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Impressive YM3812/OPL2/Adlib (PC, ARC) Music

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Some PC games had Stereo/Dual OPL2 support (included with Sound Blaster Pro CT1330 and later), and arcade games sometimes used the OKIM6295 or K053260 chip for samples (usually drums). Here's a good presentation video on the first Adlib card by LGR. The later Sound Blaster cards included a 1-channel 8-bit DAC for samples, but very few OSTs combine FM and samples (not sure why) - scroll down for the current list of known games. 

​​For some games, tricks were used to make the Adlib chip work like a 6-bit DAC for sampled sfx and (very rarely) music. Examples: Super Jeopardy, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. 

More info on Adlib and its relation to midi music on PC can be found in this blog post by someone who was a demoscener back in the day. 


Youtube Playlist (note that some OSTs aren't on YT yet and that this playlist might include some OPL3 OSTs)

Wacky Wheels (PC, OPL2)
S.P.Y.: Special Project Y (ARC, OPL2)
Fury of the Furries (PC, OPL2)
Genpei War/Genpei Kassen (PC, OPL2) (added stereo or Dual OPL2?)
Rollergames (ARC, OPL2), Los Angeles
Tyrian (PC, OPL2), Alternate
MegaRace (PC, OPL2)
The Legend of Sword and Fairy (PC, OPL2)
Zone 66 (SB ver., OPL2+samples)
​Cobi & Comi/Dokkaebi-ga Ganda (PC, OPL2)(added stereo/reverb?)

Empire of the Angel II (PC, OPL2)
​Olmang Jolmang Paradise (PC, OPL2)
​Princess Maker 2 (PC, OPL2)
Jim Power (PC, OPL2+samples)
​Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes (PC, OPL2), Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes 2 (PC, OPL2) 
Ys II Special (PC, OPL2)
Xuanyuan Jian Waizhuan/Sword of Xuan Yuan II (Legend): Dance of Maple Leaves (PC, OPL2)
​​Haunted Castle (ARC, OPL2)(added reverb?) - added stereo?, Mono
Illusion Blaze (PC, OPL2)
​Eol's Adventure/Eol-ui Moheom (PC, OPL2)

Metaltech: Earthsiege (PC, OPL2+samples)
Metaltech: Battledrome (PC, OPL2+samples)
​Mad Paradox (PC, OPL2)
Iron Blood (PC, OPL2)
​Rusty (PC, OPL2)
Zyclunt/Blade Warrior (PC, OPL2+samples)(in-game), Alternate
​Harald Hårdtand i 'Kampen om de rene tænder' (PC, OPL2)
Dig it! (PC, OPL2)
First Samurai (PC, OPL2)
Mad News (PC, OPL2+samples)
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Metal & Lace: The Battle of the Robo Babes (PC, OPL2), Alternate
​Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf (PC, OPL2)
​Universe (PC, OPL2)
​Pee & Gity (PC, OPL2)
Zeliard (PC, OPL2)
​​Street Smart (ARC, OPL2)
Steel Empire/Cyber Empires (PC, OPL3?)
Pyrotechnica (PC, OPL2)(w/ commentary), Intro & Credits (dosbox)
Amberstar (PC, Dual OPL2/OPL3?)
​​SAR: Search And Rescue (ARC, OPL2)
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​Totsugeki! Mix (PC, OPL2)
​Formation Armed F (ARC, OPL2)(noisy recording), Alternate (added reverb+stereo)​
​X-COM: UFO Defense (PC, Dual OPL2?) & Terror from the Deep
Shakii the Wolf (PC, OPL2)(added stereo)
Marble Cooking (PC, OPL2) - in-game
Pee & Gity Special (PC, OPL2)
KGB (PC, OPL2)
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War (ARC, OPL2)(noisy recording)
Stunts (PC, OPL2)
​Vanslug: X Mission/Van Slug (PC, OPL2)

Zero Team (ARC, OPL2)
TFX: Tactical Fighter Experiment (PC, OPL2)
​Inferno (PC, OPL2)
Lychnis (PC, OPL2)
​​Dune (PC, OPL2) & Dune 2/Dune II (PC, Dual OPL2?)
Modaozi/Prince of Evil (PC, OPL2)
S.T.U.N. Runner (PC, OPL2)(different from AMI)
Magic Pockets (PC, OPL2+samples)
​Stone Age (PC, OPL2)
Hired Guns (PC, OPL2)

Der Clou/The Clue! (PC, Dual OPL2?), ​Burglary is Running
​​​Descent (PC, OPL2)
​​Alpha Waves/Continuum (PC, OPL2)
Prehistoric Isle in 1930 (ARC, OPL2)
Laser Squad (PC, OPL2)
​Diggers (PC, OPL2+samples)
​Lollypop (PC, OPL2)
​Reon-ui Moheom/Reon's Adventure (PC, OPL2)
HMI Sound Setup Utility (PC, OPL2)(non-game)
Dragon Force: The Day 3 (PC, OPL2) - 1993

Supaplex (PC, Dual OPL2?)
Knorrli: Abenteuer Atlantis (PC, OPL2)
​​Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky (PC, OPL2 or OPL3?)
​The Incredible Machine (PC, OPL2) & TIM 2 (PC, OPL2)
​​System Shock (PC, Dual OPL2?), More
​MiG-29 (PC, OPL2)
​Doofus (PC, OPL2)
​Subtrade: Return to Irata (PC, OPL2+samples)
​Double Dragon 3 (PC)
Adlib Jukebox Songs (PC, OPL2)(non-game)
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Three Sisters' Story (PC, OPL2)
Skunny Kart (PC, OPL2)
​Chopper I/Koukuu Kihei Monogatari: The Legend of Air Cavalry (ARC, OPL2 w/ Y8950)
​1869 (PC, OPL2), Music 1
​Enchantasy: Quest for the Eternal Grimoire (PC, OPL2)
​Lost Eden (PC, OPL2)
​Runaway City (PC, OPL2?)
Azrael's Tear (PC, Dual OPL2 or OPL3?)
Out Zone (ARC, OPL2)
​​​Brutal Sports Football (PC, OPL2+Samples)
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​Vimana (ARC, OPL2)
​​Transport Tycoon Deluxe (PC, OPL2)
​Cold Dreams (PC, OPL2+samples)
​​Fox Ranger (PC, OPL2)
​​Mirage Thunder (PC, OPL2)(in-game)
Wolf (PC, Dual OPL2?)
​​Tempest 2000 (PC, OPL2), Rip
​Protostar (PC, OPL2+samples)
​Pac-in-Time (PC, OPL2) - find hq rip
Ikari III (ARC, OPL2)
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Kozure Ookami (Lone Wolf and Cub)(ARC, OPL2 w/ 2x DAC)
Oscar (PC, OPL2) - find full rip
​​​Hellfire (ARC, OPL2)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (PC, OPL2+6-bit Adlib samples)
Zero Wing (ARC, OPL2)
Theme Hospital (PC, Dual OPL2 or OPL3)
Body Blows (PC, Dual OPL2 or OPL3?)
​​4D Sports Boxing (PC, OPL2+samples)
​The Light Corridor (PC, OPL2)
​Gobliins 3 (PC, OPL2)(added stereo?), Alternate

4D Sports Tennis (PC, OPL2+samples)
​​​Premier Manager 2 (PC, OPL2)
​Whale's Voyage (PC, OPL3?)
​MinerVGA (PC, OPL2) - find hq
​​Gods (PC, OPL2+Samples)
​HardBall 4 (PC, OPL2+samples)
​​Total Carnage (PC, OPL2)
Knights of Xentar/Dragon Knight III (PC, Dual OPL2), Single OPL2
​Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge (PC, OPL2)
​​Dick Tracy (PC, OPL2)(in-game)

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (PC, Dual OPL2)
​Lemmings 3D (PC, OPL2)
​Terra Force (ARC, OPL2)
Ocean Trader (PC, OPL2+samples)
Harrier Jump Jet (PC, Dual OPL2)
​​Crazy Climber 2 (ARC, OPL2)
Times of Lore (PC, OPL2)
Raiden (ARC, OPL2)
​Nectaris (PC, OPL2)
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​​Truxton (ARC, OPL2)

Ultima VI (PC, OPL2)
Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour (PC, OPL2)
​Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (PC, OPL2)
Traffic Department 2192 (PC, OPL2)
​​​​Twin Cobra (ARC, OPL2)
World Championship Boxing Manager (PC, OPL2)
​​​The Next Space (ARC, OPL2)
Sabre Team (PC, OPL2)
​​Super Real Darwin (ARC, OPL2)
​​​​​​Pagan: Ultima VIII/Ultima 8 (PC, OPL2), In-game
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Bio Menace (PC, OPL2)
Full Metal Planete (PC, OPL2)
Space Quest 5/Space Quest V (PC, OPL2)
​Wing Commander (PC, Dual OPL2?)
Sky & Rica (PC, OPL2?)(in-game)
​Major Stryker (PC, OPL2)
European Champions (PC, OPL2), Alternate - too fast+wrong snare sound? find hq rip
​Asterix & Obelix (PC, OPL2)
​​​Demon Blue (PC, OPL2)
​​Hard Nova (PC, OPL2)
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​Gobliins 2 (PC, Dual OPL2?)
​​Kings of the Beach (PC, OPL2)
​Blackthorne (PC, Dual OPL2 or OPL3?)
​​​Hi-Octane (PC, Dual OPL2), Race 1 (dosbox) - find rip
Ween: The Prophecy (PC, OPL2)
​​Mortal Kombat (PC, OPL2)
​Xargon (PC, OPL2)
Hexuma: Das Auge des Kal (PC, OPL2) - find hq rip?
​Rise of the Triad: Dark War (PC, OPL2)
​Eye of the Beholder (PC, OPL2) & Eye of the Beholder 2 (PC, OPL2)

Best of the rest


Fanmade remixes and homebrew originals:
Dancing on the Glass, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb5c145vk8o
​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvuCkRvqulA
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJhVaHZCsRc
Angry Birds
Jens-Christian Huus - Crooner
​Laxity and Jens-Christian Huus - The Alibi (AMI - Tiny Tune (Deluxe Galaga)/C64 cover)
Streets of Rage - Intro

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Check: Ultima VII: The Black Gate - find adlib, Albion PC - find adlib or adlib gold, Space Hulk 1993, Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - find adlib, Sky Robo (ARC 1989) - find, KULT: The Temple of Flying Saucers - find ost, Dragon Lore - no adlib version?, Lost Eden - no adlib ver?, Atlantis: The Lost Tales - no adlib ver?, Hexen: Beyond Heretic - opl3 only?, Bug Bomber - no music?, M1911/Honda W3DE - find?, David Leadbetter's Greens - find vid w/ sound, High Command: Europe 1939-'45 - find, The Koshan Conspiracy - no adlib?, Heartlight - no adlib?, Chess Housers - find, Network Q RAC Rally - no adlib?, Literki - Cyferki - find, Star Wars: Rebel Assault - no adlib?, Silverball - no adlib?, Eight Ball Deluxe - no adlib?, Smus- no adlib?, ABC-Talk - find, 3x Logic Games - find, Rosemary West's House of Fortunes - no adlib?, Dracula Unleashed - no adlib?, SimCity: Enhanced CD-ROM - no adlib or no music?, The Last Eichhof - no adlib?, Magiczne Karty - find, Gary Grigsby's War in Russia - no adlib?, Clash of Steel: World War II, Europe 1939-45 - no adlib?, Saper - find, NHL 95 - no adlib?, Crime Patrol - no adlib?, Pinball Fantasies - no adlib?, Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure/Little Big Adventure - no adlib?, Cyberia - no adlib?, The Legend of Kyrandia: Book 3 - MR - no adlib?, Commander Blood - no adlib?, Cyberdogs - no music?, 

Dual OPL2 list by nerdly pleasures (seems a bit incomplete): http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.se/2012/04/unique-pc-hardware-game-support.html

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FM+Samples (Sound Blaster) OSTs:
Check: ​Apache/Apache Longbow (1995)?

4D Sports Tennis (PC, FM+samples) - 1990
​Cadaver (PC, OPL2+Samples) - 1991, voice samples only?
4D Sports Boxing (FM+samples) - 1991
Atlas (PC, OPL3?+drum samples) - 1995
Blue Force (FM+samples) - 1993
Brutal Sports Football (PC, OPL2+PCM) - 1993
Bundesliga Manager Hattrick: Supporter (FM+Samples) - 1995
Cold Dreams (FM+samples) - 1995
Die Fugger II (PC, OPL2+samples) - 1996
Diggers (FM+samples) - 1994
Gods (FM+samples) - 1991
HardBall 4 (PC, OPL2+samples) - 1994
Jim Power (PC, OPL2+samples) - 1993
Mad News (FM+samples) - 1994
Magic Pockets (PC, OPL2+samples) - 1992
Metaltech: Battledrome (FM+samples) - 1994
Metaltech: Earthsiege (FM+samples) - 1994
Ocean Trader (PC, OPL2+samples) - 1995
Protostar (PC, FM+samples) - 1993
Subtrade: Return to Irata (FM+samples) - 1992
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon (FM+samples) - 1994
The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki (FM+Samples) - 1994
WWF Wrestlemania (FM+samples) - 1992
Wacky Funsters (FM+samples) - 1992
Zone 66 (SB ver., FM+samples) - 1993
Zyclunt/Blade Warrior (FM+samples) - 1995

OPL3:
AdLib Gold Sample Songs (OPL3 w/ drum samples) - 1992?
Fleet Defender: F-14 Tomcat (OPL3+samples) - 1994

Games playing samples via the OPL2:
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (FM+6-bit Adlib samples) - 1990
Super Jeopardy (6-bit Adlib samples) - 1991
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