Space Quest 4 opening music - Adlib vs MT-32

MT-32 one starts at 1:25
Space Quest 4 theme music, both Adlib and Roland MT-32 renditions.
Both Adlib and MT-32 examples here use Soundblaster for sound effects.

[@Dauntless-ut4mm]

This is the very first game I remember at all. Such a massive amount of nostalgia. Thanks for uploading!

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[@joeg6385]

Still one of my favorite theme songs

[@Draguling]

Man, I love this music.

[@citroenboter]

I don't care what people tell me. I will ALWAYS love the adlib and soundblaster version of game soundtracks more than the mt-32 one.

[@BubbleMania5678]

I remember playing this as a kid and failing a lot because I didn’t know what to do and didn’t have a guide. I thought the game was broken or something. I also now know the music I heard was the Adlib version.

[@Domarius64]

That's funny :) What part did you think was broken? I ask because the deaths don't look like "glitches". Every time you die it's pretty clear about why you died. One of the goals of the creators was to make death entertaining, hence the graphics going with each kind of death.

[@BubbleMania5678]

@@Domarius64 I thought for a long time that I couldn't get off the street or out of the sewers. I thought that the streets would eventually expand to have more places to explore. I also kept running into the killer robot or zombie guy who I didn't understand.

[@Domarius64]

@@BubbleMania5678 ah yes I can imagine expecting to explore the rest of the city. And yeah I can imagine that instant death zombie being confusing. those old games were brutal, none of that would fly these days :)

[@Swenglish]

@SchlossRitter The reason for the similarity in sound between Sound Blaster and Genesis music is simple: FM synthesis. Specifically, they both used Yamaha FM chips, though different ones. Sound Blaster used Yamaha OPL3 (OPL2 in SB1.0), and Genesis used Yamaha OPN2.

[@laffer35]

@SchlossRitter Yeah, later Sierra games let you pick MT-32 for music and Soundblaster for sound effects.

[@gabrieletorta74]

I can't find the SoundBlaster versione anywhere, I'm desperate!! Can you help me?

[@earthsteward70]

huh so this is the adlibs full potential

[@EpicureMammon]

I don't remember the FM soundtrack being so bad! Hmm... maybe I had my AWE-32 by the time I got to SQ4 (a couple years after it was released). I have an MT-32 now and didn't grow up with one. It was a really cool thing for 1987, that's for sure! It still has some really unique abilities.

[@coca7895]

first version: sega genesis. second version: super nintendo.

[@thenodfather]

I know the smoother sound and more realistic instruments is in the second version, but I can't help liking the sound of the original score better. I think it was because it was the music on the version I had and having such fond memories of it. It is an absolute classic game.

[@GlitchyBastard]

thenodfather There's no such thing as original score, midi is like a music sheet, the music was written and composed using MT-32, so in all means, the MT-32 is the original score.

[@ZombieToaster]

@SchlossRitter Id say the difference is bigger, the genesis was better than adlib while the snes wasnt as good as mt-32 (altho close)

[@Evan_from_Texas]

I too prefer the first version. Second version sounds cheesy to me.

[@PeterSwinkels]

I prefer adlib.

[@sykotik333]

adlib.soundblaster is superior to mt32 sounds practically every single time but this intro may be one of the rare exceptions. in most sierra games the mt32 completely ruins the songs