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| Sim City 2000 no midi sound on sc-88? |
Posted by: 9646gt on 2020-08-15 15:38:29
So, I have my SC-88VL properly setup and configured it seems OMS test mode plays midi directly to it through the mini macman interface with no issues. But any time I start the floppy version of the game that I got from Macintosh Garden (I think v 1.2), it only plays the quick time music where I have the computers speaker output jack hooked into the in portion of the SC with the intention of sound effects coming through. Bars do not move on the display so it’s definitely it getting passes midi when starting the game. Any clues what could be up?
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Posted by: 9646gt on 2020-08-15 16:16:15
Just to update I tried Prince of Persia as well with no luck. Not sure what other games I can easily move over with floppies to my Quadra 700 to test
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Posted by: blitter on 2020-08-15 16:22:09
Neither SimCity 2000 nor Prince of Persia use QuickTime for music playback. Both of those games (as well as a number of others, such as SimAnt, Lemmings, Wolfenstein 3D,...) license the SoundMusicSys engine from Halestorm, which only generates software-synthesized sounds through the Mac's built-in audio facilities.
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Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-08-15 17:20:48
Not sure what other games I can easily move over with floppies to my Quadra 700 to test There is a thread somewhere—I'm trying to find it as we speak, but you might have better luck—where @Dimitris1980 had a list of games with support for, and tested on their MT-32, which is probably also what you need here.
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Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-08-15 17:22:36
Aha, here we go—this might well be of use.
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Posted by: 9646gt on 2020-08-16 01:38:45
Such a disappointment 🙁 thank you guys I’ll try and play some of the others on that list. I prefer the Mac version of SC2000 but may end up playing on my 486 for some MIDI goodness
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Posted by: Dimitris1980 on 2020-08-21 01:02:19
This link is a video showing Sim City Classic (not SC2000) using the Roland Sound Canvas SC88 via quicktime for the music.
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Posted by: Dimitris1980 on 2020-08-21 01:33:51
Capitalism with Roland Sound Canvas SC88
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