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  • Re: RIP Bobby Prince,

    From Spalls Hurgenson@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, June 20, 2026 11:47:05
    On Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:08:02 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> said
    this thing:

    On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:11:49 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:


    Bobby Prince, the man behind the soundtracks of many seminal games
    from the DOS days --but most famously Doom-- passed away today. Hoist
    a glass in his memory as you fire up your SoundBlasters and rock out
    to his classic tunez. So many of his songs are forever embedded in my >>brain.

    music: >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSsfjHCFosw&list=PLN_FGyFvrJDlaAyFLXPUewR_B7awK7G72&index=1

    When I purchased a Roland SCC-1 sometime in the 90s, the very first
    game I tested it with was DOOM. I did not care for the game itself but
    I love the music. I have this guy's music from Doom and Doom 2 to this
    very day in my soundtrack collection. I probably would like his music
    from the other games he worked on but I never played them.

    "Ultima VII" is usually my go-to test for new soundcards, but "Doom"
    is often in second place. It was one of the first games I tested when
    I got my GUS Max, and (back when it still worked) with my Roland MT-32
    (rest in pieces). Partly because the Doom soundtrack was that awesome,
    but also because it was designed for so many different soundcards that
    you could usually hear the difference. Id -and Bobby Prince- really
    put in the effort when it came to the music, making sure that whatever soundcard you used, it would sound as good as it possibly could on
    that hardware.





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