When looking back at the history of how video game soundtracks have evolved, there exists a certain uniqueness that differentiates them from almost every other visual or audio medium. The works are both represented as a product of a certain period of time, and a dependence on an ever evolving set of tools used in the creation of the music. Limited by a minimal number of audio channels made the development of coherent and refined soundtracks all that more difficult for early composers and sound designers. The creativity that was often used to work around hardware specifications helped these early soundtracks have an identity. Although some of the more ambitious soundtracks suffered because of this, an endearing quality has often become associated with the music that was created with particular soundchips in older consoles.