Benben v0.1.0 is now released! This is the very first release 🎊

  • Linux x86-64 AppImage: download (SHA1: 1936a1712b6b320819cc4c9c073f52e078ffc298)
  • For source code, clone this Fossil repository and checkout v0.1.0
    fossil clone https://chiselapp.com/user/MistressRemilia/repository/benben/ && cd benben && fossil checkout v0.1.0
  • Want to build from source? Check out the Building page for instructions.

Changes and Features

  • Initial release
  • In addition to uncompressed VGMs and VGMs compressed with gzip, this also supports VGM files compressed with ZStandard. ZStandard compression is a non-standard extension to the VGM specification. The suggested filename extension is .vgzst.

Supported Chips

  • Capcom DL-1425 QSound
  • General Instruments AY-1-8910 and similar
  • Hudson HuC6280 (two different cores)
  • Irem GA20
  • Konami K051649
  • Konami K054539
  • Konami K053260
  • Namco C140 / Namco 219 ASIC
  • Namco C352
  • NEC uPD7759
  • Nintendo GameBoy
  • OKI MSM6258
  • OKI MSM6295
  • Sega SegaPCM
  • Sega MultiPCM
  • Yamaha YM2151
  • Yamaha YM2203
  • Yamaha YM2608
  • Yamaha YMZ280B
  • Yamaha YM2610/YM2610B

Known Issues

  • The Nuked core for the YM2151 chip is currently broken. The default is the MAME core, so unless you force the program to use Nuked, you won't notice this.