{"id":2360,"date":"2023-01-07T00:40:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T00:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/07\/creative-founder-sim-wong-hoo-the-man-behind-sound-blaster-has-died\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T00:40:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T00:40:31","slug":"creative-founder-sim-wong-hoo-the-man-behind-sound-blaster-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/07\/creative-founder-sim-wong-hoo-the-man-behind-sound-blaster-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative founder Sim Wong Hoo, the man behind Sound Blaster, has died"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Creative Technologies founder, CEO and chairman Sim Wong Hoo has died, his company has confirmed<\/a>. He \u201cpassed away peacefully on 4 January 2023,\u201d according to a press release<\/a>. He was 67 years old. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It might seem hard for younger readers to believe, but there was a time that computer sound\u00a0wasn\u2019t guaranteed. If you wanted to plug in headphones or speakers that could do more than bloops or bleeps, you probably needed a sound card \u2014 and none were as successful as Creative Labs\u2019 Sound Blaster. It sold over 400 million units as of its 30th anniversary in 2019. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the pre-Windows 95 \/ DirectX era, few words in PC gaming were as important as the phrase \u201cSound Blaster compatible,\u201d allowing players to hear the dogs bark in Wolfenstein 3D<\/em>, or mess around with the synthesized voice in Creative\u2019s Dr. Sbaitso demo (you can play it on the web<\/a> these days).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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