VRC VI
VRC VI | |
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Developer: | Konami |
Released: | 1989-12-22 |
Type: | Chip |
Channels: | 1.) Pulse Wave |
The VRC VI, often referred to as the VRC6, is a chip made by Konami and used as a memory mapper and audio expander for their Nintendo Entertainment System games. This is the 6th virtual ROM controller Konami made, and it was designed to replace the VRC V. It's model number is 053329. The additional audio capabilities of the chip were only used in three game, and only in their Japanese releases:
In addition to better memory access, the VRC VI grant three additional audio channels, 2 pulse wave channels and a sawtooth channel.
This chip was superseded by the VRC VII.
Contents
Pinout
This ASCII art represents the chip's pinout.
(s) means this pin connects to the System (r) this only connects to the ROM (w) this is a SRAM/WRAM connection only AUD : these pass to the resistor network CHR : these connect to the CHR ROM and/or fami's CHR pins PRG : these connect to the PRG ROM and/or fami's PRG pins WRAM : this hooks to the WRAM CIRAM : the RAM chip which is on the fami board .----\/----. GND - |01 48| - +5V AUD D1 - |02 47| - AUD D0 AUD D3 - |03 46| - AUD D2 AUD D5 - |04 45| - AUD D4 (s) PRG A12 - |05 44| - PRG A16 (r) (s) PRG A14 - |06 43| - PRG A13 (s) (s) M2 - |07 42| - PRG A17 (r) (r) PRG A14 - |08 41| - PRG A15 (r) *1 (s) PRG A1 - |09 40| - PRG A13 (r) *1 (s) PRG A0 - |10 39| - PRG D7 (s) (s) PRG D0 - |11 38| - PRG D6 (s) (s) PRG D1 - |12 37| - PRG D5 (s) (s) PRG D2 - |13 36| - PRG D4 (s) (r) PRG /CE - |14 35| - PRG D3 (s) (s) R/W - |15 34| - PRG /CE (s) *2 (w) WRAM /CE - |16 33| - /IRQ (s) (r) CHR /CE - |17 32| - CIRAM /CE (s) (s) CHR /RD - |18 31| - CHR A10 (s) (s) CHR /A13 - |19 30| - CHR A11 (s) (r) CHR A16 - |20 29| - CHR A12 (s) (r) CHR A15 - |21 28| - CHR A17 (r) (r) CHR A12 - |22 27| - CHR A14 (r) (r) CHR A11 - |23 26| - CHR A13 (r) GND - |24 25| - CHR A10 (r) | | `----------'
Image Gallery
The VRC VI on a Akumajou Densetsu (FC) board.
Emulation Status
Some of the more impressive NES emulators emulate this chip accurately, as does FamiTracker.
Links
- wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/VRC6_audio - Technical information.
- nesdev.com/vrcvi.txt - More technical info.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_management_controller - Wikipedia.