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[PFG 9000]

Hey all.

A few years back I ripped the soundtracks from quite a few Lynx games and converted them to .ogg's. At the time, the only Lynx community I was aware of was the dwindling gang at gamefaqs's Lynx sub-forum, so there was very little interest in my project. But I still have all the rips if anybody here is interested. I could probably upload them to rapidshare or something for an easy way to exchange them. ...or are they already out there somewhere? I was unable to find too much online back then.

I also did a bunch of Jaguar soundtracks, but the sound quality is horrid since I didn't have a composite cable at the time and had to go through my TV's headphone-out jack. (Urk!) But I suppose I could upload those as well if anybody wants them.

Oh, and the tunes I ripped are:

Alien Vs. Predator
Title Screen
Mission Briefing
Level 1 BGM
Level 2 BGM
Level 3 BGM
Level 4 BGM
Level 5 BGM

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Egypt Guitar
Egypt Harp
Egypt Flute
Rome Guitar
Rome Lyre
Europe Guitar
Europe Organ
Texas Guitar
Texas Harmonica
San Dimas Guitar
San Dimas Mandolin

Blue Lightning*
Title Screen

California Games
Intro Screen
Game select screen
BMX BGM
Surfing BGM
Halfpipe BGM
Footbag BGM

Crystal Mines
Level Music A
Level Music B
Level Music C

Electrocop
Title Screen
Level music
Panel music A
Panel music B
Panel music C
Panel music D

Gates of Zendocon
Intro Screen/ Level Theme 1
Level Theme 2
Level Theme 3
Level Theme 4
Level Theme 5
End Credits

Klax
Intro Screen
Sound Effects

Kung Food
Title Screen
Freezer
Fridge
Floor
Cupboards
Countertop

Lemmings
Intro Movie
Level Music A
Level Music B
Level Music C
Level Music D
Level Music E
Level Music F
Level Music G
Level Music H
Level Music I
Level Music J
Level Music K
End credits

Ninja Gaiden*
Level 1 music

Qix
Telegames logo
Intro Screen
Name Entry screen

Robotron 2084
Title Screen
High Score Tables
Game Over
Story
Credits

Scrapyard Dog
Level Theme A
Level Theme B
End of Round
Boss music
Cave/Castle music
Death theme
Game Over theme – Funeral March
Bonus Room
Invincibility Powerup
Final Victory


Shadow of the Beast
Title Screen
Overworld theme I
Underground music
Well music
Castle music
Continue screen
Boss theme I
Boss theme II
End credits

Shanghai
Title music
Game BGM A
Game BGM B
Game BGM C
Game BGM D

S.T.U.N. Runner
Intro
Welcome
Continue

Super Asteroids & Missle Command*
Missle Command title screen
Super Asteroids title screen

Todd’s Adventures in Slime World
Title Screen

Toki
Title Screen theme
Level 1 music
Level 2 music
Boss music
Stage Clear theme

Warbirds
Intro
Select game type screen
Mission complete screen
Game Over

Xybots
Title Screen
Level BGM 1
Level BGM 2
Level BGM 3
Between Levels Menu

*soundtracks marked with an asterisk were ripped from an emulator, not the actual carts, and thus the quality is fairly crap. But it's better than nothin'!

[Nimtene]

I would be very excited about the
opportunity to download all these.

[4ever2600]

Zip them up and post them here... The lynx community would love to jam to some of the good ol tunes o the lynx without having to fire up and play it! Thanks for all your effort!

[SwedenLynxer]

Thats really nice! I'd be very intrested in downloading those tunes. Gates of Zendocon, Shadow of the Beast, Lemmings and Robotron 2084 contains some of my favorite Lynx music (especially the Robotron 2084 title screen tune!)

[per]

how do you get s copy of the music out of the ROM?

Edited by per, Thu May 17, 2007 5:51 AM.

[karri]

per, on Thu May 17, 2007 2:50 PM, said:

how do you get s copy of the music out of the ROM?

There is really no good way to do it today. You probably have to record it.

But there is a very promising way of doing it that should be implemented in Handy.

Maxim has created a format called VGM for ripping game music. The idea is that you run the game in an emulator and whenever the code changes some sound registers on the Lynx Handy could write the register change with a clock count in a file.

The resulting file can then be played back on WinAmp with a VGM plugin. Of course you also need to write a Lynx sound emulator to the VGM plugin for this to work. The good thing is that this approach provides a clean sound instead of the stuttering sound Handy has.

--
Karri

[PFG 9000]

I ran a cable from the Lynx headphone jack out to my laptop, and recorded/edited them with Audacity. The results were fantastic for a non-professional, unexperienced job IMO.

The rapidshare links are below. The files were too big to include as one download, so I had to split it into two. Oh, and please let me know if you've downloaded and/or enjoyed this so I can get that warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

Part 1: http://rapidshare.co..._Rips1.zip.html
Part 2: http://rapidshare.co..._Rips2.zip.html
password: my username, no spaces, all caps.

Edited by PFG 9000, Fri May 18, 2007 5:47 AM.

[4ever2600]

Trying to unzip the files and they want a password for each of them? Who the hell encrypted these??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... Help

[4ever2600]

I figured it out!!! WOOHOO!!! Nice touch! Let's see how many others can guess it! AWESOME!

[4ever2600]

Oh sure, then you edit your post with the password, shame on you! Anyways, hey great stuff! I was AMAZED at the quality of the rips! Some of my favorites too! Thanks for sharing! You are now allowed to have that 'warm fuzzy feeling'!

[PFG 9000]

Yup, I was a dummy and forgot to include the password with the post. When you reminded me, I figured it would be best to put the password right next to the links for minimal confusion. But it seems you're the only one who's downloaded it, so now it's all good (I think). Glad you like them!

[4ever2600]

Yes, for right this second... But you have to understand... There will be alot of people that download it and enjoy them and never take the time to write a simple email to say, Thanks... You'll see, there will be more that will enjoy them and post their opinions over time... It won't happen all tonight...

[PFG 9000]

I know, I was being facetious.

[Nimtene]

The quality of these songs is amazing!
Thanks for all the time and love you
put into recording/editing all of them!

[pinchy]

Hey PFG9000
Great Recordings!
Can you or someone record the intro to gates of zendocon? Theres a part where its shows the floating brain and it starts laughing, then bubbles fall down beneath it.

I always remember the laughing part on the real thing and always wondered why handy never did it and see they use the similiar trick as the c64 and change the volume control. I made a quick hack to handy to play it but it sounds clipped too hard. I notice theres several sound registers not utilized in the mixing of the audio in handy.

I noticed someone else mentioned that missing sound in gates in another thread. Is there any other sound discrepancies in any other games? Are there any games that specifically used stereo panning? I never did have many lynx games and mine is in storage far far away so I dont have access to it.

[Segataritensoftii]

About the sound chip in the lynx... is it the famous POKEY chip, by any chance?

[phuzaxeman]

i could do a professional mix of these lynx samples but i don't have the time...maybe in the future. shangai and blue thunder have great music....


http://www.myspace.com/phuz
http://www.myspace.com/julin (producer)

[Atariman]

Segataritensoftii, on Fri May 25, 2007 1:40 PM, said:

About the sound chip in the lynx... is it the famous POKEY chip, by any chance?

I don't know off of the top of my head, but I find that that would be unlikely as the Lynx was not developed by Atari, but by Epyx.

[4ever2600]

I think I'm going to try doing this to a few of the titles I enjoy that HAVEN'T been done... it'll take a while, but I'll be sure to post them here once I have for the rest to enjoy! Later! - D

[jobro]

You should consider post this up at kohina.com, it's a good video game radio station and they have no lynx music at all. If you don't mind it then I can do it for you since I'm a member there.

Edited by jobro, Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:32 PM.

[jobro]

Sorry for double posting, but one from Kohina would like to listen, and the files are deleted.

[Turbo Laser Lynx]

I wanted to say thanks, This is great! You've done the hard work for us.

[PFG 9000]

If the files are deleted, I might be able to find the originals on disc someplace and re-upload them. I'll check it out this weekend if I have time. Clean Larry, if you're reading this, I'll try to take care of your request at the same time.

[Shannon]

Yes please, these would be great to see. I missed em first go round.

[Clean Larry]

PFG 9000, on Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:28 AM, said:

Clean Larry, if you're reading this, I'll try to take care of your request at the same time.

Thanks in advance!