How to install a YM-2413 chip in your SMS.

[ApolloBoy]

http://www.smspower.org/dev/docs/

 

Look at the Sound section. It should be the last file on the list.

[Ze_ro]

So, uh... what's the point of doing this? I mean, it gets some nerd points for technical prowess, but would any games take advantage of this and produce better sound? Are future homebrew games going to use this?

 

--Zero

[Bratwurst]

Lots of SMS games (Zillion, Wonderboy III) take advantage of the FM sound chip, which was only available for the Mark III in Japan. What makes this so great (from a technical standpoint) is that even the US and European games still have the FM information encoded in the rom sets, they're just normally never used.

 

You can sample how FM music sounds compared to the regular soundtracks of certain games by checking out the VGM archive at SMSpower.org. Oddly enough I find that I prefer the non-FM audio, but I suppose that's because I grew up with it.

[ApolloBoy]

Here's the games that use the FM chip...

 

Outrun (the first one to use it)

R-Type

Thunder Blade

Double Dragon

Alien Syndrome

Cyborg Hunter

Bomber Raid

Zillion II

Wonder Boy II

Wonder Boy III

Power Strike

Maze Hunter 3-D

Shinobi

Rastan

Galaxy Force

Altered Beast

Golvellius

Kenseiden

Global Defense

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars

Aztec Adventure

Blade Eagle 3-D

Alex Kidd BMX Trial (only in Japan)

Fantasy Zone II

Fantasy Zone: The Maze

Outrun 3-D

Miracle Warriors

Rescue Mission

Space Harrier 3-D

Time Soldiers

Lord of the Sword

Cloud Master

Penguin Land

 

I think that's it.

[Raijin Z]

Too bad I've never had a working SMS.... and I know full well this information means quite little to me, only having a Powerbase Converter.

[Tempest]

I thought Phantasy Star used it as well.

 

Tempest

[ApolloBoy]

I thought Phantasy Star used it as well.

 

Tempest

 

Only the Japanese version does. The US/European version doesn't.