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This is a list of all of the known videogame music formats used throughout the history of the videogame industry. Click the link below each icon for more information on each format.
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This is a list of all of the known video game music formats used throughout the history of the video game industry. Despite its size, this list is far from complete. Click the link below each icon for more information on the format.
  
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==Format Extensions==
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==Audio Extensions==
 
<gallery widths="64" heights="64">
 
<gallery widths="64" heights="64">
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File:2SF.png|[[2SF]]
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2SF.png|[[2SF]]
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File:7Z.png|[[7Z]]
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8SVX.png|[[8SVX]]
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File:ADL.png|[[ADL]]
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ADL (Coktel Vision).png|[[ADL (Coktel Vision)|ADL]]
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File:AIF.png|[[AIFF|AIF]]
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ADL (Infogrames).png|[[ADL (Infogrames)|ADL]]
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File:AIFF.png|[[AIFF]]
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ADL (Westwood).png|[[ADL (Westwood)|ADL]]
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File:AMF.png|[[AMF]]
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AGD.png|[[AGD]]
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File:AU.png|[[AU]]
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AIF.png|[[AIFF|AIF]]
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File:AUD.png|[[AUD]]
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AIFF.png|[[AIFF]]
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File:AY.png|[[AY]]
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AMF.png|[[AMF]]
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File:BNK.png|[[BNK]]
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AU.png|[[AU]]
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File:CD.png|[[CD]]
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AUD.png|[[AUD]]
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File:CDFM.png|[[CDFM]]
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AY.png|[[AY]]
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File:CMF.png|[[CMF]]
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BNK.png|[[BNK]]
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File:CMS.png|[[CMS]]
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BSA.png|[[TBSA|BSA]]
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File:DP.png|[[DP]]
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CD.png|[[CD]]
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File:DRO.png|[[DRO]]
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CDFM.png|[[CDFM]]
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File:DSF.png|[[DSF]]
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CMF.png|[[CMF]]
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File:DW.png|[[DW]]
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CMS.png|[[CMS]]
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File:FLAC.png|[[FLAC]]
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CUST.png|[[CUST]]
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File:FMF.png|[[FMF]]
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DLS.png|[[DLS]]
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File:FTF.png|[[FTF]]
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DMX.png|[[DMX]]
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File:GBS.png|[[GBS]]
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DNS.png|[[DNS]]
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File:GOT.png|[[GOT]]
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DP.png|[[DP]]
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File:GSF.png|[[GSF]]
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DRO.png|[[DRO]]
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File:GSR.png|[[GSR]]
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DSF.png|[[DSF]]
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File:GYM.png|[[GYM]]
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DSM.png|[[DSM]]
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File:HES.png|[[HES]]
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DW.png|[[DW]]
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File:HMI.png|[[HMI]]
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EMIDI.png|[[EMIDI]]
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File:HMP.png|[[HMP]]
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FLAC.png|[[FLAC]]
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File:IMF.png|[[IMF]]
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FMF.png|[[FMF]]
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File:IT.png|[[IT]]
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FTF.png|[[FTF]]
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File:KMS.png|[[KMS]]
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GBR.png|[[GBR]]
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File:KSM.png|[[KSM]]
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GBS.png|[[GBS]]
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File:KSS.png|[[KSS]]
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GMF.png|[[GMF]]
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File:LDS.png|[[LDS]]
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GOT.png|[[GOT]]
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File:M.png|[[M]]
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GSF.png|[[GSF]]
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File:M (New World Computing).png|[[M (New World Computing)|M]]
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GSFLIB.png|[[GSF|GFSLIB]]
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File:MFF.png|[[MIDI|MFF]]
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GSR.png|[[GSR]]
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File:MID.png|[[MIDI|MID]]
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GYM.png|[[GYM]]
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File:MIDI.png|[[MIDI]]
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HES.png|[[HES]]
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File:MML.png|[[Music Macro Language|MML]]
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HMI.png|[[HMI]]
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File:MOD.png|[[MOD]]
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HMP.png|[[HMP]]
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File:MP3.png|[[MP3]]
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HSC.png|[[HSC]]
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File:MUS (Accolade).png|[[MUS (Accolade)|MUS]]
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HSP.png|[[HSC|HSP]]
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File:MUS (AdLib).png|[[MUS (AdLib)|MUS]]
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HSQ.png|[[HSQ]]
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File:MUS.png|[[MUS]]
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IBK.png|[[IBK]]
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File:MUS (Electronic Arts).png|[[MUS (Electronic Arts)|MUS]]
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IFF.png|[[IFF]]
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File:MUS (Six Pound Sledge Studios).png|[[MUS (Six Pound Sledge Studios)|MUS]]
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IMF.png|[[IMF]]
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File:NES.png|[[NES]]
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INF.png|[[INF]]
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File:NIN.png|[[NIN]]
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INS.png|[[INS]]
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File:NSF.png|[[NSF]]
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IT.png|[[IT]]
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File:NSFE.png|[[NSFE]]
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ITZ.png|[[IT|ITZ]]
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File:OGG.png|[[OGG]]
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JCB.png|[[JCB]]
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File:OKT.png|[[OKT]]
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JT.png|[[JT]]
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File:PATCH.png|[[PATCH]]
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KLM.png|[[KLM]]
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File:PSF.png|[[PSF]]
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KMS.png|[[KMS]]
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File:PSID.png|[[SID|PSID]]
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KSM.png|[[KSM]]
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File:PSM.png|[[PSM]]
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KSS.png|[[KSS]]
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File:PSM2.png|[[PSM2]]
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LDS.png|[[LDS]]
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File:RAW.png|[[RAW]]
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M (New World Computing).png|[[M (New World Computing)|M]]
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File:ROL.png|[[ROL]]
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M (Origin).png|[[M (Origin)|M]]
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File:RSN.png|[[SPC|RSN]]
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M32.png|[[M32]]
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File:S3M.png|[[S3M]]
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MC.png|[[MC]]
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File:SAP.png|[[SAP]]
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MDAT.png|[[MDAT]]
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File:SCI.png|[[SCI]]
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MDI.png|[[MDI]]
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File:SID.png|[[SID]]
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MDS.png|[[MDS]]
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File:SMF.png|[[MIDI|SMF]]
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MDY.png|[[MUS (AdLib)|MDY]]
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File:SND (Sierra).png|[[SND (Sierra)|SND]]
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MFF.png|[[MIDI|MFF]]
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File:SND.png|[[SND]]
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MIA.png|[[MIA]]
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File:SNDH.png|[[SNDH]]
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MID.png|[[MIDI|MID]]
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File:SNG.png|[[SNG]]
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MID!.png|[[MID!]]
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File:SNSF.png|[[SNSF]]
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MIDI.png|[[MIDI]]
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File:SPC.png|[[SPC]]
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MIDS.png|[[MDS|MIDS]]
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File:SSF.png|[[SSF]]
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MINIGSF.png|[[GSF|MINIGSF]]
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File:SX.png|[[SX]]
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MINIPSF.png|[[PSF|MINIPSF]]
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File:SYX.png|[[SYX]]
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MINIPSF2.png|[[PSF2|MINIPSF2]]
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File:TM.png|[[M|TM]]
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MINISNSF.png|[[SNSF|MINISNSF]]
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File:UNK.png|[[UNK]]
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MINISSF.png|[[SSF|MINISSF]]
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File:USF.png|[[USF]]
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MINIUSF.png|[[USF|MINIUSF]]
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File:USFLIB.png|[[USF|USFLIB]]
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MML.png|[[Music Macro Language|MML]]
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File:USFMINI.png|[[USF|USFMINI]]
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MOD.png|[[MOD]]
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File:VCL.png|[[VCL]]
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MON (Frederic Hahn).png|[[MON (Frederic Hahn)|MON]]
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File:VGM.png|[[VGM]]
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MP3.png|[[MP3]]
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File:VGZ.png|[[VGM|VGZ]]
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MUS (Accolade).png|[[MUS (Accolade)|MUS]]
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File:VOC.png|[[VOC]]
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MUS (Activision).png|[[MUS (Activision)|MUS]]
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File:WAV.png|[[WAV]]
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MUS (AdLib).png|[[MUS (AdLib)|MUS]]
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File:WLF.png|[[IMF|WLF]]
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MUS (DMX).png|[[MUS (DMX)|MUS]]
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File:WMA.png|[[WMA]]
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MUS (Electronic Arts).png|[[MUS (Electronic Arts)|MUS]]
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File:XM.png|[[XM]]
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MUS (Mojang AB).png|[[MUS (Mojang AB)|MUS]]
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File:XMI.png|[[XMI]]
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NBS.png|[[NBS]]
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NES.png|[[NES (NeverEnding Story)|NES]]
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NSF.png|[[NSF]]
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NSFE.png|[[NSFE]]
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OGG.png|[[OGG]]
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OKT.png|[[OKT]]
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OMI.png|[[OMI]]
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OPUS.png|[[OPUS]]
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ORC.png|[[ORC]]
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P2L.png|[[P2L]]
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PAT.png|[[PAT]]
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PATCH.png|[[PATCH]]
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PCM.png|[[PCM (Lunar)|PCM]]
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PKM.png|[[KMS|PKM]]
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PMA.png|[[PMA]]
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PMB.png|[[PMB]]
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PMM.png|[[PMM]]
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PSF.png|[[PSF]]
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PSF2.png|[[PSF2]]
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PSFLIB.png|[[PSF|PSFLIB]]
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PSF2LIB.png|[[PSF2|PSF2LIB]]
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PSID.png|[[SID|PSID]]
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PSM (Beta).png|[[PSM (Beta)]]
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PSM.png|[[PSM]]
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RAW.png|[[RAW]]
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RAW (Rdos).png|[[RAW (Rdos)|RAW]]
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RMI.png|[[RMI]]
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RMID.png|[[RMI|RMID]]
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ROL.png|[[ROL]]
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RSN.png|[[SPC|RSN]]
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S3M.png|[[S3M]]
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S3Z.png|[[S3M|S3Z]]
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S98.png|[[S98]]
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SAP.png|[[SAP]]
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SBI.png|[[SBI]]
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SBK.png|[[SF2|SBK]]
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SC68.png|[[SC68]]
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SCD.png|[[SCD]]
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SCI.png|[[SCI]]
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SDB.png|[[SDB]]
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SF2.png|[[SF2]]
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SFZ.png|[[SF2|SFZ]]
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SGC.png|[[SGC]]
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SGT.png|[[SGT]]
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SID.png|[[SID]]
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SMF.png|[[MIDI|SMF]]
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SMPL.png|[[SMPL]]
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SND (AdLib).png|[[SND (AdLib)|SND]]
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SND (Sierra).png|[[SND (Sierra)|SND]]
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SND (Tandy).png|[[SND (Tandy)|SND]]
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SND (Westwood).png|[[SND (Westwood)|SND]]
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SNDH.png|[[SNDH]]
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SNG (Electronic Arts).png|[[SNG (Electronic Arts)|SNG]]
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SNG (Voyetra).png|[[SNG (Voyetra)|SNG]]
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SNSF.png|[[SNSF]]
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SNSFLIB.png|[[SNSF|SNSFLIB]]
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SPC.png|[[SPC]]
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SQX.png|[[SQX]]
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SQZ.png|[[SQZ]]
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SSF.png|[[SSF]]
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SSFLIB.png|[[SSF|SSFLIB]]
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STY.png|[[STY]]
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SX.png|[[SX]]
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SYX.png|[[SYX]]
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TBR.png|[[SND (AdLib)|TBR]]
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TIM.png|[[TIM]]
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TM.png|[[M|TM]]
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UNK.png|[[UNK]]
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USF.png|[[USF]]
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USFLIB.png|[[USF|USFLIB]]
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USFMINI.png|[[USF|USFMINI]]
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VCL.png|[[VCL]]
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VGM.png|[[VGM]]
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VGM7Z.png|[[VGM|VGM7Z]]
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VGZ.png|[[VGM|VGZ]]
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VOC.png|[[VOC]]
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WAV.png|[[WAV]]
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WLF.png|[[IMF|WLF]]
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WMA.png|[[WMA]]
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WSR.png|[[WSR]]
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XM.png|[[XM]]
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XMI.png|[[XMI]]
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XMZ.png|[[XM|XMZ]]
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YM.png|[[YM]]
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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==Needed Formats==
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<gallery widths="64" heights="64">
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UNK.png|[[AGSC]]
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UNK.png|[[ADL (Music Pro)|ADL]]
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ADX.png|[[ADX]]
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UNK.png|[[APE]]
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UNK.png|[[AST]]
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AWS.png|[[AWS]]
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UNK.png|[[BBSONG]] <!-- Beepola song -->
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UNK.png|[[BLBSFX]] <!-- The Neverhood (W32) format -->
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UNK.png|[[BMS]]
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UNK.png|[[BCSTM]]
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UNK.png|[[BRSTM]] <!-- Wii / GameCube audio file -->
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UNK.png|[[CMF (Macs Opera)|CMF]] <!-- a.k.a. SoundFX -->
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UNK.png|[[DMF]] <!-- Packaged Amiga disk image? -->
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UNK.png|[[DSP]]
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EMF.png|[[EMF]]
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ESP.png|[[ESP]]
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UNK.png|[[FSB]]
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FTM.png|[[FTM]] <!-- FamiTracker format -->
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UNK.png|[[FXM]] <!-- Frantisek Fuka ZX Spectrum -->
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UNK.png|[[GCM]]
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UNK.png|[[GRN]] <!-- CD-i audio file similar to RTF and RTR. So far only saw it being used in Lemmings. -->
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UNK.png|[[HCA]]
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HIP.png|[[HIP]] <!-- Jochen Hippel Amiga -->
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HIPC.png|[[HIPC]] <!-- Jochen Hippel Amiga -->
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UNK.png|[[ILG]]
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J2B.png|[[J2B]] <!-- Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (W32) -->
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KDM.png|[[KDM]]
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MDT.png|[[MDT]]
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UNK.png|[[MH]]
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MINI2SF.png|[[MINI2SF]]
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MON (MONOTONE).png|[[MON (MONOTONE)|MON]] <!-- Trixter Monotone format -->
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UNK.png|[[MPDSP]]
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MUS (Sidplayer).png|[[MUS (Sidplayer)|MUS]]
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UNK.png|[[MUSX]]
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UNK.png|[[PDT]]
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PNA.png|[[PNA]]
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PNB.png|[[PNB]]
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UNK.png|[[RMT]]
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RTF.png|[[RTF]]
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UNK.png|[[RTR]]
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SA.png|[[SA]]
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SID2.png|[[SID2]]
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SAMP (Infogrames).png|[[SAMP (Infogrames)|SAMP]]
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SMP (Palladix).png|[[SMP (Palladix)|SMP]]
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UNK.png|[[SPD]]
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SPL.png|[[SPL]] <!-- Holger Gehrmann Amiga music format  -->
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UNK.png|[[SPT]]
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SS2.png|[[SS2]]
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UNK.png|[[STC]] <!-- ST Song Compiler / Sound Tracker format  -->
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UNK.png|[[STX]]
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STM.png|[[STM]]
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SUNVOX.png|[[SUNVOX]] <!-- sunvox pages: http://www.warmplace.ru/soft/sunvox/ https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/sunvox-guide/latest/sunvox-guide.pdf http://www.warmplace.ru/wiki/doku.php?id=sunvox:manual_en -->
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UNK.png|[[TAK]]
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UNK.png|[[TAP]] <!-- Commodore 8-bit and ZX Spectrum tape file -->
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UNK.png|[[THP]]
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VAG.png|[[VAG]] <!-- PlayStation / PlayStation 2 / PSP Audio File -->
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UNK.png|[[VAI]]
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UNK.png|[[XA]] <!-- PlayStation Audio File -->
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</gallery>
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==Non-Audio Formats==
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<gallery widths="64" heights="64">
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7Z.png|[[7Z]]
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BZ2.png|[[BZ2]]
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DMG.png|[[DMG]]
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PDF.png|[[PDF]]
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TXT.png|[[TXT]]
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ZIP.png|[[ZIP]]
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</gallery>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
* [[Digital music comparison]]
 
* [[Digital music comparison]]
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* [[Format Headers]]
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* [[Format Content]]
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* [[Instrument Inclusion]]
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* [[Format Output]]
 
* [[:Category: Formats|Formats Category]]
 
* [[:Category: Formats|Formats Category]]
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* [[Editing Rules: Formats]]
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[[Category: Format Information]]

Latest revision as of 09:37, 11 May 2023

This is a list of all of the known video game music formats used throughout the history of the video game industry. Despite its size, this list is far from complete. Click the link below each icon for more information on the format.

Audio Extensions

Needed Formats

Non-Audio Formats

See Also

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