Platforms

Explore game soundtracks through the audio chips that shaped their sound. Each console's music was defined — and constrained — by its hardware. Click any console to browse its full game catalog.

3 consoles · 328 games cataloged

Nintendo 8-bit / Pulse-Wave

Classic pulse-wave and triangle chips that defined the chiptune sound.

NES / FamicomNES

NSF

Ricoh 2A03 (RP2A03)

5 channels — 2 Pulse + 1 Triangle + 1 Noise + 1 Sample

PulseTriangleNoiseSample

118 games cataloged

Game BoyGB

GBS

Sharp LR35902 (DMG)

4 channels — 2 Pulse + 1 Wave + 1 Noise

PulseWaveNoise

22 games cataloged

Nintendo 16-bit / Sample-Based

Custom sample-based DSPs with wavetable and ADPCM capabilities.

Super NintendoSNES

SPC

Sony SPC700 + S-DSP

8 channels

Sample

188 games cataloged