Perfect DIY project for a simple ISA 8 bit retro sound card. Have a taste of one of the first sound cards for the IBM PC!!!
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In 1988, DOS games were finally beginning to support cards and devices that would allow games to expand their musical abilities beyond the PC Speaker and PCjr./Tandy 3-Voice sound. King's Quest IV, …
Read More…In 1988, DOS games were finally beginning to support cards and devices that would allow games to expand their musical abilities beyond the PC Speaker and PCjr./Tandy 3-Voice sound. King's Quest IV, released in September, 1988, was the first DOS game to support sound cards and midi interfaces. It supported the Adlib Music Synthesizer Card, the Roland MT-32 Multi-timbral MIDI Sound Module and the IBM Music Feature, all of which had been released the previous year.
While the Adlib would soon become supported by all developers, and the MT-32 would dominate the high end of PC gaming for several years, IBM's card was seen as overpriced and lacking in features. It was supported in games only by Sierra, and then as something of an afterthought. Could a third card succeed? Creative Technologies of Singapore thought it could.
In late 1987 or early 1988, Creative Labs, Inc. released the Creative Music System (CMS or C/MS as it was abbreviated) in the United States (it had previously been released in Malaysia and Singapore).
Own a piece of history by building the CMS/Game Blaster by yourself. This is a perfect intro project as all components are through hole!
You'll get a complete kit to build an ISA sound card based on the SAA1099 sound generator.
This card is based on the work by Sergey and Tronix of the Vintage Computer Federation forums and is an attempt at creating a working clone of the Creative CMS / Game Blaster ISA cards.
Vogons: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=63867
VCFED.org: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?59846-Creative-Music-System-Game-Blaster-clone
Sound card IS NOT ASSEMBLED but contains ALL parts to do so including the PCB and chip sockets (DIY project)
(Assembled photos are for illustration purposes only)
How to install
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