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Namco WSG Arcade Classics

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Namco WSG Arcade Classics

by gRg »

An archive with full sound packs (music + sfx) for the classic arcade titles made by Namco written for the WSG sound chip. The songs were extracted with a reverse-engineered driver (frame2frame correctness checked vs Mame register dumps) and, inspired by QuattroPlay, converted to C352 using a custom converter. Placed here, due to a lack of official support for WSG in VGM but I hope that one day the sheer beauty of these compositions will lead to their adoption into the standard! :) My plan is to keep adding soundtracks here from other titles when outcomes from the respective drivers are verified. I will also release the tool once it is in a presentable state.

Hardware: Pac Man / WSG Hardware: Super Pacman / CS15 Hardware: System 16 Universal / CS15
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Ponpoko_(Namco_Pac_Man).zip
(12.28 KiB) Downloaded 1201 times
Super_Pac-Man_(Namco_Super_Pacman).zip
(25.04 KiB) Downloaded 1088 times
Pac_&_Pal_(Namco_Super_Pacman).zip
(23.43 KiB) Downloaded 1180 times
Libble_Rabble_(Namco_System_16_Universal).zip
(32.91 KiB) Downloaded 1151 times
Phozon_(Namco_Super_Pacman).zip
(26.67 KiB) Downloaded 1063 times
Mappy_(Namco_Super_Pacman).zip
(38.29 KiB) Downloaded 1247 times
Toy_Pop_(Namco_System_16_Universal).zip
(51.46 KiB) Downloaded 962 times
Motos_(Namco_Super_Pacman).zip
(37.46 KiB) Downloaded 1030 times
Dig_Dug_2_(Namco_Super_Pacman).zip
(30.08 KiB) Downloaded 1119 times
The_Tower_of_Druaga_(Namco_Super_Pacman).zip
(55.72 KiB) Downloaded 1073 times
Last edited by gRg on 2021-05-16, 22:49:05, edited 1 time in total.

by denjhang »

This is very interesting, is it possible to extract more WSG music?
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by gRg »

Hi, that is my ultimate goal but the conversion process is very slow as it currently requires full disassembly/analysis of each music driver separately. Also, my "hobby" time has been limited recently but hope to get back to it over the summer.
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by ValleyBell »

Would you mind sharing your research and maybe disassemblies?
Maybe it could be of use for some people.
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by gRg »

Sure, need to tidy it up a bit first. The initial bits (The Tower of Druaga format description and basic version of the converter) are here: https://github.com/grgowski/WSGSound.
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Namco Sound Driver compendium

by gRg »

Hi, I thought to share here a link to an amazing piece of work by YST on Namco's sound drivers: https://x6uso.booth.pm/items/1930712 It contains the technical analysis of sound drivers for almost all Namco games using different WSG chips and is rather comprehensive in detail. It also renders my plans for further analysis of these drivers pointless so will need to look for a new hobby! :) The booklet is available in electronic format and Google translate does a great job at making it accessible for those not versed in Japanese.
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Other Namco games?

by jadasse »

Are there plans to make VGMs of more Namco games? For instance, I'd really like to see New Rally X.
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