Demand for better graphics and sound in PC games encouraged companies to build add-on sound cards, with Sound Blaster becoming an industry standard.

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"Demand for better graphics and sound in PC games encouraged companies to build add-on sound cards, with Sound Blaster becoming an industry standard."

Direct historical support for the claim that games pushed consumer PC audio hardware. + Computer History Museum graphics and games timeline dates the Sound Blaster event to 1988.

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Source title Graphics & Games | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History Museum

Source authors Computer History Museum

Source year 1988

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