Is it possible to emulate a Sharp X68000 with MT-32 sound?

I was reminded not long ago that the X68000 can use both the MT-32 and the SC-55 synths from Roland. My question is, can I hear MT-32 music through emulation? I imagine that is possible with MUNT and either XM6 Pro-68k or XM6 Type G, but I can't imagine how to set up to the whole thing. Any tips?

There are many videos on Youtube of X68000 games with MT-32 sound, but they seem to be recorded from real hardware, not emulators. See this one for instance:

 

Aright, I should have at least tried before asking for help. It turns out it's easier than I expected. You can emulate the X68000 with a MT-32 with MUNT and XM6 Type G, and probably with other X6800 emulators as well. You need to do this:

1) Install and setup MUNT. MUNT is a Roland MT-32 software emulator, and if you use DOSBox you may already know it. It requires de MT-32 ROMs, which can be found elsewhere.

2) With MUNT running, run XM6 Type G and go to Tools --> Options --> MIDI. Leave it like this:



Then run a X68000 game that supports the MT-32. I've tested HD versions of Akumajou Dracula , Street Fighter II and Super Street Fighter II , and the floppy version of Afterburner .

Some of them will detect the MT-32 and play music indirectly, like Afterburner . In the other cases, I either chose the MT-32 from a menu or went to the game options and chose MIDI over internal , like in Street Fighter II .

 

Heh.

Great write-up, thanks for sharing!

 

Thanks. I like writing guides, I have written tons of them in my native language, about every system I could think of and also DOS emulation with DOSBox and PCem. If you guys want them I could post some of them here in English.

 

Well, if you think they would be useful for someone then why not?

 

Well, I wrote an awful lot of them and I don't want to clog the phorum. But I could post the DOSBox and PCem guides here during the next days.