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* Megadrive VGM music package                 *
* http://project2612.org/                     *
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Game name:           Bill's Tomato Game
System:              Sega Mega Drive
Complete music dump: Yes

Original author:     Matt Furniss, Mike Clarke
Publisher:           Sega
Package created by:  Valley Bell
Package version:     1.00

Files, in approximate game order:
Song name                           Length:
                                    Total  Loop
01 Tempest Logo                     0:05   -
02 Intro                            1:22   -
03 Main Menu                        1:27   1:24
04 Overworld Theme                  1:10   1:10
05 Theme 1                          1:12   0:58
06 Theme 1 Complete                 0:10   -
07 Theme 2                          0:42   0:42
08 Theme 2 Complete                 0:09   -
09 Theme 3                          1:21   1:21
10 Theme 3 Complete                 0:09   -
11 Theme 4                          1:17   1:04
12 Theme 4 Complete                 0:09   -
13 Theme 5                          0:54   0:40
14 Theme 5 Complete                 0:09   -
15 Theme 6                          1:11   1:10
16 Theme 6 Complete                 0:10   -
17 Theme 7                          1:04   0:58
18 Theme 7 Complete                 0:10   -
19 Theme 8                          1:10   1:04
20 Theme 8 Complete                 0:09   -
21 Final Boss                       0:46   0:46
22 Ending Theme                     1:34   1:01
23 Unknown Jingle 1                 0:03   -
24 Unknown Jingle 2                 0:02   -
25 Unknown Theme 1                  1:32   1:24
26 Unknown Theme 1 Complete         0:10   -
27 Unknown Theme 2                  1:00   0:58
28 Unknown Theme 2 Complete         0:10   -

Total Length                       19:27  34:07


Notes:
Awesome music for a sadly unreleased port of an
Amiga puzzle game.

But instead of porting the Amiga music, Matt
Furniss composed a completely new soundtrack,
which is superior to the Amiga one, IMO.
Matt Furniss is truly a master when it comes
to chip music.


This rip was only possible thanks to the great
guys who dumped this game and released it in
October 2014.


I recorded this in PAL mode as the sound driver
takes a break every 6th frame in NTSC mode.


The VGMs were ripped using Kega Fusion 3.64.

Size reduction:
1. optvgm: 53.6 MB -> 36.3 MB (67.7 %)
2. vgm_cmp: 36.3 MB -> 7.77 MB (21.4 %)
Total: 53.6 MB -> 7.77 MB (14.5 %)


Technical stuff:
The sound driver is a 68k/Z80 hybrid. The 68k
processes the data and sends commands to the
Z80, which handles DAC and YM2612 commands.

Music is stored in a Module format with
Patterns. As usual for Module files, there is
a single file that contains all songs and SFX.
Individual songs/SFX are started by playing a
certain pattern.

Sound RAM is at FF9000.
You can play songs/sfx by writing
(PatternID + 1) to the word at FF900E.
The word at FF9012 contains the currently
playing song pattern.
-Valley Bell


Package history:
1.00 2016-04-01 Valley Bell: Initial release.