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Submissions Would you like to be part of the ever growing database of videogame music? We are looking for able-bodied people to help contribute to the VGMPF. There are several types of people we're looking for to help expand the database as seen below. Images We need scans of soundtracks and game boxes, screenshots of games, and photos of composers that we don't already have. The bigger the image the better. The following games need new or cleaner box art: Title Platform The 11th Hour DOS 180 A8 The 7th Guest DOS Archer Maclean's Pool DOS Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold DOS Blaster Master NES Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego? [Enhanced] DOS Chex Quest DOS Chex Quest 2 DOS Claim Jumper A8 DOOM DOS DOOM II: Hell On Earth DOS Destination Earth Star NES デビルワールド Devil World FC Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf DOS Heart Break A8 Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders DOS Highlander C64 Hocus Pocus DOS Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods W32 Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker DOS Ken's Labyrinth DOS Little Nemo: The Dream Master NES Operation Body Count DOS Prince of Persia DOS RoboCop ZXS SIM City 2000 DOS Saper Minesweeper A8 Sensible World of Soccer DOS Times of Lore DOS Ultima III: Exodus C64 Ultima: Exodus NES Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar C64 Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny C64 Ultima VI: The False Prophet DOS Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds DOS Vinyl Goddess From Mars DOS West Adventure DOS Wolfenstein 3D DOS Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky DOS   The following games need screenshots: Title Platform Age of Empires W32 Age of the Dragon Project LIN Chrono Cross PS1 Dance Dance Revolution ARC ダンスダンスレボリューション 2nd MIX Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix ARC Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods W32 Mission of Mercy C64 Sensible Golf W16 Researchers Unknown Composers If you can get information about hidden tracks, composers, or various other music related info, we want it. We would especially like to figure out who wrote music for games that don't list credits. View the Unknown Composer List for all of the missing composers. Unused Music The following games feature music that doesn't seem to be played anywhere in the game. If you know where in the game the song is played, please send us an email explaining how we can verify where the song is played. If the track is not played in the game, we would like an explaination from the composer or game designer of what it was supposed to be for or why it was left out of the game. Game Tracks Notes AD&D: Heroes of the Lance - NES 08 Possibly game over fanfare or bad ending music. Should compare with the MSX version. AD&D: Pool of Radiance - NES 28 - Archer Maclean's Pool - DOS 02 Has an unused MIDI file. Perhaps it was for testing the MIDI driver? Devil World - FC 06 - Dr. Mario - NES 13 - Dungeon Hack - DOS 02 It seems like it should be for scene 2, but is there a scene 2? I never found it. Gauntlet - NES 09 - Ghosts 'N Goblins - NES 14 Similar to stage 5/6 music, but not played on either playthrough. Maybe it was scrapped in favor of the music that was used? The Goonies II - NES 11 - Guerrilla War - NES 15 - Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker - DOS 2 Has the same unused track as Archer Maclean's Pool. Little Nemo: The Dream Master - NES 20 - Rampage - NES 04, 05 - Raptor: Call of the Shadows - DOS 13, 14, 15, 16 - Shadowgate - NES 13 Most likely for the unused goblin room. Super Mario Bros. - NES 17 Sounds like an early game over fanfare. Trojan - NES 15 Should check arcade version for match. Tecmo Bowl - NES 19, 20, 21 - Tetris - NES 10, 11 ? Top Gun - NES 06 Possibly an unused pause fanfare? Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar - C64 10, 11, 12, 13 - Ultima: Exodus - NES 11 - Wizball - C64 09 - Classical Composers Also, many videogames use classical music as part of their soundtrack. This is partially because most classical music is in the public domain, but also because classical music adds some culture and style to the music that you can't get anywhere else. There is an extremely large amount of classical music and it is a demanding task to become an aficionado. Because most classical music is in the public domain, it's rare to have the composer credited. However, in order to provide a complete listing of game credits the Videogame Music Preservation Foundation makes every attempt to credit all of the composers whose work is utilized. However, because of the scope of classical music it is often difficult for us to readily discern the original composer or the proper name of the work. For each piece that may be classical in nature, we've added a link to the song, and any clues as to the origin. Game Tracks Notes Gauntlet Title Sounds like it was originally done on organ, possibly J.S. Bach? Pirates! Gold MIDI soundtrack J.S. Bach is listed in the credits of the game, but his contributed tracks are not listed. Rippers Rips must be in their original format. If the game created their own audio format, then keep it in that format. Someone will write a converter or player for it eventually. Do not convert to General MIDI if the game didn't use it. If the method for storing the music is unique then create your format for storing the audio data to extract it in. Only rip from freeware games or games that are at least ten years old. The following games either need rips, have incomplete rips, or have rips with playback problems. If there are missing tracks or problems with the ripped tracks an explaination can be found in the ripping review. Title Platform Frogger A26 The Legend of Zelda NES Pac-Man A26 Pitfall! A26 Streets of Rage GEN Super C NES Vanguard A26 Wolfenstein 3D 3DO Wolfenstein 3D JAG Wolfenstein 3D MAC Wolfenstein 3D SNES Recorders Submitted recordings should be encoded into FLAC at 16 bit stereo quality. For looping music, have two full loops and a ten second fade out as the third loop. If the first loop of the song is over 2 minutes in length, then a single loop with a ten second fade out will suffice. Official soundtrack lengths are acceptible, but we prefer our standard because some soundtracks will loop the song too many times or not enough. Only record from freeware games or games older than ten years. Programmers We always need a player that supports new audio formats. If you have a player that supports one or more of the original videogame formats please notify us, we'd be happy to showcase it. Winamp plug-ins are preferred, but stand-alone players are also appreciated. The following formats do not have a player that we're aware of: Format Games FM Format (*.fmf) Electranoid, Laser Light FT Format (*.ftf) Xatax Vinyl Goddess From Mars MUS (*.vgfm) Vinyl Goddess From Mars We'd really love to see a plug-in that emulates the Roland MT-32 hardware for playing MIDI.

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