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   From: john@junk.com   
      
   "BelPowerslave"  wrote in message   
   news:f7gos3$ja5$1@aioe.org...   
   >> I just recently discovered that--whether intentionally encoded or just   
   >> revealed by accident due to the way the stereo sound channels are output   
   >> from the Genesis sound processor--the Genesis stereo output from   
   >> cartridge   
   >> based games seems to have included matrixed surround sound when connected   
   >> to   
   >> a receiver that supports Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Pro Logic II.   
   >   
   > That's very interesting. This is plugged in just via composite audio jacks   
   > right?   
   >   
   >> Some games that reveal sound effects or music that are in the rear   
   >> surround   
   >> channel speakers in addition to the front left/right speakers include:   
   >>   
   >> Columns III (Vic Tokai/Sega)--music is heard from the rear surround   
   >> speakers   
   >> and it almost sounds like some of the music chords are split up between   
   >> the   
   >> front and rear speakers.   
   >>   
   >> M.U.S.H.A. (Seismic/Compile)--music is heard from the rear surround   
   >> channel   
   >> speakers.   
   >   
   > I've got these, I'll have to give them a shot.   
   >   
   >> Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega)--music and ring collection sound effects are   
   >> heard   
   >> from the rear surround channel speakers.   
   >   
   > You know, now that you mention it...I thought I was just crazy, I've heard   
   > this off Sonic ever since I got my 5.1 receiver, just never really said   
   > anything about it as I just couldn't fathom it was true Pro Logic or   
   > whatnot.   
   >   
      
   It's very interesting isn't it, to discover that perhaps the makers of the   
   games put an extra level of care into them that no-one's previously   
   acknowledged till now.   
      
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