I actually tried this out an a 286 CGA laptop. This 286 let you run in either Fast Mode, or Slow Mode (~4.7Mhz), and there was a keyboard command that switched between the two modes. When you ran the machine in slow mode, the music played funny. Music was playing at the same tempo, but the volume decays of the instrument were happening more slowly, making the instruments sound very different.
Also the game ran slightly more slowly. So there might be a tiny bit of overhead compared with the original version of the game. Might need to upgrade to full 286 speed.
This game plays the "Popcorn" tune as the background music. It is quite catchy! To listen to the background music, play the original 1983 PC Booter version of this game here: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Digger_1983_1983
Worked for the company that made this game many many years after they got out of gaming. For years we got calls about it. Sometimes licenced it to other developers for nothing. We had some cool Japanese packaging and artwork from that era. The guy that did the sound turned into a great .net dev and we built several cool products together that ran for 15 years without maintenance.
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1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig_Dug
Also the game ran slightly more slowly. So there might be a tiny bit of overhead compared with the original version of the game. Might need to upgrade to full 286 speed.
It took me some time to find an MP3 of the original Popcorn music. Finally found a copy of it archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20000903025158/http://www.popcor...
The MP3 above was available at the Popcorn website which has now disappeared but we can visit archived copies of the website at: http://web.archive.org/web/20001013001516/http://www.popcorn...