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Importing and playing MSU-1 games
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TODO
The MSU-1 is a fictional expansion chip
invented by higan's author byuu
for use with Super Famicom games,
designed to allow streaming data and audio.
Although the MSU-1 is not specific
to any particular storage medium,
it gives the Super Famicom similar capabilities
to CD-based add-ons
like the Mega Drive's Mega CD
and the PC Engine's CD-ROM²,
such as CD-quality music and full-motion video.
Unfortunately,
although the interface between the MSU-1
and the emulated Super Famicom is standard
and has multiple independent implementations
(higan, snes9x,
and on real hardware with
the [SD2SNES][sd2snes] programmable cartridge)
there's no standard
for how a Super Famicom emulator
should find the data the MSU-1 asks it to stream,
or the audio tracks the MSU-1 asks it to play.
Or rather,
there are multiple standards
and not all MSU-1 patches are designed for
the system higan currently follows.
[sd2snes]: https://sd2snes.de/
[flips]: http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1040/
Importing and playing patched games
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