MIDI Play

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MIDI Play
Player - MIDI Play.png
Creator Dale Glowinski, Ad Lib Inc.
Released 1989-05-08
Platform DOS

MIDI Play is a DOS command line Ad Lib MIDI player. It also functions as a bare-bones type 0 and type 1 General MIDI player. MIDI Play can only output to an installed OPL2 device configured with the default settings and does not allow output to other devices like a MIDI sequencer.

The program accepts an MDI or MIDI file as a parameter. For example:

MIDIPLAY.EXE MIDIFILE.MDI

Games

The command line interface's source filename is MIDIMAIN.C. The driver is in MIDIPLAY.C and has been included in games.

Released Title Sample Notes
1991-0?-?? Atomino (DOS) Modified to automatically loop and spend less CPU time.
1991-??-?? Jumpman Lives! (DOS) Converted to Turbo Pascal 6.0.
1992-0?-?? Clik Clak (DOS) a.k.a. Gear Works (DOS)
Modified to automatically loop.
1992-??-?? Adventure Math (DOS)
Converted to QuickBASIC 4.5.
1992-??-?? Adventure Math Deluxe (DOS)
Converted to QuickBASIC 4.5.

Downloads

Version Download Platform Notes
1990-04-11 Download - (info) DOS Includes source.

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