SMP (Palladix)

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SMP
SMP (Palladix).png
Developer: Palladix, Norbert Schmidt
Header: Custom
Content: PCM
Instruments: Intrinsic
Target Output
Output - Digital Audio.png Output - MIDI - No.png Output - FM Synthesis - No.png Output - PSG - No.png
Released: 1992
First Game: The Spoils Of War (DOS)
Extensions
  • *.smp

SMP is a format supported by PSM 2.00 Soundsystem. It has superseded PNA, PNB, and ESP for sound effects and was also used for speech and percussion.

Players

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Games

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This table only lists the games that use SMP stand-alone. Out of them, no SMP file is known to hold music. For the games that use SMP through a container format, see PMM.

Released Title
1992-0?-?? The Spoils Of War (DOS)
1993-0?-?? Spheroids (DOS)
1993-1?-?? Das Telekommando kehrt zurück (DOS)
1994-0?-?? Backstage (DOS)
1994-0?-?? Magic of Endoria (DOS)
1995-0?-?? Atlas (DOS)
1995-0?-?? Falsches Spiel mit Eddie M. (DOS)
1995-0?-?? Wissoll-Circus-Trophy (DOS)

How to Obtain

SMP files usually have to be manually extracted from game files, a process that is different for pretty much every game that uses them.

Technical

Every file must begin with SM8, 0, 0, and 1. The SMP extension is exposed along with other Palladix extensions in Magic of Endoria (DOS), Atlas (DOS), and Wissoll-Circus-Trophy (DOS).

Only unsigned 8-bit PCM in mono are supported. The frequency is not given in hertz, but as a programmable interval timer.