RF5C68

RF5C68
Developer:	Ricoh
Released:	1978-??-??
Type:	Chip
Channels:	1.) PCM 2.) PCM 3.) PCM 4.) PCM 5.) PCM 6.) PCM 7.) PCM 8.) PCM

The RF5C68 is an audio chip with 8 PCM channels, each capable of playing 19.6 kHz or variable sampling rate. It was mostly used for sound effects and voice rather than music, as the various platforms that used it usually had an on-board FM Synthesis chip.

Devices

The RF5C68 is the on-board chip for the FM Towns and was also used on Sega's System 18 and System 32 arcade boards.

Release	Device	Chip
1989-02-??	FM Towns	?
1989-??-??	System 18	?
1990-??-??	System 32	?
1993-02-20	FM Towns Marty	?

Games

Several arcade games (mostly from Japan) relied on the RF5C68.

Release	Game	Chip	Sample
1989-??-??	Shadow Dancer (ARC)
1990-??-??	Alien Storm (ARC)	RF5C68A
1990-??-??	Bloxeed (ARC)
1990-??-??	Laser Ghost (ARC)
1990-??-??	Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (ARC)
1990-??-??	Rad Mobile (ARC)
1990-??-??	Rad Mobile R360 (ARC)
1991-??-??	Air Rescue (ARC)
1991-??-??	Clutch Hitter (ARC)
1991-??-??	D.D. Crew (ARC)
1991-??-??	F1 Exhaust Note (ARC)
1991-??-??	Hammer Away (ARC)
1991-??-??	Rad Rally (ARC)
1991-??-??	Spider-Man: The Videogame (ARC)
1992-??-??	Arabian Fight (ARC)
1992-??-??	Burning Rival (ARC)
1992-??-??	Desert Breaker (ARC)
1992-??-??	Golden Axe : The Revenge of Death Adder (ARC)
1992-??-??	Holosseum (ARC)
1992-??-??	Segasonic The Hedgehog (ARC)
1992-??-??	Where's Wally! (ARC)
1993-??-??	Alien 3: The Gun (ARC)
1993-??-??	Dark Edge (ARC)
1993-??-??	F1 Super Lap (ARC)
1993-??-??	Looney Tunes: By a Hare (ARC)
1994-??-??	Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S. (ARC)
1994-??-??	Jurassic Park (ARC)
1994-??-??	Soreike Kokorogy 2 (ARC)
1994-??-??	Super Visual Soccer (ARC)
1995-??-??	Slipstream (ARC)

Picture Gallery

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  An RF5C68A on Alien Storm (ARC).

Emulation Status

• MAME has emulated the chip for the various arcade games that require it.
• Any FM Towns Marty emulator with sound must also emulate the chip.

Links

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricoh_RF5c68 - Wikipedia.