X-Wing vs TIE Fighter The Curse of Monkey Island Beasts
and Bumpkins Pacific General Stratagem Warlords 3
X-Decathlon
Fifa Soccer Manager Tetris Open GL Quake Patch
| MechWarrior Mercenaries 3Dfx patch |
| From: Activision Genre: Space combat sim Classification: G8+ First reviewed: February 1997 Minimum system requirements: 3Dfx-based 3D card, full version of MechWarrior Mercenaries |
From: LucasArts
Genre: Multiplayer space combat sim
Classification: G8+
First reviewed: July 1997
Minimum system requirements: P90, 16Mb RAM, PCI graphics card, Windows 95,<DirectX3.0>
The latest space combat sim from LucasArts thrusts the Star Wars universe onto the unsuspecting world of multiplayer gaming.
The
Curse of Monkey Island
From: LucasArts
Genre: Adventure
Classification: TBA <low risk: my estimation - G8+>
Minimum system requirements: P60, 16Mb RAM, Windows 95,
<DirectX3.0>
The long awaited sequel in the hysterically funny "Monkey island" adventure series from LucasArts.
| Interstate 76 D3D patch |
| From: Activision Genre: Combat driving sim Classification: M15+ First reviewed: June 1997 Minimum system requirements: Direct 3D compatible 3D card, full version of "Interstate 76" |
Beasts and
Bumpkins
From: Electronic Arts
Genre: Real-time strategy
Classification: TBA <low risk: my estimation - M15+ at the most>
Minimum system requirements: P75, 16Mb RAM, Windows 95,
<DirectX3.0>
This Warcraft II style strategy game from EA allows you to build your empire from scratch with the assistance of some comically cockney characters.
| Tomb Raider 3Dfx patch |
| From: Eidos
Interactive Genre: Action/adventure Classification: M15+ First reviewed: May 1997 Minimum system requirements: 3Dfx-based 3D card, full version of "Tomb Raider" |
From: SSI
Genre: Military strategy
Classification: M15+
Minimum system requirements: P90, 8Mb RAM, Windows 95, <DirectX3.0>
Take on Japan in this WWII turn-based military strategy game from SSI.
| Outlaws 3Dfx patch |
| From: LucasArts Genre: 3D action Classification: MA15+ First reviewed: July 1997 Minimum system requirements: 3Dfx-based 3D card, full version of "Outlaws" |
From: Entertainment On-Line
Genre: Real-time strategy
Classification: TBA <low risk: my estimation - G8+ to M15+>
Minimum system requirements: P75, 16Mb RAM, Windows 95, IPX Network or Internet account, <DirectX3.0>
This C&C/Warcraft II style real-time strategy offering lets you test your skills against other on-line opponents.
From: SSG
Genre: Strategy
Classification: M15+
Minimum system requirements: P60, 16Mb RAM, Windows 95, <DirectX3.0>
The latest offering in this smash-hit strategy series from SSG.
From: Microforum
Genre: Humorous sports sim
Classification: G8+
Minimum system requirements: P60, 8Mb RAM, Windows 95, <DirectX3.0>
This wacky sports sim has you partaking in a variety of bizarre Olympic-style sporting events.
URL: ftp://cdrom.com/pub/gamesdomain/demos/fifamgr.zip
Genre: Sports sim
Classification: G
From: Electronic Arts
Minimum system requirements: Win 95, P60, 16Mb of RAM, <DirectX3.0>
A great soccer team managment sim from EA Sports. Find out what it takes to create a successful team, and then taking it to the top of the ladder.
Genre: Arcade
Price: Freeware
Classification: G
From: St0rmCat
Minimum system requirements: Win 95, Network or Internet connection.
Gee, Tetris? Whats that? Yeah, yeah, so it's been done 2 billion times before (give or take a few bil),but this is different! Yes, all you tetris addicts out there be prepared for even MORE excitement.. Internet tetris! Now you can play your five best buddies in one of the most well known games in existence!
TetriNET is for Windows95/NT machines and WILL NOT RUN WITH WIN32S. TetriNET operates best on a display capable of 256 colors or more. If your screen resolution is 640x480, you may have to set your windows taskbar to auto-hide while playing to see both windows entirely.
| Open-GL Quake patch |
| From: iD
Software Genre: 3D action Classification: MA15+ <note: not the full game, only the patch, so the rating doesn't affect the classification of the CD> First reviewed: September 1997 Minimum system requirements: 3Dfx-based 3D card, registered version of "Quake" |
Open-GL Quake will leave most gamers gasping in awe!
Genre: 3D shooter
Classification: MA15+
First reviewed: N/A
3D accelerated score:
From: iD Software
List price: $79.95
Download the Open-GL 3Dfx patch from: ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/unsup/glq3_28.zip
Quake follows in the footsteps of Doom, firmly entrenching a place for itself in the PC gaming 'Hall of Fame'.
The definitive 3D shooter, Quake has the player navigating a vast network of caverns, rooms, tunnels, streams and other terrain, while laying waste to a variety of hideous monsters. The standard version, released a couple of years ago, set a new benchmark for 3D gaming. Finally fans of the first-person action genre could enjoy the spectacle of truly three-dimensional character sprites. On the downside, the graphics suffered from blockiness and pixellation with some very average weapon effects. Quake also had a tendency to run very slowly on anything but the most powerful hardware, particularly in higher resolutions.
If there was ever a candidate for 3D acceleration, then Quake would surely be first in line. In fact, I would even go so far as to say that Quake and its offspring are almost single-handedly responsible for the introduction of PC 3D acceleration hardware. So how does the Open-GL version of Quake shape up? Very well indeed.
The first thing which becomes apparent in accelerated Quake are the increased colour depths: 64 thousand colours add clarity to the fairly gloomy terrain. Anti-aliasing, mip-mapping and bilinear filtering eliminate the blockiness which detracted from the splendour of the 3D monsters: now they can be fully appreciated in all their glory. The inclusion of alpha-blending allows you to turn on water reflections and translucency, which further adds to the realism of the game. Unfortunately the weapon effects and explosions are still fairly mediocre when compared to other contemporary offerings. The speed of Open-GL accelerated Quake also improved allowing respectable frame-rates despite the added visual detail.
So, not surprisingly, Open-GL Quake is vastly superior to the original game. It finally fulfils all of the ambitious promises made by iD when they were hyping the initial release of the standard version nearly two years ago.
It is recommended Windows 3.1 users exit Windows and install or run these games from the DOS prompt. You will find the install path listed below each title.
The hotlinks provided are for Win95 users, and we cannot guarantee these will work on all systems. If one of these hotlinks fails to work properly try restarting Windows in MS-DOS mode.
Slam and Jam 96
From: Crystal Dynamics
Genre: Basketball sim
Classification: G
Minimum system requirements: 486DX2/66, 16Mb RAM, DOS 5.0
Crystal Dynamics' answer to NBA Jam is a fast-paced basketball sim which allows you to play for or against your favourite NBA teams.
From: The Game Factory
Genre: Tennis sim
Classification: G
Minimum system requirements: 386, 4Mb RAM, DOS 5.0
World-class tennis comes to your PC. With a formidable array of shots to choose from, this game should challenge even the most fanatical tennis player.
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