Guys, I’m so excited about this that my hands are shaking while I’m writing this post.
There are incredible, huge changes in the project right now, things that will change how we work forever… in better of course.

First of all, I’d like to introduce you to the mighty Project2612.
These brave guys ripped almost EVERY SINGLE GAME in the MegaDrive/Genesis library in the .vgm format.
What is the .vgm format anyway?
It is a file with logs of the calls made to the DAC of the MegaDrive, the Yamaha YM2612 chip.
Sounds incomprehensible?
I’ll put this to you in a simpler way: the vgm file has inside the INSTRUCTIONS sent to the audio chip of the mega drive, this means that if they are reproduced on the mega drive itself, they reproduce the tracks PERFECTLY.
Dark Pulse, one of the admins of the project2612, has agreed to let the 16-bit audiophile project use their VGMs which means that we are now able to rip ANY GAME from their library.

Now, onto the next problem… to playback VGMs on the real hardware we needed proper software: those things are very hard to program as you will likely be doing it in assembly which is a painful coding language.
I was lucky to stumble upon DeadFish’s VGM_PLAY which was the right tool, the one that I needed: if you give it a list of VGMs it outputs a ROM with them, then you put the ROM on a cartridge in the mega drive et voila, le jeux sont faits, a player will show up where you can playback the tracks.
Sounds easy, huh? Well, that was the most difficult part as the software had bugs that made the vgm play faster or slower as intended.
So I contacted Michael, the genius who’s behind the VGM_PLAY software, and through an exceptional effort and endless tests he managed to fix it and now we have everything ready.

I really, really want to give a big thank you to both Dark Pulse and Michael: without you guys we would be in a tragical situation and would not be able to reach our goal in its entirety.
And to everyone who’s reading this post: if you have not joined the forums yet, this is the right moment to do it and comment this news to send your love to these incredible guys or at least give them a big “Thank you”.

As for us, we’ll be putting their banners on our website, you can find them at the footer of each page, so make sure to give them a look if you’re interested in their work.

Also, we are now accepting requests again, so feel free to make them in the forum, just remember that we are accepting requests for MegaDrive/Genesis only!

Aaaaaaand that’s all for now! See you guys in the forums! :]

Click here to comment

Thanks to the latest forum software update, our forum got nuked.
Thank you simple:press.

Luckily the data was not touched so everything should be there and I’ve managed to get everything up and working somehow. You may notice some wacky colors because I had to manually redo the css style of the forum theme, I really can’t do much about it.
Anyway, if you notice color combinations that make text unreadable (white on white or black on black for example), report it in the forums or drop me an email at [email protected] and I’ll give it a shot to see if I can fix that.

Again, thanks for you patience and understanding, we hope to get everything set up and working in few days and give you guys at least a new release before Christmas.

Click here to comment

The new equipment has arrived and I’m working on the software with the help of its programmer. We (or better, him) need to figure out some things that are not working properly and then we’ll be ready to accept requests again.

So be ready as in the next days a new release will be out (which is actually a request of one of our forum members ;-) ) with even higher quality than our previous soundtracks!

Click here to comment

Dear followers, please enjoy our latest release: Mickey Mania – The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse!

This Soundtrack has little gems like Steamboat Willie which, with its catchy tune, is sure to get stuck in your mind and I won’t be surprised finding you distractedly  whistling to it from time to time!

Overall, the Soundtrack is very soothing and nice, so make sure to give it a listen: as always, you can find it in our Media page.

Onto new exciting news: the equipment seems to have arrived in my country but is detained by the customs and God only knows when they will release it and will get to me, so please be patient!

Click here to comment

Hi guys, I know it’s been more than a week since you last heard from us but we’ve been really busy lately.

Anyway, we’re taking a break from the Sonic games due to the problems described in the latest post and the next game is a much appreciated one that some of you may remember as it involves the most famous mouse of the world.

Hold on tight, it will be out in a couple of days as we’re fixing the latest bits around… stay tuned!

Click here to comment

Dear fellows, I’m both honored and pleased to announce that the original Sonic The Hedgehog soundtrack is out!!!
With this we almost have completed the Sonic Saga, with only Sonic Spinball out.

Unluckily, due to this game not having a proper Sound Test mode, we will have to postpone its release because as of now we don’t have the means to properly rip it and assure the maximum quality that you guys would expect from one of our releases, but we’re working real hard on it, trust me: we’re getting all the equipment necessary which is rather costly and is coming from the opposite side of the world and thus it will take almost a month for us to get it and set it up, maybe more, no guarantees on it.

Despite this, we will not just stay here doing nothing, we will be releasing other games’ soundtrack meanwhile, although we will have to put all the requests in standby as we are acquiring the new stuff to do proper rips of all those games that don’t have a Sound Test mode.

The “hard way” described in The Equipment page resulted in a lot of effort and a great failure for us all as it is not a viable, efficient way of ripping music, so we are working towards a new, better way.

Anyway, I’d like to thank you all for following us and I hope that in the future, when we will have things going at full rate, your patience will be rewarded. We are getting lots of downloads and youtube views but still the forums are empty and I would be really, really happy if someone registered just to say “Hi” or “Thank you for all the hard work” or even better give us some feedback.

Well, enough with that, head straight to our Media page and get this all-time classic!

Click here to comment