After some tweaking, it seems I've found the magic combination. I fiddled with the SB settings, and ended up setting the card to sb16, the base to 240, the IRQ to 7, the dma to 3, and hdma to 5. After that, it started giving me the 'unable to initalize audio hardware' message, but the sounds started …

The game is configured to use Soundblaster for Speech/Audio and Soundblaster or compatibles for Music. I've also tried General Midi Driver for music as well, either one has the same results. I can notice the difference in the music between the two selections. The game doesn't give the "unable to …

I've been wrangling with this problem since I found DosBox, and I'm hoping someone out there might hold the key to fixing it. :happy: The scenario: Every single Sierra game I've played (which includes the other SCI games like Space Quest IV & V, Police Quest III, Police Quest I remake, etc) runs …