Great Hierophant Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Which games have support for a midi synthesizer through the Atari's midi port? I would think the games would be mostly ST exclusives. PC ports invariably seem to use the YM2149, and only its basic features (no digisound). What is a good aural gaming experience on the ST? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I believe most if not all of the Sierra games use music through the MIDI ports. I haven't seen too many others that support it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevens Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 also Karate Kid by Microdeal played its music through the midi ports. Don't know of any others though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lais Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 This idea was tried with some late '80s games but damned if I can remember them, I think they were of the graphic adventure variety. On a similar subject, anyone remember B.A.T. II and its MV-16 sound cartridge? I always wanted that game for the sound, never got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ProToS] Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I still have the MV-16 cartridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Hierophant Posted February 10, 2004 Author Share Posted February 10, 2004 I should have realized that Sierra's SCI0 games would use the midi port in the Atari ST as they would have used an MPU-401 Intelligent Midi Interface Card in a PC. Of course, the midi is limited to one module, the legendary Roland MT-32. Someday, when I can either afford a Roland MT-32 or the Roland MT-32 driver is completed, I will enjoy the Atari ST Sierra SCI games a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian1 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Marble Madness and Gold of the Realm also outputted MIDI. I wish more games could have used MIDI for music. Anyone who has heard the excellent music from the Sierra SCI games via a Roland MT32 are impressed. I have all the Sierra SCI games and sometimes I just like to load up certain parts of the games for their memorable music sequences. I just looked at Ebay and MT32s are only going for $50-$80. That's a bargain! What are you talking about an "incomplete driver?" The driver that comes with the games work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Hierophant Posted February 11, 2004 Author Share Posted February 11, 2004 I forgot to mention that I am emulating an Atari ST, and I am looking to an emulated Roland MT-32 driver for Windows, selectable as a midi device. Look here for details http://www.artworxinn.com/alex/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markimus of K. Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 The Ultima games have MIDI, sounds great! I'm listening to my cassette copy of Ultima III MIDI as I type this! I need to get a life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Hierophant Posted February 12, 2004 Author Share Posted February 12, 2004 The Ultima games have MIDI, sounds great! I'm listening to my cassette copy of Ultima III MIDI as I type this! This is fascinating, but I have some questions: How do you configure the Ultimas for midi instead of YM2149? (The Sierra titles use an install program) Which particular Ultimas (besides 3 4, 5 and 6 were released for the ST) support midi? Did you use the original disks? (Only the Automation and Medway Boys CDs are available on the net) What type of midi synthesizer did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 Ahhh, Ultima music, I just spent 15 minutes downloading and listening to various Ultima MIDI files. I also noticed there is a port of Ultima III to the Mac! Which of course I promptly downloaded and ran. And holy cow, it runs in 640x480 and has, uhhr, a few more colors than the original. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 There was a game called 'ECO' that was about evolution: you started as a spider and had to 'upgrade' yourself as better as you could. Nice 3D vector wireframe graphics. And then there was crossbow, IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdemming Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Some titles from Paradox Software supports midi like Warzone, Bomb Jack, ST Karate, and probably more: http://www.atari.st/list.php?developer=36&...ction=developer RObert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I think that Rock n' Roll used to output the music to the MIDI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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