Mega Drive / Genesis Architecture

Audio

• Plutiedev, Sonic water.
• Wikipedia contributors, Yamaha YM2612. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• ChibiAkumas, Lesson P21- FM sound on the genesis via the 68000.
• GST Channel, How to make sega genesis music (in 1994). Youtube.
• GameHut, Toy story’s hardware defying music - how we did it. Youtube.
• cvghivebrain, Sonic the hedgehog (mega drive) disassembly. Github.
• Stealth, Sonic megamix is not sonic CD!.
• Plutiedev, Programmable sound generator.
• jsgroth, Emulating the YM2612: Part 1 - interface.
• nukeykt, Nuked-OPN2.

Bonus

• Inphonik, FM synthesis: The most basic example. Youtube.
• Chilly Willy, Direct color demo using DMA. SpritesMind.Net.

CPU

• Sega, Sega megadrive maintenance manual PAL-g - rev. a. 1992.
• Motorola, M68000 8-/16-/32-bit microprocessors user’s manual.
• MegaDrive Development Wiki, Main 68k memory map.
• Zilog, Z80 CPU user manual.
• MegaDrive Development Wiki, Z80 area.
• Plutiedev, Using the Z80.

Games

• Plutiedev, I/o ports.
• notaz, Notaz’s SVP doc.

Graphics

• Alyssa Keil, Sega genesis/mega drive VDP graphics guide - v1.2a. 2017.
• Plutiedev, Changing screen resolution.
• MegaDrive Development Wiki, VDP ports.
• Charles MacDonald, Sega genesis VDP documentation - version 1.5f. 2000.
• djmips, Mega drive: Corrections around audio and VDP clarification plus IP thoughts. Github.
• Nemesis, Double-screen?. SpritesMind.Net.

Photography

• Okqubit, Motherboard.
• Rodrigo Copetti (Me), Diagrams and game screenshots.
• Evan Amos, The vanamo online game museum.