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. You can listen to the packs on our pages, or you can download zip files with VGM files in them, and listen in your favorite player with VGM support.
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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 file 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 | Droidsound |
Statistics
| Packs: | 2162 |
| Songs: | 35706 |
| Composers: | 1551 |
| Systems: | 181 |
| Chips: | 47 |
| Rippers: | 53 |
Top rated packs
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The Scheme
PC-8801 • YM2608 |
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Dragon Saber: After Story of Dragon Spirit
Arcade • YM2151, C140 |
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Out Run
Arcade • YM2151, SegaPCM |
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Battle Garegga
Arcade • YM2151, M6295, NMK112 |
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Journey to Silius (U, E, A) / Raf World (J)
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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Daytona USA
Arcade • MultiPCM |
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Akumajo Dracula
X68000 • YM2151, M6258 |
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Grounseed
PC-9801 • YM2608 |
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Dragon Spirit
X68000 • YM2151, M6258 |
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Galaxy Force II
Arcade • YM2151, SegaPCM |
Latest high rated
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Blazeon
Arcade • YM2151 |
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Jack Bros. (U) / Jack Bros. no Meiro de Hiihoo! (J)
Virtual Boy • VSU-VUE |
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Red Alarm
Virtual Boy • VSU-VUE |
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Bound High!
Virtual Boy • VSU-VUE |
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Wrecking Crew
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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Nazo no Murasamejou
FDS • NES APU, FDS |
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Kirby's Pinball Land (UE)/ Kirby no Pinball (J)
GB • Game Boy DMG |
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Kirby's Dream Land 2 (UE)/ Hoshi no Kirby 2 (J)
GB • Game Boy DMG |
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Kirby's Dream Land
GB • Game Boy DMG |
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Lagrange Point
Famicom • NES APU, VRC7 |
Latest additions
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Dunk Dream '95 (J) / Data East's Hoops (EA) / Data East's Hoops Version '96 (EA)
Updated 2019-02-18 Arcade • YMZ280B |
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Gridiron Fight
Updated 2019-02-18 Arcade • YM2149 |
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Magical Crystals
Updated 2019-02-18 Arcade • M6295, YM2149 |
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Vigilante
Updated 2019-02-18 Arcade • YM2151 |
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Pepsiman
Updated 2019-02-18 Arcade • YMZ280B |
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Exvania
Updated 2019-02-18 Arcade • C219 |
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Blazing Tornado
Updated 2019-02-18 Arcade • YM2610 |
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From TV Animation Slam Dunk: Super Slams
Updated 2019-02-18 Arcade • YM2610 |
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Megablast
Updated 2019-02-18 Arcade • YM2610 |
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Dead Connection
Updated 2019-02-18 Arcade • YM2610 |
Updates
| Pack | Info |
|---|---|
| Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter | Fixed tags/file names, stripped silence from the beginning, reoptimized with fixed vgm_cmp. |
| Dunk Dream '95 (J) / Data East's Hoops (EA) / Data East's Hoops Version '96 (EA) | Improved tags and file names and tags. |
| Mega Man III (U, E) / Rockman World 3 (J) | Fixed tags. |
| Dead Connection | Changed VGM header to use YM2610 (non-B) instead of YM2610B. |
| Mega Man II (U, E) / Rockman World 2 (J) | Fixed tags, fixed release date. |
| Laplace no Ma | Redid opt_oki optimization (fixed parameters). |
| From TV Animation Slam Dunk: Super Slams | Initial release. |
| Blazing Tornado | Initial release. |
| Mega Man III (U, E) / Rockman World 3 (J) | Initial release. |
| Mega Man II (U, E) / Rockman World 2 (J) | Initial release. |
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
Chiptune Podcasts: Pixelated Audio
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