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The K007232 was made by Konami and was used in several Arcade Games. Being a chip that plays Wave Data, it was usually used to play Sound Effects. The real name for the Chip is just 007232. It seems to be the successor of the K005289 Chip.

The Chip was used for the first time in 1986 on the Salamander / Lifeforce Arcade PCBs, and after then on many other Konami Games until 1990.

It was usually used together with the YM2151, an FM Chip that is responsible for the actual Music being played.

Technical Specifications

• Channels: 2
• Channels 1-2: PCM Waveform playback, 256 Volume Levels
• Stereo: Supports panning (you can adjust the volume level for both left and right separately)

The Arcade Version of Gradius II uses the K007232 for SFX.

Used in

Konami TMNT Based Hardware (sometimes)

• Aliens
• Block Hole
• Crazy Cop / Gang Busters
• Crime Fighters
• Quarth
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles

Konami Twin 16

• Cue Brick
• Devil World / Majuu no Ohkoku / Dark Adventure
• Gradius II Gofer’s Ambition
• M.I.A. / Missing in Action
• The Final Round / Hard Puncher

Other Arcade Games

• Hot Chase

Special Applications

• Hot Chase | Uses 3x K007232 and nothing else, which means the actual music is played by the chip (and not just the SFX)
• Konami TMNT Based Hardware | The K007232 is usually used together with the YM2151, which produced the actual music.
• Konami Twin 16 Hardware | The K007232 is used together with the YM2151, the YM3012 DAC and the UPD7759C.

Emulation

• Arcade | Since the K007232 is used inside Arcade Systems, it works fine in M1. M1 is a music player which is based on MAME and thus supports a lot of Arcade Games. More about M1 can be found here.

Hot Chase running in M1