No one seems to know the answer to this question I have. Not even in the #mamegames chat room. I cannot play any games nor can I play-back any inp files with sound! I tried everone of the options, and can only get the game to run with "0" but still no sound. I have a ENsoniq sound card, and was told once that there's no way it will work unless I invest in a better sound card. There's got to be a way I can play games through dos with a ENsoniq sound card and have sound! I don't know that much about computers to be able to make some changes so that I can get the sound to work. Please help! Playing games without sound is boring!

-- Stephen Krogman (SKrogman@concentric.net), April 17, 1998

Answers

Sorry this isn't an answer, but I wanted Stephen to know he's not crazy.

I too own an Ensoniq Soundscape (a really great card) and sound worked up until MAME version .33

All of a sudden, nothing. Kaputz. Games run fine, but no sound.

I'm freakin' out myself.

--NoFaDz http://www.nofadz.com

-- NoFaDz (starless@beavis.intercom.net), May 09, 1998.

Sorry guys, I know nothing about this problem.

I've passed it on to the MAME Developers' List though, so hopefully something will happen.

-- Chris Moore (zwaxy@bigfoot.com), May 10, 1998.

From a MAME team member, in response to me forwarding the queries from this board:

Well, I brought one of these cheap-ass Ensoniq PCI soundcards home just to prove the theory and quite frankly, I tried for a good couple hours to make it work right with MAME with NO avail. I am a professional technician, so I can understand the common folk having problems making it work.

When you BUY a "compatible" sound card, it just plain isn't a Sound Blaster - period. Spend the extra $10 and buy Creative Labs if you want complete reliability.

Just my two cents.

-- Chris Moore (zwaxy@bigfoot.com), May 13, 1998.

From another MAME team member:

I second all that. My Soundscape gave me so many headaches w/ Win95 doing DOS apps. Creative Labs is the way to go...

-- Chris Moore (zwaxy@bigfoot.com), May 13, 1998.

I have the same prob with .33. no sound in dos and i have an awe64

houston there may be a problem

-- glen lewis (glenlewis@hotmail.com), June 13, 1998.

I have the same prob using a sound blaster 16 ! Running arcadeos and mame in dos. I have sound in arcadeos but not when I run a game ?? Must try a new version of mame, when i get time :)

-- tony rogo (rogoth@esc.net.au), January 01, 2002.

Try http://www.msu.edu/user/jonesdes/html/SBPCI.htm

-- Ivan (aa@gg.ff), July 08, 2002.