> on old consoles, sound used to be _generated_ on the fly… My recollection as a game producer who worked with musicians around that time is that this was all

> on old consoles, sound used to be _generated_ on the fly… My recollection as a game producer who worked with musicians around that time is that this was all MIDI-like synthesis (although short, low-quality sampled "special effects" were possible) handled by dedicated hardware — Yamaha YM2612 on Genesis, Ricoh 2A03 on NES, etc. — and so lots more forgiving timing-wise.