Commodore Amiga Games with Roland MT-32 Midi support (Sierra Adventures)

[wocko1]

I can't understand why Amiga ports of VGA Sierra games SUCKED so bad (with the exception of KQ6, but that was done by the same mob that brought us Beneath a Steel Sky). I know there was a 32 colour limit, but come on, the games were clearly not optimised for the Amiga.

[dentunes]

The music plays slower on the Amiga than it does on the PC. Interesting. It is also missing the melody line on the LSL5!!!!

[quipzz]

@dentunes

If you scroll the comments section down you will read: "Because I recorded it in PAL mode . The midi music will play back slightly faster, if you switch your Amiga into NTSC mode (someone told me after I did the clip)."

(As I said before, I never repeat myself (*g*))

Right - there is missing the melody line - sort of special Amiga mix? ;)

[dentunes]

@quipzz Yeah, was too lazy to scroll down hehehe. I was referring to the PC version - not sure about PAL v NTSC. It would have to play considerably faster to match the PC version. The missing melody line is only in a portion of the track which is weird. From 2:41 - 2:49 and from 3:01 - 3:12 are the two spots where the melody is missing. May have been when it was loading the settings into the MT32 at the start of it. I have a vid of my MT32 playing LSL3 on DosBox. Great games!

[Dakkiller1]

WOW, The aspect ratio on the Amiga ports are so wrong that they make the Win3.11 ports (when available) look like they have correct aspect ratio

[quipzz]

@Dakkiller1

Perhaps it's my crt tv?

[APyleOfVinyl]

Great video. Interesting how you did this! Question, how does it sound when you play non-sierra games? Dead? Weird?

[quipzz]

@APyleOfVinyl

You mean Amiga games with no midi support (=non-sierra games)? The MT-32 will remain silent... ;)

BTW: It's possible to have midi sound using WinUAE + MT32 (connected with usb cable to your PC) + Sierra adventures

[OmenFrankfurt]

brrrrr! Was it really necessary to rape paula by giving hear to hear this asynchronous and effectless tinny noise? Wavetable sound was just a workaround for the anyway blind and deaf people, who were to game at a PC..

[quipzz]

@OmenFrankfurt

Well, listen to the Amiga SQ4 native intro music - and post again ;)

LAPC-I sound for the deaf? Listen to the superb Police Quest III intro by Jan "Miami Vice" Hammer for example in my "Booting my DOS-PC" Clip. Blind? Right - SQ4 Amiga is not easy on the eyes ;->

scnr

[quipzz]

@HariboOSX

Because I recorded it in PAL mode . The midi music will play back slightly faster, if you switch your Amiga into NTSC mode (someone told me after I did the clip).

[HariboOSX]

Why is the tempo much slower on Amiga than on the PC version?

[region1111]

great music. especially space quest iv

[Jivemaster2005]

Cool, up until 3 years ago I didn't know the Amiga versions supported the Roland LA synth

Must get an Amiga interface so I can hook up my MT32, CM-500 or CM-32L!

[petieken]

I didn't even know Amiga supported MT-32 until right now!

I acquired a CM-32L and CM-300 a few weeks ago, this is deffo the best investment I've done for my retro games! I wish I had these things when I was a kid....

[AGWhiteman]

@petieken Most/All Sierra game supported MIDI (PC/Atari/Amiga) with the Casio or Roland MT32, Which was one of the earlier desktop sound modules, later the Sound Canvas and the General MIDI standard.