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Compatibility list
Ian Scott edited this page Aug 2, 2023
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🟢 - Perfect
Compatibility as of firmware v0.6.1
PicoGUS requires an ISA bus speed of 8.33MHz or lower. Glitchy playback or silence may happen at higher bus speeds. Also compatibility with different chipsets may vary, specifically for DMA.
Tested known good chipsets:
- 386SX: Chips & Technologies CS8221
- 386DX/486: ALi M1419
- 486: SiS 85C496/497
- Socket 5/Socket 7: Intel 430FX, Intel 430VX
- Super Socket 7: ALi Aladdin V
- Slot 1/Socket 370: VIA Apollo Pro 133A
Chipsets that work, with some issues
- 386 SoC: ALi M6117D (used in Hand386 & single board computers, some titles have issues)
Reported bad chipsets:
- 386/486: OPTi 82C495SLC
- Super Socket 7: VIA VT82C598MVP
| Status | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | 303 by Acme | sound glitch at beginning of demo, same behavior with real GUS |
| 🟢 | Aeon Drift by Disaster Area | |
| 🟢 | Aquaphobia by RealTech | |
| 🟢 | Astral Blur by The Black Lotus | |
| 🟢 | Bomb by Impact Studios | |
| 🟢 | Boost by Doomsday | |
| 🟢 | Caero by Plant and EMF | |
| 🟢 | Contrast by Oxygene | |
| 🟢 | Crystal Dream II by Triton | |
| 🟢 | DX Project by RealTech | |
| 🟢 | Deesbab by Orange | |
| 🟢 | Facts of Life (House part) by Witan | |
| 🟢 | Fluid Motion by Valhalla | |
| 🟢 | Genocyd by GMF | |
| 🟢 | Headache by Psychic Link | |
| 🟢 | Heartquake by Iguana | |
| 🟢 | Inside by CNCD | |
| 🟢 | Jizz by The Black Lotus | |
| 🟢 | Juice by Psychic Link | |
| 🟢 | Lasse Reinbøng by Cubic Team & $eeN | |
| 🟢 | Legend by Impact Studios | |
| 🟢 | Machines of Madness by Cubic Team | |
| 🟢 | Megablast by Orange | |
| 🟢 | Mindtrap by Trauma | |
| 🟢 | My Summer Demo by Byterapers | |
| 🟢 | No! by Nooon | |
| 🟢 | Paper by Psychic Link | |
| 🟢 | Pump by Iguana | |
| 🟢 | Robot by Orange | |
| 🟢 | Robotnik by Rage | |
| 🟢 | The Sea Robot of Love by Orange | |
| 🟢 | Second Reality by Future Crew | |
| 🟢 | The Secret Life of Mr. Black by Orange | |
| 🟢 | Solstice by Valhalla | |
| 🟢 | Stars by Nooon | |
| 🟢 | Stash by The Black Lotus | |
| 🟢 | Sunflower by Pulse | |
| 🟢 | Super Television by Orange | |
| 🟢 | Television by Orange | |
| 🟢 | Transgression 2 by MFX | |
| 🟢 | Unreal by Future Crew | |
| 🟢 | Verses by EMF | |
| 🟢 | X14 by Orange | Freezes at the 'Mountain' effect on some machines |
| 🟢 | Xtal by Complex | |
| 🟢 | bakkslide 7 by Hellcore & Omnicolour | |
| 🟢 | cöncept by Ümlaüt Design | |
| Babylon by Psychic Monks | Freezes in some transitions | |
| Disgust by Camorra | Credits at the end have strange timing | |
| Dope by Complex | Run PGUSINIT /a 8 before running demo if audio hangs during playback |
|
| Not Foolish 2 by Green Grapes | Small glitches in audio | |
| te-2rb by tpolm | Some music playback slowdown | |
| 🛑 | Huge Crowd by Orange and Nooon | Noise and glitches in samples |
| Status | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | Fast Tracker 2.08 | |
| 🟢 | Scream Tracker 3.21 | |
| Impulse Tracker 2.14 | Constantly changes sampling rate on the fly as channel count changes, can sometimes cause audible issues on some tracks. |
| Status | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | CapaMod | |
| 🟢 | DOSMid | Run ultramid before starting, use /gus option |
| 🟢 | Mod Master XT | |
| Cubic Player | Some reports of freezing, need to investigate further. It runs perfectly on the machines I've tested it on with the exception of the Hand386... | |
| 🛑 | Gravis PlayMIDI | Corrupted samples, hangs during playback |
Many games use DMA for sample upload and/or streaming audio playback so are not expected to work 100% currently. Tread carefully!
| Status | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | Blood | |
| 🟢 | Descent | |
| 🟢 | Doom | Use version 1.9. If sound effects stutter, use pgusinit /d 8
|
| 🟢 | Doom II | Use version 1.9. If sound effects stutter, use pgusinit /d 8
|
| 🟢 | Duke Nukem 3D | |
| 🟢 | Epic Pinball | |
| 🟢 | Jazz Jackrabbit | |
| 🟢 | Pinball Fantasies | |
| 🟢 | Quake | Use version 1.06 |
| 🟢 | Raptor: Call of the Shadows | |
| 🟢 | Rise Of The Triad: Dark War | |
| 🟢 | Warcraft II | |
| 🟢 | Xixit | |
| 🟢 | Zone 66 | |
| Hocus Pocus | Using GUS for sound effects may or may not cause game to crash. The most recent firmware version has greatly improved this. Note: run ultramid from the Ultrasound v4.11 drivers and __hpgrvs.exe instead of using the hocusg.bat file to start the game. |
|
| Star Control II | When exploring the base on the moon, a sound effect played at the end of messages continues forever through all of GUS memory. To stop it playing, go to sound settings and turn music on and off. | |
| Tyrian 2000 | Run ultramid before playing |
| Status | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | GUSDUMP by Firelight | |
| ULTRINIT | some versions run, some don't. Use PGUSINIT instead. |
As a rule, AdLib emulation works on almost anything, except for programs that use AdLib for PCM out.
| Status | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | A-10 Tank Killer | Uses intelligent mode w/ IRQ |
| 🟢 | DOSMid | Use /mpu option |
| 🟢 | GSPlay | |
| 🟢 | Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge | |
| 🟢 | Princess Maker 2 | Uses intelligent mode w/ IRQ |
| 🟢 | The Secret of Monkey Island | |
| 🟢 | Silpheed | Uses intelligent mode |
| 🟢 | Simon the Sorcerer | |
| 🟢 | Windows 9x | Go to the Add New Hardware wizard, and choose the vendor "Microsoft" and device "MPU-401 Compatible" |
| 🟢 | Wing Commander | Uses intelligent mode |
| 🟢 | Wing Commander II | Uses intelligent mode |
| 🟢 | Wonderland | Uses intelligent mode w/ IRQ |
| Frederik Pohl's Gateway | Uses intelligent mode w/ IRQ. Has issues transitioning between songs |
| Status | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | SBVGM | VGM player, plays Sega Master System/Game Gear music files perfectly |
| 🟢 | The Secret of Monkey Island | |
| Maniac Mansion | Cricket chirping sound effect sounds off | |
| 🛑 | Paku Paku | Silence when running with TNDY.COM and using /tandySound option |
| 🛑 | Prince of Persia | Hanging high pitched note at start of playback |
As a rule, CMS emulation works on almost anything, including programs that auto-detect it.