The YM3812, AKA OPL2 was a staple FM soundchip of the early 1990's. It claim to fame was its inclusion on the Adlib and Soundblaster soundcards. OPL2 is THE FM sound of 1990's PC gaming. VGM stands ...

It was most notably found in the Sega Master System - the predecessor of the Sega Genesis/Megadrive. VGM stands for Video Game Music, and it is a 44.1KHz logging format that stores real soundchip ...

Probably not – but if, like me, you’re an enthusiastic but happily incompetent player of video games, you’ll be hearing the tunes and sound effects of game music on a seemingly infinite loop.

Sarah: How is music used in video games? Ninichi: One way is to use music to set the mood and to set the tone in a game. So, this is an example of a happy, uplifting track that I did for a empire ...

A distinguishing feature of video games is their interactivity, and sound plays an important role in this: a player's actions can trigger dialogue, sound effects, ambient sound, and music. And yet ...

Understanding Video Game Music develops a musicology of video game music by providing methods and concepts for understanding music in this medium. From the practicalities of investigating the video ...