Puffy64 - International Karate (revived)

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Arranged by:
Puffy64 Veteran
Member profile:
puffy64
Original SID:
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Original composed by:
Rob Hubbard
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Duration:
13:40
Released:
26/01/2026
Charts position:
15. in the year 2026
2863. in all-time charts
Score:
Outstanding 73%
Story

Initial idea and draft back in 2003, creating it and recreating it in 2015, facing big plugin/DAW issues which led me to mix down guitars. After loosing original recordings due to defective harddisk, I was pretty fed up with this project. Until now, discovering at least the arrangement and midis from back then. So I decided to finish it as good as possible. Since guitars were mixed down with FX I couldn´t remove delays or switch to another modern amp here.
After all, I think it's better to release this long monster of a track though imperfect, instead of trashing or keep it secret forever. 😊

If it´s too noisy/loud/long/hard for you, switch to 11:50min to relax ears and have at least a listen to the sweet part.

Rock on!

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Outstanding lomaxx shouts:
Far too much reverb. I can hardly make out any details in the remix to make a closer opinion, but there are signs for a decent remix I think.
Review by LaLa
27/02/2026

Outstanding Technique

Outstanding Artistic skill

Outstanding Nostalgia factor

Outstanding Overall rating

This is a real gem - and its unmistakably Puffy-esque. You did the best you could with the 10+ and 20+ years old material you had at hand. I, for one, am glad you released it! Musically, kudos for tackling the entire tune - and more. Maybe a break here and there would've been welcome to give our ears a chance to recover from the onslaught of heavy electric guitars, but then again, the original SID doesn't let up much, either. Thanks for saving this remix and uploading it!