ian ▁minister ▁ ▁Sand y ▁Martin ▁( polit ician ) ▁( born ▁ 1 9 5 7 ), ▁British ▁politician ▁ ▁See ▁also <0x0A> </s> ▁V GM ▁( Video ▁Game ▁Music ) ▁is ▁an ▁audio ▁file ▁format ▁for ▁multiple ▁video ▁game ▁platforms , ▁such ▁as ▁S ega ▁Master ▁System , ▁Game ▁G ear , ▁M ega ▁Drive / Gen esis , ▁MS X , ▁Ne o ▁Ge o , ▁IBM ▁PC ▁AT ▁( Ad lib / Sound Bl aster ), ▁and ▁has ▁expanded ▁to ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁ar cade ▁system ▁bo ards ▁since ▁its ▁release . ▁ ▁The ▁standard ▁filename ▁extension ▁is ▁. v g m , ▁but ▁files ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁G zip ▁com pressed ▁into ▁. v gz ▁files . ▁Techn ically , ▁. v gz ▁files ▁should ▁be ▁named ▁. v g m . gz , ▁but ▁because ▁some ▁popular ▁operating ▁systems ' ▁file ▁man agers ▁cannot ▁handle ▁file ▁name ▁suffix es ▁that ▁themselves ▁contain ▁a ▁period , ▁. v gz ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁launch ▁a ▁V GM ▁player , ▁not ▁a ▁file ▁arch iver ▁program ▁such ▁as ▁Win Zip ▁or ▁Win R AR . ▁ ▁The ▁V GM ▁format ▁is ▁different ▁from ▁formats ▁like ▁NS F ▁or ▁S ID , ▁which ▁contain ▁the ▁game ' s ▁music ▁code . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁instructions ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁sound ▁chip ▁are ▁logged . ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁V GM ▁ 1 . 5 0 ▁was ▁officially ▁announced , ▁and ▁a