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CoktelADL2VGM README

CoktelADL2VGM is a small tool to convert AdLib music used in games by Coktel Vision (ADL and MDY+TBR) into VGM. Software to play back and manipulate VGM files further can be found here on the SMS Power! website.

CoktelADL2VGM is licensed under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (or later).

Usage

CoktelADL2VGM is a command line tool and needs to be invoked on the command line / shell. The list of valid parameters and operational modes is as follows:

CoktelADL2VGM - Tool to convert Coktel Vision's AdLib music to VGM
Usage: cokteladl2vgm [options] <file.adl>
       cokteladl2vgm [options] <file.mdy> <file.tbr>
       cokteladl2vgm [options] </path/to/coktel/game/>

  -h      --help              Display this text and exit.
  -v      --version           Display version information and exit.

Examples:

  • cokteladl2vgm intro.adl
    Convert the ADL music file intro.adl into the VGM file intro.adl.vgm
  • cokteladl2vgm intro.mdy intro.tbr
    Convert the MDY music file intro.mdy with TBR instrument data intro.tbr into the VGM file intro.mdy.vgm
  • cokteladl2vgm /games/coktel/gobliiins/
    Search through all resource files of the Coktel Vision game found in /games/coktel/gobliiins/ and convert all ADL and MDY/TBR files used by the game into the VGM format
  • cokteladl2vgm.exe C:\games\coktel\gobliiins\
    Like above, but on Windows

All new files will be created in the current working directory.