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Nintendo Virtual Boy (VSU-VUE)

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Vertical Force

Post by ValleyBell »

TitleVertical Force
ComposerShoji Tomi, Minoru Endo
SystemNintendo Virtual Boy
Sound ChipsVSU-VUE
Tracks16
Playing time11:28
Pack authorScooblee
Pack version1.00
Last Update2018-04-04


Known issues
The music plays at the wrong speed. Currently no emulator seems to be able to get it right.
Last edited by Scooblee on 2018-03-27, 21:25:45, edited 1 time in total.

Post by The Golden Horse »

The tempo is faster on actual hardware compared to an emulator (and this pack).

Example footage (recorded with phone cameras, etc.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGbr3-FMDg
https://youtu.be/vSloj707NA4?t=5m5s
https://youtu.be/_KB3QxTHNI4?t=31s

(To be fair, I wouldn't have noticed the difference either if I didn't own both a Virtual Boy and Vertical Force, which I imagine is quite the rare combination...)
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Post by Scooblee »

Yeah, and as discussed a day or so ago over IRC, it doesn't seem like any emulator capable of ripping to VGM format runs the music accurately enough to hardware. I'm supposing that means this pack is gonna be scrapped? :/
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Post by blitzlunar »

I think this could still be posted up, with an advisory that it is slightly inaccurate.

And, thanks. With each new VirtualBoy soundtrack rip, it's a significant step closer to achieving 100% VB OST rips :P
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Post by ValleyBell »

I don't see a problem posting this. We can just put a note there that no emulator gets the speed right and it should be reripped when emulation is accurate enough.

My only issue with this pack: Please redo the screenshot. It must be captured in "1x" zoom mode without any aspect ratio correction. (i.e. they mustn't be blurry)
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Post by Scooblee »

Ooh, 1x? I was never actually sure what size to capture the screenshot in. The pack in the original post has been edited with a new screen, hope that's better!
blitzlunar wrote:And, thanks. With each new VirtualBoy soundtrack rip, it's a significant step closer to achieving 100% VB OST rips :P
oh gosh, no problem! I'll be ripping more whenever I can (I've actually got Nester's Funky Bowling done as well, given the debug menu+sound test was found recently-- I just need to find the names for a couple tracks, heh.)
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