This page is designed to allow for a quick look over all the drivers with a MACHINE_NO_SOUND or MACHINE_IMPERFECT_SOUND flag by giving, as much as possible, an idea on the amount of effort needed to fix them.
Skeleton driver for a CD Juke Box.
Preliminary sound support only.
Emulation is still preliminary.
Skeleton driver.
Skeleton driver.
Unknown writes and reads.
crashrd - Bootleg hardware. Uses a different hook up. Preliminary sound added.
indianbt and clone - Only part of the discrete sound emulation is completed. PCB is available (Guru).
invrvngegw - One of the sound ROMs is a bad dump.
astropal, attackfc, ballbomb, cane, claybust, cosmo, darthvdr, desterth, escmars, galactic, grescue, gunchamp, intruder, invadpt2 and clones, invasion and clones, invmulti and clones, lrescue, lrescuem, lupin3, lupin3a, moonbase, moonbasea, rollingc, schaserc, schasercv, sflush, shuttlei, sicv, sisv, sisv1, sisv2, sisv3, skylove, spacecom, spacmiss, spcebttl, spcewars, spacewr3, spacerng, steelwkr, vortex, yosakdon, yosakdona - Need discrete sound emulation.
PWM sound in ABC-klubben/abc80/grafik/flagga.bac isn't correctly emulated.
Needs discrete sound emulation.
Sound emulation is completely lacking.
80C5xx + dsp56k based. Skeletonish.
aerfboot, aerfboo2, karatblzbl, pspikesc - Bootlegs with slightly different sound hardware.
spikes91, spikes91b - Need MSM5205 hook up and verifying of the sound latch hook up.
Very preliminary driver. No sound hook up yet.
mayjin3 -
Missing laserdisc sound.
Skeleton driver (SH4 based system).
Sound has been hooked up but it's a guesswork. Should be verified with real hardware.
alphatp1 - Different beeper hook up?
Not all sound devices have been hooked up yet.
al520ex -
Skeleton driver. Sound hardware hook up can't be verified.
Skeleton driver. System is SH4 based.
hexa - Keeps writing 0x3f to register 0x07 of the AY8910, to read the input ports. This causes clicks in the music since the output channels are continuously disabled and reenabled.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
demndrgn - Audio board isn't emulated yet.
gorf, gorfpgm1, gorfpgm2, wow, wowg - Votrax SC-01 speech synthesizer emulation isn't perfect yet. In particular, the analog part needs some work (see plosives).
seawolf2 - Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
indytemp and clones - "Welcome" doesn't play at start.
tank - Netlist has been added but needs debugging and it runs very slow.
atetb3482 - Bootleg with different sound hardware. Sound Z80 not hooked up and UM3482 unemulated.
Preliminary driver. ADSP-2181 based DCS2 audio.
Skeleton driver.
catchp - Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Oki banking should be verified against original or by someone who understands Japanese and thus can confirm the correct speech is played.
Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
There seems to be a bug with a stuck note from the YM2203 FM channel at the start of scene 3 and near the ending when your characters are flying over a forest in a helicopter.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Possibly missing filters. Needs a PCB reference to check sound.
Mostly mechanical fruit machines.
quintond, quintono, quintoon - Sound ROM needs redumping, the one currently used is suspiciously similar to qos.
Preliminary driver.
Sound hardware isn't correctly hooked up yet.
Driver is preliminary, sound hook up can't be verified.
Sound is MCU-protected.
texasrls - MCU is dumped, needs hook up.
Needs noise generator emulation, along with proper mixing and volume control.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Support for the 7630's controlling the sound chip outputs (bass/treble, volume) is completely missing. The sound Z80 seems to write answers for the main Z80, but the latter doesn't seem to read them.
Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet (possibly discrete).
dsrtwars - Bootleg with different sound system (AY8910 instead of Pokey, discrete sounds may differ).
cabalbl - Bootleg with different sound hardware, which isn't correctly hooked up yet.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
gaia, theroes - Sound cuts out occasionally.
Sound hardware is hooked up but game isn't working yet.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
The CDI sound hardware isn't 100% emulated yet.
The current implementation is preliminary. Sound works but it's not perfect yet. Hardware: 1 Z80, 2 Z80CTCs, 2 AY8910 and 1 M5205.
Sound doesn't play most samples.
Sound hardware emulation is incomplete.
Sound not 100% verified against device output.
Digitalker isn't hooked up correctly.
chexx83 - Digitalker ROMs not dumped.
X-BOX sound hardware isn't emulated yet.
saiyugb1 - There are sync problems between the i8049 and the m5205 which need further looking at.
007232 volume & panning control is almost certainly wrong.
Sound hardware isn't correctly hooked up yet.
altair, destryer, destryea - Missing white noise.
Discrete sound hardware is only partially emulated. Needs full emulation instead of samples.
Preliminary driver. Beeper frequency unknown.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Preliminary driver.
clshroad and clones - Main and sound CPUs synching isn't perfect.
Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
According to a side-by-side test, sound should be "darker" by some octaves. It's likely that a sound filter is needed.
Sound hardware isn't correctly hooked up yet.
Sound hardware isn't correctly hooked up yet.
combatscb -
cncchess - Sound is wrong, it should be a long dual-tone alarm sound.
Fingerprint reader device. Very skeletonish.
Sound hardware hook up isn't perfect yet.
Missing emulation of the 1412M2 protection chip, used by the sound CPU. This is probably an extra CPU (program ROM is the ic2 one), presumably with data / address line scrambling.
Driver is still preliminary. Sound isn't hooked up yet.
Discrete sound hardware is partially emulated.
winner81 - Sound hardware hook-up is imperfect.
Need proper sound hardware emulation instead of samples.
Need proper sound hardware emulation instead of samples.
Beeper duration and base frequency is approximated.
Undumped PICs used as sound MCUs.
gigaman2 - A bootleg with a different sound system.
Discrete sound hardware emulation isn't 100% correct yet.
Skeleton driver.
Namco 52xx isn't hooked up yet.
Keyboard. Sample compression not completely understood yet.
ap10, ctk601 - Missing DSP emulation.
Cubo CD32 sound hardware isn't 100% correctly emulated / hooked up yet.
Sound board most probably has discrete circuits. The 393Hz tone used for shots (superbike) and collisions (8ball) is just a guess. Some sounds seem to be missing.
No sound hardware is hooked up yet.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation (some preliminary work has been done).
Unknown sound hardware.
Driver still preliminary.
dbz2bl - Bootleg with different sound hw, not hooked up yet.
AICA emulation / hook up isn't 100% yet.
Sound hook up isn't 100% correct (Z80 + 2 x AY-3-8910).
animaljr, animaljrs - Sound ROM needs redump.
quizchq, quizchq1 - Some samples are played at the wrong pitch.
mastbond, secretab - Bootleg on different hardware. The sound system is imperfectly hooked up.
dragngun and clones - Oki3 bank-switching isn't verified.
lockload and clones - Sound hook-up is preliminary.
Preliminary driver.
Preliminary buzzer sound is hooked up. Needs a more exact implementation.
KS0164 sound chip emulation is preliminary.
ADPCM has sound volume issues, it's either too loud or too quiet.
pestplce - Currently using dkongjr sound hardware emulation.
shootgal - Possibly missing speech PCB emulation.
asoccer, idsoccera, idsoccert - Different sound ROM causes bad sound, is the ROM bad or is it the sound system implementation instead?
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Skeleton driver. M68010 based.
No sound hardware hooked up yet. Beeper?
Skeleton driver for fruit machine games.
Skeleton driver for fruit machine games.
Skeleton driver for fruit machine games.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
The sound capabilities of the SoC aren't fully emulated yet.
ADPCM format not correctly decoded yet.
MCF5206E based. Skeletonish.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Analog drums/cymbals are missing. The bassline is imperfect. This is just the square wave output of the 5232 at the moment. It should go through analog stages. Needs proper emulation of the 8155 on the sound board. Missing implementation of the low-pass filters on the DAC output. The purpose of the sound PROM is unclear. From the schematics, it seems it should influence the MSM5232 clock. However, even removing it from the board doesn't seem to affect the sound.
Sound is currently ugly in both games, recognizable but still nowhere near perfection.
fantstry and clone - Playable, but no sound because of an undumped PIC.
ISDN-Telefon. Sound hardware not hooked up yet.
Preliminary driver. TMS 6100 for sound.
sidetrac, spectar and clones, targ and clones - Need proper sound hardware emulation instead of samples.
zipzap and clones - Sound hardware isn't 100% correctly hooked up yet.
Bell is really silent.
Coin insertion sound is not emulated. Coin beep (before time out) is not emulated.
galaxygn and clone - Sound hardware hook up isn't 100% correct yet.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
finalizrb - It uses ENT0 CLK connected to T1 instead of internal timer, but it doesn't look like MAME can handle it with the speed it wants (eg. with set_t0_clk_cb and clock_device), so right now it's done with machine().time() when it reads T1.
bm3, bm36th, bm37th, bm3core, bm3final - Require ST-224 emulation for optional toggleable external effects.
kbh, kbm, kbm2nd, kbm3d - Keyboard sounds do not work: requires MU-100 emulation.
popn4, popn5, popn6, popn7, popn8, popnmt, popnmt2, popnanm, popnanm2 -
ppd, ppp, ppp11, ppp1mp -
Sound hardware isn't correctly hooked up yet.
Unknown sound hardware.
Preliminary driver. SCSP for sound.
Custom sound chips' emulation isn't perfect yet.
TA7630 emulation needs filter support (bass sounds from MSM5232 should be about 2 times louder).
Extremely preliminary driver.
Missing speaker.
YMF278B and YMF262 are hooked up in an awkward way (real chip has YMF262 integrated). PCM channels of music in asurabus is sometimes off-tune, check Chen-Mao's stage for example (note: srom.u7 (z80 prg) is a good dump).
bioplayc - PCB was missing the audio ROM, using the ones from the final version.
Skeleton driver. Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
battles and clone, gallag, gatsbee, nebulbee - All these bootlegs use unemulated circuitry instead of Namco custom chip 54XX.
xevios - Uses a 4th Z80 instead of Namco Custom MCU.
Is sound partly discrete?
amidarc, amigo2, explorer, turpins - Need different sound timer.
astroamb - This bootleg uses discrete sound hardware which might differ from the Galaxian one.
ckongmc2 -
jumpbug and clones - Missing discrete hardware emulation.
jungsub - Different hardware, preliminary sound is hooked up, but it should be compared to real hw.
mandinka - Bad / missing audio CPU ROMs.
sbhoei and clone - Discrete sound hardware emulation isn't completely correct.
scorpion and clones - Sound hardware isn't 100% correctly hooked up yet.
Misses Epson 7910C Multi-Melody IC emulation.
4in1, dkongjrm, dkongjrmc - Sound hardware isn't 100% correctly hooked up yet and / or needs verifying with real PCBs.
Preliminary driver. Sound board has a Z80 + 2x YM2203.
Preliminary driver. Sound isn't hooked up yet.
Preliminary sound emulation has been added using external DAC device.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Skeleton driver for fruit machine games.
Needs emulation of the custom 62XX explosion chip instead of samples.
Sound chip emulation isn't accurate yet.
Sound hardware (DAC) isn't 100% correctly hooked up yet.
Audio capabilities of the SoC are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SoC are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SoC are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SoC are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SoC are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SoC are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SoC are partially emulated.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
OKI banking isn't understood.
QDSP QS1000 sound chip emulation isn't complete yet (missing envelopes and volume balance at least).
ppking - Sound is controlled by an undumped MCU. Until it can be decapped, its functionalities are imperfectly simulated.
Sound hardware isn't 100% correctly hooked up yet.
Preliminary driver. OKI not hooked up yet.
Preliminary driver.
magoddsc, magoddsd - Custom encrypted CPU block.
nd8lines - SN emits bad sounds. The game seems to send commands with swapped nibbles if compared with other games on similar hw.
kngtmare - Sound ROM isn't dumped.
qbert and clones, reactor - Need Votrax SC-01 speech synthesizer emulation.
tylz - Different sound hardware needs proper implementation.
Missing speech synthesis chips emulation. HD38880 is the main chip whereas HD38882 is an EPROM interface. PARCOR based.
Sound hasn't been hooked up yet.
Sound clipping and mixing problems.
Missing laserdisc sound.
Missing engine noise.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
x2222 and clone - Sound ROMs aren't available. It's possible they don't exist anymore, given the game is an unreleased prototype.
josvolly - DAC sound needs to be implemented. PCB is available (Guru).
Sound hardware isn't 100% correctly hooked up yet.
hdrivair, hdrivairp Serial communications between the two DS III/IV sound ADSPs need fixing (The auxillary DSP is used to process the output of the sound DSP).
The one-shot and A/D timing of the sn76477 need adjusting.
cgalaxn - Missing discrete sound emulation (alien attacking sound effect).
sfxphasor - Netlist needs some small tweaks.
ttfball - Missing discrete sound hardware emulation (simple volume decay).
nstarfox - Missing melody chip emulation.
bship - Netlist needs some small tweaks.
bshipb - SN76477 sound needs better emulation.
elecbowl - Game isn't correctly emulated yet.
mmarvin - The volume decay is simulated, and it doesn't match with real recordings.
Skeleton driver. Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
Skeleton driver. Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
barricad, brickyrd - They currently use hitme discrete sound hardware implementation. Needs to be checked on schematics / PCBs.
Juke box. TMS1300 based. The mechanical parts aren't emulated.
Sound hardware hook up is very preliminary.
mirderby - Preliminary driver.
dynashot - The PCB has a D7756C (same mask ROM code as homerun) but the code never seems to enable it. Possibly just an unused component for this game.
ganjaja - D7756C emulation seems incomplete (rock, scissors, paper samples aren't played).
homerun, nhomerun - Voice emulation is missing (unemulated D7756C with internal ROM).
Sound hardware isn't 100% correctly hooked up yet.
Preliminary driver.
DAC not hooked up (part of an ASIC).
hypersptb - Bootleg with different hardware. Has ADPCM via MSM5205 instead of VLM.
vbowl and clones - Sound is slow and low volume.
Very preliminary driver.
indy_4610, indy_4613, indy_5015 -
Sound hardware hasn't been hooked up yet.
Skeleton driver. MIPS based.
Skeletonish driver. Uses an OKIM6295.
Missing laserdisc sound.
The emulation of the custom sound device is still preliminary.
Skeletonish. Temperature controller. Probably uses a beeper?
Beeper isn't correctly hooked up.
striv and clones - Sound hook up isn't 100% correct yet.
daireika, mjzoomin, urashima - Sound banking needs fixing. It's protection-related for the first version of the MCU (should be somewhere on the work ram/shared ram).
Audio board with Crystal CS4215 codec isn't emulated yet.
jclub2v200 and later versions - ST032 sound emulation is preliminary.
Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
all games but j6aceclb, j6big50, j6bigbuk, j6bnkrc, j6bnza, j6camelt, j6cascz, j6gogold, j6guab, j6hapyhr, j6kungfu, j6mono60, j6montlk, j6roller, j6sonic, j6untch and relative clones - Missing audio ROMs and/or incomplete hook-up.
The mechanical games aren't emulated yet.
cashcade - Incomplete dump? Shows a loading error.
Preliminary driver.
Preliminary driver. No sound hardware hooked up.
OKIM6295 sound doesn't seem to work 100% correctly (i.e. coin sound only seems to work from 3rd coin on, lots of invalid sample msgs in error.log)
k28 - Speech doesn't seem to sound correct. May be a bug in the Votrax emulation. Needs comparison with real hardware.
Some events sound louder than others.
actionhw - Missing PIC dump. Simulated for now.
Possibly missing discrete sound hardware emulation.
PSX SPU emulation isn't perfect yet.
sexyparo and clones, vsnetscr and clones -
polystar -
Missing laserdisc dump.
Skeleton driver for fruit machine games.
Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet. Probably has discrete hardware.
TMP68301 based. Skeletonish.
PSX SPU emulation isn't perfect and some games are missing emulation of the external digital sound and I/O board.
Discrete sound emulation is incomplete.
Missing analog part.
lastfght - Sound chip isn't emulated yet (SS9804, same as some games in subsino2.cpp).
medlanes - Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Electronic drums. I87C52. Dream SAM9793 and Burr-Brown PCM1717E DAC aren't emulated.
Sound hardware (Z80 + 3 AY-3-8910) isn't hooked up yet.
prosport, prosporta - Sound hook up isn't 100% correct.
Sound hardware is mostly understood, but isn't perfectly implemented yet.
bygone - Missing music. Emulation bug or incomplete prototype? PCB is available (Guru)
DAC emulation can be improved by adding the missing signals for decay etc. (see schematics).
Sound chip type is unknown.
Unknown sound hardware.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation. IPM Invader (M10) and Head On (M15) PCBs are available (Guru)
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Buzzer isn't hooked up.
Analog drums emulation isn't perfect yet.
Analog drums emulation isn't perfect yet.
Beep duration is probably too slow.
Boom, Thud, Shot discrete sounds need more accurate emulation.
nbbatman2bl - Bootleg with different sound hardware: an undumped MCU as soundcpu, OKI samples for music/sound.
Imperfect emulation of the Vasp ASIC.
Imperfect emulation of the V8 ASIC.
Imperfect emulation of the Sonora ASIC.
cultname, kisakaeh, kisakaen - ST016 hook up / emulation isn't perfect yet.
Skeleton driver. Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
Beeper implementation isn't perfect yet.
Sound isn't correctly hooked up yet (2x SN76477).
Preliminary driver.
Needs discrete sound emulation.
Preliminary driver.
Sound hardware hook up isn't correct yet.
mazerbla, mazerblaa - They appear to use an MM54104 'Digitalker' speech IC, however, the two speech ROMs are undumped.
It isn't known if it has sound hardware.
It isn't known if it has sound hardware.
twotiger - 8 track cassette has been dumped but the hook up isn't perfect yet.
bowl3d - Missing sound ROMs dump.
minferno - Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
The MD side of things doesn't work as it needs enhanced chipset emulation.
edfbl - Bootleg on different hardware. Missing PIC dump.
iganinjub - Bootleg on different hardware (only 1 OKI).
kickoffb - Bootleg on different hardware (only 1 OKI and 1 YM2203).
mermaid, yachtn - These game have a ROM for sample playback, needs identifying and hooking up.
Very complex prototype hardware. Preliminary driver.
metabee - PCB has no sound chips. It possibly uses the H8 for DAC.
puzzlet - The game does not write to the OKI sound chip (probably the timers don't work properly).
DAC hook-up isn't perfect yet.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Skeleton driver.
Sound system implementation isn't 100% accurate yet.
Beeper is hooked up, but not 100% correct.
spinveti - Sound hardware isn't hooked up.
Buzzer isn't hooked up.
mstworld2, pangba, pangbb, spangbl - Sound clocks aren't correct, causing music speed to be too fast.
pkladiesbl, pkladiesbl2 - MSM5205 isn't hooked up.
mkyawdim3, mkyawdim4 - Bootlegs on different hardware. They seem not to reproduce some sound effects. Should be checked on real hardware.
Preliminary driver. M68010 based.
The sound hardware isn't emulated yet.
The Sound NMI and/or Interrupts aren't likely to be right. The Sound CPU starts writing to unusual memory ports - either because the NMI/Interrupt timing is out, or the sheer fact that the Sound CPU code is rather poorly written, so it may be normal behaviour. Also, the OKI M6295 seems to be playing the wrong samples, however the current OKI M6295 sound ROM dump is bad.
missilea - Different sound hw (discrete?).
Speaker not hooked up yet.
Missing discrete sound hardware emulation. Will need better 76477 emulation.
airwlkrs -
motoraid -
rchase2 -
vf2 and clones -
Sound comms are working but emulation isn't perfect yet.
The music is supplied by a glob in each cartridge, which differs for each game. This glob is assumed to be a self-contained MCU (undumped), responding to music requests.
Preliminary driver. Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
Fruit machine hardware. Not working yet.
Fruit machine hardware. Not working yet.
Fruit machine hardware. Not working yet.
Fruit machine hardware. Not working yet.
m4andycpdut -
Fruit machine hardware. Not working yet.
Fruit machine hardware. Not working yet.
Fruit machine hardware. Not working yet.
Sound system isn't correctly hooked up yet (Amiga custom + Ensoniq ES5503).
Speaker isn't hooked up yet.
Sound isn't hooked up yet.
Mechanical game. Needs discrete sound emulation.
blueshrk - Sounds are derived from schematics but could be (and seem) wrong. Needs checking on a real PCB.
bowler, clowns, clowns1, desertgu, dogpatch, invad2ct, roadrunm, shuffle, spacwalk, spcenctr, tornbase - Discrete sound hardware is only partially emulated.
checkmat - Needs breadboarding to get noise/filter frequencies.
gmissile, m4, phantom2, seawolf, seawolfo - Need discrete sound hardware emulation instead of samples.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
viostormabbl - This bootleg uses an Oki instead of the Konami customs. There are minor sound glitches which may very well be due to the bootleg hw, but emulation needs comparison to be sure.
helifire, helifirea -
Some SPU problems.
g13jnr, nicetsuk, squizchs - Missing MP3 decoder emulation.
truckk -
marvland - Probable bad dump of the C140 ROM.
AICA emulation / hook up isn't 100% yet.
barline - Wrong NMI enable trigger, causing wrong sample pitch (and sometimes crashes when you soft reset).
Preliminary driver. Beeper?
Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
Driver is still preliminary.
dragonsh - Sound ROMs for this prototype do not exist.
Sound interface isn't implemented yet
These NES clones have modified hardware. Differences aren't fully implemented yet, causing missing / imperfect sound.
These NES clones have modified hardware. Differences aren't fully implemented yet, causing missing / imperfect sound.
These NES clones have modified hardware. Differences aren't fully implemented yet, causing missing / imperfect sound.
Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet (lots of undocumented hardware).
Skeleton-ish. Unidentified sound CPU / IC.
Undumped sound ROM.
SSG Output isn't accurate.
Discrete motor/skid sounds are not 100% correct.
gunnailb - Bootleg with modified sound hardware. Emulation needs to be compared with real hw to be sure it sounds so bad.
hachamf and clone, tdragon1 - Protected sets, they don't handshake with the NMK004.
manybloc - Sound isn't 100% correctly hooked up. There are writes to 0x08001c.w and 0x08001e.w. Could they be related to sound and/or interrupts ?
tdragon3h - Bootlegs which need a different sound hardware implementation.
vandykeb - Undumped PIC controls sound.
Preliminary driver.
SNES sound emulation isn't perfect yet.
Sound emulation is hooked up but driver is still preliminary.
Needs better sound emulation (mixing ?).
Function of port A on IC37 AY8910 is unknown. It looks like a DAC, but this is not supported by the writes to the port. All the writes are 0x9X, usually 0x9b or 0x9d. Note that this is incorrectly referred to as port B on the schematics, but the pin #'s confirm it is, in fact port A.
Skeleton driver.
Skeleton driver.
Unemulated differences between HC55536 and HC55516. HC55536 clock isn't verified. Is the "Chu has food" sample ever played?
No sound hardware hooked up yet. Beeper?
Skeletonish. Has a Piezo-Beeper.
There are a few unmapped writes for the sound Z80 and unknown writes to the MSM5205 control addresses.
Skeleton driver. PC hardware.
One of the sound ROMs might be badly dumped. Sound hardware and frequencies are mostly guessed.
eggor - Sound hook up isn't 100% correct.
Skeleton driver. PC hardware. ISA 16bit sound card.
Sound system hook up isn't 100% correct yet.
pasha2 - Needs ATMEL DREAM SAM9773 Single Chip Synthesizer/MIDI emulation.
zdrum - Needs hard disk dump and MP3 board emulation.
== pc9801_epson ==.
== pc9821 ==.
PC hardware. Sound isn't hooked up yet.
PC hardware. Sound isn't hooked up yet.
Virtual test driver. No sound hardware has been decided.
"Buzzer" PC sound has issues.
DTMF tone generator isn't emulated.
Implementation of AVR8 Timer 1 Output Compare Match A is sub-optimal resulting in bad sound quality when emulating the buzzer.
Preliminary driver. NEC V20 based.
Sound system hook up isn't 100% correct yet (Z80 + ICS WaveFront ICS2115V Wavetable Midi Synthesizer).
Volume is often low to non-existent.
phoenixc2, griffono - These bootlegs substitute the MM6221AA melody generator with a piggyback PCB. This alternative sound hardware isn't emulated.
PC hardware. Unemulated sound card.
Sound hardware isn't 100% hooked up yet.
Sound hardware hook up isn't 100% yet.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation. PCB is available (Guru).
wbeachvl, wbeachvl2, wbeachvl3, wbeachvla - Incorrect OKI banking.
Sound system isn't hooked up yet. It's a DAC driven by an undumped PIC.
grally, polepos2bi, polepos2bs, topracern - Bootlegs on different hardware. Possibly missing explosion sound.
BGM seems quite off, YM2413 core bug?
Sound CPU (TMS5200) isn't hooked up yet.
atombjt - OKI banking should be verified against real hardware.
Very preliminary driver.
Sound system hook up isn't 100% correct yet.
Unindentified sound chip.
Speaker isn't hooked up 100% correctly yet.
jzth - A sound bank isn't hooked up yet.
Word processor. Unidentified sound hardware (possibly beeper?).
Invader effect is missing. In general, sound needs comparing with a real PCB.
Beeper isn't hooked up yet.
The emulation of the Custom Imagetek I5000 chip isn't perfect yet.
commsega - The first time you kill a soldier, the music stops. When you die the music restarts and won't stop a second time.
nrallyx and clones, rallyx and clones - Needs emulation of the explosion with discrete sound components. The schematics are available so it should be possible eventually.
Sound isn't hooked up yet (SN76489A + speaker).
Unknown sound hardware.
dai2kaku - Sound isn't correctly hooked up.
Alarm sound and keyclick don't work yet.
rm480z, rm480za -
darkseal2 - One sound ROM is incorrect for this set.
Synth. PCM emulation is still preliminary.
Expander. Sound isn't emulated yet.
Skeletonish. Synthesizer. Sound isn't emulated yet.
Skeletonish. Expander. Sound isn't emulated yet.
MIDI sequencer. Unemulated M60012-0105SP gate array generates a "metronome" signal which is the only audio output.
Skeletonish. Expander. Sound isn't emulated yet.
Bass line. NEC_D650. Sound unemulated (discrete)
Drum machine. UPD7810.
Preliminary driver.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation for sound effects.
F/F part isn't correct yet.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
speakhlp - Bootleg with different hardware / program.
vscompmj - Stuck notes, due to incomplete decryption or to wrong AY hook-up?
ichiban - Game doesn't work due to missing banking, thus sound emulation can't be tested.
jansou - Game doesn't work due to missing program ROM, thus sound emulation can't be tested.
mjsiyoub - Has additional Z80 with seemingly scrambled ROM and MSM5205, which aren't hooked up.
svolleybl - Needs correct sound latch hook up and OKI M5205 hook up.
All games are marked as imperfect sound. Incorrect hook up of the Konami 054539 PCM sound chip?
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation instead of samples.
pzlestar -
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation. PCB is available (Guru).
Hack of Pengo using Bombjack sound. Sound is probably working fine, but should be checked when the game fully works.
mimonkeyug - Needs discrete sound hardware emulation. High quality PCB scan available.
800fath and clone -
ad2083 - Bad dump of the tms5110 ROMs.
mariner - Discrete sound in addition to the 8910.
marsarf - The first sound ROM is probably bad.
Complex audio setup with 2x SN76477 and possibly some discrete parts.
The video CPUs are waiting for commands from another source. It is assumed that there is at least one other PCB (834-5526?) which drives the video PCBs and perhaps generates sound. The satellite PCB is emulated in sg1000a.cpp.
Preliminary driver. Probably discrete sound hardware.
Driver is preliminary due to decryption possibly being not 100% correct, sound hasn't been hooked up yet.
005 - Sound PROM for melody generator is missing. Need discrete sound hardware emulation.
monsterb, monsterb2, spaceod, spaceod2 - Need discrete sound hardware emulation.
pignewt, pignewta - Sega Universal Sound Board emulation isn't perfect yet.
spacfurybl - TMS5110 used for speech isn't hooked up yet.
Sound seems to be actually working pretty good.
Needs laserdisc sound and discrete sound hardware emulation.
bayroute1 - Sound ROMs aren't dumped.
lockonph - Bootleg hardware with different custom chips.
as1 - Unemulated laserdisc.
kokoroj and clone, kokoroj2 - Unemulated CD board.
carboule -
rascot - Only the terminal is dumped.
Preliminary driver. Unemulated YMF721 sound chip.
blockcarb, madsharkbl - Bootleg with different sound hardware. SFXs are hooked up (OKI M6295) but music is missing.
crazyfgt - Level 2 interrupt should probably be triggered by the 3812 but sound tends to die that way.
jjsquawk and clones - Player's shot sound is missing (not requested to X1-010?). Many sounds are wrong since MAME 0.62.
sokonuke - Sound is imperfect.
thunderlbl, thunderlbl2 - Bootleg with different sound hardware. Sound is hooked up but it restarts after a few seconds at the title screen.
ablastb - Bootleg on different hardware. Uses a FPGA reproduction of the original sound chip.
staraudi - Sample ROM is a bad dump.
Preliminary driver. Big TODO on top of file.
CPU is an unemulated MSM6283, possibly with undumped internal ROM. It has onboard sampling and playback capabilities.
SNES sound emulation isn't perfect yet.
SNES sound emulation isn't perfect yet.
sasuke, satansat and clones, vanguard and clones - Discrete sound hardware isn't emulated yet.
fantasy and clones, vanguard and clones - Speech is missing (hd38880/hd38882 emulation).
satansat and clones - Music frequency is wrong.
powb - Bootleg with different sound hardware. The MSM5205 isn't hooked up yet.
snowbro3 and clones - Sound CPU is an AT89C52 with undumped internal ROM.
yutnori - Sound (2 x OKIM6295) is driven by an undumped PIC.
TC8802AF speech chip isn't emulated yet.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation instead of samples.
Needs hook up of the SN76477s.
Sound filters aren't emulated and currently only one speaker is hooked up, but the game has more.
Preliminary driver. Sunplus SPG110 based.
Audio capabilities of the SPG29x SoCs aren't emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG2xx SoCs are partially emulated.
Missing filters emulation.
rebus - Sound isn't hooked up yet.
Bootleg hardware. Emulation still preliminary.
See the equites entry.
3super8 - ROMs are badly dumped.
NiLe chip emulation / hook up isn't perfect yet.
ppcar - Uses the VIDC internal DAC for SFX, which emits bad sound right now. Music is played by the QDSP QS1000 configured to use the internal ROM, which hasn't been dumped yet.
ssfindo, tetfight - QDSP QS1000 sound chip emulation isn't complete yet (missing envelopes and volume balance at least).
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Some sounds are missing: at least two of the unused ROMs contain samples (unknown format, perhaps adpcm).
Currently using generic Invaders samples. Needs discrete sound hardware emulation. PCB is available (Guru).
srmp7 - Needs interrupts by the sound chip (not properly hooked up yet). Kludged to work.
ST2302U based. Emulation is preliminary.
Needs discrete sound hardware emulation.
Uses HLE noise due to abusing a 2N4124 in breakdown as a noise source.
Discrete sound hardware is emulated, but still needs proper emulation of the MC3340.
tomcatsw - Sound ROMs aren't dumped.
empcity and clones, stfight and clones - YM2203s should be clocked at 1.5MHz but this results in the sound and music being 1/3 of the pitch they should be. The game never writes the YM2203s' divider registers yet other games (e.g. Lock-On) suggest the default values are correct. What *is* going on here?
Needs interrupt frequencies at least. Possibly some discrete parts.
Sound is marked as imperfect in most games and there is no sound in some others due to incomplete SCSP emulation / hook up.
Preliminary driver.
Possibly discrete hardware.
Discrete sound hardware emulation is incomplete (missing sonar sound).
bishjan, new2001, qbeebing, queenbee and clones, squeenb, treamary - Sound chip isn't emulated yet (SS9804 or SS9904).
Sound hardware isn't hooked up yet.
Sound chip is completely custom, and partially implemented.
The board seems to contain a discrete sound portion which needs to be emulated.
Most games in the driver lack / have incomplete sound. Needs support for custom sound HW used by the various bootlegs.
Possibly missing beeper.
Zoom sound DSP emulation isn't complete.
Zoom sound DSP emulation isn't complete.
Preliminary driver.
Zoom sound DSP is currently unemulated.
Zoom sound DSP is currently unemulated.
bumbsymph and clones - Bootlegs on different hardware. Oki banking is wrong.
champwr and clones - Additional MSM5205 isn't 100% correctly hooked up yet.
Konami GX based PCB for gambling games.
Sound isn't hooked up (probably discrete).
stepstag, steps3, vjdash - No music ROMs / HD dumps.
Unemulated Yamaha YMW258-F sound chip (possibly identical to MultiPCM?).
Needs converting of the SSI-263 to a sound device and laserdisc audio.
ti84pob, ti84pov3 - Unemulated FonixTalk from SpeechFX.
Preliminary driver.
chkun - Needs Toshiba TC8830F sound chip emulation.
The emulation of the Custom Imagetek I5000 chip isn't perfect yet.
glfgreat and clones - Sound hook up isn't 100% correct yet.
tmntucbl - Needs MC68705R3P / Oki M5205 hook up.
Preliminary driver.
outzonec - Z80 ROMs is probably incorrect for this set, causing wrong sounds.
batsugunbl - Oki banking isn't hooked up correctly yet.
nprobowl, probowl2 - Oki banking isn't hooked up yet.
jujuba - In this bootleg sound hardware seems to have been slightly modified, the coins are handled ok, but there is no music and bad sfx.
Sound needs various improvements: MSM playback, improve comms, ROM bank, mixing. There are some scratchy sound from time to time. It's also currently unknwon that port A/B of the two YMs are used for.
Sound is hooked up according to schematics, but it sounds horrible. It's supposed that real hardware differs from schematics.
hyprolymb, hyprolymba - Bootleg with different sound hardware, which isn't correctly hooked up yet.
Preliminary driver. Unknown sound hw.
Discrete sounds?
Audio is almost there, but not perfect yet.
DAC isn't hooked up yet.
Missing analog filters emulation.
Speaker (?) not hooked up.
funkyjetb - PIC has been decapped but hook-up hasn't been completed yet.
pangpang, tumbleb2 - Sound PIC is protected and simulation isn't 100% correct. We need a dump of the PICs.
tumbleb, tumblepba - Sound is not quite correct yet.
Driver needs discrete sound emulation instead of samples.
Speaker doesn't produce correct sound due to bugs in the via6522 emulation.
Sound isn't fully hooked up yet (IDE DMA, finish comms).
tx1 and clones - TX-1 tyre screech noises are not implemented yet.
The tone played by the jamma if board is not emulated.
Unidentified sound hardware.
Amiga sound emulation isn't perfect yet.
yorijori - QDSP QS1000 sound chip emulation isn't complete yet (missing envelopes and volume balance at least).
Preliminary driver. Extensive TODO on top of the driver.
All games but brdrline and clones and tranqgun are missing discrete sound emulation.
starrkr - Right now it uses the same netlist as parent brdrline but should be verified against schematics or real PCB.
Codec sound isn't emulated.
R-2R ladder DAC isn't correctly emulated yet.
Beeper sounds offtune.
Some audio registers aren't understood yet.
Duty cycle for the beeper is wrong.
Preliminary driver.
Currently using the wrong Votrax model.
PC hardware. Preliminary driver.
Sound hardware (AC97 codec) isn't hooked up yet.
Sound isn't hooked up yet (AY8910).
Audio capabilities of the SPG243 SoC are partially emulated.
Audio capabilities of the SPG243 SoC are partially emulated.
Skeletonish. Nothing has been hooked up yet.
Unidentified main CPU. Dump might be bad.
Sound crackles.
Bell sound is too clean. Needs a flyback diode circuit implementation.
Very preliminary driver.
Preliminary driver. Probably discrete sound hardware.
navarone, sos - Sound isn't completely emulated yet.
darius2d, darius2do and sagaia - SSG Output isn't accurate.
Sound isn't correctly hooked up.
MSM5205 sound isn't perfect yet.
Volume decay should be more steep at the start and the pitch sounds wrong too (latter is an MCU emulation problem).
Preliminary driver. Needs memory map improvements, ACRTC support, GFX decode and sound support.
Sound emulation isn't fully accurate.
scion and clone, stinger and clones - Discrete hardware emulation is preliminary.
Missing discrete sound emulation and (undumped) audio cassette.
AUX port isn't emulated.
Sound emulation isn't fully accurate. PCB is available (Guru).
Sound hardware emulation is missing some features (i.e. envelopes).
SoC emulation is very preliminary.
SoC emulation is very preliminary.
SoC emulation is very preliminary.
xmenabl - Bootleg with different hardware.
PC based (Celeron + 3DFX). Very preliminary. ISA sound board (YMZ280B + YAC516 + 3550A DAC) isn't emulated.
Very preliminary driver. No sound hardware listed. Probably just a beeper?
Some voices (such as Pianobells) seem to not let you turn off modulation even if you set the mod wheel to its lowest point.
Emulation doesn't work yet so sound can't be hooked up.
A few instruments sound odd.
YM2414 emulation is preliminary.
Emulation doesn't work yet so sound can't be hooked up.
Buzzer not emulated yet.
Missing discrete sound emulation.
Lacks analog circuitry emulation (see driver notes). Needs implementation of discrete filters for analog signals 1 to 5 and attenuation control for signal 5 (74LS156).
Missing discrete sound emulation.
Missing discrete sound emulation.
For all games but nbajamex and clone, which use a different sound system, SPU emulation isn't perfect yet.