Thread:Loconator3000/@comment-1899606-20181117061727/@comment-5688420-20181121053155

mm-hmm

Anyways, that... earrape that I just shared is actually a "data track", meaning it's where the entire game resides. E very game that's made on a CD-ROM format has a data track, but it seems to be most prevalent on those that use Redbook/CDDA Audio (where the music files are seperate audio tracks instead of being part of a single .bin file) s uch as Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast (GDI-format) and several early PlayStation titles.

Data tracks are far more louder and damaging than the one I showed you, and are actually known to destroy speakers. While they do nothing when played on a modern CD player, earlier CD players that were made before CD-ROM became an industry standard, are capable of playing them.

That's why you have Sega CD games have that creepy warning track.