An hour of Sound Blaster music
Today I present to you an hour of classic FM synthesis music from IBM PC games. Recorded using OPL3LPT from Serdashop, which uses an authentic Yamaha YMF262 (aka OPL3) chip which was the same chip used in Creative’s Sound Blaster Pro 2, Sound Blaster 16, and AWE cards, as well as AdLib Gold. OPL3 was […]
X3MB Buran MIDI module review
Today I take a look at the X3MB Buran MIDI Module from Serdaco. It’s a very compact Sound Canvas 55 alternative with an impressive 50 megabyte instrument bank, and an interesting 3D printed case design. It sounded great no matter what obscure MIDI file or DOS game I threw at it. And of course now […]
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Installing a DOS Game From Floppy Disks
Here’s a full process of installing a DOS classic Syndicate (Bullfrog Productions/Electronic Arts, 1993) from five 3.5 inch floppy disks. All authentic hardware. Enjoy the sounds of a working floppy drive. Orthodox bi-panel file manager Volkov Commander is used in this video because I can’t live without a bi-panel file manager. If you don’t have […]
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DOS Nostalgia Podcast #27: Fear and Loathing on YouTube
“We were somewhere around the comments section, on the edge of YouTube, when the anger began to take hold.” Russian video-blogger Dmitry Bachilo returns to discuss what it is like to be a retro gaming-centered content creator. In between being silly and self-deprecating about our hobby we also manage to discuss some serious issues, and […]
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