Mega Man X and Super Street Fighter 2 both by Capcom and Rozner Labs used the PC Speaker for Music instead of SFX and it's really bad and annoying on both games. They do support other Sound Cards but my Laptop is from recent years and DOS doesn't support the sound card so PC Speaker is my only option.
If you think this is the best the PC speaker can produce then check out my vids about Crazy Cars, Space Racer and Mach 3 - these use real digitized sound samples on the PC speaker.
@fronzel99 I am very interested in hearing this, but I'm sorry, the sound is too quiet in your videos and I can't actually hear the music you are talking about. Let me know if you ever repost them with better sound.
@Sakanakao My other camera records the sound at a higher volume but its picture quality is too low. For me it works through youtube though when i just turn up the volume. The Highscreen handy Organizer has a quite weak PC speaker anyways so it's naturally not as loud as your normal PC speaker from a desktop machine. I suggest you try downloading some of the mentioned games and try on your own machine. Ghostbusters 2 (Currently upping video) even got digitized speech in a cutscene.
At first I was skeptical, I thought it couldn't get any better than Monkey Island on the PC Speaker. But this has FAR surpassed it in technical ability. I wonder if the buzzer ever broke or skipped a beat trying to play this back!
oh my this brings memories, i too had to use pc speaker before having a kick ass 8bit adlib by aztech. it kicked ass on both, but the "wacky parts" might sound better with pc speaker
God I remember hearing this on my dads PC when I was about.....15 months old..... the music scared the living crap out of me.... but the sound fx were funny as hell =)
The low arpeggios... After a while it makes me start to breath funny.
Bp1033 2 months ago
Mega Man X and Super Street Fighter 2 both by Capcom and Rozner Labs used the PC Speaker for Music instead of SFX and it's really bad and annoying on both games. They do support other Sound Cards but my Laptop is from recent years and DOS doesn't support the sound card so PC Speaker is my only option.
JUSXTREME96 2 months ago
holy shit
thecomfiestchair 2 months ago
This is very good PC speaker music here for a game not using any advanced tricks to play samples. Just pure arpeggios here, done very well.
Other games managed to get neat effects like polyphonic sound, or forcing samples out the PC speaker.
But the undisputed king of PC Speaker music is Pinball Fantasies, which played 4-channel MOD files out that thing!
Dwedit 2 months ago
Incredible music!!!
surfersat 4 months ago
haha the music reminds me of ... Lotus.. racing game lol
jussipejulliano 9 months ago
I prefer this over the amiga version. Thanks for posting.
IronMaiden666X1 10 months ago
Ah this sound, it brings back memories, thank You for that :)
SubaruHoshikawa11 10 months ago
Amstrad Music?
kanfor 11 months ago
If you think this is the best the PC speaker can produce then check out my vids about Crazy Cars, Space Racer and Mach 3 - these use real digitized sound samples on the PC speaker.
fronzel99 1 year ago
@fronzel99 I am very interested in hearing this, but I'm sorry, the sound is too quiet in your videos and I can't actually hear the music you are talking about. Let me know if you ever repost them with better sound.
Sakanakao 1 year ago
@Sakanakao My other camera records the sound at a higher volume but its picture quality is too low. For me it works through youtube though when i just turn up the volume. The Highscreen handy Organizer has a quite weak PC speaker anyways so it's naturally not as loud as your normal PC speaker from a desktop machine. I suggest you try downloading some of the mentioned games and try on your own machine. Ghostbusters 2 (Currently upping video) even got digitized speech in a cutscene.
fronzel99 1 year ago
i concur lmao
this is actualy pretty awesome : ))
wow.....nu age sound chips/technology etc, eat your heart out : ))
jaffarluvsdafeetz 1 year ago
...!!!
At first I was skeptical, I thought it couldn't get any better than Monkey Island on the PC Speaker. But this has FAR surpassed it in technical ability. I wonder if the buzzer ever broke or skipped a beat trying to play this back!
tkwtube01 2 years ago
It played just fine on my PC in the early 90s. The game itself didn't run so great, but the title music was flawless.
Sakanakao 1 year ago
hmmm.. I think I prefer the intro music in the Amiga version :P
superturbo2 2 years ago
oh my this brings memories, i too had to use pc speaker before having a kick ass 8bit adlib by aztech. it kicked ass on both, but the "wacky parts" might sound better with pc speaker
Blackerer 2 years ago
this is stunning.
krokots 2 years ago
God I remember hearing this on my dads PC when I was about.....15 months old..... the music scared the living crap out of me.... but the sound fx were funny as hell =)
Prefer the music on speakers though
JJMonty91 2 years ago
Wow, that sound is harsh.
tiberianfiend 2 years ago
that is crazy
you are crazy
fancytyme 2 years ago