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19/06/97
* DIAMOND MONSTER 3D DRIVERS v1.08 (1.2MB)
16/06/97
* GLQUAKEWORLD TEAM FORTRESS 2.5 FIX (35k)
Download this fix for GLQuakeworld if you play Team Fortress!
(wooops link fixed sorry!).
15/06/97
* TARANUS - 3DFX PATCH
(LINK FIXED - Thanks Liam)
The patch for 3DFX Voodoo is out for this online mutliplayer tank sim by Sony. Download from www.tanaurus.com (10MB) Warning: at the moment this does NOT support Voodoo Rush.
UPDATE 16/06/97: I checked this out last night and found the game quite addictive :) - although be prepared at first as it takes you a couple of hours to suss out how to select/configure and fire all the weapons and add-ons. The 3DFX patch has some nice transparent explosions and effects. Recommended.
15/06/97
* DESCENT II - BETA PATCH 3
The new beta patch for Descent II is out. Support for Voodoo Rush is included apparently. Nick : "Thanks to Andy Hanson, an updated Descent 2 Patch can be found at:
http://www.3dfx.com/software/d2_3dfx3.zip
This patch supports BOTH Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo Rush.
You MUST have Glide 2.31 runtime drivers installed to use this patch. Specifically you need GLIDE2X.OVL in your Windows directory (since the Windows directory is on the PATH when booting to MS-DOS Mode. - Putting GLIDE2X.OVL in Windows \SYSTEM may cause problems when booting to MS DOS mode as Windows \SYSTEM is NOT on the path.). Make sure than an older GLIDE2X.OVL does not exist in your Descent 2 directory.
Also, the patch will only work with the full retail version of Descent2 - not the bundled version that came with some Voodoo Graphics cards.
- Nick Pandher
- 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
GLQUAKEWORLD IS OUT!
The new version of Quakeworld (v1.64) is out including GLQUAKEWORLD!
From Bluesnews: "id Software have just release version 1.64 of the Quakeworld client on their
FTP site. This version includes GLQuake integration (yeah! - Dman). Available files:
complete release with Qspy 5.21 (1.5 MB),
qwcl Client upgrade (679 K) and a new
Quakeworld server
(251 K). Linux client and further Unix servers are also available from their FTP site."
UPDATE
TIP1: Note if you want to take screenshots with GLQW using F12 (which you will believe me) you must make a QUAKE subdirectory under your normal QUAKE directory!
TIP2: If you can't get GLQUAKEWORLD running in QSPY 5.21 make sure in you go to the VIEW menu, OPTIONS, GAMEPLAY, and in the QuakeWorld command line box remove what is there and enter: glqwcl.exe.
11/06/97
FUTURE vs FANTASY
The new version of FUTURE vs FANTASY for Quake has been released. The good news is it works with GLQUAKE.
11/06/97
3DFX BREAKOUT Andy Bay has released a Breakout clone for the 3DFX. Andy said:
" I have just released a 3d breakout game for Glide, just go to my web page! http://members.aol.com/imarvintpa/index.htm Use the mouse to control the paddle and the arrow keys to move the camera. Instructions are included. Just try it!"
-- Thanks,
Andy Bay
aka IMarvinTPA
ICQ:1432002
http://members.aol.com/imarvintpa/index.htm
11/06/97
OUTLAWS GLIDE PATCH Glide 2.31 OUTLAWS patch - make sure you upgrade with the 1.1 patch first then move the lecgl23.dll file to the Outlaws directory. At the video setup you should see:
|
3Dfx Glide 3Dfx Glide 2.3 DirectDraw (Full Screen) Window |
11/06/97
GLQUAKEWORLD SCREENSHOTS! OK so you thought GLQUAKEWORLD wasn't coming out.. maybe it is.. Also check out this GLQUAKE INFO
08/06/97
TERRACIDE - NEW DEMO Finally a NEW demo of Terracide (Descent 2 type game) is available. Note this said to be a much improved version since the Diamond Monster 3D version out a while ago.
06/06/97
FORMULA 1 - ANOTHER NEW BETA PATCH Another updated patch with performance updates for Formula 1.
06/06/97
06/06/97
NEW 3DFX CHAT SITE Go here for a chat with other 3DFX users.
06/06/97
TMOLE's 3DFX site has more new pictures of PLANE CRAZY, WORLD WAR II, OVERBOARD and RASCAL.
05/06/97
ORCHID RIGHTEOUS 3D DRIVERS v2.00.17 RELEASED The new drivers are based on the Direct3D v2.08 drivers from 3Dfx and the Glide 2.3 runtime library. Also they now include an updated Control Panel accessory.
Thanks for nudging me Greg.
05/06/97
GAMES MANSION have updated their review of PowerVR 2 v 3DFX 1. The Editor Andy Hutchinson admits they cocked up. Check out their new revised review.
04/06/97
HEADHUNTERS 3DFX DEMO (630K) Interesting beta version of a nice looking Hellbender type game. At only 630K well worth a download! Make sure you have DOS4GW.EXE from another game and put it in the game's directory. Apparently HeadHunters was cancelled - odd as this looks great!
04/06/97
3DFX have release some updated drivers (minor updates). On www.3dfx.com there is Glide 2.31, Direct3D 2.09 and they have also added a link to Hercules Voodoo Rush Drivers. Nick again from 3DFX:
From the software updates page of http://www.3dfx.com the following has
been added
- Links to Hercules Voodoo Rush drivers
- Direct3D v2.09 Drivers for Voodoo Graphics
- Glide 2.31 Drivers for Voodoo Rush.
No major changes in the latter two, just minor fixes.
- Nick Pandher
- 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
08/06/97 -
Finally a NEW demo of Terracide (Descent 2 type game) is available. Note this said to be a much improved version since the Diamond Monster 3D version out a while ago.Eidos' web site as it may be out by now ;) ...)
03/06/97
MDK 3DFX UPDATE. Playmates has released another updated MDK patch that fixes some bugs and also adds Rush support. Note you need Glide 2.3. which can be downloaded from www.3dfx.com in the software updates section.
30/05/97
FORMULA ONE 3DFX BETA UPDATE PATCH I haven't had time to try this yet but check this out for the Beta UPDATE patch for FORMULA ONE. It is supposed to fix a few bugs and stop jerky frame rate etc.
You can also get this patch from 3DFX's site.
This from Nick at 3DFX:
"First of all, this batch is Beta and currently does NOT run on Voodoo Rush. (This will be corrected shortly)
The patch addresses performance issues and a few other bugs. It does NOT change the simulator, physics or other elements of the game.
Dowload the patch and extract the attached .EXE file to your Formula 1 Directory (normally \Program Files\Formula 1)
To report performance problems with this patch please send an email to [email protected] (Only performance/stability bug reports will be accepted - other bug reports will be deleted.)
- Nick Pandher
- 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
30/05/97
Richard has more new pictures of WW2, Overboard, Rascal, and Out of the Void. at his TMOLE's 3DFX site
30/05/97
WIPEOUT XL DIRECT3D Demo The D3D Playable Demo of WIPEOUT XL is now available exclusively from http://www.joystick.fr Be warned it is 16MB! If you have downloading problems try downloading from here or from Avault
29/05/97
OUTLAWS - 3DFX PATCH AND UPDATE! LucasArts have released v.1.1 update for the retail version of OUTLAWS. Check out the details at www.rebelhq.com on the OUTLAWS Update page. The file is 3.1MB.
Also as an alternative 3DFX have it on their site (see the Dman's FILES page)
Not 3DFX related but you can also get the new patch to v1.1 of XWing vs Tie Fighter from www.rebelhq.com too.
26/05/97
SPEC OPS. Not a lot happening over the bank holiday here but check out TMoles (new look) 3DFX page for piccies of ...SPEC OPS. [BTW I am still getting those cookies though Richard].
22/05/97
FLYING CORPS 3D PATCH FIRST SCREENSHOTS! WOW this looks like it is going to be worth the wait!
22/05/97
MDK 3DFX NATIVE PATCH! Those of you looking for even more perfomance out of the 3D accelerated MDK check out this new 3DFX direct patch for MDK (i.e. no Direct3D!)
22/05/97
GLQUAKE UPDATED DRIVER. Ok I will just quote Nick on this one saves actually having to think ;)..
"...An updated GLQuake driver can be downloaded from:
http://www.3dfx.com/software/download_glqdrv.html
The only change is that the driver can be used with:
- Voodoo Graphics under Windows NT
- Voodoo Rush under Windows 95
- Voodoo Graphics under Windows 95 (as always!)..."
"...There are no real changes when the driver is running
under Windows 95 with Vooodoo Graphics.
(The only change is that
Glide2x.dll is NOT statically linked - thus Glide 2.3 runtime drivers must
be installed.) ..."
21/05/97
F1 HEREOS and LBA 2 SCREENSHOTS Richard has some new shots of these games on his site.
18/05/97
REQUIEM. New screenshots of a title which will support 3dfx directly.
16/05/97
FORMULA ONE by Psygnosis is out in the UK.
Note: Some people are saying it runs 'slow' (relatively speaking of course ;) ) on their machine. If this happens to you READ THIS :
"You MUST install the 3Dfx version, the Direct3D version is slower than the 3Dfx version on a Voodoo Graphics card.
Also, make sure you run the 3Dfx version...
- Nick Pandher - 3Dfx Interactive, Inc."
Also see the SNIPPETS page for some other info on this.
15/05/97
GLQUAKE FOR NT 3DFX have released a patch to allow GLQUAKE to run on a Windows NT system. Please note this is an UNSUPPORTED. The patch (approx 78K) is available from 3DFX via: HTTP or FTP.
As a warning Nick Pandher says make sure you do NOT replace your existing OPENGL32.DLL that resides in your Winnt \SYSTEM32 directory!
15/05/97
MOTO RACER DEMO. At last a playable demo of the coolest 3D racing game around. Demo is complete with Direct3D support (enabled from the options menu). An 18MB download but worth it. If you have problems downloading it is also available from here.
14/05/97
Flash 3D drivers with the latest d3d drivers 2.08 are now available. Note: Some people have reported that POD no longer works correctly after applying this new driver (unconfirmed).
13/05/97
DESCENT II v 0.91a Another new updated patch by Andy Hanson is now available. If you downloaded the patch a few days ago re-download this as there are some more bugs fixed!
According to Andy Hanson:
"Fixes: The bug altering the speed of gameplay is gone. Crashing bug on level 7 is gone.
Triple buffering WILL result in artifacts, don't use it unless you are willing to live with the artifacts.
It will probably not presently run in under 32Megs.
Andy"
Well done Andy, go get some zzzeds man...
Also whilst we are here Nick Pandher has this to say:
"This is UNSUPPORTED.... Do NOT, repeat do NOT request support for this patch from either 3Dfx, Interplay or Parallax...
(PKUnzip 2.04g or WinZip required to Unzip the patch - Also you must have DOS4GW.EXE in your descent directory, if you need it - get it from the official older Descent 2 patch at www.pxsoftware.com)
- Nick Pandher - 3Dfx Interactive, Inc."
12/05/97
THE DARK PROJECT by Looking Glass is along the lines of Ultima Underworld (at last!). Not based on the same story but similar. Check out the sceen shots.
12/05/97
iF-22 RAPTOR by Interactive Magic is due to be released in June 97. Support for Direct3D will be included. The article/blurb is at Adrenaline Vault.
11/05/97
DESCENT II UPDATE:
Nick Pandher posted this:
"Andy's updated Descent 2 Patch is at
http://www.3dfx.com/software/d2_3dfx.zip
Use WinZip or pkunzip to extract the file. This patch ONLY works with the
full Descent 2 product, it will not work with Descent 2 Destination
Quartzon.
Remember this is NOT supported by either 3Dfx, Interplay or Parallax.
- Nick Pandher
- 3Dfx Interactive, Inc."
11/05/97
MOTO RACER is out in Europe and it is a superb Racing game. One that really shows off your Voodoo card. If you like racing games (or even if you don't) go get this !
09/05/97
Andy Hanson of 3DFX has nearly finished the new Descent II patch. He had this to say on the 3DFX news server:
"I have been given authorization by Parallax to release a version of Descent2 on our site. This version is to be totally unsupported by Interplay, Parallax and 3dfx. I am unfortunately a little pressed for time to release it as I am leaving for Europe on Tuesday. Here is the plan. I hope to release a version today with some known bugs. No crashes, but some visual bugs. It is very close to being done. I am working on the bugs. I hope to be releasing updates throughout the weekend. In the case that users find additional bugs, I am hoping they will let me know, so that I can correct them as quickly as possible. For those of the faint of heart, you might want to wait a few days before grabbing the executable.
Andy"When it appears it will be on the 3DFX Game and Demo Patches page. (As far as I can tell it wasn't there yet at 12.45am Friday 9th).
08/05/97
New preliminary screenshots of the 3DFX version of RIVERWORLD are on Richard Houghton's site.
08/05/97
QUAKE 2. Some new high quality screenshots of QUAKE 2 can be seen on iD's own web site. These seem to be shots on a 3D accelerated version but we will have to wait and see.
08/05/97
GLQUAKE EVEN FASTER? Check out Zanshin's GLQuake Dojo!! - he is writing an improved OpenGL for GLQuake apparently. He says he is "... developing a full OpenGL optimized port for 3Dfx boards which will make use of some of the specific features of the 3Dfx chipset, and may benefit GLQuake by an up to 50% performance improvement." :)
08/05/97
QUAKE 2. Some new high quality screenshots of QUAKE 2 can be seen on iD's own web site. These seem to be shots on a 3D accelerated version but we will have to wait and see.
08/05/97
CTHUGHA 3DFX. Do you remember this program which displays patterns and colours to your music when you play a cd in your PC? Now you can check out this demo of the 3DFX version. I think this has been out for little while but the author is working on it to improve things.
08/05/97
DEFEND 3D. Download the demo of this new 3D accelerated game. LINK FIXED SORRY !
08/05/97
WHEEL OF TIME. This new game will use the same game engine as UNREAL. It seems to be a 3D world like Quake with RPG elements.
06/05/97
FORSAKEN. Have a look at the screenshots at Next Generation. This one looks like a Descent II type game complete with multiplayer.
06/05/97
ARMORGEDDON 3DFX. See here for exclusive Armorgeddon screenshots.
06/05/97
More new screenshots of G-POLICE 3DFX, ACTUA GOLF2 3DFX, POPULOUS3 D3D, DARK VENGANCE D3D, PYSBADEK 3DFX, EXTREME ASSAULT D3D, DREAMS D3D on Richard Houghton's site. Also Richard has got rid of the cookies from his site. Excellent - thanks Richard. Update: They seem to be still there aaarg.. Richard? Maybe it's Pipex doing them?
05/05/97
Brian P Bruning of 3DFX posted this report of the recent Computer Game Developers Conference in the USA.
05/05/97
Important note for PPro users: If you downloaded the new Gluide 2.3 (re-release 30/4/97) Nick Pandher of 3DFX posted this regarding the fixed fxmemmap.vxd in the new Glide 2.3:
"The FXMEMMAP.VXD file in the Glide 2.3 Runtime Drivers (The public SDK is not affected) may cause a blue screen exception. Please re-download an updated Glide 2.3 runtime drivers kit from www.3dfx.com under software updates OR if you happen to have also download the D3D 2.08 drivers - install that driver kit after Glide 2.3 to update to the correct VXD."
"One more thing.... If you go the route of updating your existing Glide 2.3 with the updated/vxd Glide 2.3,
delete FXMEMMAP.VXD from \WINDOWS\SYSTEM prior to running the newer Glide 2.3 Setup program...
- Nick Pandher
- 3Dfx Interactive, Inc."
01/05/97
Richard has some new screenshots on his site of CRAZY, SEIGE, PROJECT X and IGNITION. He also has some other shots of MW2:Mercs Voodoo version.
(Great to see early pics Richard but lose the cookies please :) )
30/04/97
GLIDE 2.3 was UPDATED again today as the wrong FXMEMMAP.VXD was included (for Pentium Pro's).
29/04/97
3DFX D3D DRIVERS AND GLIDE AND DEMOS AND WIZMARK 3.0 AND S3FIX KIT RELEASED:
3DFX VOODOO DIRECT 3D DRIVERS v 2.08 from www.3dfx.com (218k) or the same file from 3DFX's ftp site.
New listings of 3DFX's DEMOS including the Flipper demo that people have trouble finding
...and also WIZMARK 3.0 has been released,
and GLIDE 2.3!
Thanks to Roland Holmlund for being quick on the draw and letting me know this lot was out ;)
29/04/97
SOUND BLASTER WIN95 / SB16 / 32 / AWE32 / AWE64/AWE64 Gold. Creative Labs have released some updated sound card drivers which now have better DirectX 3.0 support and are now DirectX Certified.
29/04/97
MECHWARRIOR 2: MERCS. The Direct3D version of MERCS is nearly ready - check out these great screen shots at allgames.com. Lovely pics :).
28/04/97
GOMAN DEMO by Team 47. 3D accelerated demos of GOMAN are available. Looks like a cross between Mechwarrior and a Cybergladiators ;). Not bad but it takes a while to get used to all the different controls. Nice effects.
28/04/97
TIMEWARRIORS DEMO. You have seen the screenshots now download and play the demo. Be aware this demo is 22MB ! Alternatively download from cdrom.com. UPDATE: If you don't want to download all this you can apparently download the much smaller Mystique version then add a patch (available on from here - thanks to Jason McAllister for the info and patch!.
28/04/97
REDLINE. This game is slated for a November 1997 release but the screen shots look great. Let us hope these screen shots are real in-game stuff and not just PR pictures knocked up for the finance guys ;). This isn't particularly new news but I forgot to add this before.
3D WINBENCH 97� has been released by Ziff Davis. To quote: "3D WinBench 97� measures the performance of a PC's 3D subsystem, which includes the Direct3D software, the monitor, the graphics adapter, the graphics driver, and the bus used to carry information from the graphics adapter to and from the processor subsystem. You can use 3D WinBench 97 to test hardware graphics adapters, drivers, and the value of such enhancing technologies as MMX. What you can't test is Windows NT, because it doesn't support 3D hardware acceleration; 3D WinBench 97 only runs on Windows 95. 3D WinBench 97 aims to measure both the current and future state of hardware 3D accelerator performance." One slight snag is the benchmark is around 20MB to download ! Ahh.
MAGE SLAYER and HEAVY GEAR. Richard has more pictures of more 3DFX games on his site. MAGE SLAYER is a top down view game (like the old game called Gauntlet) and HEAVY GEAR is a MechWarrior type game and there are some more new pictures.
PANDOMENIUM DEMO by CRYSTAL DYNAMICS is out with 3D accelerator support for 3DFX Voodoo (only!). You can also get it from Rapidio. After a quick look it does appeal to me but my joystick seems to be playing up with this one (Gravis Pro) even after calibrating a few times from Win95 control panel. It's a 3D platform game (ala Sonic except the camera angle spins around and changes to keep you in view - interesting). Here is some blurb from Crystal Dynamics web site (from the Playstation version) :
"Pandemonium! is pure rocket fuel" - PSExtreme magazine, "...my favorite platform game yet" - P.S.X. magazine, "3-D graphical brilliance" - P.S.X. magazine,
"Gold Award 93%" - PSExtreme magazine, "95 out of 100" - P.S.X. magazine
... hmm well it is well worth a download at around 2.3 MB.
TOMBRAIDER II Screenshots. Seems that TR2 is set in Venice - see shot 4 on that link for a large pic. New weapons will include a harpoon for use against underwater creatures.
EF2000 Graphics+ Update: "EF2000 Graphics + and other news Digital Image Design will shortly be releasing EF2000 V2.0 in North America. EF2000 V2.0 will contain the following items: DOS version of EF2000 V2.0 (known in Europe as EF2000 Evolution) Enhanced Windows '95 version of EF2000 V2.0 (complete with TEN compatibility) Graphics+ upgrade for 3DFX and Rendition cards (this upgrade will take full advantage of users who have a 3DFX or Rendition chipset on their video card. It can only be used with the DOS version of the game) A comprehensive 350-page manual A detailed strategy guide written by Sim-Tech. European customers will be able to download the Graphics+ upgrade from the web site once the EF2000 V2.0 pack has been released in North America. The Graphics+ upgrade will only work with DOS versions of the game that have the TACTCOM upgrade already applied. - Scott Gray"
Source: www.allgames.com
Aaron Hazen has made a partial GLQuake converstion to MARIO!
Also many Direct3D and native 3DFX games coming check out GOLGOTHA screenshots. TIMEWARRIORS and ARMORGEDDON are also both to get 3DFX versions apparently. You can download a beta version of ArmorGeddon (demo does NOT support 3Dfx yet!) - for version with DirectX included and a version without.
WIPEOUT 2097 Here are some Direct3D/3DFX screenshots of Wipeout 2097! See here for more info on the Direct3D WIPEOUT
According to 3DFX's Brian Bruning, DESCENT III for the 3DFX (which is already the fastest version of Descent II you can get) is going to get another updated patch for Voodoo. This new patch will be even faster and will also support a cockpit mode (to stop the whingers ;) ).
3DFX VOODOO wins Next Generation's poll. 55% of 3D card owners have a Voodoo (next nearest Verite and of those who are thinking of getting a 3D card 56% say Voodoo. PowerVR came a lowly 10%.
Apparently Shiny have released another patch for MDK supposedly fixing sound problems (personally I have not checked this update out as I had no problems) it should be available from Shiny's patches directory
STARFIGHTER PATCH. Thanks to Nick Pandher of 3DFX for mentioning that the 3DFX Voodoo patch for the arcade game Starfighter is available from the 3dfx website. If anyone has Starfighter let me know what it is like with the patch ;). Starfighter has been out a while and may be available to buy inexpensively .
POWER RENDER. Check out the TERRAIN LANDSCAPE DEMO from Power Render 3D Developer site. To quote: "...with translucent smoke trails, missiles with dynamic lights, and shrapnel. (3Dfx or VGA) (NEW!)." On the demo's section on their site you can find other 3dfx demos too. Power Render 2.1 has just been released for developers.
EF2000 GRAPHICS+ New screenshots. The only problem is now DiD are possibly going to charge for this patch. Hmm you buy EF2000 then Tactcom and now pay for 3D patch which is well overdue anyway.. hopefully if they do charge it will be a small amount. Hey notice how the cockpit looks fantastic in this picture No.4. Oh ye of little faith.
MDK DIRECT 3D PATCH. Thanks to Paul Magee for letting me know. This DIRECT3D patch for Murder Death Kill also includes the new F2 save option! Also on the MDK site there is also a patch for the DOS version to add an F2 save option (no 3D acceleration though). See Shiny's page for other MDK patches.
MetaVR demo (3MB) Garth Smith of MetaVR Inc mentioned they have a new version of their 3D demo available. I am not sure if it has changed but it certainly worked better for me this time.
DIAMOND MONSTER 3D 1.07 drivers. These new drivers fix the fogging/transparency problem in Diamond's 1.06 drivers.
STARFIGHTER is to get the 3DFX Voodoo treatment. You can download a beta demo (unaccelerated version I think).
TIME WARRIORS A new fighting game for 3DFX has been announced.
Check out The PLANET VOODOO website for NEW pictures and mini review of FORMULA 1 for VOODOO by PYSGNOSIS.
SUBCULTURE is nearing completion and there are some new pictures here.
OK I have tried to resist this ;) This demo has been out a few days but... DARKLIGHT demo is too good. Yes I know it's not 3D accelerated but it looks as thought it is and would look even more fantastic on a Voodoo. This is well worth the download (around 9MB).
Here's some newer screenshots of FALCON 4.0 . Please note these shots are JPEG's and are therefore low quality as they are compressed.
There is another new version of GLQUAKE (370k) out! I haven't had time to test it but I believe it is v 0.93. You can get from iD's unsupported directory.
Interplay have released a demo of SWIV 3DFX. I haven't checked it out yet as their server's are full (wooo belay that I'm in as I speak ;) ! You can try to get it from Interplay's SWIV page
Moopy (Paul Malin) has released a Alpha test version of his 3DFX Voodoo game called ARSETEROIDS. Nice effects and a good blast - good fun!! .. and you can get it from Moopy's homepage The file is 1.4MB.
POD was released in the UK on Friday 21st March. The cd comes complete with versions for other 3D cards and 3DFX VOODOO. Unfortunately the cd doesn't install the 3DFX version you have to do it manually: To use it when you install POD copy WPOD3DFX.EXE from the CD to your new POD2_0 directory and then from Windows Explorer find the WPOD3DFX.EXE in your UBISOFT\POD2_0 dir and right click on it, dragging it to your Desktop, and choose create shortcut. See SNIPPETS section for a mini review.
12/03/97
Version 0.92 of GLQUAKE is out (v.0.92)!
If you have problems getting from iD's server above then Mario has also posted it on his web site http://andrix.biophysics.mcw.edu/mariusz/. 3DFX have also posted it - GLQuake on 3DFX's server UPDATE See above :
30/03/97
After a quick test this version is certainly faster (about 5fps more for me with no extra tweeking of GLQuake)
and better looking. I haven't had chance to check out the speed of the internet play which is said to be faster.
There are options to improve the multiplayer speed by reducing opposing player's textures (see the readme.txt in the zip).
INDEPENDENCE DAY (ID4) is out apparently in the shops according to an email I got from Marc Baime. It is also for Rendition, Mystique, and 3DLabs cards. Marc recons it looks good on his 3DFX and is very frenetic. 14/3/97 - See here for ID4 for PSX and Saturn screen shots and info
SIMCOPTER You can now download Simcopter 3DFX Voodoo demo patch (early Alpha test release) to turn SimCopter into a 3DFX game ! Note: This is an early test release and will have errors/bugs and missing features like menu's etc - so do not complain to Maxis! This needs you to already have the standard SimCopter, at the moment I am not sure if the patch will work with the standard demo version too.
WILDRIDE
This is a BETA DEMO of a 3DFX surfing game. Note: Apparently the game is very buggy due to being an early BETA.
P O D from UBISOFT - a 3D arcade race game. This is a DEMO version for 3DFX !! This looks and plays excellent (use F2 to change view in game). This is the game supplied with some MMX processors to show off their features but there are also versions for plain old Pentium and 3DFX. The 3DFX Voodoo version is the best! File Size: 11MB.
UPDATE 12/3/97 - It seems the file was deleted from most of the previous links but it should be back now ( a slightly updated version apparently - maybe they stopped the hack to get extra cars from working ??) If you have no joy with the above links then try this next link to download the 3DFX POD demo from Mario's page (be quick before the file disappears!). If you want to browse Mario's pages then use this link: Mario's Home Page. If you have a problem try downloading from Frank's page.
Frank says: " ... just goto the links section near the bottom and find my ATSFLIP info page. It's after the screenshots on that ATSFLIP page http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~fgrayson/atsflip.html there is a link on that page that allows you to download both versions. It's right after all the screenshots of ATSFLIP with my mecha."
I reckon this is well worth the D/L if you want to see 3DFX Voodoo blow away MMX.
Hey apparently if you want to play more than the two default cars in the demo just edit the UBI.IBI and change the line which says "Player1DefaultCar=0" to any number from 0-7. Changing it to 2 gives a Scorpion (top speed of 92). Don't forget that this is a demo and the full version will have more tracks etc. UPDATE: This no longer works with the current demo
PLANE CRAZY from INNER WORKS is a 3D multiplayer flying game. It isn't released yet (no date either) but there is some info available apparently. Support for 3DFX's Voodoo and PowerVR. I haven't checked out this link yet.
UPRISING
A preview of a new game with 3DFX support. A cross between C & C with Quake !
OMIKRON
Preview of a new game using Direct 3d aimed at Voodoo and PowerVR chipsets.
For some nice 3DFX screenshots of POD go see PCPlayer (in French but the screenshots are good). You should be able to download a demo (not sure if it will be the 3dfx version) from Ubisoft's Pod web site around 28th Feb.
MOTO RACER
Wow! Screenshots of Delphine Software's new racer running on Voodoo.
