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Bitpop is a type of electronic music and subgenre of chiptune music, where at least part of the music is made using the sound chips of 8-bit (or 16-bit) computers and video game consoles.

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Music genre.name
Bitpop
Music genre.cultural_origins
1990s – 2000s (decade), United States, Australia, Japan, and Europe

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Bitpop is a type of electronic music and subgenre of chiptune music, where at least part of the music is made using the sound chips of 8-bit (or 16-bit) computers and video game consoles.

==Characteristics== thumb|An example of "bitpop" music that uses 8-bit sounds and modern production software

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