Compatibility
The Covox plug couldn't directly substitute any of the popular cards of that age (AdLib, Sound Blaster, Gravis Ultrasound, etc.), but several games / platforms supported it directly. Notable entries include:
- Lemmings — had special promotional edition named Covox Lemmings, released with Covox sound cards; the game is identical to original game but contains a "Covox" level and seven more additional levels.
- Most older Sierra Entertainment games, such as King's Quest and Space Quest series, were available to output the sound to Covox as Disney Sound Source.
- Wolfenstein 3D, Return to Zork, Hare Raising Havoc (as Disney Sound Source).
Popular DOS-based trackers used on demoscene included Covox support, for example:
- Scream Tracker
- Fast Tracker
- Impulse Tracker
Also, numerous emulators existed, for example, Virtual SoundBlaster could be used to emulate Sound Blaster on Covox, Covoxer could emulate Tandy 1000/2000 music synthesizer on Covox.
Several operating systems have a driver for Covox available for install:
- Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98
- Linux
- MenuetOS
- CSI-DOS
In reverse, DOSBox allows to emulate presence of Covox (as Disney Sound Source) on a machine without such physical device connected.
Read more about this topic: Covox Speech Thing