r/dosgaming

I'm sure most who play old DOS games on original hardware have run into this at some point, but for those who haven't: some DOS games require a specific IRQ setting on a sound card to play sound and/or music. Two examples that I ran into recently are Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos and Mystic Towers. I tried playing the CD version of LOL recently on a Pentium machine with a SB Pro (I have a dual sound card setup with the OPL3 SB Pro for DOS games and a SB 16 PCI for Win 95) and was perplexed when the voice tracks wouldn't play, just the music and sound effects (effectively making it the floppy version). On a whim I decided to change the IRQ jumper on the SB from 5 to 7 and whammo! the next time I started up the game I got the commanding yet dulcet sound of Patrick Stewart's voice. Mystic Towers won't play any sound at all unless the IRQ is 7.

Anyone else have any other examples? Is it always IRQ 7 or has anyone else found games or other programs that require other specific settings?

so i learned about gazillionaire from jerma (youtuber), played it and learned that i like business simulations.
i researched about gazillionere it turns out it was a DOS game, and im playing a modern port. for fun i ran a dos version. strange, its perfectly well functioning game with all the features but with with dated and low rez ui lol.

then after i search for more business simulations, i came across game "capitalism". its a dos game again. i just played it. i like it. tutorials are so good i even legit learned lots of business terms and things. tutorials have audio voice. why doesn't modern games have a tutorial audio voice, last thing i want to do while im gaming is to read walls of text >:(

civ 6, game i like, was also inspired by dos game civ 2. insane. boomers had it good.