AY
AY-3-891x | |||||
Developer: | |||||
Header: | Custom | ||||
Content: | Programmatic | ||||
Instruments: | Combined | ||||
Target Output
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Released: | 199?-??-?? | ||||
First Game: | N/A | ||||
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AY is the format used to house the ripped audio code for the AY-3-8910 series of audio chips. These 3-voice programmable sound generators were developed by General Instruments. The AY-3-8910 series was the most popular audio chip of the early 1980s and was featured in the majority of the home computers, arcade cabinets, slot machines, and sound boards of the day. AY files contain machine code and data that is sent to the 8910 chip. Although the AY-3-8910 was used on many different platforms, the AY format itself only supports those which used a Zilog 80 processor, in particular, the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers.
Before the appeareance of the AY format, music from ZX Spectrum was ripped into VTX and AYM formats. However, AY has superseded these formats, and they're both now obsolete.
Players
- Audio Overload - Linux, Macintosh, Windows
- DeliPlayer - Windows
- Game Emu Player - foobar2000
- NEZ Plug - Winamp
Converters
AY to ?
- Audio Overload - Linux, Macintosh, Windows - WAV
- Game Emu Player - foobar2000 - WAV
- NEZ Plug - Winamp - WAV
? to AY
Games
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Instrument_AY-3-8910 - Wikipedia.