List of games that support AWE synth

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This is a list of games that natively support the built-in MIDI synth (EMU8000) of the Creative Sound Blaster AWE32/AWE64 family of cards. For these games, selecting AWE32 as the music device provides wavetable-quality MIDI output, utilizing the built-in ROM bank of the EMU8000 (or sound fonts loaded into the AWE RAM).

This mode does not require any external MIDI devices connected via MPU-401 and does not require the General MIDI emulation capability of the AWE cards (AWEUTIL /EM). However, the EMU8000 must first be initialized using the AWEUTIL /S command.

Many games allow selecting AWE32/AWE64 as the digital audio device (sometimes as "Sound Blaster 16 / AWE-32"). However, this does not utilize any special capabilities of the AWE cards, as their digital audio portion is identical to the SB16. Therefore, these games should not be mentioned here; the list should include only games where the AWE32 mode plays different music than the FM/OPL3 mode used for SB/SBPro/SB16 devices.

Title Year Developer / Publisher Notes
Aces of the Deep 1994 Dynamix / Sierra
Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse 1994 Cyberlore / Stormfront
Battlecruiser 3000 AD 1996 3000 AD
BioForge 1995 Origin Systems / Electronic Arts
Blood 1997 Monolith Productions
Boppin' 1994 Accursed Toys / Apogee
Creature Shock 1994 Argonaut Games / Virgin
Delta V 1994 Bethesda Softworks
Descent 1994 Parallax / Interplay
Descent II 1996 Parallax / Interplay
Discworld 1995 Perfect 10 / Psygnosis
DOOM 1993 id Software Including Ultimate DOOM (1995)
DOOM II 1994 id Software Including Final DOOM (1996)
Duke Nukem 3D 1996 3D Realms
Eradicator 1996 Accolade Uses custom sound fonts and enhanced sound effects [1]
Heretic 1994 Raven Software / id Software
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars 1996 New World Computing Including "Price of Loyalty" expansion (1997)
Hexen: Beyond Heretic 1995 Raven Software / id Software
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream 1995 Cyberdreams
Magic Carpet 2 1995 Bullfrog Productions / Electronic Arts
Mortal Kombat II 1994 Midway Entertainment / Acclaim
Rise of the Triad 1994 Apogee / 3D Realms Manual configuration may be required [2]
Simon the Sorcerer II 1995 Adventure Soft
Star Wars: Dark Forces 1995 LucasArts
Star Wars: X-Wing 1994 LucasArts / Totally Games CD Version Only
Star Wars: TIE Fighter 1994 LucasArts / Totally Games
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers 1995 Capcom
Super Street Fighter II Turbo 1995 Capcom / Eurocom
System Shock 1994 Looking Glass / Origin Systems
Tyrian 1995 Eclipse Software / Epic MegaGames
Ultima VIII: Pagan 1994 Origin Systems Requires AWE support patch [3]
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans 1994 Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness 1995 Blizzard Entertainment Including "Beyond the Dark Portal" expansion (1996)
X-COM: Terror from the Deep 1995 MicroProse

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