OKI MSM6295
by admin on Mai.23, 2009, under Soundchips
The MSM6295 was made by OKI and is used inside in lots of Arcade Systems, where it was most commonly used to play the SFX. MAME lists more then 1300 Games using it, so this was really a common Chip back in the days.
Technical Specifications
- Channels: 4
- Channels 1-4: ADPCM Sample Playback
- DAC: build-in, 12-bit
- up to 256kb of external ROM to store Samples
- Datasheet for the MSM6295 is available here (PDF).
Used in
Arcade Game Systems
- Atari G1 (with YM2151)
- Atari GX2 (with YM2151)
- Capcom Mitchell (with YM2413)
- Capcom Play System (with YM2151)
- + many single Games..
Ghouls'n Ghosts
Special Applications
- The Game 1945k III uses 2x OKI MSM6295 at once (and no other soundchip)
Variants
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Emulation
- Arcade | Since the MSM6295 is used in lots of 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.
Music Creation
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August 13th, 2009 on 21:17
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