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I'd actually love to see this done on a Genesis. The Genesis had an FM Synthesizer in it's sound chip, made by Yamaha.

The Super Nintendo has a distinctive and pleasant sound that I like, but only outputs a 32khz signal.

I really like projects like these using old sound chips as instruments.

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I agree, I love FM and will always think good FM or "real chiptunes" are more impressive than good sample-based synthesis, because you can't just lean on your sample library. There are a few Genesis trackers out there, including Deflemask[1], vgmmaker (which sadly, the author took down because he got tired of dealing with unappreciative jerks, so you'll have to Google a bit to find a copy), and YMDj [2] (a "native tracker" that runs on the Genesis itself)

[1] http://www.delek.com.ar/deflemask

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDiPqkoFnc

A little over a year ago, Titan released a demo for the Genesis called Overdrive, and, well, it's fucking amazing, go watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQqJm14sHRY

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There's actually a great VSTi based on the Genesis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdlj8Vjof6c

If you're into FM synthesis in general, the Android/iPhone app Caustic has a fantastic FM synth (there's free Windows and OS X versions of it as well).