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Your sound card works perfectly

Name: Your sound card works perfectly
Description: A one-minute clip of the Warcraft II sound card test in setup, where the test sample plays and the voice says the sound card works perfectly.

Ricardo Lindooren

Comedy

YouTube

Cited on HN 3 times, 2012–2025, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Quoted as a nostalgic joke about DOS-era game setup.

A one-minute clip of the Warcraft II sound card test in setup, where the test sample plays and the voice says the sound card works perfectly.

3 jokes · Comedy

Game history & retro gaming Demoscene & retrocomputing Comedy Games & Game Development

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@ninjin Jul 2012 Makes a joke

on HN thread The Making of Warcraft 1: Origin of the series & creation of multi-unit select

For those wanting to experience those days again (or for the first time?): [this video] Another one that springs to mind is from Constructor; "Hello this is constructor are you receiving?" with that very distinct British accent.

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@foobarian May 2023 Makes a joke

on HN thread Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents?

To me the most excellent British accent is the "your soundcard works perfectly" clip from Warcraft 2 audio configuration. [1] [1] [this video]

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@29athrowaway Dec 2025 Makes a joke

on HN thread 30 Year Anniversary of WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness

Two memorable things - "Your sound card works perfectly!" [this video] - "I am a medieval man" [link] ( [link] ) It was great to play this game when it came out. And it has aged well too. Good gameplay, OST, graphics... never experienced a glitch or performance issue. The only worry was keeping the CD unscratched.

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