CD
From Video Game Music Preservation Foundation Wiki
| Redbook CD Audio | |||||
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| Developer: | Philips, Sony | ||||
| Header: | Unknown | ||||
| Content: | PCM | ||||
| Instruments: | Intrinsic | ||||
Target Output
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| Released: | 1982-10-?? | ||||
| First Game: | ? | ||||
Red Book CD Audio (CD) is in raw pulse code modulation at a sampling rate of 44.1 KHz. The particular format is what standard audio CDs use. Many games from the 1990s play their digital audio directly from the game CD in order to free up the processor.
Because the format is basically a 1-to-1 rip into WAV, and because we don't want to store cumbersome raw audio files, only the Vorbis recordings of the CD audio will be stored online.
Contents
Players
(Category)
- Digital Sound System - DOS
- foobar2000 - Windows
- iTunes - Macintosh, Windows
- Winamp - Android, Macintosh, Windows
- Windows Media Player - Windows
- XMMS - Linux
Games
(Category)
These are 20 of the more popular games that use Redbook CD audio, for the complete list, view the category.
| Released | Title | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 1991-??-?? | SimCity (CDTV) | |
| 1993-??-?? | Zool: Ninja of the "Nth" Dimension (CD32) | |
| 1994-??-?? | The Chaos Engine (CD32) | |
| 1994-??-?? | The Humans (CD32) | |
| 1995-07-24 | MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat (DOS) | |
| 1995-09-30 | Hexen: Beyond Heretic (DOS) | |
| 1995-10-19 | Wolfenstein 3D (3DO) | |
| 1995-??-?? | Super Street Fighter II Turbo (CD32) | |
| 1996-05-31 | Quake (DOS) | |
| 1996-11-19 | Stargunner (DOS) | |
| 1996-??-?? | DragonHeart: Fire & Steel (W32) | |
| 1996-??-?? | Quake (W32) | |
| 1997-04-30 | Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (W32) | |
| 1997-05-31 | Blood (DOS) | |
| 1997-10-?? | Age of Empires (W32) | |
| 1997-12-09 | Quake II (W32) | |
| 1997-??-?? | Disney's Hercules (W32) | |
| 1997-??-?? | Raiden II (W32) | |
| 1998-05-31 | Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods (W32) | |
| 1998-10-31 | Half-Life (W32) | |
How to Obtain
Games that use CD audio can have their soundtrack ripped using any software that can rip CD audio music, such as CDex. You can obtain pre-ripped music from:
- pc.joshw.info - Josh W (CD music ripped into MP3 format and is intermixed with many other native formats).
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc - Wikipedia.
