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Aureal A3D positional sound cards by Mischief Maker 10/01/2015, 7:50pm PDT I've said it before and I'll say it again, you have not played "Thief" if you haven't played with an Aureal card. Utilizing NASA simulator technology, the Aureal cards could make positional sounds whose position you could determine laterally and vertically with just a stereo pair of headphones. (wear headphones for this one) Unfortunately things ended very badly for Aureal. Creative brought them up in a frivolous patent lawsuit. Aureal eventually won, but the legal costs involved in the suit burned up their money and they were forced to sell out to Creative, who shitcanned the A3D tech to mainstream their inferior EAX soundcards.

In this thead we list gaming peripherals that died an undeserved death NT by Mischief Maker 10/01/2015, 7:40pm PDT     The Spaceorb 360 by Mischief Maker 10/01/2015, 7:45pm PDT     Aureal A3D positional sound cards by Mischief Maker 10/01/2015, 7:50pm PDT         Fuck Creative forever for this. Also Ensoniq :( NT by Entropy Stew 10/02/2015, 1:13pm PDT     Panther XL by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/01/2015, 10:04pm PDT     Every 4 player adapter prior to the Xbox making it standard NT by Glenn Beck seance 10/02/2015, 5:50pm PDT         *cough* NT by N64 10/02/2015, 9:31pm PDT             I think you just meant me NT by Goldeneye 10/03/2015, 12:23am PDT                 Nuh-uh. NT by Mario Kart, Smash Bros, & more 10/03/2015, 11:56am PDT