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===A===
 
*''[[AAAHH!!! Real Monsters]]''
 
*''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends]]''
 
*''[[Aero the Acro-Bat]]''
 
*''[[Aero the Acro-Bat 2]]''
 
*''[[Andre Agassi Tennis]]''
 
*''[[Another World]]''
 
*''[[Arcade Classics]]''
 
*''[[Awesome Possum]]''
 
 
 
===B===
 
*''[[B.O.B.]]'' (Space Funky B.O.B.)
 
*''[[Baby's Day Out]]'' (beta)
 
*''[[Ballz 3D]]''
 
*''[[Barbie Super Model]]''
 
*''[[Bass Masters Classic]]''
 
*''[[Bass Masters Classic Pro Edition]]''
 
*''[[Batman: Revenge of the Joker]]''
 
*''[[Batman Returns (Mega Drive)|Batman Returns]]''
 
*''[[The Berenstain Bears' Camping Adventure]]''
 
*''[[Beyond Zero Tolerance]]'' (beta)
 
*''[[Blood Shot]]'' (Battle Frenzy)
 
*''[[Body Count]]''
 
*''[[Bonkers]]''
 
*''[[Boxing Legends of the Ring]]''
 
*''[[Brutal: Paws of Fury]]''
 
 
 
===C===
 
*''[[Caesar's Palace]]''
 
*''[[Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball]]''
 
*''[[Cannon Fodder]]''
 
*''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]''
 
*''[[Chakan: The Forever Man]]''
 
*''[[Champions World Class Soccer]]''
 
*''[[Championship Pool]]''
 
*''[[Clay Fighter]]''
 
*''[[Cliffhanger]]''
 
*''[[Clue]]''
 
*''[[College Football's National Championship]]''
 
*''[[College Football's National Championship II]]''
 
*''[[College Slam]]''
 
*''[[Cool Spot]]''
 
*''[[Crystal's Pony Tale]]''
 
 
 
===D===
 
*''[[David Crane's Amazing Tennis]]''
 
*''[[David Robinson's Supreme Court]]''
 
*''[[The Death and Return of Superman]]''
 
*''[[Demolition Man]]''
 
*''[[Desert Demolition]]''
 
*''[[Dinosaurs for Hire]]''
 
*''[[A Dinosaur's Tale]]''
 
*''[[Aladdin|Disney's Aladdin]]''
 
*''[[Donald in Maui Mallard]]''
 
*''[[Doom Troopers]]''
 
*''[[Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls]]''
 
*''[[Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story]]''
 
*''[[Dragon's Revenge]]''
 
*''[[Duke Nukem 3D (Mega Drive)|Duke Nukem 3D]]''
 
*''[[Dune: The Battle for Arrakis]]''
 
*''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun]]''
 
 
 
===E===
 
*''[[ESPN National Hockey Night]]''
 
*''[[ESPN SpeedWorld]]''
 
*''[[ESPN Sunday Night NFL]]''
 
*''[[Eternal Champions]]''
 
*''[[Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing]]''
 
*''[[Ex-Mutants]]''
 
 
 
===F===
 
*''[[F1 World Championship Edition]]''
 
*''[[Ferias Frustradas do Pica-Pau]]''
 
*''[[Flashback: The Quest for Identity]]''
 
*''[[Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball]]''
 
*''[[Fun-n-Games]]''
 
 
 
===G===
 
*''[[Garfield: Caught in the Act]]''
 
*''[[Gargoyles]]''
 
*''[[Generations Lost]]''
 
*''[[Goofy's Hysterical History Tour]]''
 
*''[[The Great Waldo Search]]''
 
*''[[Greatest Heavyweights]]''
 
*''[[Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude]]''
 
 
 
===J===
 
*''[[Jammit]]''
 
*''[[Jelly Boy]]'' (beta)
 
*''[[Jeopardy! (GameTek)|Jeopardy!]]''
 
*''[[Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker]]''
 
*''[[Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football]]''
 
*''[[The Jungle Book]]''
 
*''[[Jurassic Park (Mega Drive)|Jurassic Park]]''
 
*''[[Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition]]''
 
*''[[Justice League Task Force]]''
 
 
 
===M===
 
*''[[Madden NFL '96]]''
 
*''[[The Magic School Bus]]''
 
*''[[Marko's Magic Football]]''
 
*''[[Marsupilami]]''
 
*''[[Mickey's Ultimate Challenge]]''
 
*''[[Monopoly (Mega Drive)|Monopoly]]''
 
*''[[Mortal Kombat 3]]''
 
*''[[Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing]]''
 
 
 
===N===
 
*''[[NBA Action '94]]''
 
*''[[NBA Action '95 Starring David Robinson]]''
 
*''[[NBA Jam]]''
 
*''[[NBA Hang Time]]''
 
*''[[NCAA Football]]''
 
*''[[NCAA Final Four Basketball]]''
 
*''[[NFL '95]]''
 
*''[[NFL Football '94]]''
 
*''[[NFL 98]]''
 
*''[[NFL Quarterback Club '96]]''
 
*''[[Nightmare Circus]]''
 
*''[[Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama]]''
 
 
 
===P===
 
*''[[The Pagemaster]]''
 
*''[[Paperboy II]]''
 
*''[[Phantom 2040]]''
 
*''[[Pink Goes to Hollywood]]''
 
*''[[Pinocchio]]''
 
*''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]''
 
*''[[Pirates! Gold]]''
 
*''[[Power Monger]]''
 
*''[[Premier Manager 97]]''
 
*''[[Prince of Persia]]''
 
*''[[Pro Quarterback]]''
 
*''[[The Punisher]]''
 
 
 
===R===
 
*''[[RBI Baseball '94]]''
 
*''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show Presents Stimpy's Invention]]''
 
*''[[Risk]]''
 
*''[[Robocop vs The Terminator]]''
 
*''[[Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball]]''
 
 
 
===S===
 
*''[[Scooby-Doo Mystery]]''
 
*''[[SeaQuest DSV]]''
 
*''[[Sega Channel]]''
 
*''[[Shadowrun (Mega Drive)|Shadowrun]]''
 
*''[[Shaq-Fu]]''
 
*''[[The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare]]''
 
*''[[The Smurfs]]''
 
*''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]''
 
*''[[Spirou]]''
 
*''[[Spot Goes to Hollywood]]''
 
*''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past]]''
 
*''[[Garry Kitchen's Super Battletank: War in the Gulf|Super Battle Tank: War in the Gulf]]''
 
*''[[Super Battleship]]''
 
*''[[Super High Impact]]''
 
*''[[Super Mario World 64]]''
 
*''[[Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers]]''
 
 
 
===T===
 
*''[[Tale Spin]]''
 
*''[[Taz-Mania]]''
 
*''[[Taz in Escape From Mars]]''
 
*''[[TechnoClash]]''
 
*''[[Tecmo Super Baseball]]''
 
*''[[Tecmo Super Hockey]]''
 
*''[[Tecmo Super NBA Basketball]]''
 
*''[[Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]]''
 
*''[[Tintin in Tibet]]''
 
*''[[TNN Bass Tournament of Champions]]''
 
*''[[TNN Outdoors Bass Tournament '96]]''
 
*''[[Toy Story]]''
 
*''[[Toys]]''
 
*''[[Troy Aikman NFL Football]]''
 
 
 
===W===
 
*''[[Wacky Worlds]]''
 
*''[[Warlock]]''
 
*''[[Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars]]''
 
*''[[Wild Snake]]'' (beta)
 
*''[[World Series Baseball (Mega Drive)|World Series Baseball]]''
 
*''[[World Series Baseball '95]]''
 
*''[[World Series Baseball '96]]''
 
*''[[World Series Baseball 98 (Mega Drive)|World Series Baseball 98]]''
 
*''[[WWF Royal Rumble (Acclaim)|WWF Royal Rumble]]''
 
*''[[WWF Super Wrestlemania]]''
 
 
 
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GEMS
System(s): Mega Drive, Sega 32X
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GEMS (Genesis Editor for Music and Sound effects) is a sound driver for the Sega Mega Drive. It was developed by Jonathan Miller (drivers and firmware), Burt Sloane (programming), Chris Grigg and Mark Miller (concept and design) of Recreational Brainware by Sega of America's request, and mainly used by western developers.

The software integrates a programming language that can be built into the composition file and is context-sensitive to gameplay events within the game itself. This is acomplished by setting aside shared memory space that will allow the sound driver to comunicate with the game and vice-versa. Using this technique, the music can change to reflect conditions within the game. For instance, it can be used to track the number of enemies onscreen and change pitch or tempo when a certain threshold is reached or it can be timed to play when certain effects, such as flashes of light, are used.

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While in games using other drivers, such Alien Soldier or Shinobi III basic behaviour such as playback speed is controlled by a single variable (which can be easly manipulated by an action replay or hex editor), GEMS has to change the data of the whole music track stored on the ROM for the same effect. This can be easily noticed by comparing data in partially PAL optimized games, such as Cool Spot.

List of games that use GEMS

Mega Drive

32X

Development kit

On September 24, 2007, drx released the official GEMS development kit.

Download.svg Download GEMS Development Kit
File: GEMS.zip (324 kB) (info)

References