RIP Sim Wong, Creative Labs Founder Has Died At 67.

[Draco1962]

My goto sound card during PC builds of the 90s. RIP Sim Wong.

Sim Wong Hoo, founder of Sound Blaster maker Creative Labs, has died

[tthurman]

I have a of fond memories of these products.  Back in the day it was something to have a "Soundblaster Compatible" sound card because its was nearly an industry standard for so many years with PC Gaming.  I recall the anticipation for the 16, AWE32, 64 etc., but really remember the mind blowing effects in games with the launch of the last PCI based X-Fi generation, only to have Microsoft hose it all up by yanking or otherwise altering the API support with subsequent releases of Windows.

I'm still sporting X-Fi's in four machines, one of them the aforementioned X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro PCI.

Thank you Sim Wong!