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Treasure Cove MIDI files?

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First post, by c_t_f

Posted on 2014-08-19, 04:30

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I used to have a CD copy of Treasure Cove AGES go, which had the soundtrack available as MIDI files. I've long since lost the disc, but found a floppy version much later.
I've tried finding the MIDI files on the disc and in the installed files, but as far as I can tell the files aren't as "available" as they were with the CD version. Is there a way I can extract them?

Necro edit (in case anyone stumbles here via Google or something): You can't extract midi files from the DOS version. In the Windows version, the midi files are located right on the installation disk and can easily be extracted.

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Reply 1 of 5, by Davros

Posted on 2014-08-19, 21:30

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perhaps the floppy version uses fm synthesis ?

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Reply 2 of 5, by c_t_f

Posted on 2014-08-21, 22:55

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Davros wrote:
perhaps the floppy version uses fm synthesis ?

If it did, how would I be able to get MIDI files from it?

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Reply 3 of 5, by filipetolhuizen

Posted on 2014-08-22, 04:34

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Try googling for the game soundtrack. I found several already.

Reply 4 of 5, by Davros

Posted on 2014-08-22, 21:01

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c_t_f wrote:
Davros wrote:
perhaps the floppy version uses fm synthesis ?

If it did, how would I be able to get MIDI files from it?

You wouldnt as there would be no midi files

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Reply 5 of 5, by leileilol

Posted on 2014-08-22, 21:09

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FM != MIDI

also IIRC the Treasure Cove Windows version i've heard once sounded rather Sound Canvasy MIDI (Microsoft Synthesizer-ish in other words), but it might be a prerendered low quality PCM stream. IIRC. AFAIK (since I remember it prior to Win98). I know some other educational releasses immediately went for prerendered music as soon as the CD-ROM format really took off with the intent of obsoleting OPL2.

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