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Dolby Surround in Retro Games 2017-04-03 05:18:24 Post No. 3901291
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What retro games use Dolby Surround besides these? What do you guys think of matrix encoded surround sound?
There is Dolby Surround which is 3.0 (Left Right Back) and Dolby Surround Pro Logic which is 4.0 (Left Right Center Back). Dolby Pro Logic II was added later in the PS2 era which featured 5.1.
There is a lot of confusion and myths about retro gaming and surround sound since pro logic is an analogue technique and can basically make any stereo source sound 'surround'.
Confusing is for example the Japanese box art for Parasite Eve states Dolby Surround while the US cover misses the Dolby Logo. US covers of FFIX, FFVIII and Chrono Chross have the Dolby logo but the PAL versions are missing it. Can we be sure that all these versions feature Dolby Surround? Is there a way to determine true pro logic sources without a logo on the box art?
Also are games with the Dolby Surround logo 'Dolby Surround 3.0' or 'Dolby Surround Pro Logic 4.0' ? Because I have never seen a pro logic logo on any game, only pro logic II. But Surround 3.0 according wikipedia was used on video cassettes in the 80s and Pro Logic is a technology since 87. So isn't it more likely to be 4.0 pro logic surround? I sure hope so.
Other notable mentions are Ocarina of Time, Majoras Masks and Resident Evil 2(Dolby Surround is exclusive for this version) for the N64.
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>>3901291
Good ol' stereo was the best I ever got since I'm a poorfag. I've also never owned my own house. But I still find it interesting seeing Dolby logos on old ass games.
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>>3901318
Ocean made really good snes music
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Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask have it, though only Majora has the logo. It's probably a licensing issue which is why it isn't included in some games.
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>>3901291
Mobygames has good lists for them.
http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,136/p,6/
http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,206/p,14/
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>>3901291
Vortex has surround sound as well. Whether you wanna play it for longer than one minute is a different matter ...
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>>3901328
Yup.
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>>3901291
The newer pro logic 2 receivers will somewhat enhance the older signals, so don't worry about what its using.
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Super Darius on the PC Engine CD-ROM has a Dolby Surround logo on the title screen. Maybe Darius Alpha, too.
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Most of the Rare N64 games have it.
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>>3901402
my receiver has pro logic II but also a classic pro logic mode with four speakers.
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>>3901703
thats weird, because the new one should be backwards compatible. unless they just added it for the hell of it.
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How would one have gone about getting a dolby set-up in the era these games came out? I guess you'd have had a home theatre in your basement or some shit? I've never seen a CRT with an optical audio port and I don't know of anything besides HDMI that can carry the signal.
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>>3901979
S/PDIF can be carried by a standard coaxial RCA/Cinch cable.
In these Pro Logic cases however you would just have used a stereo analog audio RCA connection.
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>>3901979
you're confusing dolby digital for dolby prologic, theyre entirely different things.
pro logic is matrix-encoded which means it can fit into an ordinary stereo two channel sound.
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