S98Player for iPhone
Hiroaki Kimura Music iPhoneiPadiPod touch
S98Player for iPhone is a free Music app for iPhone and iPad by Hiroaki Kimura. Rated 5.0/5 from 2 ratings. Requires iOS 16.6. Updated August 31, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 2 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 4 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Aug 31
- 2026 · v3.0
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About S98Player for iPhone
S98Player plays the FM synth music of the PC-9801 and X68000 on your iPhone and iPad. Alongside sound logs (S98), the PMD, FMP and MDX drivers are built into the app, so you can drop the original song files straight in and play them. Formats - S98 (Version 1 / 3) — .s98 - PMD — .m / .m2 / .mz / .mp / .ms / .pmd - FMP — .opi / .ovi / .ozi / .mfm / .mf2 / .m86 / .m26 - MDX — .mdx (put .pdx in the same folder for songs that use ADPCM) Voiced for the machine The same FM chip sounded different on each computer: the external DAC and the analogue stage after it were not the same. PC-98, PC-88, X68000 and X1turboZ each have their own DAC, output stage, cutoff and per-chip mix. The machine is chosen from the S98 system tag, and can also be set in Settings.plist. Channel monitor Watch every channel on a piano-style keyboard while the music plays, with level meters, stereo panning, rhythm pads and a spectrum analyser. Tap a row to mute it, long-press to solo, and study each part on its own. Waveform seek bar The seek bar is a waveform. It draws the intro and one turn of the loop, and shows which time around you are on by how dark it is. Drag it to jump anywhere. More - Rotate your iPhone for a two-pane view: keyboard and spectrum analyser - Song info shows everything the file contains, unmodified - Album and song details can be edited in the app, album art included - You are told when a PCM file is missing - CarPlay support - Shuffle, and looping over an album Rhythm samples To hear the OPNA rhythm section you need ym2608_adpcm_rom.bin, or the rhythm files (2608_BD.WAV / 2608_HH.WAV / 2608_RIM.WAV / 2608_SD.WAV / 2608_TOM.WAV / 2608_TOP.WAV). Put them in the S98Player folder under "On My iPhone" in the Files app. Song files go there too, in a folder per album. Third-party software - PMDWin Ver. 0.52 Copyright & Programmed by C60 - ymfm Copyright (C) Aaron Giles - 98Fmplayer (fmdriver) Copyright (c) 2016 Takamichi Horikawa - portable_mdx (MXDRV) Copyright (C) 2018 Yosshin (MXDRV: milk. / K.MAEKAWA / Missy.M / Yatsube / GORRY / m_puusan)
What’s new
Version 3.0 · Updated August 31, 2026
Now plays MDX (X68000) and FMP (PC-98). New formats - MDX (.mdx) — put .pdx in the same folder for songs that use ADPCM - FMP (.opi / .ovi / .ozi / .m86 / .m26) — likewise for .pvi / .pzi - MFM / MF2 — driven by a sequencer written for this app Voiced for the machine PC-98, PC-88, X68000 and X1turboZ each have their own DAC, output stage and mix. The machine is chosen from the S98 system tag, and can be set in Settings.plist. Display - The seek bar is now a waveform, with the intro and loop shown in colour - Rotate your iPhone for a two-pane view: keyboard and spectrum analyser - The spectrum analyser is now segmented, with peak hold - Song info shows everything the file contains, unmodified - You are told when a PCM bank is missing Editing Album and song details can now be edited in the app, and album art picked from your photos or files. Fixes - Playback now resumes after an alarm or call without opening the app. - Playback no longer stops when you switch output devices. - Lock screen play and pause now do what they say. - Fixed details from the previous song carrying over to the next one. - Reduced power use during playback.
App privacy
The developer, Hiroaki Kimura, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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