Audio Overload emulates the sound hardware of vintage consoles and computers and play the sound tracks of the favorite video games you played on vintage consoles and computer using this simple and straightforward tool.
Overview
Audio Overload does not play music from arcade games. The installation is an effortless and fast operation that does not take too much of your time and that entails decompressing the archive in any desired location on your local drive. Upon launch, you come face to face with a retro, yet approachable interface that is easy to navigate and unlikely to give you any troubles. The GUI consists of a single window and features two panels, one that displays the tracks that can be played and another where you can mute various channels while playing the tune of choice. The tool also exhibits various data about the tracks, including, but not limited to the system, song, title, artist, load, copyright and play in the upper section of the UI.
Main Features
- Playback support for thirty three different music formats.
- Transparent decompression of 7ZIP, GZIP, LHA, RAR, and ZIP archives.
- Optional volume level normalization.
- Export-to-WAV functionality.
Compatibility
The current release of Audio Overload supports music in the following file formats:
AHX - Commodore Amiga
AY - Amstrad CPC/Spectrum ZX/Atari ST
COP - Sam Coupe
DSF - Sega Dreamcast
GBS - Nintendo Gameboy
GSF - Nintendo Gameboy Advance
GYM - Sega Megadrive/Genesis
HES - PC Engine
HVL - Commodore Amiga
IMF - PC-compatibles, various Apogee games
KSS - MSX
MDX - Sharp X68000
MOD - Commodore Amiga
NSF - Nintendo NES
NSFE - Nintendo NES (enhanced tags)
ORC - TRS-80 Orchestra-90
PSF - Sony PlayStation
PSF2 - Sony PlayStation II
QSF - Capcom QSound
RAW - PC-compatibles with an AdLib
ROL - PC-compatibles, AdLib Visual Composer
S3M - PC-compatibles with a GUS or SoundBlaster
S98 - NEC PC-98
SAP - Atari XL/XE
SCI - PC-compatibles, various Sierra games
SNDH - Atari ST
SPC - Super Nintendo
SPU - Sony Playstation
SSF - Sega Saturn
VGM - Sega Master System/Game Gear
VTX - Spectrum Vortex Tracker
WSR - Bandai WonderSwan/Wonderswan Color
YM - Amstrad CPC/Spectrum ZX/Atari ST
Frequently Asked Questions
I am getting these error messages: "the application configuration is incorrect" or "side-by-side configuration is incorrect"?
Audio Overload on Windows requires the "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package" in order to run if another application hasn't installed it already. Once the appropriate package is installed AO should run properly.
Other Downloads
Download Audio Overload for MAC here
Download Audio Overload for windows 32-Bit here
Download Audio Overload for linux 32-Bit here
Download Audio Overload for linux 64-Bit here
Audio Overload runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 1.16 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Audio Video.
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