Thread:SecondOpinion/@comment-5688420-20181012143716/@comment-5688420-20181018155807

In the early days, AST was used by developers to take advantage of CD technology allowing games to have a full soundtrack without having to worry about programming on a chiptune sound processor. SNK was among the first companies to use AST, thanks to their Neo Geo CD console.

Sadly, as old, cartridge-based arcade systems were being phased out in favor of CD-based ones, AST died out as wellm