it's funny how all the best genesis soundtracks don't use GEMS

>>11866639 (OP)
why was sega pushing sonic's shitty tweety looking animals so hard, wasn't this supposed to be a game with "a mascot with attitude"?

>>11866639 (OP)
GEMS sounds fine on real hardware. Its just happens that the default instruments that came with GEMS don't play nicely with emulation + YouTube audio compression, which created the myth that GEMS was bad.

B.O.B. is GEMS and it's a really cool soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IlyOhbJzf4

>>11866639 (OP)
idk but Zelda uses rupees or whatever

>>11866665
>don't play nicely with emulation + YouTube audio compression

This really can't be understated. More people are familiar with how Genesis games sound through emulation (commercial releases or not), and forget how a Genesis or Mega Drive sounded on contemporary TV sets.

This is from 7 years ago, but Nuked OPN2 is an effort to accurately recreate that sound output.
https://youtu.be/ImmKy_-pJ8g
Not sure if this continued on or was brought into the main Genesis Plus GX core, or what, haven't checked.

>>11866639 (OP)
Japan got spoiled with SMPS 68k/Z80, and Europe had their own sound drivers ranging from Krisalis to Core Design.

>>11866759
Silly me, forgot to include a comprehensive resource.
https://vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Mega_Drive/Genesis_Sound_Driver_List
Bootlegs seem to love the High Seas Havoc driver for some reason.

>>11866646
The game was actually a sequel to Flicky.

>>11866665
Idk even as a kid I thought lot of Genesis games (I.e. GEMS titles) had this harsh and ugly sound to them. Comix Zone sounds decent though

>>11866703
that sounds exactly like it does on an emulator

>>11866703
>was brought into the main Genesis Plus GX core
This, but it defaults to MAME's audio driver because it's faster.

>>11866817
Why didn't the other animals of Flicky carry over to the Sonic universe?

>>11866760
>Bootlegs seem to love the High Seas Havoc driver

>>11866665
>>11866703
Genesis sound emulation is practically perfect these days with Nuked
The "it sounds completely different on real hardware" cope doesn't work anymore

>>11867024
>The "it sounds completely different on real hardware" cope doesn't work anymore
NTA, but one thing to keep in mind is that YM2612 and YM3438 have subtle differences that affect games like Earthworm Jim.

>>11867039
The YM2612 generally sounds grittier and the YM3438 generally sounds cleaner
The Model 2's shit audio isn't from the YM3438, but from the rest of the audio circuitry. Some people have modded Model 2s to fix the audio and the YM3438 actually sounds amazing

>>11867024
The ym1612 emulation accuracy is not the issue. Emulators typically don't apply the low pass filter the real genesis does. This lack of low pass filter usually does not sound too bad. The important thing is I said Emulation + YouTube. The YouTube part is important, the highly unnatural FM waveforms screw up the lossy audio compression, making it sound like farts. Also, on the subject of lossy audio compression screwing things up, the sonic jump sound effect never sounds right on YouTube.

>>11866646
Sonic's a hippie. He's anti establishment and loves nature. Dirty tree hugger...

>>11867575
>the sonic jump sound effect
Fun fact, that sound isn't FM. It instead uses the SN76489. (PSG)

>>11867592
I am aware, both chips produce waveforms that cause issues for YouTube's shitty audio compression.

>>11866646
These are called "fuckies"

>>11866646
After this SEGA realized that nobody cared about classic arcade game references and instead wanted "animal babes" like the original characters in American Sonic media. Starting with Sonic Adventure they put in New Amy, Rouge the Bat, etc.

>>11868578
what the fuck are you talking about faggot