Gravis Ultrasound Emulator

posted in Emulator News by stickfig on Mar 22nd, 2001

Recently, Ossi Saukko sent us an e-mail about a Gravis Ultrasound emulator. Here's what to expect, according to the homepage: From 1993 up to the end of the 90s the Gravis Ultrasound aka GUS was one of the most popular soundcards among programmers and musicians. Many demos, intros, games, trackers and players support it, a large amount of them is written primary or only for the GUS. However, the GUS is no longer produced, new computers do not even have ISA slots to stick a GUS into them and a GUS cannot be accessed out of a DOS box in Windows 2000 and similar environments. Waiting for a replacement of the GUS has come to an end, the release of GUSemu allows you to hear sound and music instead of silence. While the emulator has limited compatibility thus far, it's an interesting development and hopefully will become fruitful in the future. Make sure you check out the emulator's homepage, and let me know if any of you would be interested in having a Gravis Ultrasound emulator page on ZD. While I'm guessing that there might be a degree of demand for it, I cant gauge it until I see it for myself. Thanks again to Ossi Saukko for the news.