Data East Music Hacking/Music Pointers
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This is a complete list of all known Sega Mega Drive games that use the Data East Music Engine.
Unless noted otherwise, the pointers are valid for all variants of a game. All song pointers are 32-bit big endian.
Offical games
| Game | Pointer List | Songs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side Pocket | $030DDE | $17 | early driver version (but DAC driver is similar to newer versions) |
| High Seas Havoc / Capt'n Havoc / Captain Lang | $0D4300 | $23 | - |
| High Seas Havoc (Arcade) | $0D4320 | $23 | based on a decrypted ROM data dump from the MAME romset
The music data is slightly different to the Mega Drive version. |
| Dashin' Desperadoes | $053DD8 | $20 | - |
| Dashin' Desperadoes prototype | $053DD8 | $20 | - |
| Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend | $0D3FD6 | $21 | - |
| Vapor Trail / Kuhga | $0445E8 | $0D | early driver version (song 03 uses 6 FM channels) |
| Atomic Runner / Chelnov | $0311A6 | $16 | early driver version |
Unlicensed games
| Game | Pointer List | Songs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barver Battle Saga | $1DC598 | $16 | - |
| Barver Battle Saga (English translation v1.0) | $19868A | $16 | - |
| Ya Se Chuan Shuo | $1DC598 | $1D | - |
| Shui Hu Zhuan (Tiger Hunter Hero Novel) | $1D98B0 | $0E | - |
| Feng Shen Ying Jie Chuan (Heroic Legends of Sealing Gods) | $1D98B0 | $1A | - |
| Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition | $0BF366 | $0B | same music as The King of Fighters '98 and King of Fighters 2000 |
| Shui Hu: Feng Yun Zhuan | $1D2152 | $0E | same music as King of Fighters 99
The songs in this game get reused and "remixed" a lot. |
| Tun Shi Tian Di III (Conquering the World III) | $1DC598 | $14 | - |
| San Guo Zhi V (Romance of the Three Kingdoms Part 5) | $1DC598 | $04 | - |
| Hua Mu Lan: Mulan | $05B396 | $10 | - |
| Chinese Fighter / Romance of the Three Kingdoms | $08DDCC | $0A | - |
| Dragon Ball Final Bout | $0ADE3E | $08 | - |
| Aladdin II | $0C07EA | $08 | - |
| Sonic Jam 6 | $0F47D2 | $10 | same music as Super Mario 2 1998 |
| A Bug's Life | $0C8140 | $06 | - |
| Hercules 2 | $004006 | $08 | - |
| The King of Fighters '98 | $0C9B64 | $0B | same music as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition and King of Fighters 2000 |
| Lion King 3 | $0C46F4 | $05 | - |
| MK5: Mortal Combat ~Sub Zero~ | $0DA7B8 | $08 | - |
| Pocket Monsters | $049D32 | $0C | - |
| Pocket Monsters II | $0BA140 | $09 | same music as Pokemon Stadium |
| Soul Blade | $0A26BA | $09 | - |
| Super Donkey Kong 99 | $0CC744 | $0D | - |
| Super Mario 2 1998 | $0F045E | $10 | same music as Sonic Jam 6 |
| Tekken 3 Special | $0AB168 | $0A | - |
| Top Fighter 2000 MK VIII | $0AE9BC | $08 | - |
| Pokemon Stadium | $0587DC | $09 | same music as Pocket Monster II |
| Samurai Spirits | $0B006C | $09 | - |
| King of Fighters 99 | $0812AA | $0C | same music as Shui Hu: Feng Yun Zhuan, minus the last 2 songs |
| King of Fighters 2000 | $0C9B36 | $0B | same music as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition and The King of Fighters '98 |
| Lord of the Rings | $08DDCC | $0A | - |
Notes:
- All unlicensed games use the sound engine from High Seas Havoc.
- "Same music" means, that the complete soundtrack (including all sound IDs) is identical to another game.