Byte Size Sound

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Byte Size Sound
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Born
Birth Place USA
Nationality American   USA.svg
Aliases Byte Sized Sound
Website http://bytesizesound.com/index.html

Byte Size Sound is a group of composers founded by Matt Scott that produces music for games. The members of the group are:

Audio Development

Game Boy / Game Boy Color

Byte Size's MIDI files were converted to the GB/GBC using Alex DeMeo's sound driver from Absolute Entertainment. Also, their games reuses Mark Van Hecke's sounds from Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York.

For games developed by Handheld Games, they used MusyX by Factor 5.

Triple Play 2001 appears to use a unique sound driver.

Game Boy Advance

For games developed by Handheld Games and Cinegroupe, they used MusyX, a sound driver by Factor 5.

SNES

For Urban Strike and Bubsy in the Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, they wrote the music in assembly, listening to sheet music by ear, using Chip Level Designs' version of Nintendo's Kankichi-kun sound driver.

For Total Carnage, they used Sculptured Software's sound driver.

For College Football USA '97: The Road to New Orleans and Mohawk and Headphone Jack, they used SLICK/Audio by Bitmasters.

For the rest of his work, including Lester the Unlikely, NHL '97, NHL '98 and Phantom 2040, they used Visual Concepts' sound driver.

Gameography

Byte Size Sound's involvement with the following games have been verified via their website. This gameography also lists all the games that credit Byte Size Sound.

Released Title Sample Notes
1993-11-?? Pistol Poker (PBL)
1993-??-?? Dracula Unleashed (DOS)
1993-??-?? Dracula Unleashed (MAC)
1993-??-?? Dracula Unleashed (SCD)
1994-01-?? Lester the Unlikely (SNES) (おでかけレスターれれれのれ)
1994-10-?? Beavis and Butt-Head (GG)
1994-??-?? Bonkers: Wax Up! (SMS)
1995-??-?? Bonkers: Wax Up! (GG)
1995-??-?? Urban Strike (SNES) Arranged Don Veca's music
1996-11-?? Casper (GB) Composer?
1996-??-?? Arcade Classics (GG)
1996-??-?? NHL '97 (SNES)
1997-??-?? NHL '98 (SNES) Reuses music from NHL '97 (SNES).
1998-??-?? Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (GB)
1999-03-?? Sesame Street: Elmo's 123s (GBC)
1999-03-?? Sesame Street: Elmo's ABCs (GBC)
1999-10-?? Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (GBC)
2000-05-08 Triple Play 2001 (GBC)
2000-09-07 San Fransisco Rush 2049 (GBC)
2001-11-15 Sesame Street Sports (GBC)
2000-12-08 MTV Sports: T.J. Lavin's Ultimate BMX (GBC)
2001-03-25 Tech Deck Skateboarding (GBC)
2001-09-?? Portal Runner (GBC)
2001-09-17 Arctic Thunder (PS2)
2001-11-15 Arctic Thunder (XBOX)
2001-11-15 Dragon Tales: Dragon Adventures (GBC)
2001-11-15 Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion (GBA)
2002-05-27 Little League Baseball 2002 (GBA)
2002-06-13 Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction (PS2)
2002-12-13 Dora the Explorer: The Search for Pirate Pig's Treasure (GBA)
2003-03-18 MLB Slugfest 20-04 (GBA)
2003-10-26 Super Duper Sumos (GBA)
2003-11-17 Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham (GBA)
2004-??-?? Dragon Tales: Dragon Adventures (GBA)
2004-10-25 Dora the Explorer: Super Spies (GBA)
2007-10-09 The Cheetah Girls: Pop Star Sensation (NDS)
2008-08-13 The Cheetah Girls: Passport to Stardom (NDS)
2009-05-06 Imagine: Music Fest (NDS)
Unreleased Barbie Super Model (GG)
Unreleased Eye of the Beholder (LYNX)
Unreleased Mission Bravo (GBC)
Unreleased NBA Live 2000 (GBC)
Unreleased Portal Runner (GBA)
Unreleased The Super-Stoo-Pendus World of Dr. Seuss (GBA)

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