try msdos from a floppy
the sbpro also emulates a standard sb try that

Tried that, there was no improvement. Thanks!

Try setting the IRQ to 7.

I always thought that Golden Axe only supported PC speaker sound effects, am I not right?

It supports Adlib and Soundblaster, it autodetects them.

What's your DOS memory situation like? I'm under the impression that those 2 .SYS drivers are not required in your config.sys file (for games at least), and they take up a lot of memory. Perhaps removing them will up your available memory and help with the problem you're having.

Ok fellows, thanks for the replies.

The Teradrive printer parallel ports uses the IRQ 7 , there is no way to change that as far as Know (There is very little to no info about the Teradrive settings, I can't even get into the bios). Therefore my CT1600 is set to IRQ 5.

I went ahead and removed all of the SBPRO2 drivers, which it seemed to me they were doing more bad than good.

And I just added the SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 line to the AUTOEXEC.BAT

All of the games I've tested so far for the most part work ok (Wolf3D,Keen,Rastan,stunt car racer,etc) no problem. Of course those that are speaker only, the audio comes out of the speaker just fine, with the exception of DOS "Golden Axe".

My main problem with Golden Axe is that in a cold DOS boot (after powering on the Teradrive for the first time or after a shut down) I can only heard the game music, the speaker digitized sound effects aren't there. But if in a cold boot, I first choose a game like "Commander KEEN" exit it, and then go to the "Golden Axe" directory, then all sounds are ok within the GOLD game. 😕

What's the deal?.

I don't think you are likely to encounter problems with the IRQ conflict with the printer port, unless you actually use the port. However, as you seem to have a solution to the problem, you are ahead of the game (literally). Commander Keen must do something, probably with the Interrupt Controller, that lets Golden Axe work.

Of course an alternative solution exists, you could plug in a Mega Drive cartridge of Golden Axe and play the game that way. 😀

Great Hierophant wrote:

you could plug in a Mega Drive cartridge of Golden Axe and play the game that way. 😀

😢

I tried the game on a 386 with Sound Blaster Pro 2.

I get FM music through the Sound Blaster and sound effects through the PC speaker? Is this what is should do or not? Or is the problem that the sound effects should come from the Sound Blaster?

The SB Pro is jumpered to 220/7/1 and on the storage controller I have disabled LPT1 and COM2. Using a mouse on COM1.

I tried IRQ 5 as well and PC speaker sound effects also worked perfectly. Both times I did a fresh cold boot and didn't run any game beforehand.

Mau1wurf1977 wrote:

I get FM music through the Sound Blaster and sound effects through the PC speaker?

That's what I get if any OPL-compatible soundcard is installed.

That's the problem, I'm not getting the sound effects through the PC speaker in a cold boot, just the music on the SBPRO2 😒 .

Megadisk wrote:

That's the problem, I'm not getting the sound effects through the PC speaker in a cold boot, just the music on the SBPRO2 😒 .

Ah ok I see...

Well IRQ 5 or 7 made no difference to my machine. So not sure if that could be the issue. However I have no parallel ports enabled in my 386 (disabled through jumpers).

Is there anything hooked up to your printer port? Do you have an OPL only card, like an Adlib or clone?

Mau1wurf1977 wrote:

Is there anything hooked up to your printer port? Do you have an OPL only card, like an Adlib or clone?

I got nothing on the printer port, can't find any info on how to disable it either. And unfortunately, I don't have any other cards available at the moment.

I did tested a SB16 CT1730 with it, and it was exhibiting the same exact problem with Golden Axe.

I'm also using an older PC Gamepad! through the SBPRO2 MIDI/gameport for games, I don't know if that could be an issue. Like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221172619442?ssPageNa … 984.m1423.l2649

Where did you install the game from? For example did you install it from an old floppy that could have gone bad?

maybe the issue is the terradrive itself, maybe it has a hardware difference or something when it comes to speaker and only works "compatible" when something else properly initializes it (outrun for example)

Ok, I recalled a built-in hidden setup menu within the Teradrive that can be accessed while Powering on the PC and pressing F1 at the same time. There are a couple of choices there (well only 3 options really 😊 )," Keyboard type","Power On Beep" and "Window Address".
My Power On Beep option was disabled, so I just enable it and now the cold DOS boot Golden Axe missing sound effects problem seems to be gone. Weird. So I guess that did it.

Thoughts?

That IS weird, but glad it's sorted 😀

Mau1wurf1977 wrote:

That IS weird, but glad it's sorted 😀

Thanks!. I'm assuming your 386 has the PC Beeper on?

This is the Hidden menu:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwCTTdzpFkc