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The Sega Genesis aka Megadrive has two primary sound chips.

Yamaha YM2612 5 channel FM and 1 channel FM/PCM
Texas Instruments SN76489 4 channel PSG (Programmable Sound Generator)

The Sega Master System also had the TI SN76489. 3 square channels and a white noise channel.

Both this entry format and the SMS entry format share the .VGM file format.

See Also

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Shiru's Stuff home of VGM Music Maker, a Windows-based tracker for composing .VGM files.

DefleMask, a tracker that handles several chip formats, including Sega Genesis / Mega Drive.

in_vgm - a winamp plugin for playback

VGM Players - a list on SMS Power!