PowerPak NSF player?

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PowerPak NSF player?
by Guido Anchovy on 2007-12-01 (#29022)

Just wondering if anyone has been tinkering with making an NSF player for the PowerPak. Maybe something along the lines of the old Capcom OST rom with the neat visualizer?

I can dream at least!

by NotTheCommonDose on 2007-12-02 (#29044)

But expansion channels won't be supported which alot of NSFs use.

by ccovell on 2007-12-02 (#29046)

Yes, but not the majority. An NSF mapper/player had been on my PowerPak wish list from the start too.

by blargg on 2007-12-02 (#29052)

Seconded. 2A03-only NSF music is plentiful and good. Now why was a non-standard mapping scheme chosen for NSFs to begin with?

by tepples on 2007-12-03 (#29056)

blargg wrote:
Seconded. 2A03-only NSF music is plentiful and good. Now why was a non-standard mapping scheme chosen for NSFs to begin with?

So as not to advantage tunes from games for one mapper over tunes from games for another mapper, I guess.