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Dell Latitude X1

Specs

  • Intel Pentium-M: 1.1GHz
  • Intel 915GMS chipset
  • Intel GMA 900 video
  • Intel ICH6 / HDA / AC97 audio with Sigmatel codec
  • 12“ TFT LCD @ 1280×768
  • RAM DDR2-400 SO-DIMM
    • 256MB (onboard), expansion up to 1280MB (256 onboard + 1024MB module)
  • 1.8” PATA HDD
  • USB (x2), Firewire, Gigabit ethernet

Good Points

  • Very small - barely bigger than the tiny Thinkpad 240 series
  • Decent quality keyboard - not a chiclet type
  • Plenty of CPU power for even the most demanding DOS games ever
  • Supports USB floppy drives natively - both to boot and access within DOS
  • Built in ethernet and wifi
  • Completely fanless
  • Emulated Soundblaster digital audio, Yamaha FM and soft MIDI synth supported by VSBHDA
  • Emulated Soundblaster digital audio, Yamaha FM supported by SBEMU

Bad Points

  • No built-in removeable storage
  • BIOS is almost completely locked down, virtually nothing to configure
  • No native Soundblaster capability
  • Wifi card supports up to 'G' only - though can be replaced
  • Widescreen - not ideal for 4:3 / 5:4 DOS games
  • The Intel GMA video is not the fastest - some earlier AGP designs are faster; though it's still more than enough speed for even hi-res DOS games
  • The internal HDD is an odd 1.8“ drive - cannot be easily swapped with a newer 2.5” drive; requires a 1.8“ to (something) converter board
  • Mono internal speaker

Test Base Config
3DBench 1.0c 140.1
Chris 3D Bench 142.5 fps
Chris 3D Bench SVGA VESA error
PC Player VGA 143.3 fps
PC Player SVGA 63.7 fps
Doom (low detail) 238 realtics
Doom (high detail) 1304 realtics
Quake (320×200) 116 fps
Quake (360×480) 47.0 fps
Quake (640×480) 41.0 fps
Norton SI 1063
Landmark CPU 12950 MHz
Landmark FPU 24000 MHz
Landmark Video 7336 chr/sec
Drive Directory Game Variant or version Sound config Blaster Runs vsbhda vsbhda16 FM Digital MIDI Retest Reason Notes
D ACTION Alien Carnage Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes No FM in this game – it’s all digital FX with tracker music.
D ACTION Another World Soundblaster 10KHz Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes
D ACTION Bargon Attack Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes No apparent FM in this game.
D ACTION Commander Keen 4 Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Detects Soundblaster in startup. Also no scrolling issues.
D ACTION Commander Keen 5 Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Detects Soundblaster in startup. Also no scrolling issues.
D ACTION Commander Keen 6 Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Detects Soundblaster in startup. Also no scrolling issues.
D ACTION Cool Spot Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Partial Digital FX playback in game is garbled – all FX sound the same. FM playback (music, effects) are good.
D ACTION Cool Croc Twins Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Start game in Adlib mode. Music/FX plays back okay.
D ACTION First Samurai A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No Won’t start – very picky about memory managers.
D ACTION Flashback Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Partial No Effect noises don’t work in Soundblaster or Adlib mode. Music plays back without issue. Volume is quiet even at /VOL9.
D ACTION Giana Sisters SB16, Mono, 22KHz Soundblaster 16 A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes
D ACTION Gods Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes No graphical glitches. /VOL9 seems to be a reasonable output.
D ACTION Jazz Jackrabbit SB16, HQ mixing Soundblaster 16 A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Start vsbhda16 with the /DIVE1 parameter to mitigate the usual Jazz runtime error.
D ACTION Jill of the Jungle Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Use the ‘NewRisingSun’ FM patch and fix from Vogons. Without the patch no SB card is detected and music/effects are disabled.
D ACTION Keen Dreams Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes No scrolling or graphical glitches.
D ACTION Megaman X Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Uses Miles audio. Selecting SB Pro or SB16 fails, works with original SB option. Extremely loud at /VOL9
D ACTION Monster Bash 1 + 2 + 3 Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Partial Music sounds “off”. During gameplay lots of clipping and crackles at /VOL9. Almost inaudible at /VOL8.
D ACTION Crusader No Regret Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D ACTION Crusader No Remorse Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D ACTION Project Paradise Soundblaster 16 A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Very loud at /VOL9. Use in-game menu to reduce WAV and TOTAL volume to 50% or less. Still not fast enough in SVGA mode – what does this game need???
D ACTION Prince of Persia prince adlib Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes FM music and effects.
D ACTION Prince of Persia prince sblast Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes No No When started with “sblast” arg, no FM and no Digital FX – reverts to PC speaker.
D ACTION Prince of Persia 2 Soundblaster / Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Select SB Pro mode. Ear splitting loud.
D ACTION Magic Pockets A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No Yes Yes Game loads, music plays, but unresponsive to keys – hangs at starting demo?
D ACTION Rampart Soundblaster Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Partial Works in SB Pro mode. Can produce music via “Roland + SB Pro” option, but is designed for MT-32.
D ACTION Syndicate Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Very loud at /VOL9. Some crackles and clipping during start. In game is clear, but very loud.
D ACTION Syndicate Wars Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D ACTION TD2192 No Runtime error 200 at start – possible speed related issue.
D ACTION Vinyl Goddess from Mars Soundblaster 16 A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Works fine, very loud at /VOL9.
D ACTION Xargon Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Most effects are FM and quite loud, digital fx can be heard but drowned out by loud FM.
D ACTION Zeliard Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes
D ACTION Zool No RETEST WITH SETMUL Divide overflow error – won’t start – possible speed related issue.
D ACTION Zool 2 No RETEST WITH SETMUL Divide overflow error – won’t start – possible speed related issue.
D FPS Blake Stone – Aliens of Gold Soundblaster / Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes The “setblast” config tool detects sounds fine. Tests okay. Music and digital FX perfect in game.
D FPS Blake Stone – Planet Strike Soundblaster / Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes The “setblast” config tool detects sounds fine. Tests okay. Music and digital FX perfect in game.
D FPS Blood Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No Yes Yes Yes Setup tool works in SB16 mode with GM MIDI provided by soundfont. Game doesn’t start – “File error#11 loading demo file header”
D FPS Cybermage Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes No If you start Cybermage in SB+MIDI mode with a soundfont loaded the game loads to the menu and music plays, sound effects while navigating menu etc., but upon pressing “New” to start the game it hangs. If you start the game in SB only mode, or without a soundfont loaded it does not hang and proceeds to the first level.
D FPS Descent Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Only works correctly in SB mode – if selecting SB Pro or SB16 the setup utility does not play back the digital audio test correctly. GM MIDI works fine alongside SB. Audio is very loud at /VOL9 – can be slightly adjusted in-game.
D FPS Descent 2 Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D FPS Doom The Ultimate Doom v1.9 Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Music and digital FX working well but volume is odd – anything other than /vol9 is whisper quiet. Set /vol9 and then use the in-game volume slider to turn effects almost all of the way down.
D FPS Doom II V1.9 Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Music and digital FX working well but volume is odd – anything other than /vol9 is whisper quiet. Set /vol9 and then use the in-game volume slider to turn effects almost all of the way down.
D FPS Doom II Plutonia V1.9 Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Music and digital FX working well but volume is odd – anything other than /vol9 is whisper quiet. Set /vol9 and then use the in-game volume slider to turn effects almost all of the way down.
D FPS Doom II TNT V1.9 Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Music and digital FX working well but volume is odd – anything other than /vol9 is whisper quiet. Set /vol9 and then use the in-game volume slider to turn effects almost all of the way down.
D FPS Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition v1.4 Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes The “setup” tool correctly plays back music and digital FX on the centre channel, but left and right channels are silent. However in-game digital FX is played back correctly.
D FPS Eradicator Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No Yes Yes Game shows startup movie then exits with “Not enough extended memory” – likely too much free XMS (>1GB!). Digital audio plays fine during the startup.
D FPS Wolfenstein 3D Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Start with 32MB EMS
D FPS Gunmetal Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No Yes Yes Game starts, produces digital audio, but the display is in an incompatible video mode – LCD all out of sync. Install tool throws a DOS4GW error, so unable to change video mode. Volume is very loud at /VOL9.
D FPS Heretic Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Music and digital FX working well but volume is odd – anything other than /vol9 is whisper quiet. Set /vol9 and then use the in-game volume slider to turn effects almost all of the way down.
D FPS Hexen Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Music and digital FX working well but volume is odd – anything other than /vol9 is whisper quiet. Set /vol9 and then use the in-game volume slider to turn effects almost all of the way down.
D FPS Magic Carpet Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes RETEST WITH SETMUL Huge clipping and distortion at /VOL9 – unusable at that volume. Must be started at /VOL8 – but this is quiet; digital FX barely audible. Although it technically works, it needs to be slowed down – too fast to play.
D FPS Magic Carpet 2 Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Huge clipping and distortion at /VOL9 – unusable at that volume. Must be started at /VOL8. In VGA mode it is too fast, but in hi-res (press “r” during gameplay) it’s fine. SB 16 + GM MIDI combination is working well.
D FPS Powerslave Soundblaster 16 A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No Yes Yes Selecting SB16 in setup tool autodetects fine. Digital effects played back during startup movie okay. Game stops at a black screen at start (bad copy of game? CD required?)
D FPS Strife Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Music and digital FX working well but volume is odd – anything other than /vol9 is whisper quiet. The in-game volume options don’t appear to have any effect.
D FPS Star Wars – Dark Forces No RETEST WITH SETMUL Setup tool hangs – cannot select any audio options. Possible too much memory or too fast error?
D LEMMINGS Lemmings No Jemmex exception on start.
D LEMMINGS Lemmings 2 No Jemmex exception on start.
D LEMMINGS Lemmings 3 No The “install.exe” tool won’t run – runtime error 200 – possibly speed related. If game exe is run it just hangs at a black screen.
D LEMMINGS Holiday 1994 Lemmings Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes
D LEMMINGS Holiday 1993 Lemmings Partial Game starts, but on loading the first level it crashes immediately. Unable to test sound.
D LEMMINGS XMAS Lemmings 1991 No Jemmex exception on start.
D LEMMINGS XMAS Lemmings 1992 No Jemmex exception on start.
D PINBALL Pinball Illusions No Restarts the computer with/without JEMM386
D PINBALL Pinball Dreams No The dreams.com and pd.exe files just immediately return to dos. Nothing shown, no audio.
D PINBALL Pinball Dreams II A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes
D PINBALL Pinball Mania No The “setsound” tool restarts the computer.
D PINBALL Silverball Soundblaster Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Partial Yes Yes Game starts, demo plays, music and FX are okay. If you let the demo run and then press “Escape” to exit back to the main game/menu it hangs on a black screen.
D RPG ADOM Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D RPG Albion Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D RPG Al-Qadim Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Very loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Amberstar Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes
D RPG Amulets & Armour No The “setsound” tool exits with “DOS/16M – DPMI host error insufficient memory” – possibly too much memory.
D RPG Anvil of Dawn No The “setsound” tool exits with “DOS/16M – DPMI host error insufficient memory” – possibly too much memory.
D RPG Crystals of Arborea A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes No No No On start at the Silmarils logo I hear a long synthesized beep, rather than the audio which is normally played. No sound in-game. Assuming that the game detects Soundblaster support.
D RPG Realms of Arkania 1 Soundblaster Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Game supports SB Pro + Roland MT-32, doesn’t sound great with GM MIDI. Better in SB Pro FM. Very loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Realms of Arkania 2 Soundblaster Pro + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Won’t start due to too much XMS memory – detects -1 bytes free. Use MAXEXT=32768 for JEMMEX to limit to 32MB. Very loud with /VOL9.
D RPG Realms of Arkania 3 Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D RPG Balor of the Evil Eye A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Seems to autodetect Soundblaster. Very loud/distorted at /VOL9.
D RPG Eye of the Beholder Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Works fine. Loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Eye of the Beholder 2 Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Works fine. Loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Eye of the Beholder 3 Soundblaster Pro + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Works fine in SB Pro + MIDI mode. Volume is very loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Bloodwych Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Autodetection, works in Adlib mode (only other option is Roland).
D RPG Buck Rogers – Countdown to Doomsday Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Adlib support.
D RPG Buck Rogers – Matrix Cubed Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Adlib support.
D RPG Dark Sun – Shattered Lands Soundblaster Pro + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Works fine in SB Pro + MIDI mode. Volume is very loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Dark Sun II – Wake of the Ravager Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Works fine in SB 16 + GM MIDI mode. Volume is very loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Desparbis Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Configure as SB. Doesn’t work in SB Pro or SB 16 mode. Very loud and corrupted at /VOL9.
D RPG The Elder Scrolls – Arena Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D RPG The Elder Scrolls – Battlespire No Install.exe does not run – hangs at black screen.
D RPG The Elder Scrolls – Daggerfall Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D RPG The Elder Scrolls – Redguard Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D RPG Fallout Soundblaster 16 A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No Yes Yes Sound setup only seems to work if the high DMA channel of the SB16 is used. If SB, SB Pro or SB16 is selected with a low DMA channel (i.e. 1) then the digital playback is just random noise. Game loads “please wait” image, then exits back to DOS.
D RPG Ishar 1 Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes No Partial On start at the Silmarils logo I hear a synthesized beep and fragment of random noise, rather than the audio which is normally played. Effects played back during animated start sequence are ‘clicky’ – no FM music. Digital sound plays during gameplay but a little noisy – no FM music at all. Very loud and corrupted at /VOL9.
D RPG Ishar 2 Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes No Partial On start at the Silmarils logo I hear a synthesized beep and fragment of random noise, rather than the audio which is normally played. Effects played back during animated start sequence are ‘clicky’ – no FM music. Digital sound plays during gameplay but a little noisy – no FM music at all. Very loud and corrupted at /VOL9.
D RPG Ishar 3 Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No No No No Game doesn’t start after running setup. Hangs at black screen. If started with XMS only the Silmarils logo briefly appears and then a “General Protection Fault” message appears with a register dump.
D RPG Jagged Alliance Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D RPG Champions of Krynn Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Works perfect. Volume not overly loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Death Knights of Krynn Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Works perfect. Volume not overly loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Dark Queen of Krynn Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Offers the option for SB + Roland, but this is specifically for MT-32. Volume is loud at /VOL9, a little distored.
D RPG The Legacy Soundblaster Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Configures as SB Pro okay, sound is garbled and clicky during intro animation, but okay in main game. Can also play as SB + Roland; this is designed for LAPC/MT-32 but sounds okay in GM mode.
D RPG Lands of Lore 1 Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D RPG Menzoberranzan Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D RPG Might & Magic III Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Offers SB + Roland mode (designed for MT-32), but this results in a glitchy, laggy startup and is unplayable. Works okay in pure SB mode. Volume is very loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Might & Magic – Worlds of Xeen Soundblaster Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Offers SB + Roland or SB + GM mode, but this results in a glitchy, laggy startup and is unplayable. Works okay in pure SB Pro mode. Volume is very loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Might & Magic – Swords of Xeen Untested RETEST WITH REINSTALL Missing “install.exe” to configure sound.
D RPG Mysterious Song SB16, Super Hi Quality Soundblaster 16 A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Must use Low DMA channel – using Hi DMA channel results in random noise playback. Very loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Pools of Darkness A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Partial Yes Yes RETEST WITH MSMOUSE Very loud at /VOL9. Mouse cursor is erratic and unusable – possible conflict with Cutemouse?
D RPG Pools of Radiance Partial N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A No sound support. Uses keyboard input from the numpad – thus on shortened keyboards it doesn’t work. Only Home/End correspond to up/down on numpad. Not really playable.
D RPG Ravenloft Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No No No No No Two clicks from speakers on running “r.exe”, but screen remains blank. Configured for SB16 + GM.
D RPG Ravenloft II Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No No No No No Sound setup tool exits with a DOS4GW exception 0Eh (page fault) when configuring sound devices.
D RPG Robinsons Requiem Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No No No No The game exits with an “Illegal interrupt #00” error when starting the game from the initial setup screen.
D RPG Savage Realm Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes EMS must be set to no more than 32MB.
D RPG Gateway to the Savage Frontier Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes No No No No audio.
D RPG Shadowcaster Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Works fine. Volume loud.
D RPG Shadowlands Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Seems to autodetect Adlib, no setup needed.
D RPG Skeldal No Running the game “setup.exe” hangs at the DOS/32A extender message.
D RPG Ultima VI Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Detects Adlib without problems. Very loud at /VOL9.
D RPG Ultima VII Soundblaster Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No When ran with just XMS and VSBHDA16 it complains about requiring 561144 bytes of memory – actually have 622384 free. Must run without EMS.
D RPG Ultima VIII Soundblaster Pro + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No “Abnormal program termination” when running U8.COM. Must run without EMS.
D RPG Ultima Underworld 1 Soundblaster Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes No No No RETEST WITH REINSTALL Seems to be missing part of sound config – can’t change settings.
D RPG Ultima Underworld 2 Soundblaster Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes No No No RETEST WITH REINSTALL Seems to be missing part of sound config – can’t change settings.
D RPG Wizardry 6 Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No On start a “Program caused a divide overflow error” message is shown and exits back to DOS.
D RPG Wizardry 7 Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No On start a “Program caused a divide overflow error” message is shown and exits back to DOS.
D RPG Knights of Xentar Soundblaster Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D SHOOTER Lightspeed No Freezes on start.
D SHOOTER Major Stryker Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Autodetects Adlib and Soundblaster.
D SHOOTER Overkill Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Start with “overkill /a” for Adlib support.
D SHOOTER Prototype No If you run the setup tool you get a runtime error 200 at start – possible speed related issue. Running the game shows a black screen.
D SHOOTER Raptor Soundblaster + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Works well. Volume very loud at /VOL9.
D SHOOTER Spectre VR Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Detects Soundblaster at start. Works fine. Very loud at /VOL9.
D SHOOTER Tubular Worlds Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes
D SHOOTER Tyrian No When running setup or game it displays a “Loader error (0025): cannot initialise” error. Unable to configure sound.
D SHOOTER Tyrian 2000 No When running setup or game it displays a “Loader error (0025): cannot initialise” error. Unable to configure sound.
D STRATEGY A-Train /480 /C /BLAST Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Must be started with the command line arguments. Sounds okay – not overly loud at /VOL9.
D STRATEGY Afterlife Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D STRATEGY Battle Isle Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Autodetects Adlib mode.
D STRATEGY Breach 2 Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Autodetects Adlib mode.
D STRATEGY Breach 3 Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D STRATEGY Command & Conquer – Covert Ops Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D STRATEGY Command & Conquer (GDI campaign) Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D STRATEGY Command & Conquer (NOD campaign) Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D STRATEGY Theme Hospital Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D STRATEGY Powermonger Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Very fast. Load the options menu and set game speed to one or two clicks above minimum. Soundblaster digital FX and music working fine. Volume loud at /VOL9.
D STRATEGY Populous populous Vga Adlib Sound Adlib A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Works fine when started as “populous Vga Adlib Sound”. Volume loud at /VOL9.
D STRATEGY Populous II pop2 /H /SS Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Partial Partial Sound plays during intro but not in game.
D STRATEGY Red Alert (Allied campaign) Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D STRATEGY Red Alert (Soviet campaign) Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D STRATEGY Simcity Classic Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Works fine in SB16 + GM mode. Very loud at /VOL9. No issues with missing 8×14 font.
D STRATEGY Simcity 2000 SC2000 CD Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Very loud at /VOL9.
D STRATEGY Simcity CD Untested RETEST WITH ISO
D STRATEGY The Settlers Soundblaster Pro A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Sounds works fine in SB Pro mode. Hi-res graphics also displaying okay.
D STRATEGY The Settlers II Soundblaster 16 + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Works fine in SB16 + GM mode. Very loud at /VOL9. When quitting the game to DOS it hangs.
D STRATEGY Sid Meiers Civilization GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 No Yes Yes Choose “custom sound driver” after running sound.exe. Intro plays, MIDI music sounds okay, but skipping it results in “Run-time error R6003 – Integer divide by 0”. Very loud at /VOL9.
D STRATEGY Sid Meiers Civilization Soundblaster A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Choose “custom sound driver” after running sound.exe. Intro plays, FM music sounds okay. Game plays, FM music and effects okay. Very loud at /VOL9.
D STRATEGY Sid Meiers Colonization Soundblaster Pro + GM A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 P330 Yes Yes Yes Yes Works fine in SB Pro + GM mode. Very loud at /VOL9.
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