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: | 2233 |
| Songs: | 36617 |
| Composers: | 1580 |
| Systems: | 183 |
| Chips: | 47 |
| Rippers: | 57 |
Top rated packs
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The Scheme
PC-8801 • YM2608 |
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Battle Garegga
Arcade • YM2151, M6295, NMK112 |
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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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Akumajo Dracula
X68000 • YM2151, M6258 |
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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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Grounseed
PC-9801 • YM2608 |
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Galaxy Force II
Arcade • YM2151, SegaPCM |
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Dragon Spirit
X68000 • YM2151, M6258 |
Latest high rated
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Xevious
Atari 5200 • Pokey |
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Blaster Master (UE) / Chou Wakusei Senki Meta Fight (J)
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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Batman: Return of The Joker (U, E) / Dynamite Batman (J)
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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Batman: The Video Game
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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City Hunter
TG16, PC Engine • HuC6280 |
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Undeadline Genjuuki
X68000 • YM2151, M6258 |
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Bosconian
X68000 • YM2151, M6258 |
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Garou Densetsu - Shukumei no Tatakai (Fatal Fury)
Neo Geo • YM2610 |
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1943: The Battle of Midway (U) / 1943: The Battle of Valhalla (J)
NES, Famicom • NES APU |
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Fantasy Zone II DX / 3D Fantasy Zone II W
Arcade • YM2151 |
Latest additions
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Illusion City
Updated 2019-12-31 MSX turbo R • AY8910, YM2413 |
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Fray
Updated 2019-12-31 MSX2, MSX turbo R • AY8910, YM2413 |
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Raiden
Updated 2019-12-31 Arcade • YM3812, M6295 |
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Chelnov: Atomic Runner
Updated 2019-12-31 Arcade • YM3526, YM2203 |
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Fortified Zone (UE) / Ikari no Yousai (J)
Updated 2019-12-31 GB • Game Boy DMG |
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Spirou
Updated 2019-12-31 GB • Game Boy DMG |
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Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (U, E) / Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka (J)
Updated 2019-12-31 GB • Game Boy DMG |
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Barunba
Updated 2019-09-08 PC Engine • HuC6280 |
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Pac-Man
Updated 2019-09-08 MSX • AY8910 |
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Tank Battalion
Updated 2019-09-08 MSX • AY8910 |
Updates
| Pack | Info |
|---|---|
| Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (U, E) / Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka (J) | track 17 fixed, tracks 36 and 37 added, thanks to Lu9. |
| Spirou | Relogged some tracks. |
| Illusion City | Relogged using Micro Music 3.1. Removed vgm_facc as a step from raw to final vgm Updated Unused 2 title to Ceremony (Alternate Version) |
| Fray | Relogged using Micro Music 3.1 Removed vgm_facc as a step from raw to final vgm |
| Raiden | Fixed all volumes, Added publisher names in the regions versions in USA, Korea and Taiwan. |
| Chelnov: Atomic Runner | Restore YM2203 (Some music use this), Reduce silence, Fix naming, Fix volumes, Add world ver. and Fix color of snapshots related to updated emulation, Add Japanese tags, Fix composer name (kiuchi is actually Tatsuya Kiuchi) |
| Illusion City | Added proper screenshots, thanks to sdsnatcher73 |
| Fray | Update with non-scaled screenshot |
| Fortified Zone (UE) / Ikari no Yousai (J) | Relogged with MAME 0.200 (previous was MESS 0.144) and its updated Game Boy core. |
| Total Carnage | 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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