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Roland MT-32 and emulating it in old 90s games

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A few days ago 8bit-keys published a video about Roland MT-32 midi device. This got me intrigued because i have played too many of those old 90s games and i never had the cash to buy such a device. It was crazy expensive back then. I could buy 3 Gravis Ultrasounds for the price of one roland MT-32 from the local music shop. So, not knowing what i missed I decided to test MT-32 by emulating it in windows 7 + Dosbox combo and after some tinkering i found how to set it up. Here's what you need: * Munt from https://sourceforge.net/projects/munt/ * Roland ROM software for munt to use. (zip file) * Dosbox from  http://www.dosbox.com/ * Games  - You probably know which one to test already Install Munt, download the rom files and extract the zip contents somewhere. In Munt "Rom configuration" menu choose the directory where you unzipped the roms and choose two corresponding roms. You need one control rom and one pcm rom. Munt should be able to help you with