SEGA Music Development System

SEGA Music Development System

Released 1990-??-?? Programmers Unknown Language Assembly Formats MIDI

SEGA Music Development System is a Mega Drive sound system programmed and designed by Artech Studios. Commissioned by Sega of America, it was one of the very first Western-developed sound drivers for the system. This sound driver unofficially known, as precursor of GEMS.

David Javelosa noted that the tool was "too inconvenient to be widely used".

Output

This sound driver supports the Yamaha YM2612 and Texas Instruments' SN76489 sound chips.

Composers

The following composers used SEGA Music Development System

• Alex Rudis
• David Javelosa
• Eric Iwasaki
• Frederic Mentzen
• Jeff Fort
• John Baker
• John Karr
• Kathryn Francavilla
• Mark Guidas
• Mark Miller
• Paul Webb
• Raymond Frericks Jr.

Games

Released	Title	Sample
1991-07-??	688 Attack Sub (GEN)
1991-08-30	Sports Talk Baseball (GEN) (プロ野球スーパーリーグ'９１)
1991-08-??	Fantasia (GEN) (ファンタジア ミッキーマウス・マジック)
1991-10-15	ToeJam & Earl (GEN) (トージャム＆アール)
1991-10-17	Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (GEN) (スパイダーマン)
1991-??-??	Art Alive! (GEN)
1991-??-??	Dark Castle (GEN)
1991-??-??	Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football (GEN)
1991-??-??	M-1 Abrams Battle Tank (GEN)
1991-??-??	Mario Lemieux Hockey (GEN)
1991-??-??	Pac-Mania (GEN)
1992-06-01	Menacer 6-Game Cartridge (GEN)	Sound Driver (from ToeJam & Earl).