Notify Sound
Shape custom notification sounds with AI

Free arcade and 8-bit sound effects

The collection covers coins, jumps, pickups, alarms and fanfares. The sounds use square waves and fast pitch slides with no room sound, the way old consoles built them. Each sound opens in the editor with every setting in view, ready to shape into a sound for your own game. Your AI agent designs the coin, jump or victory fanfare your game is missing and returns it as an editor link for more tuning.

Arcade sounds

  • Ammo Pickup

    Edit
    Waveform of Ammo Pickup

    A metallic shuffle, then a confirm.

  • Bonus Coin

    Edit
    Waveform of Bonus Coin

    Two notes, the classic pickup.

  • Boss Alarm

    Edit
    Waveform of Boss Alarm

    Something big just walked in.

  • Boss Defeated

    Edit
    Waveform of Boss Defeated

    It blows up, then the sparkle falls away.

  • Coin Insert

    Edit
    Waveform of Coin Insert

    A coin drops in the slot and the credit lands.

  • Extra Life

    Edit
    Waveform of Extra Life

    The full fanfare. You earned it.

  • Game Over

    Edit
    Waveform of Game Over

    Everything falls apart, slowly.

  • High Score

    New
    Edit
    Waveform of High Score

    A bouncy chiptune line over a hopping octave bass.

  • Hit Blip

    Edit
    Waveform of Hit Blip

    A short knock when something connects.

  • Hurry Up

    Edit
    Waveform of Hurry Up

    Beeping that says time is running out.

  • Invader March

    Edit
    Waveform of Invader March

    Four heavy steps coming closer.

  • Jump

    Edit
    Waveform of Jump

    Up you go.

  • Laser

    Edit
    Waveform of Laser

    A quick sci-fi zap.

  • Level Complete

    Edit
    Waveform of Level Complete

    A short fanfare. Stage cleared.

  • Pew Pew

    Edit
    Waveform of Pew Pew

    Two quick zaps. Take that.

  • Pinball Bumper

    Edit
    Waveform of Pinball Bumper

    The thud and ring of a bumper hit.

  • Power Pellet

    Edit
    Waveform of Power Pellet

    A hungry wobble that keeps repeating.

  • Secret Found

    Edit
    Waveform of Secret Found

    The little jingle for a hidden door.

  • Snake Blip

    Edit
    Waveform of Snake Blip

    Eating a dot in Snake.

  • Treasure Room

    New
    Edit
    Waveform of Treasure Room

    Three climbing arpeggios that open into a bright major chord.

  • Victory Lap

    New
    Edit
    Waveform of Victory Lap

    An 8-bit fanfare with drums and a held top note.

  • Warp Zone

    Edit
    Waveform of Warp Zone

    A long slide out of this world.

  • There are many more ready-made sounds waiting in the library.

    Library

Related sounds

Sounds from an AI assistant

Notify Sound works as an MCP server for AI assistants. The assistant designs every layer of a sound and returns a link. The link opens that sound in the editor.

Claude

  1. Open Customize, then Connectors.
  2. Press Add custom connector.
  3. Name it Notify Sound, paste this URL and press Add.
https://notifysound.com/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user notify-sound https://notifysound.com/mcp

ChatGPT

  1. Open Settings, then Security and login, and turn on Developer mode.
  2. Open Plugins and press +.
  3. Name it Notify Sound, paste this URL, choose No Authentication and press Create.
https://notifysound.com/mcp

Codex

codex mcp add notify-sound --url https://notifysound.com/mcp

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notify-sound": {
      "url": "https://notifysound.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Add to Cursor

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "notify-sound": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://notifysound.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Add to VS Code

Example prompt after installation

The assistant takes a plain request like this one, once Notify Sound is connected.

Use Notify Sound to make a coin pickup for my platformer, bright and square-wave like an old console. Send me the link.

8-bit sounds for Unity, Godot, GameMaker and Scratch games

This set covers the core sounds of a game jam entry: coins, jumps, hits, power-ups, game over and level complete. The sounds are royalty-free and free for commercial use with credit, including in a game you sell.

Retro sound effects for TikTok and YouTube edits

Bonus Coin fits a price tag, and Game Over goes under a fail clip. Level Complete suits the reveal in a before and after. Every sound is made with a synth, with no samples from a real game.

Arcade alerts for Twitch streams

Extra Life greets a new follower, and Coin Insert thanks a donation. Boss Alarm announces a raid.

A coin or a power-up as your iPhone or Android notification

Secret Found works as a message tone on an iPhone or an Android phone, and Power Pellet fits a payment alert. Move the Pitch slider to make either one your own.

Shaping an 8-bit sound

What makes a sound 8-bit?

Set Wave shape to square, keep every note short, and leave the effect on None. Pick Crunch for a rough edge. Old sound chips could do little more than that.

How is the coin sound made?

Bonus Coin is two square notes. The first plays at 988 Hz. The second plays at 1,319 Hz, starts 0.05 seconds later and rings a little longer. Raise the second Pitch for a bigger prize.

How is the jump sound made?

Jump is one square note at 330 Hz with Slide set to 19. The Slide lifts the pitch more than an octave while the note plays. A negative Slide turns the jump into a fall.

Make your own sounds

  • Stack layers of tone or noise and shape each one with its own sliders.
  • Change pitch, length, echo and tone while the sound loops, so you hear every move.
  • Save to your library, share a link, and download the sound when it sounds right.
Open the editor