Ad Lib music archive

a feature of Diskman Presents
www.diskman.com
In 1987, Ad Lib, Inc. produced the Ad Lib Music Synthesizer Card. The card, which used Yamaha's YM3812 sound chip to produce nine channels of sound, soon became the first de facto standard for add-on sound cards in IBM PCs and compatibles. As a result of this success, most video games developed for the PC would offer “Ad Lib” support for many years to follow.

This website offers a selection of video game soundtracks which make use of the Ad Lib card. All music is recorded using the Adlib-DigiSnap, a device engineered by Olli Niemitalo which interfaces directly with the sound card's DAC chip to allow for perfect captures of the original sound. In other words, only authentic hardware is used to make these recordings: no emulation is involved whatsoever.

Since this website offers the songs in MP3 format, you can enjoy listening to them using your favorite music player: comfortably reliving the good old days.

Special thanks to Janne Ropponen for providing my Adlib-DigiSnap.
New soundtracks added on May 17, 2020
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
4D Boxing, Captain Dynamo, Chip's Challenge, Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle, Elf, Gods,
Golden Axe, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, KGB, Princess Maker 2, Risky Woods,
Sango Fighter, Speed Racer in The Challenge of Racer X, Street Fighter II, Super Street Fighter II Turbo,
Test Drive III: The Passion, The First Samurai.
Download and enjoy your favorite classic PC video game soundtracks from the list below.

4D Boxing 4D BOXING

©1991 Distinctive Software, Inc.
Music by Michael J. Sokyrka, Kris Hatlelid, Brian Plank
4 songs, 9 MB

DOWNLOAD
Alone in the Dark ALONE IN THE DARK

©1992 Infogrames
Music by Philippe Vachey
8 songs, 14 MB

DOWNLOAD
Alone in the Dark 2 ALONE IN THE DARK 2

©1993 Infogrames
Music by Jean-Luc Escalant
19 songs, 25 MB

DOWNLOAD
Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh ARKANOID - REVENGE OF DOH

©1988 Taito America Corp.
Music by Chuck Romberger
6 songs, 2 MB

DOWNLOAD
Captain Dynamo CAPTAIN DYNAMO

©1992 Codemasters
Music by Adam Lucas
3 songs, 18 MB

DOWNLOAD
Chip's Challenge CHIP'S CHALLENGE

©1990 Epyx, Inc.
Music by David Whittaker
9 songs, 22 MB

DOWNLOAD
Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle COMMANDER KEEN 4: SECRET OF THE ORACLE

©1991 id Software
Music by Robert Prince
6 songs, 14 MB

DOWNLOAD
Deathbringer DEATHBRINGER

©1991 Empire
Music by Sound Images
1 song, 3 MB

DOWNLOAD
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone DOUBLE DRAGON 3: THE ROSETTA STONE

©1992 Sales Curve, Tradewest
Music by Poul-Jesper Olsen, Vibrants
3 songs, 4 MB

DOWNLOAD
Elf ELF

©1991 Ocean Software
Music by Matthew Cannon, Jon Duggleby
6 songs, 36 MB

DOWNLOAD
Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon GOBLIINS 2: THE PRINCE BUFFOON

©1992 Coktel Vision
Music by Charles Callet
12 songs, 36 MB

DOWNLOAD
Goblins 3 GOBLINS 3

©1993 Coktel Vision
Music by Charles Callet
8 songs, 30 MB

DOWNLOAD
Gods GODS

©1991 The Bitmap Brothers
Music by Nation XII, Richard Joseph
4 songs, 5 MB

DOWNLOAD
Golden Axe GOLDEN AXE

©1990 Sega
Music by John Sanderson, Kenn Sanderson
12 songs, 58 MB

DOWNLOAD
Home Alone HOME ALONE

©1991 IntraCorp, Inc.
Music by Tom McMail
3 songs, 13 MB

DOWNLOAD
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK

©1992 IntraCorp, Inc.
Music by Manley & Associates
5 songs, 16 MB

DOWNLOAD
KGB KGB

©1992 Cryo Interactive
Music by Stéphane Picq
6 songs, 103 MB

DOWNLOAD
Olmang Jolmang Paradise OLMANG JOLMANG PARADISE

©1997 Family Production Inc.
Music by D.A.C.
21 songs, 37 MB

DOWNLOAD
Princess Maker 2 PRINCESS MAKER 2

©1994 Gainax
Music by Masahiro Kajihara
38 songs, 168 MB

DOWNLOAD
Risky Woods RISKY WOODS

©1992 Zeus Soft, Dinamic, Electronic Arts
Music by José A. Martín
11 songs, 81 MB

DOWNLOAD
Sango Fighter SANGO FIGHTER

©1993 Panda Entertainment
Music by Bianji Workshop
8 songs, 32 MB

DOWNLOAD
Speed Racer in The Challenge of Racer X SPEED RACER IN THE CHALLENGE OF RACER X

©1993 Accolade, Inc.
Music by Rudy Helm
7 songs, 57 MB

DOWNLOAD
Street Fighter II STREET FIGHTER II

©1993 Capcom
Music by Dave Lowe
6 songs, 34 MB

DOWNLOAD
Street Fighter II IBM STREET FIGHTER II IBM

©1992 Game Association of Hitel
Music by Jung Young Dug
9 songs, 22 MB

DOWNLOAD
Super Fighter SUPER FIGHTER

©1993 C&E, Inc.
Music by Chongrong Yang
15 songs, 21 MB

DOWNLOAD
Super Street Fighter II Turbo SUPER STREET FIGHTER II TURBO

©1995 Capcom
Music by Neil Baldwin, Steve Duckworth
59 songs, 143 MB

DOWNLOAD
Test Drive III: The Passion TEST DRIVE III: THE PASSION

©1990 Accolade, Inc.
Music by Russell Shiffer
8 songs, 24 MB

DOWNLOAD
Tetris Classic TETRIS CLASSIC

©1992 Sphere, Inc.
Music by Paul Mogg
16 songs, 10 MB

DOWNLOAD
The First Samurai THE FIRST SAMURAI

©1992 Vivid Image
Music by Martin Walker
3 songs, 16 MB

DOWNLOAD

“Ad Lib music archive” created by and © Brandon Cobb. The legal rights to music featured on this website belong to the respective copyright holders.