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Submissions
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Would you like to be part of the ever growing database of videogame music? We are looking for able-bodied people to help contribute to the VGMPF. There are several types of people we're looking for to
help expand the database as seen below.
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Scanners
We need images of soundtracks, game boxes, screenshots, and photos of composers that we don't already have. The bigger the image the better.
The following games need new or cleaner cover art:
7th Guest - DOS
11th Hour - DOS
180 - A8
Archer Maclean's Pool - DOS
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold - DOS
Blake Stone: Planet Strike - DOS
Blaster Master - NES
Chex Quest - DOS
Chex Quest 2 - DOS
Claim Jumper - A8
Devil World - FC
DOOM II: Hell On Earth - DOS
DOOM - DOS
Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf - DOS
Heart Break - A2
Heretic - DOS
Hexen - DOS
Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods - W32
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker - DOS
Ken's Labyrinth - DOS
Little Nemo: The Dream Master - NES
Operation: Body Count - DOS
Prince of Persia - DOS
Rampage - NES
Rampage - ZXS
RoboCop - ZXS
Saper - A8
Section Z - NES
SIM City 2000 - DOS
Soccer - NES
Tiger Heli - NES
Times of Lore - DOS
Times of Lore - NES
Ultima III: Exodus - C64
Ultima: Exodus - NES
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar - C64
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny - C64
Ultima VI: The False Prophet - DOS
Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Worlds - DOS
West Adventure - DOS
Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego [Enhanced] - DOS
Wolfenstein 3D - DOS
Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky - DOS
The following games need screenshots:
Age of Empires - W32
Chrono Cross - PS1
Icarus: Sanctuary of the Gods - W32
Sensible Golf - W16
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Researchers
If you can get information about hidden tracks, composers, or various other music related info, we want it. We would especially like to figure out who wrote music for games that don't list credits.
View the Unknown Composer List for all of the missing composers.
Also, many videogames use classical music as part of their soundtrack. This is partially because most classical music is in the public domain, but also because classical music adds some culture and style
to the music that you can't get anywhere else. There is an extremely large amount of classical music and it is a demanding task to become an aficionado. Because most classical music is in the public domain,
it's rare to have the composer credited. However, in order to provide a complete listing of game credits the Videogame Music Preservation Foundation makes every attempt to credit all of the composers whose
work is utilized. However, because of the scope of classical music it is often difficult for us to readily discern the original composer or the proper name of the work. For each piece that may be classical
in nature, we've added a link to the song, and any clues as to the origin.
Game |
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Notes |
Gauntlet |
Title |
Sounds like it was originally done on organ. |
Pirates! Gold |
MIDI soundtrack |
J.S. Bach is listed in the credits of the game, but his contributed tracks are not listed. |
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Rippers
Rips must be in their original format. If the game created their own audio format, then keep it in that format. Someone will write a converter or player for it eventually. Do not convert to General MIDI
if the game didn't use it. If the method for storing the music is unique then create your format for storing the audio data to extract it in. Only rip from freeware games or games that are at least ten
years old.
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Recorders
Submitted recordings should be encoded into FLAC at 16 bit stereo quality. For looping music, have two full loops and a ten second fade out as the third loop. Official soundtrack times are acceptible,
but we prefer our standard because some soundtracks will loop the song too many times or not enough. Again, only record from freeware games or games older than ten years.
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Programmers
We always need a player that supports new audio formats. If you have a player that supports one or more of the original videogame formats please notify us, we'd be happy to showcase
it. Winamp plug-ins are preferred, but stand-alones are also appreciated.
The following formats do not have a Winamp plug-in that we're aware of:
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PSM |
Epic Pinball, Jazz Jackrabbit, One Must Fall, One Must Fall 2097 |
We'd really love to see a plug-in that emulates the Roland MT-32 hardware for playing MIDI.
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