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.

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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.

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VGM Players

System	Player
Command-line	VGMPlay
Winamp	in_vgm
Foobar2000	foo_input_vgm
Cross-platform	Audio Overload
Android	Droidsound

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Statistics

Packs:	4221
Songs:	70452
Composers:	2655
Systems:	198
Chips:	69
Rippers:	155

Top rated packs

	Dragon Saber: After Story of Dragon Spirit Arcade • YM2151, C140
	Out Run Arcade • YM2151, SegaPCM
	Battle Garegga Arcade • YM2151, M6295, NMK112
	Daytona USA Arcade • MultiPCM
	Akumajo Dracula X68000 • YM2151, M6258
	The Scheme PC-8801 • YM2608
	Gimmick! (J) Famicom • NES APU, YM2149
	Journey to Silius (U, E, A) / Raf World (J) NES, Famicom • NES APU
	Space Manbow MSX2 • AY-3-8910, K051649
	Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake MSX2 • AY-3-8910, K051649

Latest high rated

	W-Ring: The Double Rings TG16, PC Engine • HuC6280
	The Cheetahmen II NES • NES APU
	Fury of the Furries PC • YM3812
	Wacky Wheels PC • YM3812
	Pac-In-Time PC • YM3812
	Dengeki Nurse FM Towns • YM3438, RF5C68
	Dengeki Nurse PC-9801 • YM2203
	Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse NES, Famicom • NES APU
	Risa no Yousei Densetsu FDS • NES APU, FDS
	The Tower of Gazzel MSX2 • AY-3-8910, YM2413

Latest additions

	Viper-V16 Updated 2024-09-14 PC-9801 • YM2203
	Viper-V16 Updated 2024-09-14 PC-9801 • YM2608
	Viper-V12 RS Updated 2024-09-02 FM Towns • YM3438
	Viper-V12 Updated 2024-09-02 PC-9801 • YM2203
	Viper-V12 Updated 2024-09-02 PC-9801 • YM2608
	Viper-GTS Turbo RS: Akuma wa Futatabi Updated 2024-08-30 FM Towns • YM3438
	Viper-GTS: Akuma wa Futatabi Updated 2024-08-30 PC-9801 • YM2203
	Viper-GTS RS: Akuma wa Futatabi Updated 2024-08-30 PC-9801 • YM2203
	Viper-GTS RS: Akuma wa Futatabi Updated 2024-08-30 PC-9801 • YM2608
	Viper-V10 Turbo RS Updated 2024-08-27 FM Towns • YM3438

Updates

Pack	User	Date	Info
Viper-V16	GTheGuardian	2024-09-14	Initial release.
Viper-V16	GTheGuardian	2024-09-14	Initial release.
Karnov	Valley Bell	2024-09-13	Changed system name from "Karnov" to "Arcade Machine".
Super Real Darwin	Valley Bell	2024-09-13	Applied Title Case to the English track titles. Japanese titles kept their original case.
Viper-V12 RS	GTheGuardian	2024-09-02	Initial release.
Viper-V12	GTheGuardian	2024-09-02	Initial release.
Viper-V12	GTheGuardian	2024-09-02	Initial release.
Viper-GTS Turbo RS: Akuma wa Futatabi	GTheGuardian	2024-08-30	Initial release.
Viper-GTS: Akuma wa Futatabi	GTheGuardian	2024-08-30	Initial release.
Viper-GTS RS: Akuma wa Futatabi	GTheGuardian	2024-08-30	Initial release.

Latest forum threads

Topic	User
What are the Instruments of the "Wii U Menu Music"?	Unify
Jlooky's Originals and Arrangements	Jlooky
Introduce yourselves	RetroMasterVGM
Recent Additions and Updates	ValleyBell
Desert War / Wangan Sensou	INEZWETRUST
[VGM Pack] Wedding Peach - Jamapii Panic	Kaminari
Game Boy to MIDI (and tracker) converters	LF222
does anyone know what this song is	noorito
Route 16	INEZWETRUST
What's your favorite sound hardware to work with?	BoxCubed

Links

VGM file sites: SMS Power • Project 2612

Other 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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