GEMS
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| Creator | Jonathan Miller, Burt Sloane, Chris Grigg, Mark Miller |
| Released | 1991-??-?? |
| Platform | DOS |
GEMS (Genesis Editor for Music and Sound Effects) is a piece of proprietary music software for DOS used solely for creating music on the Sega Genesis and Sega 32X in the proprietary format MOD (GEMS). The program was created by Jonathan Miller, Burt Sloane, Chris Grigg and Mark Miller. The program is MIDI compatible to make it easier to use.
A precursor to GEMS was also made, and a few early Genesis games use the driver, such as Art Alive and Fantasia.
A total of 221 Genesis and 32X games used GEMS for music and sound.
GEMS was heavily criticized by video game music listeners because of its low fidelity in instrument design, and many cited SMPS as the superior player.
Like the Kankichi-kun driver used by Nintendo for the SNES, the driver was loaned out to several developers and modified, such as Brian Schmidt, Novotrade, Eastridge Technology, Andy Brock and Don Veca, and as a result, there are many,variants.
Composers
The following composers used GEMS:
- Alex Rudis
- Bill Bogenreif
- Brian Coburn
- Chris Grigg
- Clifford Falls
- Devin Hurd
- Jason Scher
- Mark Miller
- Mike Ash
- Nathan Grigg
- Rolf Weber
- Russell Lieblich
- Steve Collett
- Ted Allen
- Tommy Tallarico
- Dwight Okahara
- Frank Klepacki
- Paul Mudra
- Patrick Collins
- David Javelosa
- Allister Brimble
- Brian Howarth
- Eric Swanson
- Greg Turner
- David Warhol
- Paul Webb
- Dean Morrell
- James Hebdon
- Eric Nunamaker
- Kingsley Thurber
- Mark Ganus
- Roy Wilkins
- Sam Powell
- Rick Fox
- Darren Mitchell
- Mark Van Hecke
- Jim Wallace
- David O'Riva
- Fat Box
- Byte Size Sound
- Michelle Simon
- Matt Scott
- Doug Brandon
- Earl Vickers
- Eric Hammond
- Johny Turpin
- Kim Jensen
- Jeroen Tel
- Fletcher Beasley
- Chip Burwell
- Bernard Whang
Download
| Version | Download | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Download - (info) | DOS | Includes source for several versions. |
Links
- http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Mega_Drive/Genesis_Sound_Engine_List - List of games that use GEMS.
