Hah, someone has asked this question before. I'm smart. 🤣
Midi player for DOS? supporting SB1, SB PRO, SB 16, ADLIB, General Midi...
I have a small list of songs that I enjoy hearing on wavetable MIDI cards. E1M1 isn't a technically challenging song for a MIDI card, but it's a known quantity and can make initial comparisons easier.
Doom:
* E1M1
* E2M1
* E3M3
Rise of the Triad:
* Deadly Gentlemen (ROTT_004.mid)
* Suck This (ROTT_027.mid)
As well as Canyon.mid and Passport.mid, though they seem to be tailored to Roland GS patchsets.
From the research I've done, it appears that Tyrian, while it has a rocking FM soundtrack, only runs in OPL2 mode. So, good for testing OPL2 cards. 🤣
Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Warcraft II, and Dune all apparently had real OPL3 / AdLib Gold support, so they might be useful comparison tools for later FM cards.
My $0.02
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