Chiptune

Origin

chip + tune, referring to a computer's sound chip; see chip ("electronic circuit").

Full definition of chiptune

Noun

1. (music) A piece of computer music in which the sounds are generated and mixed in realtime, common in the 1980s before the advent of mass storage for prerecorded sound.
• 2007, Mark J P Wolf, The Video Game ExplosionComposers of chiptune and demoscene music practice the art of game music in vitro, with no particular commercial endeavor.
• 2008, Karen Collins, Game Sound...it has been so popular with chiptune musicians...