16sounds
Jumps and Movement
Includes climb, crouch, dash, double jump, fall long, jump, and more.
Library
Retro and 8-Bit Arcade SFX Library
216 chiptune-style, square-wave retro game sounds covering the full arcade and NES-era feel: jumps and movement, coins and pickups, powerups, lasers and shots, hits and explosions, UI and menus, score and combo rewards, game state stings (start, level clear, game over, boss), enemy sounds, retro machine and arcade-cabinet foley, countdowns and timers, and general retro game feel (teleports, portals, secrets).
- 196 sound effects
- WAV, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo
- 23 MB unzipped
- Royalty-free, no attribution
Preview
A montage drawn from across the library, at the levels the files ship at.
What is in the library
12 sections, each in its own folder.
18sounds
Coins and Pickups
Includes ammo pickup, bonus item get, chest open, coin, coin spill, collect combo x2, and more.
16sounds
Powerups
Includes up jingle, double damage powerup, extra life, freeze powerup, grow, invincibility loop, and more.
18sounds
Shots and Lasers
Includes bomb drop, bomb explode, bullet ricochet, cannon fire, charged shot, energy beam loop, and more.
18sounds
Explosions and Hits
Includes armor clank, block or parry, critical hit, enemy death, enemy hit, explosion big, and more.
18sounds
UI and Menu
Includes cancel, checkbox toggle, confirm big, cursor hover, load game, menu back, and more.
14sounds
Score and Rewards
Includes bonus stinger, combo x2, combo x3, combo x4, combo x5, high score fanfare, and more.
18sounds
Game State
Includes boss defeated fanfare, boss intro sting, checkpoint, continue countdown, credits jingle ending, credits jingle, and more.
16sounds
Enemy Sounds
Includes alarm siren, boss charge, boss roar, boss stomp, enemy alert, enemy death heavy, and more.
16sounds
Retro Machine and Arcade
Includes button press click, cartridge blow, cartridge insert, coin insert, console startup jingle, controller rumble cue, and more.
12sounds
Countdown and Timers
Includes alarm loop, bomb timer tick, clock chime, countdown tick urgent, countdown tick, final second sting, and more.
16sounds
Misc Retro Game Feel
Includes developer wink blip, door locked buzz, door open, easter egg chime, freeze frame stinger, ghost blip, and more.
12 sections, one matched set.196 files in total
Questions
Can I use these sounds in a commercial game?
Yes. The licence is royalty-free for commercial and non-commercial projects, with no attribution required, no per-project fee and no expiry. The one restriction is that the audio files may not be resold or redistributed on their own as a sound library.
What format are the files?
WAV, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo, 196 individual files in named folders, about 23 MB unzipped.
Which game engines do they work with?
Any engine that imports WAV, including Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot and GameMaker.
How were the sounds made?
Source audio generated with ElevenLabs Sound Effects under a paid commercial licence, then screened by ear and by measurement, trimmed, faded and level-matched across the library. This is declared on every store listing.
Where to buy
The library is on itch.io at moneywithjjcom.itch.io/retro-8bit-library, and on the other stores listed on the store pages. The audio files are identical on every store.
Questions about the library, the licence or a custom set: [email protected].