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GamePC has posted a review on the Hercules Game Theater XP



Guillemot, the parent company of Hercules, has actually had a very good legacy of audio products. They were among the first to bring four-speaker audio cards to market. They also had reverb effects for audio way before EAX hit the scene with their ISA-based MaxiSound series. Now, they are using well-known names to brand their current products; Guillemot has let their name slowly disappear into the background, as the Hercules and Thrustmaster names take center stage in the retail and OEM space.

The first sound card to officially sport the Hercules brand name is their Game TheaterXP. Hercules will also be the name that all other multimedia-based products will be branded with from now on. Complete with an external breakout box, that shows the legacy of Guillemot´s HomeStudio ISIS series, the GTXP appears well equipped to do battle with Creative´s SoundBlaster Live! Platinum.
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