With additional features and better marketing, the Sound Blaster quickly overshadowed AdLib as the de facto standard in PC gaming audio.

In 1992, Ad Lib filed for bankruptcy, while the Sound Blaster family continued to dominate the PC game industry.

The AdLib card consisted of a YM3812 chip with off-the-shelf external glue logic to plug into a standard PC-compatible ISA 8-bit slot.

PC software-generated multitimbral music and sound effects through the AdLib card, although the acoustic quality was distinctly synthesized.

Digital audio (PCM) was not supported; this would become a key missing feature when the competitor Creative Labs implemented it in their Sound Blaster cards.

Ad Lib planned a new proprietary standard before releasing the 12-bit stereo sound card called the AdLib Gold.

[8] A surround-sound module was developed as an optional attachment that allowed a chorus surround effect to be enabled for OPL3 outputs; however, few programs supported it.

Despite AdLib's efforts, the Gold 1000 failed to capture the market, and the company eventually went bankrupt due to cheaper alternatives such as the Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16.