Editing VGM (file format)

{{Short description|Sequenced audio file format}}
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'''VGM''' ('''V'''ideo '''G'''ame '''M'''usic) is an [[audio file format]] for multiple [[video game]] platforms, such as [[Master System]], [[Game Gear]], [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]], [[MSX]], [[Neo Geo]], [[IBM compatible]]s ([[Ad Lib, Inc.|Adlib]]/[[SoundBlaster]]), and has expanded to a variety of [[arcade system board]]s since its release.

The standard [[filename extension]] is ''.vgm'', but files can also be [[Gzip]] compressed into ''.vgz'' files. Technically ''.vgz'' files should be named ''.vgm.gz'', but because some [[Operating system|operating systems']] [[file manager]]s cannot handle file name suffixes that themselves contain a period (e.g. [[Microsoft Windows]]), ''.vgz'' is instead used in order to launch a VGM player and not a [[file archiver]] program such as [[WinZip]] or [[WinRAR]].

The VGM format is different from formats like NSF or [[MOS Technology SID#Software emulation|SID]], which contain the game's music code. Instead, the instructions sent to the sound chip are logged.

==External links==
*[http://vgmrips.net/wiki/VGM_Specification VGM Rips specification page] – Technical specifications
*[http://vgmrips.net/ VGMRips] – VGM archive of several systems
*[http://www.smspower.org/Music/VGMs SMS Power!] – VGM archive for the Sega Master System, Mark III, Game Gear, SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000, and OMV

[[Category:Audio file formats]]
[[Category:Video game music file formats]]

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