SEGA Music Development System

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SEGA Music Development System
Released 1990-??-??
Programmers Mark Miller, Jonathan Miller, Chris Grigg, Burt Sloane
Language Assembly
Formats MIDI

SEGA Music Development System is a Mega Drive sound system developed 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. Like the GEMS, the driver was loaned out to several developers and modified, such as David O'Riva, MicroProse, Microsmiths and Sculptured Software.

Output

This sound driver supports the Yamaha YM2612 sound chip.

Composers

The following composers used SEGA Music Development System

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).