01-12-2016, 02:34 AM
The NES TMNT game has some terrible ports. One of the more notable ones is the DOS port, which had different sound options.
Here's the PC Speaker version soundtrack.
PC Speaker was one of the worst sound formats for music during the DOS era, and this soundtrack shows.
It did a better job at making sound effects. Notably in Apogee's library of classics.
Now compared to the AdLib sound card.
Sounds much better. AdLib was on par with Sega Genesis music due to both using the Yamaha YM2612 chip.
The only downside is that it couldn't use drum and audio samples like the Genesis sound card could.
When Sound Blaster came along. We could get higher quality music coming from it, with different ways for Midis to sound.
It could even play MOD sound as well. Notably Epic Pinball and Jazz Jackrabbit's music which still gets a lot of praise.
Here's the PC Speaker version soundtrack.
PC Speaker was one of the worst sound formats for music during the DOS era, and this soundtrack shows.
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TMNT DOS music (PC Speaker)It did a better job at making sound effects. Notably in Apogee's library of classics.
Now compared to the AdLib sound card.
Sounds much better. AdLib was on par with Sega Genesis music due to both using the Yamaha YM2612 chip.
The only downside is that it couldn't use drum and audio samples like the Genesis sound card could.
When Sound Blaster came along. We could get higher quality music coming from it, with different ways for Midis to sound.
It could even play MOD sound as well. Notably Epic Pinball and Jazz Jackrabbit's music which still gets a lot of praise.
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