Play GYM files in your browser
Mega Drive music as the console's chips were told to play it. Play a GYM right here and save it as MP3. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your song plays the moment it opens, for as long as the file says and then a fade, its whole waveform across your screen.
- Its whole waveform • Press or drag to jump
- Back and ahead 10 seconds • Half, 1.5× or double speed
- Show tags • Song, game, composer and dumper
- Export • Save as MP3 or WAV
About GYM
Before VGM, emulators logged the Mega Drive's and the Genesis's music as GYM: every write to the YM2612 FM chip and the SN76489, 60 times a second. A GYMX header adds the song's title, game and composer.
Most of the Mega Drive's music was logged again as VGM, which keeps finer timing, but many old rips are only GYMs.
Filepeek plays it in its own build of Game_Music_Emu inside your browser, the YM2612 through Nuked OPN2, an emulation true to the chip. Show tags names the song and the game, and Export saves it as MP3 or WAV.
Genesis YM2612 log
.gym
Format
- MIME type
- audio/x-gym
- Made by
- Genecyst, a Mega Drive emulator
Inside the file
- Holds
- Writes to the sound chips
- Chips
- YM2612 and SN76489
- Timing
- 60 steps a second
- Tags
- Title, game and composer in GYMX
Opens in every browser
Filepeek plays GYM files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. No browser plays them by itself.
- YouChromePlays through Filepeek
- YouEdgePlays through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxPlays through Filepeek
- YouSafariPlays through Filepeek
Apps that open GYM
- Windowsfoobar2000 with foo_gep, and VLC
- MacVLC
- iPhone and iPadModizer
- AndroidZXTune
Questions
How do I play a GYM file?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a GYM. It plays right away in your browser.
What's the difference between GYM and VGM?
Both log what a game told its sound chips. GYM only knows 60 steps a second and the Mega Drive's chips, while VGM keeps exact timing and covers dozens of systems. Both play here.
Can I turn a GYM into an MP3?
Yes. Choose Export, then Save as MP3 or WAV.