How to Make Princess Maker 2 Work with Sounds

I suddenly missed playing Gainax's Princess Maker 2 today, so I downloaded it again and started playing. I really love this game, and I honestly never get tired of it, but the only thing that bothered me about it was that I never managed to get it to work with sound... until a few moments ago. Here's how to get PM2 to work on your computer with sounds.

[NOTE: I'm using Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 with the Realtek High Definition Audio driver/codec installed. I'm not really sure if this will work on other operating systems/audio drivers.]

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Step One: Get the game

The first thing to do, of course, would be to get a copy of the game. I downloaded my copy of Princess Maker 2 from Abandonia.

Step Two: Get DOSBox

Though you can run PM2 by itself, you're going to need DOSBox to make it work with sound. You can download DOSBox from the DOSBox website.

Step Three: Extract the game

Open up the "Princess Maker 2" zip file and extract the entire "pm2" folder. I recommend putting the folder straight into drive C (meaning the folder's location should be C:\pm2).

Step Four: Tweak the sound settings

Open up the "pm2" folder and run the DOSINST.EXE file. When you do, you'll see this screen:

From there, select "Change setup options", then in the next screen, choose "Change sound driver". There are five options there: Sound Blaster, MIDI (MT-32), GENERAL MIDI (GM), MIDI + Sound Blaster, and GM + Sound Blaster. I don't have any Sound Blaster software/hardware installed, so I chose MIDI (MT-32). Once you've selected your sound driver, select "Quit" to exit DOSINST.EXE.

Step Five: Run the game in DOSBox

Run DOSBOX and type in the following commands (assuming that you took my advice and put the "pm2" folder in C:\):

• mount c c:\pm2 - You should see the message "Drive C is mounted as local directory c:\pm2\" right after you type this.
• c:  - The "Z:\" text should change into "C:\" after you type this.
• pm2 - The game should start loading after you type this.

If you placed the "pm2" folder elsewhere, you have to type that location instead of "c:\pm2" in the first command.

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And there you have it. The game will take a little longer to load using this method, but at least you'll be able to play it with sounds!

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