Now this, THIS is what I remember from my early gaming days. Up til now I'v settled with the Amiga version and then read "somthing somthing something pc version" and here I am. It's like an itch that's been impossible to get had finally been scratched!
Still fun to play: I actually tried it with someone who wasn't even born when the game come out and we had lots of fun. Now she also got those songs stuck on her head and loves them!
The switch from pc speaker to sound card, that's the thing you had to do back then to be blown away! I remember recording these tracks to a C-cassette and gave it as a birthday present to a friend. Oh the memory lane! :) Sound Blaster 16 ASP
Man, this surely takes me down memory lane, since Lotus III on a SB 1.0 (or 1.5) was one of my first exposures to non-SID PC music, and I loved it. Esp. tracks 3 or 4, but not my favs are 2 and 5, while 3 is still cool. Btw. does anyone have the MIDI files of these tracks? I'd love to get my hands on them, since I can't reproduce this by hearing it alone. :( Thanks in advance, and thanks, Vesionv, for posting this.
I stick to the old Amiga version any day, this one's missing a bit of the harsh blast and a bit more refined differenc ein instruments that the tracks had. This one here's so notably digital :D
one of the best in its genre, it's amazing how progress has gone in inrah over the past 25 years, just one generation. Now it is a complete and absolute old school, which in a sense, and its charm. By the way, my son also loves to play this game, and has repeatedly seen teenagers or younger ones play it. The game, if not for the graphics itself, is very exciting.
Actually this is not exactly what i remember from my old days. Pretty close, there are moments when i jump up and feel like WOW this is EXACTLY what i remember, but emulation either has a certain fault or my hearing was very different 30 years ago. But i often hear certain instruments or trebbles muuuuuch to silent. Other than that fantastic ! Best example for what i describe above is the first track. It starts at 0:17 and builds up the drums and background until (i think) around 0:37 the actual "voice" of the song appears. But it's incredibly silent. The bass and drums are far more prominent. That's the fault in emulation i do not remember the real SB being like that.
Soundblaster version is by far the best! But track 2(SB) is sadly no where to be found, would love to play this outloud on my stereo without having to get the old AST-laptop and start dos up and everything..
Who rembers the tracks Fall Winds i can remver fucking trees lol. Those tracks are awesome. Many good epic titles in early game times rember command and conquer and turrican is for me best game Musik
Haha... 0.75 speed sounds quite like on my old good PC when I was a child. (Or my brain just experienced the world with super high sample rate back then)
While I did grow up playing the PC version, I must say that man, it's amazing how terrible the SB sounds compared to PAULA on the Amiga. And this is a late game, 1992, I don't see any reason why MOD files should'nt've been possible to program into the DOS version. Maybe I'm misremembering and the PC did have MOD files too but yeah... Also, I don't think the Soundblaster is utilised particularly well as it definitely can sound better than this. - anyway, rant over, I still love this soundtrack no matter the iteration, be it PAULA, Sound Blaster, and yes, I might even give the PC speaker the benefit of the doubt.
@@Choknuty I just went through the various soundtracks on PC and well, your opinion is your opinion and I won't take that from you but imho, all the PC versions are just lacking something, be it depth or fullness or something. The MT-32 version included. Which is so weird because in 1992, the Amiga's PAULA chip was 7 years old. So something weird is going on here because by 1992 PCs were more than capable of playing MOD files, and MIDI files can certainly sound much better than this. I dunno, just something amiss here.
@@weepingscorpion8739 for me it was history in the making too) There's nothing strange that mod players wasn't spread so widely - i played Lotus iii ultimate on my 386sx25, and fps was low enough - it wasn't capable of playing high-quality mod tracks at the same time. Well, but... In perfectly optimised Jazzy rhe Jackrabbit there's wonderful mod music. Maybe there wasn't enough money or a goodwill for pc version of Lotus))) I love PC SB version much more still. Sorry for poor english.
Fuck, this sounds so shitty. I can't remember how my A500 was pushing sound of her body but I now that WinUAE does it much better. Maybe it is only because SB (wrong) config.
I got an Amiga back in the 90's(still in use) and, as sad as it is, I have to admit that this sounds better. I still prefer the Amiga tracks though but technical this is just the better sound.If they would have used the same samples you would understand much better what I mean.
Michael Sykes I know what you mean. I heard Turrican 2 PC version soundtrack on Sound Blaster 16 sound card on the same samples as in Amiga version and this really sounds better.
Amiga was using 22khz/8bit and with some tricks they managed to use 7 voices in Turrican 2 and 3. Soundblasters used 44khz/16bit 32+ voices. So even from a technical point of view it should sound better... If you can get the original Amiga TFMX files from Turrican and play them on a PC using a tool calld DeliPlayer2 they sound a lot better than on the original hardware.
![Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge Longplay (Amiga) [QHD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/KMcU7GMcwBk/mqdefault.jpg)
For easy zapping ;-)
Track1 0:18
Track2 2:52
Track3 6:11
Track4 8:41
Track5 10:14
Nosz K - genialne!!
Thanks man, appreciated it 😁👍🏼
Haha, that touch of PC speaker at the beginning was adorable... oh, memories.
ua-cam.com/video/dMtuYAL0gYA/v-deo.html
the link is the speaker version song 1-6
I love how you let us taste the PC beeper version at the start to make us fully appreciate the delight that comes afterwards :)
Now this, THIS is what I remember from my early gaming days. Up til now I'v settled with the Amiga version and then read "somthing somthing something pc version" and here I am. It's like an itch that's been impossible to get had finally been scratched!
lol exactly the same for me, was searching through a million versions
Track 3... omg *.* It's like a time machine to my childhood... beautiful! thanks for putting this online
lol me too, I had no idea this song was from Lotus but it's always in my head
By hearing this song, flashes of playing this game late nite with friends during college years... appears!! 😁👍🏼
Years without listening this music. It remembers my adolescence. Vesion v thanks for put this video.
6:10
Yep, I came for that one!
That was amazing at this time. The game in split mode with this records - it was great!!
Thank you for uploading!
Still fun to play: I actually tried it with someone who wasn't even born when the game come out and we had lots of fun. Now she also got those songs stuck on her head and loves them!
could this tunes be so damn ahead of its time? yes they are! pure awesomness!
track 3, which is the intro music for this game, is the most amazing 8bit track ever
geebus, i spent so much freaking time playing this game.
Track 2 was my favourite
The switch from pc speaker to sound card, that's the thing you had to do back then to be blown away!
I remember recording these tracks to a C-cassette and gave it as a birthday present to a friend.
Oh the memory lane! :)
Sound Blaster 16 ASP
*Nostalgia intensifies*
In 2021 too: ua-cam.com/video/loOddKqqEUU/v-deo.html
Man, this surely takes me down memory lane, since Lotus III on a SB 1.0 (or 1.5) was one of my first exposures to non-SID PC music, and I loved it. Esp. tracks 3 or 4, but not my favs are 2 and 5, while 3 is still cool. Btw. does anyone have the MIDI files of these tracks? I'd love to get my hands on them, since I can't reproduce this by hearing it alone. :( Thanks in advance, and thanks, Vesionv, for posting this.
Space Ninja just all the impact it had in the Amiga version.
Track 1 best track
it is so cool.
Number 5 is so good... Goosebumps :D
Thanks for uploading
Come ON ! Where is the last track ?! It was our favorite. Anyway thank you so much :)
he uploaded it
I stick to the old Amiga version any day, this one's missing a bit of the harsh blast and a bit more refined differenc ein instruments that the tracks had. This one here's so notably digital :D
Amiga version is amazing, but SB version was my first one. This is pure nostalgia
one of the best in its genre, it's amazing how progress has gone in inrah over the past 25 years, just one generation. Now it is a complete and absolute old school, which in a sense, and its charm. By the way, my son also loves to play this game, and has repeatedly seen teenagers or younger ones play it. The game, if not for the graphics itself, is very exciting.
Who else is listening this on quarantine?
I love Lotus 3 so much. My fav track is Track 1
PC speaker soundtrack ftw lol
7:34 "glunk" I missed hearing that glitch again! Only on SB :)
Second track is the best, I listen to it for a few times in a row every day :D
AWESOME!! I remember them all!
Thank you for uploading these dude!
Nearly 30 years ago now for me wow what a time me and my 386 ibm had
Graciaaaaaas!!!... y la segunda parte?
Brought me back! I also played pc version with sound blaster!
11:00 Goosebumps!
Although the Amiga version is technically superior, I prefer the PC/DOS (the one in the video) version of the music.
My favourite is the live version: ua-cam.com/video/loOddKqqEUU/v-deo.html
Aww it wasn't PC Speaker after all..
finally found this
The tunes of my youth )))
finally a proper&full PC SB version! thx a lot!
Thanks a lot for uploading these, in my mind these are far superior to the amiga ones.
so good!!
good memory from back days// i think im gonna make a record
best sound track ever
OMG 6:15 Track 3!
Man, great upload!
Yeaaaaah!
nice memories
Many thanks for uploading this
Where can I find the PC SPEAKER version ?
this game is in my heart
No. 2. is my favourite one.
Actually this is not exactly what i remember from my old days. Pretty close, there are moments when i jump up and feel like WOW this is EXACTLY what i remember, but emulation either has a certain fault or my hearing was very different 30 years ago. But i often hear certain instruments or trebbles muuuuuch to silent. Other than that fantastic !
Best example for what i describe above is the first track. It starts at 0:17 and builds up the drums and background until (i think) around 0:37 the actual "voice" of the song appears. But it's incredibly silent. The bass and drums are far more prominent. That's the fault in emulation i do not remember the real SB being like that.
The first track is my favourite :3
every time i listen to that track nº 5 makes me wanna go to the highway with my audi and just go flat out
Another suggestion for you listeners: look for Wacky Wheels soundtrack!
Soundblaster version is by far the best! But track 2(SB) is sadly no where to be found, would love to play this outloud on my stereo without having to get the old AST-laptop and start dos up and everything..
Track 3 im really torn, i think lotus recs on megadrive/genesis sounds better. even if technically it shouldnt
Who rembers the tracks Fall Winds i can remver fucking trees lol. Those tracks are awesome.
Many good epic titles in early game times rember command and conquer and turrican is for me best game Musik
8:41 soundtrack no.4 reminds me on Heartbreak HIGH tv series!
2:51 my favorite
Im not sure i would say the Amiga is the best here, The PC is definitely giving it a run for its money. Both sound amazing imo.
Where is track number 6? I know that the Amiga version had 6.
awww 1 amiga user qq'ing i see :D
Haha... 0.75 speed sounds quite like on my old good PC when I was a child. (Or my brain just experienced the world with super high sample rate back then)
track 5 baby woooot
AMIGA kick ass
These brilliant boys too: ua-cam.com/video/loOddKqqEUU/v-deo.html
Awesome man!!! sound blaster is the SHIT
Arrroooooo, now I'm curious about how this would sound through an AWE32.
some will have to buy new ears
Game On:
archive.org/details/msdos_Lotus_-_The_Ultimate_Challenge_1993
Amiga best version.
damn u skiped the first one in its full time.. the intro thingie.. anyway nice :D
Galera como faço pra baixar esse jogos com essas músicas. Por favor alguém me ajude amo isso minha infância
Track 3, lotus all the way.
The best part: 0:18-13:00
the best music is missing i think
anyways i like the computer version best i mean PC speaker
Where is Amiga song ?
neydi o günler
Track 2!
Dont you just wanna press that stereo... ?
While I did grow up playing the PC version, I must say that man, it's amazing how terrible the SB sounds compared to PAULA on the Amiga. And this is a late game, 1992, I don't see any reason why MOD files should'nt've been possible to program into the DOS version. Maybe I'm misremembering and the PC did have MOD files too but yeah... Also, I don't think the Soundblaster is utilised particularly well as it definitely can sound better than this. - anyway, rant over, I still love this soundtrack no matter the iteration, be it PAULA, Sound Blaster, and yes, I might even give the PC speaker the benefit of the doubt.
I disagree. Amiga and PC SB just sounds different. Amiga version is much more kiddish for me.
@@Choknuty I just went through the various soundtracks on PC and well, your opinion is your opinion and I won't take that from you but imho, all the PC versions are just lacking something, be it depth or fullness or something. The MT-32 version included. Which is so weird because in 1992, the Amiga's PAULA chip was 7 years old. So something weird is going on here because by 1992 PCs were more than capable of playing MOD files, and MIDI files can certainly sound much better than this. I dunno, just something amiss here.
@@weepingscorpion8739 for me it was history in the making too) There's nothing strange that mod players wasn't spread so widely - i played Lotus iii ultimate on my 386sx25, and fps was low enough - it wasn't capable of playing high-quality mod tracks at the same time. Well, but... In perfectly optimised Jazzy rhe Jackrabbit there's wonderful mod music. Maybe there wasn't enough money or a goodwill for pc version of Lotus))) I love PC SB version much more still. Sorry for poor english.
haha
Та же херня, только без Sounblaster :)
Fuck, this sounds so shitty. I can't remember how my A500 was pushing sound of her body but I now that WinUAE does it much better. Maybe it is only because SB (wrong) config.
6:12 , you may thank me later
Sounds good but I think on Amiga sounds better.
I got an Amiga back in the 90's(still in use) and, as sad as it is, I have to admit that this sounds better.
I still prefer the Amiga tracks though but technical this is just the better sound.If they would have used the same samples you would understand much better what I mean.
Michael Sykes I know what you mean. I heard Turrican 2 PC version soundtrack on Sound Blaster 16 sound card on the same samples as in Amiga version and this really sounds better.
Amiga was using 22khz/8bit and with some tricks they managed to use 7 voices in Turrican 2 and 3.
Soundblasters used 44khz/16bit 32+ voices.
So even from a technical point of view it should sound better...
If you can get the original Amiga TFMX files from Turrican and play them on a PC using a tool calld DeliPlayer2 they sound a lot better than on the original hardware.
Michael Sykes amiga 28 khz not 22 :).and with ecs chipset is capable of 56 khz and 14 bit sound without sound card .
Albert Fuentes I know. But not in LotusIII.
Can't believe how much better the amiga sound was than this
Damn do I have to say it....The Amiga version is way better.......Now I'm off to puke!
sorry but PAULA do it far far better WTF??!
some have already heard the amiga version ???!!!
I don't think so !!!!
- Amiga - Version is Sooooooooo Muuuuuuch better :D
No! At least not track 1
Perhaps you might like a live version? ua-cam.com/video/loOddKqqEUU/v-deo.html
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