SNESdrunk reviews

[BoneSnapDeez]

Agreed. Good channel. And I finally got off my ass, logged into the Tube, and subscribed.

[SNESdrunk]

Wow, thanks everyone! Now it looks like I was fishing for compliments Just wanted to show my appreciation for taking the time to watch

Despite "SNES" being in the channel title there's no console bias.

Genesis reviews are coming, starting with X-Men (a really hard one to review) and Gunstar Heroes (a really easy one)

[Ziggy]

OH! I just thought of a good idea for a video. Do a video about the MSU-1 chip.

So it's pretty much common knowledge that some SNES carts had "special chips" like co-processors and whatnot. DSP in Mario Kart, GSU (Super FX) in Star Fox, SA-1 in Mario RPG, etc.

Byuu, which has done a lot for the SNES scene, has created his own enhancement chip for the SNES. The MSU-1, which stands for Media Streaming Unit revision 1. It allows the SNES to stream CD quality audio. Byuu has created a very accurate SNES emulator called Higan (formerly BSNES) which supports the MSU-1. Also, the SNES flash cart Sd2snes supports the MSU-1.

Here's a (not complete) list of games that were hacked to support the MSU-1:

http://www.romhacking.net/?page=hacks&g ... ksearch=Go

I remember hearing about a bunch more MSU-1 hacks, like Link to the Past and Chrono Trigger. You can find examples of any of these games on YouTube.

edit: Definitely go on YouTube and search "MSU-1". There's a lot of cool stuff. One thing you have to realize though is that, while the MSU-1 will play CD quality audio, it's up to the hacker to choose the right music. I can take SMW and hack in an AC/DC album for the music, but it wouldn't exactly fit. But, there's a lot of great examples on YouTube of what can be done.

[SNESdrunk]

I really like the idea of turning some of the high-tech stuff into something a little more digestable/understandable so it can be understood and appreciated a bit more. Thanks Ziggy

Also I had no idea they did this for Top Gear 2, I can't wait to check that out when I get home

[Ziggy]

Some good info here, and the first few paragraphs aren't tech heavy: http://helmet.kafuka.org/msu1.htm

The MSU1 expansion chip offers up to 4GB of data storage in a single stream, which can be used to store, for example, full motion video data. More popularly, it offers CD-quality music playback, leaving the SNES’ own SPC700 sound chip free to do better sound effects and jingles.

So it's basically like if the SNES got a CD add-on, this is the stuff that could have been done.

I completely forgot to mention that it can stream FMV, in addition to audio.

[SNESdrunk]

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - Chaos Seed

[Ack]

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - Chaos Seed

More games need Chinese hopping vampires.

[SNESdrunk]

Thursday, May 21, 2015 - Little Nemo the Dream Master

[8bit]

Thursday, May 21, 2015 - Little Nemo the Dream Master

*Sees this and gets super excited!* Heading over to watch this episode right now!

[SNESdrunk]

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - Magic Sword, King of Dragons and Knights of the Round