In order to be able to enjoy games in the best possible way, not only a fast PC and a decent monitor are part of the PC gamer’s repertoire, but also the peripherals have to be right.The headphones and the stereo system play an important role here, since immersion in the game is hardly possible without sound.Accordingly, it is not surprising that a lot of work is also being done on sound solutions in the retro area in order to be able to enjoy old classics in all their glory.
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A few days ago, the user “crazii” presented the Sound Blaster emulation SBEMU based on AC-97.AC 97 or Audio Codec 97 is the predecessor of the High Definition Audio Interface (HD Audio) still in use today.A majority of the retro PCs work with it and SBEMU is intended to enable Sound Blaster support for these devices.Supported sound cards are hardware boards with nForce chips, VIA VT8233 and VT82C686, onboard solutions based on Intel’s ICH or Intel High Definition Audio as well as the Sound Blaster Live and Audigy.
For this hardware, SBEMU emulates various old high-end sound cards for better sound quality on the retro PC.Games can then be played in real mode and in protection mode.Requirements are HDPMI32i and QEMM or JEMM for real mode.So far, many titles seem to be working, but there are still minor limitations.Games don’t work in 16-bit protection mode, but otherwise SBEMU seems to work well according to user comments as well. Here you can download the emulation yourself to enjoy old classics.
Source: Vogons