
Quote from the site:Plopbox is launched! A new meeting place is born for all the chiptune and oldschool tune lovers all around the world. Enjoy Plopbox like we do!
Overview: Plopbox is a kind of jukebox which plays tunes created in the 80-90 on machines like C64, Atari, Amiga, PC and others.
You can browse in the archive and clicking on a tune will play it. New tunes, submitted by the users, are added everyday by our admins.
When you have your account, you can use plopbox to manage your own playlist and choose exactly the tunes you want to hear. You will have access to other playlist and can use filters on these. The applet will play the list you selected and plopbox will behave like a web radio.
We're working on more content to offer you the best oldschool experience.
Technical: Plopbox is an heavy mix of java, javascript and dhtml.
The applet is running with java 1.1>1.5 and uses directsound/javasound if available. It uses liveconnect to communicate with the site.
It's been a long work and I can't really detail it here but you're welcome to contact us if you have questions.
The web site is a full div site, with quite a lot of javascript. It uses jah, a variant of Ajax to enhance the navigation. behind it's the classic php/mysql.
Future: We plan to add some very nice content to the site, like a bank of oldschool screens (the applet will behave like a megademo).
We need your help to contribute in the future to the coding of these screens.
We also count on your help to help us adding new formats to plopbox. We're currently adding SID and we're searching for people to add the SNDH format.
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