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Replace the Quest Studios sound utilities page, which no longer exists, with the one from Sierrahelp
(Moved the NRS patches to the "Not needed in ScummVM" section)
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The known ones are:
The known ones are:
* [http://www.sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/Patches-Updates.html Sierra help], offering both official and unofficial patches almost all of the Sierra SCI games
* [http://www.sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/Patches-Updates.html Sierra help], offering both official and unofficial patches almost all of the Sierra SCI games (please note that unofficial patches are not recommended, when playing using ScummVM. ScummVM fixes most issues on-the-fly and those patches may even cause issues/may not work properly in ScummVM)
* [http://www.sierrahelp.com/Utilities/SoundUtilities.html Music related utilities and patches], including the official Sierra patch that offers after-market support for General MIDI in several games
 
Patches for the original Sierra interpreters and fan-made patches for bugs (not needed and also not recommended, when using ScummVM. Only useful when using Sierra's original interpreter):
* [http://reocities.com/belzorash/ Patches from NewRisingSun/Belzorash]
* [http://gkpatches.vogons.zetafleet.com/ Patches from Enrico Rolfi] for the Gabriel Knight series of games
* [http://gkpatches.vogons.zetafleet.com/ Patches from Enrico Rolfi] for the Gabriel Knight series of games
* [http://www.queststudios.com/quest/Utilities.html Music related utilities and patches] from Quest Studios, including the official Sierra patch that offers after-market support for General MIDI in several games
* [http://www.spacequest.net/ Patches for Space Quest games] from spacequest.net
* [http://www.spacequest.net/ Patches for Space Quest games] from spacequest.net
* [http://www.squirtthecat.com/ Updates to run SCI3 based games on XP/Vista] from squirtthecat.com
* [http://www.squirtthecat.com/ Updates to run SCI3 based games on XP/Vista] from squirtthecat.com
 
* [http://sierra.voyd.net/ Michael C. Maggio's Sierra General MIDI Driver w/ SFX support]
Patches for the original Sierra interpreters (most of them are not needed for ScummVM):
* [http://www.rarefied.org/sci/drivers.html Ravi Iyengar's GM sound drivers] for SCI0 and SCI1 Sierra games
* [http://reocities.com/belzorash/ Patches from NewRisingSun/Belzorash]
* [http://en.ecomstation.ru/personal/kiewitzsoft/doscompat-patches.php Martin Kiewitz' GOSIERRA patch] for Sierra's Sound Blaster drivers which fixes the dreaded "Unable to initialize audio hardware" message
* [http://sierra.voyd.net/ Sierra General MIDI Driver w/ SFX support]
* [http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32587 Sierra/Dynamix sound driver patches] from vogons.org, by tikalat, NewRisingSun and ripsaw8080.
* [http://www.rarefied.org/sci/drivers.html Ravi's GM sound drivers] for SCI0 and SCI1 Sierra games
* [http://en.ecomstation.ru/personal/kiewitzsoft/doscompat-patches.php Martin Kiewitz' patch] for Sierra's Sound Blaster drivers which fixes the dreaded "Unable to initialize audio hardware" message
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