2011-12-23
Yoomp! - Start Level	X-Ray (Lukasz Sychowicz) Grayscale	0:40	Active	4.5		2012-01-05
Zybex	Adam Gilmore	2:10	Active	4.5	l	2012-02-01

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Platform - Atari XL/XE

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