@veralovely: Funny enough, even though it's only given a passing glance in this episode, the CX5M (and 5M-II) is actually an MSX computer. Steve and I had quite an interesting conversation last night about this and what connection it *may have had* to the trend of external audio that I hope gets brought up, but it's mostly total speculation on my part.

Love that you mentioned the PowerPak. Love mine. Wanting to do the expansion audio mod to get that cv3 goodness.

The SID 6581/8580 for the C64 can have up to 3 sawtooth waves. I know you guys are thinking more exclusively about video game consoles but the c64 is a good example of the use of a sawtooth wave on a sound chip.

I spit out my Mountain Dew when I heard you guys mention me..lol As far as I know there is no difference in price between the two revisions. There is even some debate on how to identify them. I suspect they follow Nintendo's normal naming conventions as RevA or 00 is the first release and 01 is the second. I will have to dig out my copy and see which one I have. I heard that an easy way to test which build it is would be to try putting the Hamster in the microwave. That and the "Dead Dave" or "Ghost Dave" glitch.

So I was a week behind on podcast, and was kind of bummed because I knew the "name that game" track from the Maniac Mansion episode... but now I see that nobody has guessed it! Woo hoo, here I go: Shadowrun for Genesis! I remember playing this game with my friend several years ago, and that weird dance tune with the german word in it really stuck with me.

Have you guys heard Kirby Pufocia's "CVIII no Densetsu or whatever"?  It's a really good mashup of the 2a03 and VR6 soundtracks of CV3. https://kirbypufocia.bandcamp.com/album/cviii-no-densetsu-or-whatever

the nes version was one of my top favorite tracks as a kid

In our tenth episode, we discuss the VRC6 chip's expansion audio. It added three extra channels of sound, and was used in the original version of Castlevania III (Akumajou Densetsu), as well as Mouryo Senki Madara and Esper Dream 2.

Episode 10: The VRC6 (Famicom Sound Expansion)

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