VGMRIPS
Welcome to VGMRips, The biggest and most active site for retro Video Game Music rips! We have accurate game music rips, from dozens of game consoles and arcade systems. Music is organized into packs, and packs can be searched by composer, developer, sound chip, system and so on.
About VGM files
VGM (Video Game Music) is a sample-accurate sound logging format for many machines and sound chips. It logs the commands sent to the sound chips, so the resulting files are much smaller than mp3s.
The normal extension is .vgm but files can also be gzip compressed into .vgz files.
The format has a long history, it started as a way to log Sega Master System music, and later more and more chips were added to its list, and today it supports dozens of chips and has features such as compression and tagging.
VGM Players
| System | Player |
|---|---|
| Command-line | VGMPlay |
| Winamp | in_vgm |
| Foobar2000 | foo_input_vgm |
| Cross-platform | Audio Overload |
| Android | ZXTune |
Statistics
| Packs: | 4312 |
| Songs: | 71852 |
| Composers: | 2692 |
| Systems: | 198 |
| Chips: | 71 |
| Rippers: | 160 |
Top rated packs
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Out Run
Arcade • YM2151, SegaPCM |
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Dragon Saber: After Story of Dragon Spirit
Arcade • YM2151, C140 |
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Battle Garegga
Arcade • YM2151, M6295, NMK112 |
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Daytona USA
Arcade • MultiPCM |
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Akumajo Dracula
X68000 • YM2151, M6258 |
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Journey to Silius (U, E, A) / Raf World (J)
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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The Scheme
PC-8801 • YM2608 |
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Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
MSX2 • AY-3-8910, K051649 |
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Space Manbow
MSX2 • AY-3-8910, K051649 |
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Galaxy Force II
Arcade • YM2151, SegaPCM |
Latest high rated
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Night Slave
PC-9801 • YM2203 |
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Salamander / Life Force (JU)
Arcade • YM2151 |
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (U, E) / Gremlins 2: Shinshu Tanjou (J)
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (U, E) / Gremlins 2: Shinshu Tanjou (J)
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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Night Slave
PC-9801 • YM2203 |
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Mega Net
MegaDrive, Genesis • YM2612 |
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Outworld 2375 A.D.
MegaDrive, Genesis • SN76489, YM2612 |
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Dragons of Flame
FM Towns • YM3438, RF5C68 |
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Bosconian
X68000 • YM2151, M6258 |
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Toy Story Racer
GBC • Game Boy DMG |
Latest additions
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Dragons of Flame
Updated 2025-05-24 FM Towns • YM3438, RF5C68 |
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The Story of King Aress
Updated 2025-05-24 PC-9801 • YM2203 |
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Castle of Dracula
Updated 2025-05-24 Arcade • M6295 |
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Possessioner
Updated 2025-05-21 PC-9801 • YM2203 |
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Night Slave
Updated 2025-05-18 PC-9801 • YM2203 |
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Blandia
Updated 2025-05-13 Arcade • X1-010 |
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Toxic Crusaders
Updated 2025-05-09 GB • Game Boy DMG |
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Toxic Crusaders
Updated 2025-05-07 NES • NES APU |
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Denji Sentai Megaranger
Updated 2025-05-05 Pico • SN76489 |
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Bomberman (J) / Atomic Punk (U) / Dynablaster (E)
Updated 2025-04-19 • YM2151 |
Updates
| Pack | Info |
|---|---|
| Night Slave | Added original file names to VGM comments. |
| Castle of Dracula | Fixed screenshot and added song origins from tracks 07, 08, 12. |
| Blandia | Forgot to add size reduction. |
| Castle of Dracula | Initial release. |
| Dragons of Flame | Initial release. |
| The Story of King Aress | Initial release. |
| Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball | Reduced volume. |
| Sword of Sodan | Fixed screenshot. |
| Nuclear Rush | vgm_cmp'ed files. |
| Outworld 2375 A.D. | vgm_cmp'ed files. |
Latest forum threads
Links
VGM file sites: SMS Power • Project 2612Other game music sites: SNES Music • ASMA Atari Music • Project AY (ZX Spectrum and CPC music) • Kaminarimon HES archive • Portable Music History (Game Boy) • Slick NSFE
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