List of MPU-401 Compatible Sierra Games

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his article aims to list all computer games that provide support for the Roland MT-32 family of sound modules. A separate major section is provided (in alphabetical order) for each computer system, which contains a table or list of MT-32 compatible games along with any relevant notes[1]:

Apple II

Atari ST

Commodore Amiga

IBM PC compatibles

Table of compatible games

Games for IBM PC compatibles with MT-32 support
Title Notes Intelligent Mode[ibmpc 1] CM-series[ibmpc 2] MT-32 new[ibmpc 3] MT-32 old[ibmpc 4] Original Synth[ibmpc 5]
A-10 Tank Killer For Roland with SB SFX update the game to v1.5 Yes
Aces of the Deep Roland SC-55
Aces of the Pacific
Aces Over Europe 1993 Dynamix/Sierra
The Adventures of Willy Beamish Floppy version. Yes
Air Bucks aka Air Bucks v1.2 Amiga
The Ancient Art of War in the Skies
Betrayal at Krondor Roland SC-55
The Beverly Hillbillies 1993 Synergistic Software/Capstone Software
Blue Force v0 sounds glitchy. GM driver does not play ambient sound effects Yes
Breach 2 Amiga/Atari ST
Castle of Dr. Brain Yes
Code: Europe 1993 Synergistic/Compu-Teach
Codename: ICEMAN Yes
The Colonel's Bequest aka Laura Bow I Yes Yes
Conan the Cimmerian 1991 Synergistic Software/Virgin Games Yes
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail Yes
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
D-Day: The Beginning of the End Impressions Amiga
The Dagger of Amon Ra aka Laura Bow II
David Wolf: Secret Agent Yes
Detroit MT-32 supported, but setup may not save this correctly and hex editor is needed Amiga
EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus
The Fates of Twinion
Fire Hawk: Thexder The Second Contact aka Thexder 2 NEC PC-88 OPNA
Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist Roland SC-55
Front Page Sports Football Original and Pro editions
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Roland SC-55mkii
Ghostbusters II 1989 Dynamix. Unique DOS version
Heart of China Yes
Hero's Quest A.K.A. Quest for Glory 1 Yes
Homey D. Clown 1993 Synergistic Software/Capstone Software
Hoyle Classic Card Games aka Hoyle 4 Roland SC-55
Hoyle Official Book of Games Yes
Hoyle Official Book of Games, Volume 2 Yes
Hoyle Official Book of Games, Volume 3
King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown aka Roberta Williams' King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown, 1990 EGA/CGA remake of the original King's Quest. Yes
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella aka King's Quest 4 Yes
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! aka King's Quest 5 Yes
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow aka King's Quest 6 Roland SC-55
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride aka King's Quest 7 Roland SC-55
Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards aka Leisure Suit Larry 1. 1991 SCI1 remake
Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work aka Leisure Suit Larry 5 Yes
Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out! aka Leisure Suit Larry 6 Roland SC-55
Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places) aka Leisure Suit Larry 2 Yes
Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals aka Leisure Suit Larry 3 Yes Yes
Lode Runner: The Legend Returns Roland SC-55
Lords of the Realm MT-32 and SCC-1 compatible. No possibility for soundcard combination. General MIDI
Lords of the Realm II MT-32 MIDI with MPU-401 MIDI interface. Possibility for soundcard combination.
Lost Secret of the Rainforest aka EcoQuest II Roland SC-55
Mechwarrior Dynamix developed game
Mixed-Up Fairy Tales
Mixed-Up Mother Goose 1990/1991 SCI versions Yes
Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon
Oil's Well 1990 remake
Pepper's Adventures in Time Roland SC-55
Phantasmagoria Roland SC-55
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance Yes Yes
Police Quest 3: The Kindred Yes
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel 1992 SCI remake
Police Quest: Open Season aka Police Quest IV Roland SC-55
Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science Roland SC-55
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War MT-32 (Old) cuts off some melodic notes, while CM-64 sounds fine. Yes Roland SC-55
Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness aka Quest for Glory 4 Roland SC-55mkII
Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero (EGA) Both original and VGA remake versions Yes
Red Baron
Rules of Engagement 1991 Omnitrend Software/Mindcraft Software Amiga
Rules of Engagement 2 1993 Omnitrend Software/Mindcraft Software Amiga
The Shadow of Yserbius
Sid & Al's Incredible Toons Roland SC-55
Silpheed Yes NEC PC-88 OPN
Slater & Charlie Go Camping Roland SC-55
Sorcerian Fan patch fixes memory error and restores original soundtrack Yes NEC PC-88 OPN
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier Roland SC-55
Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in The Sarien Encounter 1991 remake Yes
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon Yes Yes
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
Space Quest V: The Next Mutation Roland SC-55
Spirit of Excalibur Floppy and CD versions. Can select MT-32/LAPC-I driver in CD version at cost of Redbook audio for speech. Yes
Stellar 7 1990 remake. CD version has the option of Redbook audio for music and speech with MT-32 being used for certain sound effects
Turbo Learning: Mega Math 1993 Sierra On-Line. Sequel to Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science Roland SC-55
Vengeance of Excalibur
When Two Worlds War DOS version has a unique soundtrack

Table Notes

  1. Requires Roland MPU-401 "intelligent mode" features.
  2. Uses additional sound effects only found on the MT-32 compatible CM (Computer music) modules, such as the CM-32L, CM-64, CM-500, and LAPC-I.
  3. Incompatible with MT-32 (Old), producing buffer overflows and causing broken sound or firmware lock-ups. See talk page for a DOSBox workaround.
  4. Exploits software bugs of MT-32 (Old) modules' firmware; will on some occasions sound wrong on later-generation modules.
  5. Non-MT-32 sound output device for which the music is known to have been originally composed.


Games that falsely claim MT-32 compatibility

The following games claim to be MT-32 compatible but in fact are not. The most common case is that they allow MT-32 or compatible devices to be chosen as configuration options, but they play General MIDI music instead:


References

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