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 |
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| Command-line | VGMPlay |
| Winamp | in_vgm |
| Foobar2000 | foo_input_vgm |
| Cross-platform | Audio Overload |
| Android | ZXTune |
Statistics
| Packs: | 4293 |
| Songs: | 71551 |
| Composers: | 2687 |
| Systems: | 198 |
| Chips: | 70 |
| Rippers: | 157 |
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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The Scheme
PC-8801 • YM2608 |
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Journey to Silius (U, E, A) / Raf World (J)
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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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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Gimmick! (J)
Famicom • NES APU, YM2149 |
Latest high rated
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Balloon Fight
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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Hogan's Alley
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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Street Hoop (E) / Dunk Dream (J) / Street Slam (U)
Neo Geo • YM2610 |
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
NES • NES APU |
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Nightmare Circus
MegaDrive • SN76489, YM2612 |
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Pocahontas
MegaDrive • SN76489, YM2612 |
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RoboCop 3
NES • NES APU |
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Armed Police Batrider
Arcade • YM2151, M6295, NMK112 |
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Battle Garegga
Arcade • YM2151, M6295, NMK112 |
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Streets of Rage 2 (W) / Bare Knuckle II: Shitou e no Requiem (J)
Genesis • SN76489, YM2612 |
Latest additions
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Shizuku
Updated 2025-03-23 PC-9801 • YM2203 |
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Bubble Buster
Updated 2025-03-22 Arcade • YM2610B |
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Shikinjoh
Updated 2025-03-01 X68000 • YM2151, M6258 |
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Anatomik / Body Quest
Updated 2025-02-27 PC • YM3812 |
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Kangofu-san Pico: Yasashiku o-Teate Pico Clinic!
Updated 2025-01-24 Pico • SN76489 |
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Ninja Commando
Updated 2024-12-30 Neo Geo • YM2610 |
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Master's Fury
Updated 2024-12-30 Arcade • YM2151, M6295 |
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Metal Dragon
Updated 2024-12-28 MSX2+, MSX turbo R • AY-3-8910, YM2413 |
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Metal Dragon
Updated 2024-12-28 MSX2+, MSX turbo R • Y8950, AY-3-8910 |
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Metal Dragon
Updated 2024-12-26 MSX2+, MSX turbo R • Y8950, AY-3-8910, YM2413 |
Updates
| Pack | Info |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Scooby-Doo Mystery | vgm_cmp'ed files. |
| Goofy's Hysterical History Tour | Reduced volume of "Absolute" track, as it was clipping. |
| Math Blaster: Episode One | Increased volume if "Introduction" track. |
| Anatomik / Body Quest | Made Game Over song longer to let the note fade out more. |
| Shadow Warriors (W) / Ninja Gaiden (U) / Ninja Ryukenden (J) | Fixed v1.70 header that I broke during last packaging process. |
| Anatomik / Body Quest | Re-ripped Game Over tune. |
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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