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2SF.png|[[2SF]]
 
2SF.png|[[2SF]]
 
8SVX.png|[[8SVX]]
 
8SVX.png|[[8SVX]]
ADL.png|[[ADL]]
+
ADL (Coktel Vision).png|[[ADL (Coktel Vision)|ADL]]
 
ADL (Infogrames).png|[[ADL (Infogrames)|ADL]]
 
ADL (Infogrames).png|[[ADL (Infogrames)|ADL]]
 +
ADL (Westwood).png|[[ADL (Westwood)|ADL]]
 
AGD.png|[[AGD]]
 
AGD.png|[[AGD]]
 
AIF.png|[[AIFF|AIF]]
 
AIF.png|[[AIFF|AIF]]
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IT.png|[[IT]]
 
IT.png|[[IT]]
 
ITZ.png|[[IT|ITZ]]
 
ITZ.png|[[IT|ITZ]]
 +
JCB.png|[[JCB]]
 +
JT.png|[[JT]]
 
KLM.png|[[KLM]]
 
KLM.png|[[KLM]]
 
KMS.png|[[KMS]]
 
KMS.png|[[KMS]]
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KSS.png|[[KSS]]
 
KSS.png|[[KSS]]
 
LDS.png|[[LDS]]
 
LDS.png|[[LDS]]
M.png|[[M]]
 
 
M (New World Computing).png|[[M (New World Computing)|M]]
 
M (New World Computing).png|[[M (New World Computing)|M]]
 +
M (Origin).png|[[M (Origin)|M]]
 
M32.png|[[M32]]
 
M32.png|[[M32]]
 
MC.png|[[MC]]
 
MC.png|[[MC]]
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MDI.png|[[MDI]]
 
MDI.png|[[MDI]]
 
MDS.png|[[MDS]]
 
MDS.png|[[MDS]]
 +
MDY.png|[[MUS (AdLib)|MDY]]
 
MFF.png|[[MIDI|MFF]]
 
MFF.png|[[MIDI|MFF]]
 
MIA.png|[[MIA]]
 
MIA.png|[[MIA]]
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MML.png|[[Music Macro Language|MML]]
 
MML.png|[[Music Macro Language|MML]]
 
MOD.png|[[MOD]]
 
MOD.png|[[MOD]]
 +
MON (Frederic Hahn).png|[[MON (Frederic Hahn)|MON]]
 
MP3.png|[[MP3]]
 
MP3.png|[[MP3]]
MUS.png|[[MUS]]
 
 
MUS (Accolade).png|[[MUS (Accolade)|MUS]]
 
MUS (Accolade).png|[[MUS (Accolade)|MUS]]
 
MUS (Activision).png|[[MUS (Activision)|MUS]]
 
MUS (Activision).png|[[MUS (Activision)|MUS]]
 
MUS (AdLib).png|[[MUS (AdLib)|MUS]]
 
MUS (AdLib).png|[[MUS (AdLib)|MUS]]
 +
MUS (DMX).png|[[MUS (DMX)|MUS]]
 
MUS (Electronic Arts).png|[[MUS (Electronic Arts)|MUS]]
 
MUS (Electronic Arts).png|[[MUS (Electronic Arts)|MUS]]
 
MUS (Mojang AB).png|[[MUS (Mojang AB)|MUS]]
 
MUS (Mojang AB).png|[[MUS (Mojang AB)|MUS]]
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SBK.png|[[SF2|SBK]]
 
SBK.png|[[SF2|SBK]]
 
SC68.png|[[SC68]]
 
SC68.png|[[SC68]]
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SCD.png|[[SCD]]
 
SCI.png|[[SCI]]
 
SCI.png|[[SCI]]
 
SDB.png|[[SDB]]
 
SDB.png|[[SDB]]
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SMF.png|[[MIDI|SMF]]
 
SMF.png|[[MIDI|SMF]]
 
SMPL.png|[[SMPL]]
 
SMPL.png|[[SMPL]]
SND.png|[[SND]]
 
 
SND (AdLib).png|[[SND (AdLib)|SND]]
 
SND (AdLib).png|[[SND (AdLib)|SND]]
 
SND (Sierra).png|[[SND (Sierra)|SND]]
 
SND (Sierra).png|[[SND (Sierra)|SND]]
 +
SND (Tandy).png|[[SND (Tandy)|SND]]
 
SND (Westwood).png|[[SND (Westwood)|SND]]
 
SND (Westwood).png|[[SND (Westwood)|SND]]
 
SNDH.png|[[SNDH]]
 
SNDH.png|[[SNDH]]
SNG.png|[[SNG]]
 
 
SNG (Electronic Arts).png|[[SNG (Electronic Arts)|SNG]]
 
SNG (Electronic Arts).png|[[SNG (Electronic Arts)|SNG]]
 +
SNG (Voyetra).png|[[SNG (Voyetra)|SNG]]
 
SNSF.png|[[SNSF]]
 
SNSF.png|[[SNSF]]
 
SNSFLIB.png|[[SNSF|SNSFLIB]]
 
SNSFLIB.png|[[SNSF|SNSFLIB]]
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SX.png|[[SX]]
 
SX.png|[[SX]]
 
SYX.png|[[SYX]]
 
SYX.png|[[SYX]]
 +
TBR.png|[[SND (AdLib)|TBR]]
 
TIM.png|[[TIM]]
 
TIM.png|[[TIM]]
 
TM.png|[[M|TM]]
 
TM.png|[[M|TM]]
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<gallery widths="64" heights="64">
 
<gallery widths="64" heights="64">
 
UNK.png|[[AGSC]]
 
UNK.png|[[AGSC]]
UNK.png|[[ADX]]
+
UNK.png|[[ADL (Music Pro)|ADL]]
 +
ADX.png|[[ADX]]
 
UNK.png|[[APE]]
 
UNK.png|[[APE]]
 
UNK.png|[[AST]]
 
UNK.png|[[AST]]
 
AWS.png|[[AWS]]
 
AWS.png|[[AWS]]
 
UNK.png|[[BBSONG]] <!-- Beepola song -->
 
UNK.png|[[BBSONG]] <!-- Beepola song -->
UNK.png|[[BLBSFX]] <!-- The Neverhood format -->
+
UNK.png|[[BLBSFX]] <!-- The Neverhood (W32) format -->
 
UNK.png|[[BMS]]
 
UNK.png|[[BMS]]
 
UNK.png|[[BCSTM]]
 
UNK.png|[[BCSTM]]
 +
UNK.png|[[BRSTM]] <!-- Wii / GameCube audio file -->
 
UNK.png|[[CMF (Macs Opera)|CMF]] <!-- a.k.a. SoundFX -->
 
UNK.png|[[CMF (Macs Opera)|CMF]] <!-- a.k.a. SoundFX -->
 
UNK.png|[[DMF]] <!-- Packaged Amiga disk image? -->
 
UNK.png|[[DMF]] <!-- Packaged Amiga disk image? -->
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ESP.png|[[ESP]]
 
ESP.png|[[ESP]]
 
UNK.png|[[FSB]]
 
UNK.png|[[FSB]]
FTM.png|[[FTM]]
+
FTM.png|[[FTM]] <!-- FamiTracker format -->
 +
UNK.png|[[FXM]] <!-- Frantisek Fuka ZX Spectrum -->
 
UNK.png|[[GCM]]
 
UNK.png|[[GCM]]
HIP.png|[[HIP]]
+
UNK.png|[[GRN]] <!-- CD-i audio file similar to RTF and RTR. So far only saw it being used in Lemmings. -->
HIPC.png|[[HIPC]]
+
UNK.png|[[HCA]]
 +
HIP.png|[[HIP]] <!-- Jochen Hippel Amiga -->
 +
HIPC.png|[[HIPC]] <!-- Jochen Hippel Amiga -->
 
UNK.png|[[ILG]]
 
UNK.png|[[ILG]]
JCB.png|[[JCB]]
+
J2B.png|[[J2B]] <!-- Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (W32) -->
 
KDM.png|[[KDM]]
 
KDM.png|[[KDM]]
 
MDT.png|[[MDT]]
 
MDT.png|[[MDT]]
 
UNK.png|[[MH]]
 
UNK.png|[[MH]]
MON.png|[[MON]]
+
MINI2SF.png|[[MINI2SF]]
 +
MON (MONOTONE).png|[[MON (MONOTONE)|MON]] <!-- Trixter Monotone format -->
 
UNK.png|[[MPDSP]]
 
UNK.png|[[MPDSP]]
 +
MUS (Sidplayer).png|[[MUS (Sidplayer)|MUS]]
 
UNK.png|[[MUSX]]
 
UNK.png|[[MUSX]]
 
UNK.png|[[PDT]]  
 
UNK.png|[[PDT]]  
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PNB.png|[[PNB]]
 
PNB.png|[[PNB]]
 
UNK.png|[[RMT]]
 
UNK.png|[[RMT]]
 +
RTF.png|[[RTF]]
 +
UNK.png|[[RTR]]
 +
SA.png|[[SA]]
 +
SID2.png|[[SID2]]
 +
SAMP (Infogrames).png|[[SAMP (Infogrames)|SAMP]]
 
SMP (Palladix).png|[[SMP (Palladix)|SMP]]
 
SMP (Palladix).png|[[SMP (Palladix)|SMP]]
 
UNK.png|[[SPD]]
 
UNK.png|[[SPD]]
SPL.png|[[SPL]]
+
SPL.png|[[SPL]] <!-- Holger Gehrmann Amiga music format  -->
 
UNK.png|[[SPT]]
 
UNK.png|[[SPT]]
UNK.png|[[SS2]]
+
SS2.png|[[SS2]]
 +
UNK.png|[[STC]] <!-- ST Song Compiler / Sound Tracker format  -->
 
UNK.png|[[STX]]
 
UNK.png|[[STX]]
 
STM.png|[[STM]]
 
STM.png|[[STM]]
 
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 -->
 
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 -->
 
UNK.png|[[TAK]]
 
UNK.png|[[TAK]]
UNK.png|[[TAP]] <!-- ZX Spectrum tape file? -->
+
UNK.png|[[TAP]] <!-- Commodore 8-bit and ZX Spectrum tape file -->
 
UNK.png|[[THP]]
 
UNK.png|[[THP]]
UNK.png|[[VAG]] <!-- PlayStation 2 Audio File -->
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VAG.png|[[VAG]] <!-- PlayStation / PlayStation 2 / PSP Audio File -->
 
UNK.png|[[VAI]]
 
UNK.png|[[VAI]]
 
UNK.png|[[XA]] <!-- PlayStation Audio File -->
 
UNK.png|[[XA]] <!-- PlayStation Audio File -->
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
* [[Digital music comparison]]
 
* [[Digital music comparison]]
* [[Format Headers‎]]
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* [[Format Headers]]
* [[Format Content‎]]
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* [[Format Content]]
 
* [[Instrument Inclusion]]
 
* [[Instrument Inclusion]]
* [[Format Output‎]]
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* [[Format Output]]
 
* [[:Category: Formats|Formats Category]]
 
* [[:Category: Formats|Formats Category]]
 
* [[Editing Rules: Formats]]
 
* [[Editing Rules: Formats]]

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