Tough...I'm sure people are preparing an answer for you, cause I am really confused.
Mech Warrior plays CD music.
Looks like Tomb Raider supports MP3 music or General MIDI. I'm not so sure of this...
The music for Tomb Raider was composed by Nathan McCree. Unlike most other games of the time, there was not a musical track playing constantly
throughout the game; instead, limited musical cues would play only during specially-selected moments to produce a dramatic effect, such as enhancing
tension during an action sequence or accompanying the discovery of a hidden secret, in much the same way as a film is typically scored. For the
majority of the game, the only audio heard is action-based effects (e.g. footsteps or explosions), atmospheric sounds (like the roar of a nearby
waterfall), and Lara's own grunts and sighs, all of which were enhanced because they did not have to compete with music. According to McCree, the game
was scored this way because he was allotted very little time for the job, forcing him to quickly write pieces without any thought to where they would
go in the game. When the soundtrack was finally applied, the developers found that the tunes worked best when applied to specific places.[14
I think for the best you need at least two cards, like:
Roland RAP-10 and a compatible Sound Blaster for sound FX.
ESS Audio drive and a daughterboard
Roland SCC-1 and again, a Sound Blaster for FX.
CT 4170 Sound Blaster 16 is out of question. Avoid Vibra's like the plague.
A Guillemot Maxi Sound Game Theater 64 will eat a AWE64 for breakfast.
Just my finicky point of view. This is all subjective.
Fun fact: Lara Croft exists mostly because of Virtua Fighter 😀
She's never been to Brazil in her adventures 🙁