The Sega Genesis, also known as the Megadrive over in Europe and Japan, was a very popular 16-bit console, designed to compete with Nintendo. It has two primary sound chips: The YM2612 and the SN76489 The Yamaha YM2612 has 6 channels: 5 FM channels and 1 FM/DAC channel. Also has hardpanned stereo. The Texas Instruments SN76489 has 4 channels: 3 square channels and 1 noise channel. It is worth noting that the '[[sms (format)[Sega Master System] also had the TI SN76489. It was used in the Genesis for backwards compatibility with the SMS, and it can be used in conjunction with the YM2612. '[#[Tools] '[l[http://shiru.untergrund.net/software.shtml[Shiru's Stuff] home of '[[VGM Music Maker], a Windows-based tracker for composing .VGM files. '[[DefleMask Tracker], a tracker that handles several chip formats, including Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. You can use the genny vst for vgm logging but it is not advised because it is buggy and jank. if you do use it, note that the start and stop vgm logging notes are actually C -1 and C# -1 (negative 1) rather than C-0 as it says in the popup dialog. '[#[Accepted file format] Both this entry format and the '[[SMS (format)[SMS entry format] share the .VGM file format. '[#[Playback (for voting)] '[l[http://vgmrips.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=112[in_vgm] - a winamp plugin for playback '[l[https://github.com/vgmrips/vgmplay[vgmplay] For playback on actual hardware, there are '[l[http://mjsstuf.x10host.com/pages/vgmPlay/vgmPlay.htm[VGM_PLAY] from DeadFish Shitware as well as the XGM Player in '[l[https://github.com/Stephane-D/SGDK[SGDK]. '[#[See Also] '[l[https://vgmrips.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=113[VGM Players] - a list on vgmrips!
