Jochen Hippel

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Jochen Hippel (born October 14, 1971 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German musician who arranged and composed music for computer games and demos during the 16-bit computer era .

During his school days, Hippel experimented with the C64 . He later belonged to the group The Exceptions (short: TEX) under the pseudonym Mad Max , which developed demos for the Atari ST .

Hippel's music was often based on classics of the C64 music by other composers and was rearranged by him for the ST sound chip YM2149 . Hippel was able to exhaust the YM2149 very far through his own programming, so that, for example, sounds similar to the SID used in the C64 were achieved, which seemed not possible with the sound chip of the Atari ST.

Hippel's client for the implementation of the background music for commercial game titles from other platforms as well as for original compositions for games was mainly Thalion Software . Hippel published remixes of these works on the CD album Give it a try .

As a member of TEX, like the entire group, he was well known in the Atari ST demo scene . Publications by TEX, such as LCD (Little Color Demo) or BIG-Demo (Best In Galaxy) , show the Atari ST's undreamt-of potential through technical tricks. B. using display list interrupts to display the entire color palette of an ST on the screen at the same time, although this was not intended by the hardware developers.

The demo group TEX later joined the alliance The Union and made a contribution to The Union Demo .

Hippel is currently active in the logistics industry.

Play with music by Hippel

game year System (s) Publisher comment
5th gear 1988 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Hewson
Amberstar 1992 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
Astaroth - The Angel of Death 1989 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Hewson
Atomino 1990 Atari ST Psygnosis
Atomix 1989 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
Bad Cat 1988 Atari ST Rainbow Arts
BC Kid 1992 Commodore Amiga Ubisoft
Battle Valley 1989 Commodore Amiga Hewson
Chambers of Shaolin 1989 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
Circus Attractions 1988 Atari ST Rainbow Arts
Crime Time 1990 Atari ST Starbyte
Curse of Ra 1990 Atari ST Rainbow Arts
Crush! 1991 Atari ST Budgie UK
Cybernoid II: The Revenge 1989 Atari ST Hewson Original from Jeroen Tel
Dragonflight 1990 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
Dugger 1988 Atari ST Linel
Enchanted Lands 1990 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
Ghost battle 1991 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
Grand Monster Slam 1989 Atari ST Rainbow Arts
Great Courts II 1990 Atari ST Ubisoft
The Great Giana Sisters 1987 Atari ST Hewson Original by Chris Hülsbeck
In 80 Days around the World 1988 Atari ST Rainbow Arts
Insects in Space 1990 Atari ST Hewson
Jinks 1988 Atari ST Rainbow Arts
The Last Ninja 1988 Atari ST System 3
Leavin Teramis 1989 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
Lethal Xcess - Wings of Death II 1991 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Eclipse software
Masterblazer 1991 Atari ST Rainbow Arts
Monster Business 1991 Commodore Amiga Eclipse software
MUDS - Mean Dirty Ugly Sports 1990 Atari ST Rainbow Arts
Ninja Remix 1990 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga System 3
A Prehistoric Tale 1990 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
Pro Tennis Tour II 1990 Atari ST Ubisoft
Rings of Medusa 1989 Atari ST Starbyte
Rings of Medusa II - Return of Medusa 1991 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Starbyte
Roll-out 1989 Atari ST Procovision
The Seven Gates of Jambala 1989 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
Spaceball 1988 Atari ST Rainbow Arts
Starball 1988 Atari ST Rainbow Arts
Stormlord 1989 Atari ST Hewson
Tangram 1990 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
To be on top 1988 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Rainbow Arts Original by Chris Hülsbeck
Tom & Jerry: Hunting High and Low 1989 Atari ST Magic bytes
Tom & Jerry II 1989 Atari ST Magic bytes
Tower FRA 1990 Commodore Amiga Thalion
Transworld 1990 Atari ST Starbyte
Turrican 1990 Atari ST Rainbow Arts Original by Chris Hülsbeck
Turrican II - The final fight 1991 Atari ST Rainbow Arts Original by Chris Hülsbeck
Turrican III - Payment Day 1993 Atari ST Rainbow Arts (Credits)
Warp 1989 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Thalion
Wings of Death 1990 Atari ST , Commodore Amiga Eclipse software
Z-Out 1990 Atari ST Rainbow Arts

For the games Atomix (1990) and Trex Warrior - 22nd Century Gladiator (1991) Hippel contributed the music for the Thalion intro.

Individual evidence

  1. List of his works on Atari Legend.
  2. List of his works on HOL.
  3. List of his works on Atarimania.
  4. http://www.lemonamiga.com/

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