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Re: 'Step On Beat' from the Genesis/MD to arcade version of OutRun?
02/27/13 07:20 PM
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> > I do welcome an explanation as to why I could be wrong -since I suspect I might be.
> > It would be a good lesson.
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> Wasn't there a very similar thread here just recently?
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> The problem is that the "song" data in a console or arcade game isn't stored as MIDI,
> or anything portable like that. The instructions are at a much lower level, and
> you're basically not going to be able to take instructions written for one sound
> chip, feed them to something else, and get back anything recognizable. It's kind of
> similar to how code compiled for an x86 processor won't run on ARM (for example) and
> vice versa.
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> I'm sure RB will be here shortly to explain it much better than I have.
I don't mean a straight transfer of the data, but converting/translating via comparative processes with known/similar song data from the 2 different versions.
Edit: Surely it or similar has been attempted before so I couldn't have anything meaningful/revolutionary to add here. 
I'll accept defeat.
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Edited by Tomu Breidah (02/27/13 08:20 PM)
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