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FM Sound Unit

FM-70 · Sega · 1987

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Rarity

Japan only

Why

It was released only in Japan; it’s rare in our markets, so we don’t set a rarity level. released only in the region JP, not in Europe - no lower than Uncommon. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.

Specs

Released: 1987
Type: console add-on

Description

The FM Sound Unit was an add-on for the Sega Mark III built around a Yamaha YM2413 chip, adding FM sound to supported games. It was sold in Japan from 1987 at about 6,800 yen.

Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Details from sources

Mark III add-on with a Yamaha YM2413 (OPLL) FM chip, 9 FM voices, connected to the expansion slot and AV port; first supported by OutRun, about 40 supporting games incl. After Burner and Phantasy Star (sega.jp). Built into the Japanese Master System MK-2000. Using it blocks the SK-1100 (same slot) and the Mark III RGB output; some My Card Mark III games had control problems with it (ja.wikipedia, Sega Retro). Month of release not verified (1987 per Sega Retro).

At a glance

FM Sound Unit: when was it released?: 1987

Data source: sega.jp

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