Name: Anonymous 2020-02-25 21:28
Rendered the title theme midi from the old DOS game, called CyberMage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcRrntnRqWs
Back then mp3 was not yet invented, so all game music was in midi format, usually relaying on a standard sample set, called General MIDI sound bank. Different audio hardware came with different implementations that that sample set, so all game soundtracks of the era performed incorrectly on all but some single audio card the composer had while making the song. Typically composers used high end midi keyboards to produce the songs, which programmers just thrown into the game, so in reality no card may have been compatible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcRrntnRqWs
Back then mp3 was not yet invented, so all game music was in midi format, usually relaying on a standard sample set, called General MIDI sound bank. Different audio hardware came with different implementations that that sample set, so all game soundtracks of the era performed incorrectly on all but some single audio card the composer had while making the song. Typically composers used high end midi keyboards to produce the songs, which programmers just thrown into the game, so in reality no card may have been compatible.