Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-11-01, 03:02

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by Desomondo

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Tried out a few more: Total Annihilation – Supports 4 speaker surround. In the Sound menu, set “Sound Mode” to “3D”. Retail CD, no patch required. Jurassic Park: Trespasser – Supports 4 speaker surround. In the Sound menu, check the “3D Audio Accel. Enabled” option. Retail CD, no patch required. …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-10-19, 03:26

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Under a Killing Moon: It's been a long time since I played through this, but I must have beaten it a dozen times back in the mid 90s. That probably explains why I remembered so much of it despite the long break, though I did still consult the built-in hint system a few times when I got stuck. Good, …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-10-08, 03:00

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I could only get stereo sound from Daikatana. Maybe someone else will have better luck with that game. I tried out Daikatana too. Like you I could only hear stereo sound with the Audigy. Strange since the readme says it supports EAX and A3D. When I get a chance I'll try testing it with the Yamaha …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-09-26, 03:07

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That's a very nice card indeed! I have a similar one but it's currently sitting in storage. I do remember testing its 4 speaker support some time ago and it worked well enough. It's definitely a cool little all-rounder feature wise. Unfortunately I had a pretty bad experience with it overall. Mine …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-09-22, 02:55

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I dug out another sound card I had lying around, an AOpen Cobra AW744L II (Yamaha DS-XG), which supports Sensaura, and tried out a couple more games. It only supports 4 speaker output but it's better than my gimped Vortex 2 which is only stereo! The speaker fill option "Special 4ch" has been …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-09-19, 02:25

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Thanks for doing that. I'm glad it's not just my system. It's certainly an... interesting design choice. I reinstalled Windows and retried a couple of games that I wasn't able to run last time. This time they worked... go figure: Command & Conquer: Renegade - supports at least 5.1 surround. Select " …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-09-14, 03:11

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Cool. I’d be interested to know if you experience the same behavior. I’ve got a set of Logitech X-540’s and Z906’s for comparison. I’ve pretty much gone through all the CD based games I have (at least those you hadn’t listed yourself) that are supposed to have some sort of surround sound. All the …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-09-13, 02:08

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Is there a reason surround sound depends on environment extensions? I think in this case it's because the only other option besides EAX 1, 2 or 3, is "Miles Fast 2D Positional Audio". I've noticed that lots of older games only offer options for standard DirectSound (2D), A3D and EAX, the later of …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-09-12, 02:57

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Tested a few more over the weekend: Powerslide – supports at least 5.1 surround. Enable “3D Sound” in-game Drakan: Order of the Flame – supports at least 5.1 surround. You need to launch the “Riot Engine Options” outside the game, go to the audio tab, and enable “Use 3D Sound Buffers”. You can also …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-09-09, 02:54

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Who would have thought that so many Win9x titles actually support that. Some of those 7.0 games were even made at the tail end of the '90s. Yup! I should have splurged a little bit more back in the day. Oh well, it makes experiencing them for the first time now just that little bit more fun! …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-09-08, 03:11

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It's all good. I wish I had a 7.1 set up... oh well. A few more for the list: Soldier of Fortune II – supports at least 5.1 (set sound driver to EAX in-game) No One Lives Forever 2 – supports at least 5.1 Star Wars: Jedi Academy – supports at least 5.1 (might require 1.01 patch. The game would …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-09-06, 03:21

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Tested a few more: BloodRayne – supports at least 5.1 (enable 3D acceleration in-game) Heretic II – supports 4 speaker surround (requires the 1.04 patch, and then enable EAX in-game) Warcraft III – supports at least 5.1 (enable EAX 2.0 in-game) Soldier of Fortune – supports at least 5.1 (set sound …

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Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support

Posted on 2022-09-01, 03:28

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I quickly tested a couple games that I had installed. I also have an Audigy 2 ZS, configured to 5.1 with CMSS 3D disabled. I should note however that that when I run the Noise test in Speaker Settings, I hear the sub woofer test through my center channel. The Channel test sounds fine. I muted the …

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Re: Tell us which videogame sounds or voice-clips are the most burned into your brain for life

Posted on 2021-12-28, 14:53

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"ugh" - Lara Croft "ugh" - Quake Guy "ugh" - Doom Guy "I got a present for ya!" - GDI Commando And finally, that weird buzz-like scramble sound that plays when landing a cyclone kick in Double Dragon II for the NES 😀

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-12-27, 23:49

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I used a mouse and keyboard and didn't notice any issues with the controls. For reference, I played the GOG version on the Athlon64 system from my signature. No special tweaks or anything. Thanks for the reply. Maybe I'm going crazy, but I swear the mouse feels slightly busted in that game every …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-12-27, 19:14

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Hey Joseph_Joestar, Did you play Sands of Time with a controller or M/KB? I only ask because I've tried playing this game multiple times on different systems over the years and have always found the mouse handling in this game to be terrible no matter what mouse I used. It's like the game doesn't …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2021-09-01, 23:18

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I'd love to see some benchmark comparisons with these games. Some quick and dirty benchmarks if you are still interested. Unfortunately the FX series card I had was only a 5600, not the Ultra as I had originally thought. Basic system specs: Win98SE, DX8.1, Nvidia drivers 45.23 CPU: Pentium 4 (641) …

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Re: YOUR favorate game era.

Posted on 2021-09-01, 13:03

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This might be cheating but probably the ten year period of 1996-2005. Quake and Tomb Raider were major obsessions, especially once I got my first 3DFX card. I probably spent more time making maps and levels for Duke Nukem 3D, StarCraft and Warcraft III than playing the damn games. The initial wave …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2021-08-31, 01:44

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I haven't done any serious benchmarking before. I've only used Fraps to monitor a few games as I switched out parts until I got the performance I wanted. I can certainly run some benchmarks though. It just might take me a few days to set up everything and run them.

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2021-08-30, 17:02

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My experience with the FX series is limited. I've only used an FX5600 Ultra but even it was weak compared to a true Geforce 4 ti (4400 in my case). Games from 2000 or older ran pretty much the same, but stuff from 2002 like NOLF2 ran at half the frame rate, dipping into the low 20s on the first …

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