Wario Synth
Search any song, get a Gameboy version. Emulates Nintendo's Sharp LR35902 sound hardware: 2 pulse waves for melody/harmony, 1 wave channel for bass, 1 noise for percussion. Finds MIDI sources, parses tracks, maps to GB roles, resynthesizes with Web Audio. Everything runs client-side. Site: https://www.wario.style Open source: https://github.com/b1rdmania/motif Hobby project, non commercial, so please don't sue me.
Wario Synth launched on June 17, 2026 with 78 votes, #542 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Wario.Style turns any song into a Game Boy-style chiptune, right in your browser. Type a song title and it searches BitMidi for the MIDI, then synthesizes it live through four authentic chiptune channels: two pulse, one wave, one noise. No signup, no server render. Export as WAV or MIDI and share with a link that previews the track. The catalogue runs deep on classics, so throw it something timeless. Can't find it? Upload your own MIDI and hear it in 8-bit.
Search any song, fetch its real MIDI, and hear it reborn as authentic Game Boy chiptune music — free, instant, right in your browser. No downloads, no installs.
Pick a midi source. Try another if it sounds bad, some work better than others. Search a song or upload your own MIDI, pick a source, hit Generate. The Wario Synthesis Engine analyses the MIDI and resynthesises it with Web Audio oscillators into a chunky 8-bit chiptune. (Honestly it's closer to a SNES than a Game Boy — the v2 beta tab goes for the real Game Boy chip.) All processing runs in your browser. An experimental engine that goes for the actual Game Boy sound chip (the Sharp LR35902): real pulse, wave and noise channels. It's a rough work in progress, so v1 stays the default — but try it from the v2 beta tab up top. Yes. Use Upload MIDI next to Search and pick a .mid or .midi file…from wario.style
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