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FM Unit VGM Packs - To Do
Post Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 10:00 am
Last edited by marklincadet on Mon Oct 21, 2024 8:03 am; edited 14 times in total
I've been noticing that there are quite a few games that support the FM Unit with either FM or PSG VGM packs on this site, but not both. Let's track these down and hopefully eliminate some of them as we go along, shall we?

PSG only (no FM)
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Post Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 10:29 am
The following games already have logged FM VGMs, courtesy of Sherpa:
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Alien Syndrome
Battle Out Run
Blade Eagle 3D
Bomber Raid
Casino Games
Cloud Master
Double Hawk

There are some quirks with these games' FM soundtracks as well, which are presumably why Sherpa didn't get to them at the time:

Alien Syndrome
- The Level Music desyncs over time in Sherpa's log. I would log it again myself to double-check, but it happens to be really difficult to log from this game due to there not really being a screen where you can play music without being interrupted.

Battle Out Run
- This soundtrack just doesn't sound right in FM (everything is an octave too low and there's no percussion).

Double Hawk
- This soundtrack includes most of Cloud Master's music as well, for some reason. Some of the tracks even vary from the versions in Cloud Master as well- do those go in the Double Hawk or Cloud Master pack?
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Casino Games (FM)
Post Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2023 12:42 pm
One pack down! This one is for Atsushi in the YouTube comments section:
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バットエンディング曲「Bankrupt」がシュール過ぎる。FM音源も素晴らしいので、是非アップしてください。
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Fantasy Zone: The Maze (FM)
Post Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:37 am
Another one down! This one interested me because the original Fantasy Zone on SMS never got a FM soundtrack, making this the closest we're ever going to get to that.
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Blade Eagle 3-D (FM)
Post Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 8:15 am
One more... From Rusty Rom Games in the comments of the PSG version on YT:
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For some reason, nobody has ripped the FM version of it, shame 😢

Sherpa had already trimmed most of the soundtrack, so why not?
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Scramble Spirits
Post Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 12:26 pm
Two more- these were high on my hitlist as the only soundtrack on Kazuhiko Nagai's gameography fully absent from the site (I still have to tackle FM Alien Syndrome).
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Alien Syndrome (FM)
Post Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 6:10 pm
Here we go, as alluded to in the last post. The trimming of the Main BGM was a bit scary.
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Tennis Ace
Post Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2023 11:34 am
Two down! These tunes are great.
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Shinobi (FM)
Post Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 12:40 pm
One less FM soundtrack down for the count. I really liked the remixes in Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, and actually the originals aren't so bad either.
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2023 12:40 pm
Great work on those!

A friend recently wondered why R-Type and Bomber Raid were missing FM packs indeed and I forgot you posted those lists. Pretty cool we got that far already.
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:03 pm
Thanks!

I actually ripped R-Type pretty soon after I posted this list but made the mistake of logging the FM soundtrack at PAL speed, which meant I had to toss my work unfortunately. I'll revisit it in due time.
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Lord of the Sword (FM)
Post Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:04 pm
Well, that motivated me to take one more off the list. This one wasn't as hard as it seemed!
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Bomber Raid (FM)
Post Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:25 am
So here's Bomber Raid. Really thankful for the packs that sherpa logged/partially trimmed, don't want that hard work to go to waste.
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R-Type (FM)
Post Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2024 7:15 am
Another one bites the dust... This was supposed to be one of the first off the list, but I had to go ahead and screw it all up! Oh well, better late than never.
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Vigilante (FM)
Post Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:32 am
And another one! Seemed right to do the other soundtrack composed by Masato Ishizaki.
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Double Hawk
Post Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 6:14 pm
Hey, I don't remember doing any VGM rips recently...

That's another two down, but this time thanks to Maxim!
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Post Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:10 pm
I guess the second is Assault City, which doesn’t have a hidden FM version after all.
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Golfmania, Galactic Protector (PSG)
Post Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 8:07 am
I was actually referring to each version of Double Hawk, but you're right- I've removed that and Battle Outrun from the list.

Thanks for doing three more packs! The end is in sight!
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