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Work in progress topic for a Sega Master System port of Castlevania.

Focus of the project will try to be as true to the N*s version of Castlevania, but using as much of the Castlevania Chronicles aesthetic as possible. I may introduce elements of SOTN as well, depending how they fit.

Very early stages at this point. Only some basic things put together, but we look forward to working on this title.

Also, many many thanks to Louis The Sega Nerd (https://www.youtube.com/@LouisTheSEGANerd) for their audio talents.

Small demo vid that's been slapped together:
https://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/sms_castlevania/videos/castlevania_0006.mp4

Dev Team:
Programmer/Graphics: Xfixium
Audio: Louis The Sega Nerd

Excelent! Smooth! Music is nice too! The first scenario is great, but i dont liked of walls in 2nd scenario. The grey color with others patterns is messy in IMHO. The HUD is beauty.

segarule wrote

Excelent! Smooth! Music is nice too! The first scenario is great, but i dont liked of walls in 2nd scenario. The grey color with others patterns is messy in IMHO.

Yeah, agreed. This was brought up before, it'll get changed.

Wow! Really good news. I do love your projects.
I am so excited everytime you start a new project or there is an update.

I really hope you could finish your job the way you want. It would be incredible to have a Castlevania game for our beloved console.

Looks awesome mate 👌

Thanks for the feedback. Cant wait to take this game further.

Very cool video.

Now, take this as constructive criticism, but I would really implement a way to select the Simon Belmont sprite instead of the one being used, which is clearly Ralph / Trevor Belmont.

Castlevania fans tend to care about these things, and It'd feel weird to play a port of Castlevania constantly looking at Trevor, a guy from two hundreds years before the events of the game.

Aleste wrote

Very cool video.

Now, take this as constructive criticism, but I would really implement a way to select the Simon Belmont sprite instead of the one being used, which is clearly Ralph / Trevor Belmont.

Castlevania fans tend to care about these things, and It'd feel weird to play a port of Castlevania constantly looking at Trevor, a guy from two hundreds years before the events of the game.

I'm aware. It's a placeholder. I chose it from the web because I wanted to see how it looked with 12 frames of animation (Credits to the original artist). Eventually when I convert it to SMS standards, I'll keep that same 12 frames.

Good work with your Castlevania, I would like to have a chat with you about this game, do you have an email address you can give me in a direct message?

Thank you.

Toni.

Wow. Oh WOW. :) This is awseome! I can't wait to see how this develops!!! :) Watching a NES walkthrough beside it...the SMS blows the NES out of the water, even the music is great! Love it.

Damn, you really are unstoppable! I assume Louis has become your audio partner, eh?

Cris1997XX wrote

Damn, you really are unstoppable! I assume Louis has become your audio partner, eh?

Well, I'm grateful for whatever he puts out there. He has stated he does this casually, and doesn't really associate with a team, or project. He has created a few more tracks recently, which are all excellent.

Progress vid:
https://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/sms_castlevania/videos/castlevania_0008.mp4

I have some new graphics created, next step is collision detection. I have to update the metatile data as well. From there, entities.

Cris1997XX wrote

Damn, you really are unstoppable! I assume Louis has become your audio partner, eh?

Hi it's Louis here. I just created an account on here as I saw that I was getting a bunch of external views from smspower and wanted to see what the fuss was about!

As xfixium says, I'm not 'officially' part of anything so to speak, but at the same time I fully intend to cover the whole soundtrack for the Master System when I get chance to as this project is really exciting ^_^

xfixium wrote

I have some new graphics created, next step is collision detection. I have to update the metatile data as well. From there, entities.

Yooooooooo the title screen and intro is looking awesome! Loving the soundtest feature as well :D

As for the number and naming scheme I have in place on google drive, I'm mimicking the layout used by vgmrips so that's why it looks a bit weird with the gaps and stuff at the minute.

Louis The SEGA Nerd wrote

Cris1997XX wrote

Damn, you really are unstoppable! I assume Louis has become your audio partner, eh?

As xfixium says, I'm not 'officially' part of anything so to speak, but at the same time I fully intend to cover the whole soundtrack for the Master System when I get chance to as this project is really exciting ^_^

Hi Louis and welcome to the forums! It's very exciting to hear music made for the SMS that makes the chip shine. Fantastic work. I look forward to hearing what you do with the rest of the Castlevania soundtrack and to seeing this project come to completion. It is looking and sounding incredible!!!

Wow it looks and sounds very interesting!!

The closest we got to Castlevania in the Master System are Master of Darkness (1992) and Silver Valley (2017). They're great games in their own right, but I certainly won't complain if we do get THE Castlevania :D

NewHorizon wrote

Louis The SEGA Nerd wrote

Cris1997XX wrote

Damn, you really are unstoppable! I assume Louis has become your audio partner, eh?

As xfixium says, I'm not 'officially' part of anything so to speak, but at the same time I fully intend to cover the whole soundtrack for the Master System when I get chance to as this project is really exciting ^_^

Hi Louis and welcome to the forums! It's very exciting to hear music made for the SMS that makes the chip shine. Fantastic work. I look forward to hearing what you do with the rest of the Castlevania soundtrack and to seeing this project come to completion. It is looking and sounding incredible!!!

Awwwwww thank you :)

More music is on the way!

I just wondered something...will you ever include content from the other two NES Castlevania games, Simon's Quest and Dracula's Curse? It would be cool to have some of their stages (And the monsters) as alternative routes

Cris1997XX wrote

I just wondered something...will you ever include content from the other two NES Castlevania games, Simon's Quest and Dracula's Curse? It would be cool to have some of their stages (And the monsters) as alternative routes

While I haven't fully fleshed out the milestones for this project, I think copying the original body of work is quite a lot as it is. As it stands, I have no plans to add anything outside of the orginal game. Maybe something to revisit when the project is complete.

xfixium wrote

Cris1997XX wrote

I just wondered something...will you ever include content from the other two NES Castlevania games, Simon's Quest and Dracula's Curse? It would be cool to have some of their stages (And the monsters) as alternative routes

While I haven't fully fleshed out the milestones for this project, I think copying the original body of work is quite a lot as it is. As it stands, I have no plans to add anything outside of the orginal game. Maybe something to revisit when the project is complete.

Yes, I think making a stable port of the original game will be a major achievement and one that I am really looking forward to. What I have seen graphically is gorgeous and the music is kicking! :) If an FM soundtrack was supported alongside the standard SMS soundtrack, that would be even more amazing...especially if it worked on real hardware. I have the SMS FM module from the etim website.

Given how awesome Louis PSG music sounds, not having FM wouldn't be a huge loss.

NewHorizon wrote

Given how awesome Louis PSG music sounds, not having FM wouldn't be a huge loss.

Thanks ^_^

It would be nice to implement FM if possible though because that way not only will the graphics be better than the NES version but also the sound!

It's looking and sounding fantastic. It's criminal that the Master System never got certain games, and you're putting it right!!

Based in Kasesan´s knowledge i think that is better put all effort in preliminary version only with PSG and after with everything working well think about a FM version. I hope that SMS Castlevania can be submitted in 2023 Compettition!

xfixium wrote

After being inspired by Louis's SOR 2 stage 01 music. Might as well link that too :P

That is incredible.

segasonic wrote

That is incredible.

:)

More goodness!!!

https://youtu.be/y54n897wmJo

NewHorizon wrote

More goodness!!!

https://youtu.be/y54n897wmJo

Fantastic stuff. FM would be a nice extra but these PSG tracks more than do the job.

It would be awesome, but people just can't decide on what frickin' driver to use. Plus a combination of PSG and FM Synth would make things even more difficult

Cris1997XX wrote

It would be awesome, but people just can't decide on what frickin' driver to use. Plus a combination of PSG and FM Synth would make things even more difficult

Based on the Sonic SMS FM Hack, PSG+Synth may be well worth the effort. It sounds incredible.

Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III

I would definitely like to do FM versions at some point (and who knows maybe even FM+PSG) but I want to get the full PSG soundtrack done first. I also don't want to commit to doing another full soundtrack when there isn't currently a way to even implement it yet :-P

Cris1997XX wrote

Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III

As long as it works with the add on board that people can get for the SMS1, I think it would be fine and of course people can also play on emulators that support FM + PSG. A Rom cart with FM add on support would be awesome too, if that were possible.

Thanks for all involved with the FM conversation. I, at least, have a better understanding of everything. Plus all the amazing contributions over the years for audio support. I do love the passion for the master system.

Woooow sounds amazing Louis

law81 wrote

Woooow sounds amazing Louis

Phenomenal work, and blazing fast!

Vid of all his tracks, sampled in game:
https://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/sms_castlevania/videos/castlevania_0010.mp4

Work in progress stuff:
https://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/sms_castlevania/videos/castlevania_0011.mp4

Last update post for awhile. Until next time!

Gorgeous work!!! Looks and sounds amazing!

NewHorizon wrote

Cris1997XX wrote

Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III

As long as it works with the add on board that people can get for the SMS1, I think it would be fine and of course people can also play on emulators that support FM + PSG. A Rom cart with FM add on support would be awesome too, if that were possible.

Not just possible but already exists. Here:

But it only play FM channels like as Mark III and not PSG+FM . But this prove that possible all kind of mapper in SMS.

Ahh, cool. Yeah, since it is bypassing the internal chip completely it requires the sound cables to be plugged into the FM cart. Probably no way to have FM + PSG in that configuration, unless the SMS cart pins have one that allows the FM to be pumped through the system. I don't know though. The etim FM module seems like the best solution...although it doesn't work with the SMS 2 sadly.

Editing to say I was wrong and the SMS 2 can use Tim Worthingtons FM module with an adapter. :)

https://www.consolesunleashed.com/product/sega-master-system-model-2-fm-sound-mo...

There's also a card adaptaer for Megadrive than brings FM to Master System games there :-)

segarule wrote

NewHorizon wrote

Cris1997XX wrote

Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III

As long as it works with the add on board that people can get for the SMS1, I think it would be fine and of course people can also play on emulators that support FM + PSG. A Rom cart with FM add on support would be awesome too, if that were possible.

Not just possible but already exists. Here:

But it only play FM channels like as Mark III and not PSG+FM . But this prove that possible all kind of mapper in SMS.

I asked bout PSG+FM in the comments od this video. They tested with the Sonic FM hack in other video, and works fine. The cartdrige emulates the PGS chip also. It's not a very good emulation though, the samples in ALex Kidd Lost Stars sound kinda bad, but for the regular square waves and noise, it works just fine.

segarule wrote

NewHorizon wrote

Cris1997XX wrote

Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III

As long as it works with the add on board that people can get for the SMS1, I think it would be fine and of course people can also play on emulators that support FM + PSG. A Rom cart with FM add on support would be awesome too, if that were possible.

Not just possible but already exists. Here:

But it only play FM channels like as Mark III and not PSG+FM . But this prove that possible all kind of mapper in SMS.

I have this gadget and a japanese master system.
I think that I prefer PSG sound for Castlevania

law81 wrote

I have this gadget and a japanese master system.
I think that I prefer PSG sound for Castlevania

Depends how it's done though. If it were composed in the way Louis is doing it and not just converting the PSG soundtrack into FM by substituting the PSG with the default FM settings, it could sound incredible.

I split the discussion of FM music engines to https://www.smspower.org/forums/19407-FMSoundtrackDriversForHomebrew .

gvx32 wrote

segarule wrote

NewHorizon wrote

Cris1997XX wrote

Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III

As long as it works with the add on board that people can get for the SMS1, I think it would be fine and of course people can also play on emulators that support FM + PSG. A Rom cart with FM add on support would be awesome too, if that were possible.

Not just possible but already exists. Here:

But it only play FM channels like as Mark III and not PSG+FM . But this prove that possible all kind of mapper in SMS.

I asked bout PSG+FM in the comments od this video. They tested with the Sonic FM hack in other video, and works fine. The cartdrige emulates the PGS chip also. It's not a very good emulation though, the samples in ALex Kidd Lost Stars sound kinda bad, but for the regular square waves and noise, it works just fine.

Excellent.
Explaining: I also saw 1 comment that claimed dont be possible the FM+PSG. For this i did those statement:
gabriel Guolo Leffa
há 10 meses:
"O problema aí é que ele também não teria da onde obter o áudio do chip original, o que impediria, a principio, de misturar o resultado dos dois chips. Felizmente, nenhum jogo comercial lançado utiliza os dois ao mesmo tempo."
But if work both is a great new!

Well, that's it. The full PSG soundtrack is now done!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NAjic_zIpE4KutiG7yqib_JieXY8V0Cg?usp=sha...

I'm off to Sapporo on Wednesday for the snow festival so won't be working on anything for a bit but when I get back I've got some exciting ideas related to this project so keep an eye out for those ^_^

Louis The SEGA Nerd wrote

Well, that's it. The full PSG soundtrack is now done!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NAjic_zIpE4KutiG7yqib_JieXY8V0Cg?usp=sha...

I'm off to Sapporo on Wednesday for the snow festival so won't be working on anything for a bit but when I get back I've got some exciting ideas related to this project so keep an eye out for those ^_^

Man, what an enviable life you lead! :)

Great work!!

Mondo wrote

Louis The SEGA Nerd wrote

Well, that's it. The full PSG soundtrack is now done!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NAjic_zIpE4KutiG7yqib_JieXY8V0Cg?usp=sha...

I'm off to Sapporo on Wednesday for the snow festival so won't be working on anything for a bit but when I get back I've got some exciting ideas related to this project so keep an eye out for those ^_^

Man, what an enviable life you lead! :)

Great work!!

The joys of being an exchange student :D

Louis The SEGA Nerd wrote

Well, that's it. The full PSG soundtrack is now done!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NAjic_zIpE4KutiG7yqib_JieXY8V0Cg?usp=sha...

I'm off to Sapporo on Wednesday for the snow festival so won't be working on anything for a bit but when I get back I've got some exciting ideas related to this project so keep an eye out for those ^_^

Damn son! You really have a busy life, meanwhile I can't even afford a trip to Japan...

For some reason I was able to watch till video 011. Plus, able to acess the folder 'download'. That's normal?

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xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	SMS Castlevania Homebrew Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:01 pm
xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Work in progress topic for a Sega Master System port of Castlevania. Focus of the project will try to be as true to the N*s version of Castlevania, but using as much of the Castlevania Chronicles aesthetic as possible. I may introduce elements of SOTN as well, depending how they fit. Very early stages at this point. Only some basic things put together, but we look forward to working on this title. Also, many many thanks to Louis The Sega Nerd (https://www.youtube.com/@LouisTheSEGANerd) for their audio talents. Small demo vid that's been slapped together: https://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/sms_castlevania/videos/castlevania_0006.mp4 Dev Team: Programmer/Graphics: Xfixium Audio: Louis The Sega Nerd

segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 259	Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:02 pm
segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 259	Excelent! Smooth! Music is nice too! The first scenario is great, but i dont liked of walls in 2nd scenario. The grey color with others patterns is messy in IMHO. The HUD is beauty.

xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:11 pm
xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	segarule wrote Excelent! Smooth! Music is nice too! The first scenario is great, but i dont liked of walls in 2nd scenario. The grey color with others patterns is messy in IMHO. Yeah, agreed. This was brought up before, it'll get changed.

Aranya Joined: 02 Mar 2011 Posts: 153 Location: Valencia,Spain.	Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:10 pm
	Wow! Really good news. I do love your projects. I am so excited everytime you start a new project or there is an update. I really hope you could finish your job the way you want. It would be incredible to have a Castlevania game for our beloved console.

8BitBoy Joined: 15 Aug 2019 Posts: 207 Location: Lancashire UK	Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:55 am
	Looks awesome mate 👌

xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:22 am
xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Thanks for the feedback. Cant wait to take this game further.

Aleste Joined: 20 Sep 2019 Posts: 32 Location: Italy	Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:04 am
Aleste Joined: 20 Sep 2019 Posts: 32 Location: Italy	Very cool video. Now, take this as constructive criticism, but I would really implement a way to select the Simon Belmont sprite instead of the one being used, which is clearly Ralph / Trevor Belmont. Castlevania fans tend to care about these things, and It'd feel weird to play a port of Castlevania constantly looking at Trevor, a guy from two hundreds years before the events of the game.

xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:27 am
xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Aleste wrote Very cool video. Now, take this as constructive criticism, but I would really implement a way to select the Simon Belmont sprite instead of the one being used, which is clearly Ralph / Trevor Belmont. Castlevania fans tend to care about these things, and It'd feel weird to play a port of Castlevania constantly looking at Trevor, a guy from two hundreds years before the events of the game. I'm aware. It's a placeholder. I chose it from the web because I wanted to see how it looked with 12 frames of animation (Credits to the original artist). Eventually when I convert it to SMS standards, I'll keep that same 12 frames.

ToniGalvez Joined: 24 Feb 2020 Posts: 3 Location: UK	Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 4:37 pm
ToniGalvez Joined: 24 Feb 2020 Posts: 3 Location: UK	Good work with your Castlevania, I would like to have a chat with you about this game, do you have an email address you can give me in a direct message? Thank you. Toni.

NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:04 pm
NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Wow. Oh WOW. :) This is awseome! I can't wait to see how this develops!!! :) Watching a NES walkthrough beside it...the SMS blows the NES out of the water, even the music is great! Love it.

Cris1997XX Joined: 29 Jan 2023 Posts: 8	Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:27 pm
Cris1997XX Joined: 29 Jan 2023 Posts: 8	Damn, you really are unstoppable! I assume Louis has become your audio partner, eh?

xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:21 pm
xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Cris1997XX wrote Damn, you really are unstoppable! I assume Louis has become your audio partner, eh? Well, I'm grateful for whatever he puts out there. He has stated he does this casually, and doesn't really associate with a team, or project. He has created a few more tracks recently, which are all excellent. Progress vid: https://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/sms_castlevania/videos/castlevania_0008.mp4 I have some new graphics created, next step is collision detection. I have to update the metatile data as well. From there, entities.

Louis The SEGA Nerd Joined: 30 Jan 2023 Posts: 11 Location: Tokyo, Japan	Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:36 am Last edited by Louis The SEGA Nerd on Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:44 am; edited 1 time in total
	Cris1997XX wrote Damn, you really are unstoppable! I assume Louis has become your audio partner, eh? Hi it's Louis here. I just created an account on here as I saw that I was getting a bunch of external views from smspower and wanted to see what the fuss was about! As xfixium says, I'm not 'officially' part of anything so to speak, but at the same time I fully intend to cover the whole soundtrack for the Master System when I get chance to as this project is really exciting ^_^

Louis The SEGA Nerd Joined: 30 Jan 2023 Posts: 11 Location: Tokyo, Japan	Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:41 am
	xfixium wrote I have some new graphics created, next step is collision detection. I have to update the metatile data as well. From there, entities. Yooooooooo the title screen and intro is looking awesome! Loving the soundtest feature as well :D As for the number and naming scheme I have in place on google drive, I'm mimicking the layout used by vgmrips so that's why it looks a bit weird with the gaps and stuff at the minute.

NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:26 pm
NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Louis The SEGA Nerd wrote Cris1997XX wrote Damn, you really are unstoppable! I assume Louis has become your audio partner, eh? As xfixium says, I'm not 'officially' part of anything so to speak, but at the same time I fully intend to cover the whole soundtrack for the Master System when I get chance to as this project is really exciting ^_^ Hi Louis and welcome to the forums! It's very exciting to hear music made for the SMS that makes the chip shine. Fantastic work. I look forward to hearing what you do with the rest of the Castlevania soundtrack and to seeing this project come to completion. It is looking and sounding incredible!!!

Jair Joined: 15 Jan 2018 Posts: 64 Location: Tokyo	Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:30 pm
Jair Joined: 15 Jan 2018 Posts: 64 Location: Tokyo	Wow it looks and sounds very interesting!! The closest we got to Castlevania in the Master System are Master of Darkness (1992) and Silver Valley (2017). They're great games in their own right, but I certainly won't complain if we do get THE Castlevania :D

Louis The SEGA Nerd Joined: 30 Jan 2023 Posts: 11 Location: Tokyo, Japan	Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:35 pm
	NewHorizon wrote Louis The SEGA Nerd wrote Cris1997XX wrote Damn, you really are unstoppable! I assume Louis has become your audio partner, eh? As xfixium says, I'm not 'officially' part of anything so to speak, but at the same time I fully intend to cover the whole soundtrack for the Master System when I get chance to as this project is really exciting ^_^ Hi Louis and welcome to the forums! It's very exciting to hear music made for the SMS that makes the chip shine. Fantastic work. I look forward to hearing what you do with the rest of the Castlevania soundtrack and to seeing this project come to completion. It is looking and sounding incredible!!! Awwwwww thank you :) More music is on the way!

Cris1997XX Joined: 29 Jan 2023 Posts: 8	Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:41 pm
Cris1997XX Joined: 29 Jan 2023 Posts: 8	I just wondered something...will you ever include content from the other two NES Castlevania games, Simon's Quest and Dracula's Curse? It would be cool to have some of their stages (And the monsters) as alternative routes

xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:08 pm
xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Cris1997XX wrote I just wondered something...will you ever include content from the other two NES Castlevania games, Simon's Quest and Dracula's Curse? It would be cool to have some of their stages (And the monsters) as alternative routes While I haven't fully fleshed out the milestones for this project, I think copying the original body of work is quite a lot as it is. As it stands, I have no plans to add anything outside of the orginal game. Maybe something to revisit when the project is complete.

NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:21 pm
NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	xfixium wrote Cris1997XX wrote I just wondered something...will you ever include content from the other two NES Castlevania games, Simon's Quest and Dracula's Curse? It would be cool to have some of their stages (And the monsters) as alternative routes While I haven't fully fleshed out the milestones for this project, I think copying the original body of work is quite a lot as it is. As it stands, I have no plans to add anything outside of the orginal game. Maybe something to revisit when the project is complete. Yes, I think making a stable port of the original game will be a major achievement and one that I am really looking forward to. What I have seen graphically is gorgeous and the music is kicking! :) If an FM soundtrack was supported alongside the standard SMS soundtrack, that would be even more amazing...especially if it worked on real hardware. I have the SMS FM module from the etim website.

NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:12 am
NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Given how awesome Louis PSG music sounds, not having FM wouldn't be a huge loss.

Louis The SEGA Nerd Joined: 30 Jan 2023 Posts: 11 Location: Tokyo, Japan	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:33 am
	NewHorizon wrote Given how awesome Louis PSG music sounds, not having FM wouldn't be a huge loss. Thanks ^_^ It would be nice to implement FM if possible though because that way not only will the graphics be better than the NES version but also the sound!

Mondo Joined: 16 Oct 2022 Posts: 36	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:45 am
Mondo Joined: 16 Oct 2022 Posts: 36	It's looking and sounding fantastic. It's criminal that the Master System never got certain games, and you're putting it right!!

segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 259	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:50 am
segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 259	Based in Kasesan´s knowledge i think that is better put all effort in preliminary version only with PSG and after with everything working well think about a FM version. I hope that SMS Castlevania can be submitted in 2023 Compettition!

segasonic Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 67 Location: Sheffield, England	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:54 am
	xfixium wrote After being inspired by Louis's SOR 2 stage 01 music. Might as well link that too :P That is incredible.

Louis The SEGA Nerd Joined: 30 Jan 2023 Posts: 11 Location: Tokyo, Japan	Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:12 am
	segasonic wrote That is incredible. :)

NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:41 am
NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	More goodness!!! https://youtu.be/y54n897wmJo

Mondo Joined: 16 Oct 2022 Posts: 36	Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 5:16 pm
Mondo Joined: 16 Oct 2022 Posts: 36	NewHorizon wrote More goodness!!! https://youtu.be/y54n897wmJo Fantastic stuff. FM would be a nice extra but these PSG tracks more than do the job.

Cris1997XX Joined: 29 Jan 2023 Posts: 8	Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:05 pm
Cris1997XX Joined: 29 Jan 2023 Posts: 8	It would be awesome, but people just can't decide on what frickin' driver to use. Plus a combination of PSG and FM Synth would make things even more difficult

NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:12 pm
NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Cris1997XX wrote It would be awesome, but people just can't decide on what frickin' driver to use. Plus a combination of PSG and FM Synth would make things even more difficult Based on the Sonic SMS FM Hack, PSG+Synth may be well worth the effort. It sounds incredible.

Cris1997XX Joined: 29 Jan 2023 Posts: 8	Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:36 pm
Cris1997XX Joined: 29 Jan 2023 Posts: 8	Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III

Louis The SEGA Nerd Joined: 30 Jan 2023 Posts: 11 Location: Tokyo, Japan	Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:32 pm
	I would definitely like to do FM versions at some point (and who knows maybe even FM+PSG) but I want to get the full PSG soundtrack done first. I also don't want to commit to doing another full soundtrack when there isn't currently a way to even implement it yet :-P

NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:44 am
NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Cris1997XX wrote Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III As long as it works with the add on board that people can get for the SMS1, I think it would be fine and of course people can also play on emulators that support FM + PSG. A Rom cart with FM add on support would be awesome too, if that were possible.

xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 4:04 am
xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Thanks for all involved with the FM conversation. I, at least, have a better understanding of everything. Plus all the amazing contributions over the years for audio support. I do love the passion for the master system.

law81 Joined: 21 Oct 2015 Posts: 293	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:45 am
law81 Joined: 21 Oct 2015 Posts: 293	Woooow sounds amazing Louis

xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:59 am
xfixium Joined: 18 Jul 2020 Posts: 323	law81 wrote Woooow sounds amazing Louis Phenomenal work, and blazing fast! Vid of all his tracks, sampled in game: https://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/sms_castlevania/videos/castlevania_0010.mp4 Work in progress stuff: https://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/sms_castlevania/videos/castlevania_0011.mp4 Last update post for awhile. Until next time!

NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:09 pm
NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Gorgeous work!!! Looks and sounds amazing!

segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 259	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:17 pm Last edited by segarule on Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:51 pm; edited 1 time in total
segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 259	NewHorizon wrote Cris1997XX wrote Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III As long as it works with the add on board that people can get for the SMS1, I think it would be fine and of course people can also play on emulators that support FM + PSG. A Rom cart with FM add on support would be awesome too, if that were possible. Not just possible but already exists. Here: But it only play FM channels like as Mark III and not PSG+FM . But this prove that possible all kind of mapper in SMS.

NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:28 pm
NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Ahh, cool. Yeah, since it is bypassing the internal chip completely it requires the sound cables to be plugged into the FM cart. Probably no way to have FM + PSG in that configuration, unless the SMS cart pins have one that allows the FM to be pumped through the system. I don't know though. The etim FM module seems like the best solution...although it doesn't work with the SMS 2 sadly. Editing to say I was wrong and the SMS 2 can use Tim Worthingtons FM module with an adapter. :) https://www.consolesunleashed.com/product/sega-master-system-model-2-fm-sound-mo...

kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 810 Location: Spain	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:42 pm
kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 810 Location: Spain	There's also a card adaptaer for Megadrive than brings FM to Master System games there :-)

gvx32 Joined: 17 Sep 2013 Posts: 127 Location: Gravataí, RS, Brazil	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:07 pm
	segarule wrote NewHorizon wrote Cris1997XX wrote Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III As long as it works with the add on board that people can get for the SMS1, I think it would be fine and of course people can also play on emulators that support FM + PSG. A Rom cart with FM add on support would be awesome too, if that were possible. Not just possible but already exists. Here: But it only play FM channels like as Mark III and not PSG+FM . But this prove that possible all kind of mapper in SMS. I asked bout PSG+FM in the comments od this video. They tested with the Sonic FM hack in other video, and works fine. The cartdrige emulates the PGS chip also. It's not a very good emulation though, the samples in ALex Kidd Lost Stars sound kinda bad, but for the regular square waves and noise, it works just fine.

law81 Joined: 21 Oct 2015 Posts: 293	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 3:08 pm
law81 Joined: 21 Oct 2015 Posts: 293	segarule wrote NewHorizon wrote Cris1997XX wrote Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III As long as it works with the add on board that people can get for the SMS1, I think it would be fine and of course people can also play on emulators that support FM + PSG. A Rom cart with FM add on support would be awesome too, if that were possible. Not just possible but already exists. Here: But it only play FM channels like as Mark III and not PSG+FM . But this prove that possible all kind of mapper in SMS. I have this gadget and a japanese master system. I think that I prefer PSG sound for Castlevania

NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 3:18 pm
NewHorizon Joined: 30 Nov 2017 Posts: 65	law81 wrote I have this gadget and a japanese master system. I think that I prefer PSG sound for Castlevania Depends how it's done though. If it were composed in the way Louis is doing it and not just converting the PSG soundtrack into FM by substituting the PSG with the default FM settings, it could sound incredible.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14294 Location: London	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:38 pm
	I split the discussion of FM music engines to https://www.smspower.org/forums/19407-FMSoundtrackDriversForHomebrew .

segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 259	Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:41 pm
segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 259	gvx32 wrote segarule wrote NewHorizon wrote Cris1997XX wrote Many MSX2 games use that combination and it sounds amazing, too bad it gets fucked up on Sega Mark III As long as it works with the add on board that people can get for the SMS1, I think it would be fine and of course people can also play on emulators that support FM + PSG. A Rom cart with FM add on support would be awesome too, if that were possible. Not just possible but already exists. Here: But it only play FM channels like as Mark III and not PSG+FM . But this prove that possible all kind of mapper in SMS. I asked bout PSG+FM in the comments od this video. They tested with the Sonic FM hack in other video, and works fine. The cartdrige emulates the PGS chip also. It's not a very good emulation though, the samples in ALex Kidd Lost Stars sound kinda bad, but for the regular square waves and noise, it works just fine. Excellent. Explaining: I also saw 1 comment that claimed dont be possible the FM+PSG. For this i did those statement: gabriel Guolo Leffa há 10 meses: "O problema aí é que ele também não teria da onde obter o áudio do chip original, o que impediria, a principio, de misturar o resultado dos dois chips. Felizmente, nenhum jogo comercial lançado utiliza os dois ao mesmo tempo." But if work both is a great new!

Louis The SEGA Nerd Joined: 30 Jan 2023 Posts: 11 Location: Tokyo, Japan	Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:06 am
	Well, that's it. The full PSG soundtrack is now done! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NAjic_zIpE4KutiG7yqib_JieXY8V0Cg?usp=sha... I'm off to Sapporo on Wednesday for the snow festival so won't be working on anything for a bit but when I get back I've got some exciting ideas related to this project so keep an eye out for those ^_^

Mondo Joined: 16 Oct 2022 Posts: 36	Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:15 am
Mondo Joined: 16 Oct 2022 Posts: 36	Louis The SEGA Nerd wrote Well, that's it. The full PSG soundtrack is now done! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NAjic_zIpE4KutiG7yqib_JieXY8V0Cg?usp=sha... I'm off to Sapporo on Wednesday for the snow festival so won't be working on anything for a bit but when I get back I've got some exciting ideas related to this project so keep an eye out for those ^_^ Man, what an enviable life you lead! :) Great work!!

Louis The SEGA Nerd Joined: 30 Jan 2023 Posts: 11 Location: Tokyo, Japan	Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 4:02 am
	Mondo wrote Louis The SEGA Nerd wrote Well, that's it. The full PSG soundtrack is now done! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NAjic_zIpE4KutiG7yqib_JieXY8V0Cg?usp=sha... I'm off to Sapporo on Wednesday for the snow festival so won't be working on anything for a bit but when I get back I've got some exciting ideas related to this project so keep an eye out for those ^_^ Man, what an enviable life you lead! :) Great work!! The joys of being an exchange student :D

Cris1997XX Joined: 29 Jan 2023 Posts: 8	Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 4:12 pm
Cris1997XX Joined: 29 Jan 2023 Posts: 8	Louis The SEGA Nerd wrote Well, that's it. The full PSG soundtrack is now done! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NAjic_zIpE4KutiG7yqib_JieXY8V0Cg?usp=sha... I'm off to Sapporo on Wednesday for the snow festival so won't be working on anything for a bit but when I get back I've got some exciting ideas related to this project so keep an eye out for those ^_^ Damn son! You really have a busy life, meanwhile I can't even afford a trip to Japan...

lucascabral.ym2612 Joined: 20 Feb 2023 Posts: 2	Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:05 am
lucascabral.ym2612 Joined: 20 Feb 2023 Posts: 2	For some reason I was able to watch till video 011. Plus, able to acess the folder 'download'. That's normal?

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