Friday, July 31st, 1998

Thursday, July 30th, 1998

Wednesday, July 29th, 1998

  • The next StarSiege demo will support Aureal A3D. News from Skip

  • An email about the sound performance in Unreal at AGN3D

  • A preview of Hostile Waters at VoodooNation. News from AGN3D

  • A review of Battlezone at GameSpot. News from AGN3D

  • An interview with Jeremy Statz about Heretic II at LA Reviews. News from Voodoo Extreme

  • A review of the Diamond Monster Sound MX200 at Cyrellis. News from HPC Hardware Guide

  • A updated preview of SiN at Next Generation

  • A updated preview of Startrek: Next Generation Klingon Honor Guard at GameSpot

  • A preview of Moto Racer 2 at Games Domain

  • Grim Fandango doesn't support Aureal A3D or 3D sound of any type.  It was built around the Jedi Knight audio code and this helps explain the misplaced A3D.DLL and A3D initialisation in the Grim Fandango demo. Although A3D is initialised, it is not used. The A3D.DLL will be removed from the final version. News from Skip

Tuesday, July 28th, 1998

  • A 3D Sound Performance feature at HARDgame.com. News from AGN3D

  • A list of all the cvar commands and console commands in SiN at 3Fingers. News from Voodoo Extreme

  • A beta scripting language for Spec Ops:Rangers Lead The Way at Cash's Special Warface. News from Voodoo Extreme

  • A preview of Turok II: Seeds of Evil at Next Generation

Monday, July 27th, 1998

Sunday, July 26th, 1998

Saturday, July 25th, 1998

Friday, July 24th, 1998

Thursday, July 23rd, 1998

Wednesday, July 22nd, 1998

Tuesday, July 21st, 1998

Monday, July 20th, 1998

  • A review of the Diamond Monster Sound M80 at Generation 3D. News from Dave

Sunday, July 19th, 1998

  • An interview with Rolf Mohr about Trespasser: Jurassic Park at Trespasser:Raptor's Den. News from 3DNews.Net

  • EgoSoft have updated their Frequently Asked Questions about X: Beyond The Frontier. The game and a playable demo should released in September 98. News from Voodoo Extreme

  • A patch (6KB) for PowrerVR users to fix some Direct3D display problems in Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II at the PowerVR. News from GA-Source

  • There is news about the Diamond Multimedia and Aureal Semiconductor partnership at Gamecenter. DirectSound3D in DirectX 6 doesn't include support for new features in Aureal A3D which game developers want to use and Aureal Semiconductor is no longer willing to license its A3D algorithms to other companies.

  • Dom MacAskill mentions his support for Aureal A3D sound cards in his plan via QuakeFinger

  • Aureal Semiconductor announced their second quarter financial results. Full details are in the press release

Saturday, July 18th, 1998

  • Tim Sweeney has posted information about the performance of the alpha OpenGL patch for Unreal at Epic MegaGames

  • An interview with Jon Zuk about Heretic II at Exscape. News from 3DNews.Net

  • Macmillan Digital Publishing announced it will develop and publish an official add-on pack for Battlezone with completely new maps and missions which should be released the 3rd quarter of 98. News from GA-Source

  • A updated demo (18.8MB) of Plane Crazy - Uncivil Aviation with multiplayer support   at The Adrenaline Vault

  • A 1.03.01 patch for the retail version of Descent Freespace: The Great War at Volition. Check the readme for a complete list of changes. News from PC Multimedia & Entertainment Magazine

  • A review of Incoming at GameSpot

Friday, July 17th, 1998

Thursday, July 16th, 1998

Wednesday, July 15th, 1998

Tuesday, July 14th, 1998

Monday, July 13th, 1998

Sunday, July 12th, 1998

Saturday, July 11th, 1998

  • New Aureal A3D 1.2.12 drivers (93KB) are now at Aureal Semiconductor . The 1.2.12 drivers just fix two bugs. The Diamond Monster Sound 1.07.06 drivers already include the A3D 1.2.12 drivers.

  • The Sith Har Blaster weapon from Startrek Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard is now available for download (622KB) at Microprose. The weapon is only for use in Unreal. News from GameSpot

  • A game guide for Unreal at GameSpot

  • Tanarus is free to play this weekend, from 12:00 p.m. (PST) on Friday, July 10th to 12:00 a.m. (PST) on Sunday, July 12th. Just download Tanarus (7-26MB). News from GA-Source

  • A designers journal about Simcity 3000 at Gamecenter

  • Microsoft has admitted the Sidewinder Game Controller Software 3.0 doesn't work on Diamond Monster Sound cards. A fix should be available early August.

  • Diamond Multimedia will release Windows NT4 drivers for Diamond Monster Sound cards in the 3rd quarter of 1998

Friday, July 10th, 1998

  • An interview with Greg LoPiccolo about Thief: The Dark Project at Next Generation. News from Voodoo Extreme

  • A review of Incoming at Next Generation

  • A designs diary about Heretic II at Online Gaming Review

  • New Diamond Monster Sound 1.07.06 drivers are available at Diamond Multimedia. The 1.07.06 drivers improve Windows 98 support and fix some more bugs. A complete list of changes in the ReadMe.

Early July, 1998

  • This site will now include all the information from the old Diamond Monster Sound Support Site.

  • All previous content was lost.

 

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