New 8-bit album tus your NES into a joyous jukebox - CNET

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You're in luck if you've held onto a Nintendo Entertainment System, as 2016 is once again time for the classic console to shine.

On January 30, artist and developer Riki Iwasaki released 8-Bit Music Power, a chiptune album that plays off a NES cartridge instead of a CD, meaning you'll need Nintendo's original home console, first released as the Famicon in Japan in 1983, to listen to it.

Chiptunes, music crafted with 8-bit sound effects, were popular back in the '80s but went out of style in the '90s. The last 10 years, however, have seen a resurgence in chiptune popularity, with many artists using the genre to pay loving homage to retro console and arcade videogames. 8-Bit Music Power is more than just an album though, as it tus the NES into a jukebox, with a multitude of visual flair accompanying its 11 tracks.

A first run of 1,000 was produced, but all of those were sold in three days. Prior to its release, 8-Bit Music Power peaked at No. 3 on Amazon Japan's pre-order chart, just two positions below Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. The project has proved a hit in Japan, and on Saturday Iwasaki played music from the project at the Bit Music Power Live event in Toyko's Akihabara district.