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Don't have the money for an official soundtrack? Tired of the all the time it takes to find a good set of MIDIs (which are, even still, not exactly like the original music)?

Sorry if that sounds like an advertisement, but I gotta share this with ya'll (some probably already know about it).

http://www.zophar.net/zsnes/spc/
That particular place on the well-known Zophar.net gives you a type of file called an SPC, which is basically, game music (Which sounds EXACTLY like the original). They're small files, and you can play SPCs in WinAmp 5. If you don't have WinAmp 5, then you can download plugins from another place on Zophar.net, here: http://www.zophar.net/utilities/spc.html

I have been jazzed out ever since I found these yesterday, because it's so awesome to get the original songs without having to play the game and without having the soundtrack. Also note that in the designated places on Zophar, you can also play the music from other games, like Genesis, PlayStation, PS2, NES, etc, And they have the complete soundtracks to 'em all, which sound exactly like the originals in the game.

I just love this, and I wanted to share it with all the rest of you.

Thank you, that is all.

This post has been edited by Figaro on 2nd June 2004 19:24

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

Been using SPC's for years. Gotta love 'em. For the FF3 soundtrack, my fave is Openng Theme #3. (Ah... I LOVED that scene....)

This post has been edited by Wind God Gau on 2nd June 2004 20:40

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It should be noted that CoN has the FF5 and FF6 soundtracks in SPC form and has for close to a year, I think.

Moderator Edit

Two years for FF6. -Tiddles

This post has been edited by Tiddles on 2nd June 2004 20:52

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

Ah, but Zophar has all the SNES FF games, in fact, almost all the SNES games, period.

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Uwao. aooh! I'm Gau!
I'm your friend!
Let's travel together!

Quote (Wind God Gau @ 2nd June 2004 16:52)

Ah, but Zophar has all the SNES FF games, in fact, almost all the SNES games, period.

I never said they didn't, it was just that Figaro's post would make it sound to a newbie that SPCs were a brand new invention. Just wanted to make sure it was clear that CoN in its perpetual wisdom was way ahead of that wave.

Though we will need to go back and pick up the rest sometime, eh?

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

Hahahaha, R got modded.

I've known about these for months, too. =) Still, it's nice to see some advertising for 'em, it's an awesome format.

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* Completed... Dragon's Head
* Completed... Soldiers of the Empire: Disciples (release pending)
* In Progress/Undecided... Of Love and Betrayal
* Planning/Assembly... Where it all Began

Heh heh... I'd figured I'd been left in the dark for quite a while. I now blame all of you. Prepare for your last night alive.

I've probably seen the SPCs on the CoN sections before, but I'd never given them much thought. Silly me.

Oh, and might I point out that WinAmp 5 comes with an SPC plugin when you install it, so that is very helpful.

I'm listening to the FFIX (not SPC, some other PSX variation) right now.

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

SPC's rule. The FF series, in all its incarnations, makes up one heck of a playlist. Of course, that includes NFCs, etc.

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Uwao. aooh! I'm Gau!
I'm your friend!
Let's travel together!

Quite frankly, I'm not tired of midis. The only thing that gets me pissed is trying to find the origanal version of otherworld (With the words). So if you say these are so good, why not give em' a whirl?

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"We're not tools of the government or anyone else. Fighting... fighting was the only thing I was ever good at, but at least I always fought for what I believed in." - Frank Yeager (a.k.a. Grey Fox)

Just for reference, since it hasn't been mentioned yet in this thread, along with the programs I prefer to use to play each format:
NES music format: NSF (all tracks in a single album), playable by Meridian Advance
Game Boy music format: GBS (all tracks in a single album), playable by Meridian Advance
SNES music format: SPC (one track per file), playable by WinSPC (most SPCs) and SPCAmp (Winamp plugin, for virtually all SPCs)
Playstation music format: PSF (actually minipsf, one track per file), playable by Highly Experimental PSF Winamp plugin

You can find these files for tons of games on zophar.net, as well as players/plugins that play each of these file types.

Tip: Don't use Meridian Prime. It doesn't seem to work.

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