Sound Chip - Programmable Sound Generators (PSG)

Programmable Sound Generators (PSG)

• Atari
  • Atari TIA, combined sound and graphics chip, used in Atari 2600 and Atari 7800.
  • Atari POKEY, used in Atari 8-bit computers, Atari 5200, and certain Atari 7800 cartridges.
  • Atari AMY, intended for the 65XEM, but never released.

• General Instrument
  • General Instrument AY-3-8910 (same as Yamaha YM2149)
• Hudson Soft
  • Hudson Soft HuC6280, used in TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.
• MOS Technology
  • MOS Technology 6560/6561 "VIC", used in Commodore VIC-20.
  • MOS Technology 6581/8580 "SID", used in Commodore 64 and Commodore 128.
  • MOS Technology 7360/8360 "TED", used in Commodore 16 and Commodore Plus/4.
• Philips
  • Philips SAA 1099, used in SAM Coupé.
• Ricoh
  • Ricoh 2A03/2A07, used in Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom. (Hardware Expandable.)
    • Konami
      • Konami VRC6, used in certain Famicom cartridges.
    • Namco
    • Sunsoft
• Sharp
• Texas Instruments
  • Texas Instruments SN76477
  • Texas Instruments SN76489 "DCSG", used in Sega SG-1000, BBC Micro, and Texas Instruments TI-99/4a.
  • Texas Instruments SN76489A "DCSG", used in ColecoVision, Sega Master System, Sega Pico, Sega Game Gear, and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
  • Texas Instruments SN76496, used in Tandy 1000.
• Yamaha
  • Yamaha YM2149, used in the Atari ST, MSX, Intellivision, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum computers (same as General Instrument AY-3-8910)