Updated Games Audio Drivers
NOTICE: The following information is now dated. Now that DOSBox can now handle most of Sierra's DOS games, these update is no longer necessary. By playing your game in DOSBox, you can avoid this and other timer problems.
Back when computers came with a "Turbo" switch (a sort of speed switch,) Sierra's workaround was to turn off the Turbo switch to start the game, after which you could turn the Turbo back on. If you have your cycles in DOSBox set too high, you may still encounter this problem. You can mimic the turbo switch solution by lowering your cycles (Ctl+F11) before starting your game. You may raise the cycles back up after the game starts (Ctl+F12).
Updated SoundBlaster Driver (AUDBLAST.DRV):
This updated driver corrects a problem with some SoundBlaster 16 ASP sound cards in which only the first digitized sound effect is heard.
AUDBLAST.DRV (SB16DRV) (ZIP file) [6.25 KB]
It works with the following games:
- Ecoquest CD-ROM
- King's Quest VI CD-ROM
- Laura Bow II CD-ROM
- Space Quest IV CD-ROM
To use the new driver, copy AUDBLAST.DRV to the game directory on your hard drive.
Updated SoundBlaster Driver (486SBDRV):
Official updated drivers that have been designed for compatibility with 486 and higher systems, MTBLAST.DRV and SNDBLAST.DRV. This update contains two drivers
that have been designed for compatibility with 486 systems. Copy both the MTBLAST.DRV and the SNDBLAST.DRV drivers to each of your game subdirectories.
You may want to rerun the Install program for each game to verify that the selection of either driver is made. At this point, you are ready to boot the game up and enjoy the great sounds from your Sound Blaster card.
This driver will work for the following games:
- Hoyle Official Book of Games Volume III
- Leisure Suit Larry I Enhanced VGA
- Leisure Suit Larry V
- Police Quest III
- Space Quest I Enhanced VGA
This file will not work with any other Sierra or Dynamix titles. For Space Quest IV, try slowing the system down when you start the game with a slow down utility such as "Turbo" (You can speed it back up once the game is started.)
New SoundBlaster Driver (SBSCI32):
The enclosed file (dacblast.drv) is an updated SoundBlaster driver that will recognize sound cards on I/O addresses other than 220.
It will work with the following games:
- Gabriel Knight
- Gabriel Knight CD-ROM
- Police Quest: Open Season
- Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness
For this driver to work properly, you must have the correct SET BLASTER statement in your autoexec.bat file. For more information on this setting, please refer to your sound card documentation.
SoundBlaster Driver (E29PATCH):
This download contains two drivers that have been designed for compatibility with 486 systems. Copy both the MTBLAST.DRV and the SNDBLAST.DRV drivers to each of your game
subdirectories.
This driver will work for the following games:
- Police Quest III
- Space Quest I Enhanced VGA
- Leisure Suit Larry I Enhanced VGA
- Leisure Suit Larry V
- Hoyle III
This file will not work with any other Sierra or Dynamix titles. For King's Quest V choose the AdLib option and the game will sound perfect. For Space Quest IV, try slowing the system down when you start the game by turning off the Turbo button. You can speed it back up once in the game. If you do not have a Turbo button, you will need to choose the AdLib option.
Gravis UltraSound Driver (GUSDRV):
These drivers are ONLY for Sierra games that support General MIDI. These drivers are not designed for use with other Sierra games. Future Sierra game releases will contain
support for the Gravis Ultrasound Specific instructions for installing the Gravis Ultrasound drivers in future games can be found in the owners manual or README file that
come with the game.
The Gravis Ultrasound drivers will work with the following games:
- Dagger of Amon RA (CD)
- Freddy Pharkas
- Hoyle Classic Card Games (VGA)
- Island of Dr. Brain
- King's Quest VI
- Lost Secret of the Rain forest
- Pepper's Adventures in Time
- Police Quest (VGA)
- Slater and Charlie
- Space Quest V
IMPORTANT NOTE: These drivers are for Sierra games only. They will not work on Dynamix, Coktel Vision or Bright Star products.
Gravis UltraSound Driver (GUS32):
Updated Gravis Ultrasound Drivers
The Gravis Ultrasound drivers will work with the following games:The GRAVIS ULTRASOUND DRIVERS on this disk will work with the
following SIERRA 32 bit games:
- Gabriel Knight
- Gabriel Knight CD
- Leisure Suit Larry 6 CD
- Police Quest 4
- Quest for Glory 4
These drivers will not work on earlier Sierra games.
Updated SoundBlaster Driver (DACBLAST):
Another Updated SoundBlaster driver. The enclosed driver is an updated SoundBlaster driver that will recognize sound cards on I/O addresses other than 220.
It will work with the following games:
- Gabriel Knight 1 CD-ROM
- Police Quest 4: Open Season
- Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness
AWE32 Driver:
An after market driver from Creative Labs & Sierra for the AWE32 for some of Sierra's titles. See readme for supported games.
Sierra MT-32 Driver:
This driver corrects problems with some high-resolution Sierra games that support both MT-32 and DAC playback.
Sierra Generic MT Driver (GNRCSND):
This is a "generic" Sierra sound driver by Stuart Goldstein (Sierra On-Line) that will drive any multi-timbre MIDI sound module. Requires a MPU-401 compatible MIDI
Interface. Documentation is included.
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