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Aside from Sierra are there any good MT-32 games?

>> No.8182806

>>8182787
doom

>> No.8182821

>>8182806
doom is sc-55

>> No.8182840
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>>8182787
Castlevania for Sharp X68000, which also happens to be the best game in the series.

>> No.8183381

Loom, Monkey Island 1&2, Fate of Atlantis from LucasArts. Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max also support MT-32, but in my opinion they sound better with SoundCanvas.

>> No.8183387

>>8182787
Some japanese computer games (X68000 and pc-98) have mt-32 option.

>> No.8183395

>>8183387
I'm picturing some Japanese young executive with an absolutely ridiculous set up

>> No.8183440

What do you guys think about the yamaha mu-80. Got one for free

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>> No.8183504

What do you mean retard ? That doesnt play games its for audio.

>> No.8183616

>>8183504
You connect it through a serial port and it can output sound like any midi synth

>> No.8183793

>>8182806
Doom actually sounds like ass on a MT-32, as it's a post general midi game

>> No.8183801

>>8183793
technically MT-32 is PRE-midi era. which is way it sounds shitty on midi-controlled games like Doom and others. MT-32 was hot in the late 80s early 90s

>> No.8183802

>>8183801
I mean, that's kinda what I said, but thanks

>> No.8183806

>>8183504
You know what he meant.

>> No.8183816

>>8183801
MT-32 is a MIDI device, but it's not a General MIDI device, that's the distinction. It has its own proprietary layout of MIDI data and feeding it GM music results in messed up instruments.

>> No.8183939

>>8182787
Chaos Engine

>> No.8183957 [DELETED] 

Darkside of Xeen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyppZ4LPl5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHvLAJX6rTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uXzCKghRUA

>> No.8183963

Darkside of Xeen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyppZ4LPl5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHvLAJX6rTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaQG-hRao5o

>> No.8183967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dEtDBb7kdI

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>>8182787
wing commander

>> No.8184120

>>8183440
IMO I’d prefer it to the SC-55 but that’s only because I’ve been hearing shitty software renditions of the sound canvas for so long I can no longer differentiate the original. Also as a pianist Yamaha’s acoustics have always sounded better than Roland’s.

>> No.8184127

>>8184120
thank windows for using a stripped down version of the Roland SC in windows 98 for MIDI. it sounded like shit without the reverb and chorus effects and now people's impression of good midi is tainted because they think it sounds like 'computer music'

>> No.8184156
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This one's existence perplexes me: Atari Corp's Tempest 2000 for PC. It came on CD with Red Book audio. If you did not want CD music you had an option of SoundBlaster and MT-32. It does not support General MIDI, but supports MT-32. In 1996. Why?
And to add insult to injury: the original Jaguar game used mod files for music. The obvious thing would be to have Gravis Ultrasound support for the best quality playback. The game even supports GUS... for sound effects.

>> No.8184172

>>8184156
The OPL and MT32 music is far from fantastic too

>> No.8184181

>>8183801
>hot
Was it? Seems like a particular type of rich hobbyist would bother with it just for gaming. Bet it had sub-PhysX adoption in that space. Never knew anyone who had one. Never seen one in person. I can see it being more popular in Japan, even.

>> No.8184272

>>8182787
Both Ringworld games have pretty good Roland tunes.
Mechwarrior 2 is also sweet.

>> No.8184276

>>8184272
Forgot Little Big Adventure. MT32 is good, but the Gravis Ultrasound midi sounds superior.

>> No.8184284

>>8184181
hot in the sense Sierra was cranking out games with full MT-32 support for it. Whether or not people actually owned one at home is a different story. but by 1993 or so, MT-32 support was uncommon as General Midi became the new norm, which MT-32 didnt support.

>> No.8184646

>>8184156
it was only 256 colours instead of the jags 16 bit colour but it was also considered an old game at the time

>> No.8184960

>>8184156
That just atari being atari I guess

Even though somewhat "inferior" to the original jag release, I gotta say I love the DOS version of T2000.

>> No.8185578

Stunts has MT-32 support, but the engine/tire sounds suck compared to Adlib.

>> No.8187738

>>8183793
There was a magic midi file which would reconfigure MT-32 into GM-like mode. After that MT-32 Doom would sound pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0tSCOvUjCo

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>>8182787
The Lucasarts games use the MT-32 well.

>> No.8189703

>>8182840
BASED

>> No.8189995

>>8189698
nice