<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Music as a part of BIOS?]]> 2010-04-11T14:04:55Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/922/music-as-a-part-of-bios/ <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> oh hai i has music as part of my bio

]]> https://chipmusic.org/BLEO 2010-04-11T14:04:55Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/19071/#p19071 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> Speaking of which... If this was 8bc, you could just have written...

nordloef wrote:

Replace all the 12 songs with a version of smartboycart and sell the Vectrex on ebay wink

Would be pretty funny.

...with the same effect.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/nitro2k01 2010-04-11T10:02:44Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/19066/#p19066 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> ... such an intricate rick roll!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/little-scale 2010-04-07T22:32:54Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/18468/#p18468 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> Replace all the 12 songs with a version of Rick Astleys Never Gonna Give You Up and sell the Vectrex on ebay wink

Would be pretty funny.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/nordloef 2010-04-07T21:42:48Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/18445/#p18445 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> arfink wrote:

what's to prevent a ROM rewrite and actually change them? smile That could be quite neat, though Vectrex hardware is kinda rare and spendy in my experience.

Great point! I hadn't considered this possibility ;D

]]> https://chipmusic.org/little-scale 2010-04-07T21:28:41Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/18441/#p18441 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> an-cat-max wrote:
arfink wrote:

But, the FDS bios can't have its tunes used in-game. Sorry. smile

not sure that was the point, and why are you saying it like i just gave an incorrect answer? i'm just contributing to a thread and joining in with a discussion lol

i thought little-scale was asking other examples of music hardcoded on a system and AFAIK this is true with the famicom disk system!

Well, it is true that the Vectrex tunes can be used in game and called from the onboard ROM of the Vectrex, which I though was what was being sought after. But yes, the FDS does have a built in tune, though no games I know of play it in-game. In fact, I suspect the Vectrex may be the only one I have heard of to do this sort of thing. So, I apologise if I bashed you.

So, if the Vectrex has these hardcoded tunes inside which games can make use of, what's to prevent a ROM rewrite and actually change them? smile That could be quite neat, though Vectrex hardware is kinda rare and spendy in my experience.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-04-07T19:18:17Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/18395/#p18395 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> I don't know anything like it, but the YM2608 chip has built in rhythm samples, and then there's the YM2413 of course.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/boomlinde 2010-04-07T18:12:15Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/18385/#p18385 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> The Super game boy has a hand full of internal sound effects. No music though afaik:

http://nocash.emubase.de/pandocs.htm

]]> https://chipmusic.org/nordloef 2010-04-07T17:00:31Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/18379/#p18379 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> arfink wrote:

But, the FDS bios can't have its tunes used in-game. Sorry. smile

not sure that was the point, and why are you saying it like i just gave an incorrect answer? i'm just contributing to a thread and joining in with a discussion lol

i thought little-scale was asking other examples of music hardcoded on a system and AFAIK this is true with the famicom disk system!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/an-cat-max 2010-03-09T20:17:26Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/14544/#p14544 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> I think of the Mac OS bings, bongs, and sosumis...  and the Sega Master System/Mark III jingle which turned into "Seee-gaaa"...

]]> https://chipmusic.org/chunter 2010-03-09T20:03:35Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/14541/#p14541 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> But, the FDS bios can't have its tunes used in-game. Sorry. smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arfink 2010-03-09T15:16:27Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/14504/#p14504 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> an-cat-max wrote:

famicom disk system BIOS

http://www.zophar.net/music/nsf/famicom … -bios.html smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/ant1 2010-03-09T12:25:05Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/14484/#p14484 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> I'm sure that some of the GCE games would have used at least some of the hardcoded tunes - and yeah you're right, it's probably also for saving space, good call. I guess there is only so much you can fit into a 4KB ROM...

]]> https://chipmusic.org/little-scale 2010-03-09T11:31:32Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/14483/#p14483 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> Hmm, maybe it's also for saving space on the cadriges. Do you know which games used the hardcoded tunes?

Aside from those handheld cheapo LCD games I never heard anything like that.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/%C2%B5B 2010-03-09T11:17:14Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/14482/#p14482 <![CDATA[Re: Music as a part of BIOS?]]> arfink wrote:

I have never heard of anything like that, except perhaps the Nintendo "po-ling" or other sorts of startup sounds. As for music you could just use in your own games... that is certainly not something I have ever heard of.

Yeah, it's an interesting thing, eh.

an-cat-max wrote:

famicom disk system BIOS

Care to elaborate?

PS > Thanks for your helpful input, Saskrotch, you know how much I appreciate it smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/little-scale 2010-03-09T11:11:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/14481/#p14481