Martin Galway released annotated C64 music source files from 1980s games, covering two player generations across Wizball, Athena, Times Of Lore, and Insects In Space.
Key Takeaways
Two distinct SID music player generations: 1st Gen used from 1984 through mid-1987 (Wizball), 2nd Gen debuted with Athena and carried forward.
Source is re-assemblable and modifiable; Galway requires attribution but permits derivative works and new music generation.
Galway did not own the rights at creation time; he acquired copyright from Infogrames later, making this a deliberate archival release.
Release framed as educational: read through, analyze, and understand the music player architecture and how the compositions were built.
2nd Gen player was written specifically for Athena, not ported; subsequent games like Times Of Lore and Insects In Space adopted it wholesale.