marxveix wrote on 2025-10-25, 11:30:

Is there list of pc games that had no software renderer? The first games that had no software renderer was Descent 3 and Quake 3 […]
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Is there list of pc games that had no software renderer? The first games that had no software renderer was Descent 3 and Quake 3 as i know.

Here is the list of games that support sofware renderer:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_sof … rendering_games

Bit of googling and Turok was one the first pc games that abandoned software renderer.
https://www.reddit.com/r/boomershooters/comme … e_the_first_pc/

Redline racer, only 3dfx and d3d.

willow wrote on 2025-10-30, 21:28:

marxveix wrote on 2025-10-25, 11:30:

Is there list of pc games that had no software renderer? The first games that had no software renderer was Descent 3 and Quake 3 […]
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Is there list of pc games that had no software renderer? The first games that had no software renderer was Descent 3 and Quake 3 as i know.

Here is the list of games that support sofware renderer:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_sof … rendering_games

Bit of googling and Turok was one the first pc games that abandoned software renderer.
https://www.reddit.com/r/boomershooters/comme … e_the_first_pc/

Redline racer, only 3dfx and d3d.

Thanks, long time ago i have played Redline Racer. MotoRacer from 1997 is better game from my point of view, but it has software rendering.

marxveix wrote on 2025-11-02, 22:18:

willow wrote on 2025-10-30, 21:28:

marxveix wrote on 2025-10-25, 11:30:

Is there list of pc games that had no software renderer? The first games that had no software renderer was Descent 3 and Quake 3 […]
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Is there list of pc games that had no software renderer? The first games that had no software renderer was Descent 3 and Quake 3 as i know.

Here is the list of games that support sofware renderer:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_sof … rendering_games

Bit of googling and Turok was one the first pc games that abandoned software renderer.
https://www.reddit.com/r/boomershooters/comme … e_the_first_pc/

Redline racer, only 3dfx and d3d.

Thanks, long time ago i have played Redline Racer. MotoRacer from 1997 is better game from my point of view, but it has software rendering.

moto racer has direct3d 3 renderer (3d acceleration) and software renderer.

I have a question: do you have a list with all games for 3d Labs Permedia 2?
I suppose Permedia 2 had its own API just like Rendition had RRedline or 3dfx had Glide?

eliot_new wrote on 2025-12-13, 22:44:

I have a question: do you have a list with all games for 3d Labs Permedia 2?
I suppose Permedia 2 had its own API just like Rendition had RRedline or 3dfx had Glide?

I think it's just opengl and d3d api support no proprietary api support for games except cgl api compatibilty for one game
https://vintage3d.org/3dlabs3.php

Creative Labs surprisingly avoided first Permedia, but they came back to 3Dlabs for the second. By that time the CGL API was history, so there is no 3D Blaster compatibility with exception of Battle Arena Toshinden 2.5.

When second-generation Permedia arrived in the market in the fall of 1997 with support for both Direct3D and OpenGL,

eliot_new wrote on 2025-12-13, 22:44:

I have a question: do you have a list with all games for 3d Labs Permedia 2?
I suppose Permedia 2 had its own API just like Rendition had RRedline or 3dfx had Glide?

Permedia 2 is DX5 card and its has OpenGL 1.1 support.

CONFIRMED TO WORK ON ORIGINAL HARDWARE PERSONALLY BY ME!
PowerVR (PowerSGL):
John Romero's Daikatana - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Actua Soccer 3 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Spearhead - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Ground Master (tested ok)
OMEGA FIELD (tested ok)
PacfaMoroWh!! ( たたかえ!パクファモロワ!! ) ( Pakufa Morova !! ) (tested ok)
Dual Power (tested ok)

(Not checked myself) (FOR TESTING!!!)
Matrox Impression Plus:
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Matrox Millennium:
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

3D Blaster (CGL):
Sentient Explore the Infinite - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Starfighter 3000 - too many glitches Re: Fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) on 3D Blaster

Paradise Tasmania 3D:

Nvidia NV1 (NVLib):

ATI 3D Rage (ATI CIF):
Games:
Space Rox - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D) (undefined game)
Mechwarrior Mercenaries - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
(game cancelled, never released) Flying Nightmares 2 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Need For Speed 3 Beta - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
NBA Live 99 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Need For Speed 4 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
FIFA 99 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
SIN - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Battle Arena Toshinden - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Terracide (PowerVR version have a lot of ATI3DCIF code, invoke ATI3DCIF.DLL)
International Rally Championship
G-Police
Doctor Who Destiny of the Doctors
NBA Live 99 (duplicate as NBA 99)
Future Cop LAPD - ragea.dll
Asghan The Dragon Slayer
Triple Play 2001 - contains ragek.dll and ragez.dll
Triple Play Baseball - contains ragek.dll and ragez.dll
TOCA Touring Car Championship

Utilities:
Extreme 3D - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Photosuite - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
WIRL - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

S3 Virge (S3D):
Post Apocalyptic Petra - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D) (unfortunatelly it exist in source code form, pascal lang, dos, need to be compiled to work)
Crime Cities - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Descent 2 [Re-release] Abyss
Terracide
Overboard! (aka Shipwreckers!)
Doctor Who Destiny of the Doctors
TOCA Touring Car Championship
Ski Racing Extreme Edition aka Front Page Sports Ski Racing
Asghan The Dragon Slayer
Cards
Ufo se

Matrox Mystique (MSI):
Sentient Explore the Infinite - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Crime Cities - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Doctor Who Destiny of the Doctors
Asghan The Dragon Slayer

Rendition Verite:
Myst - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
SIN - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Resident Evil 2
FIFA 99 - veritea.dll needed (Black Screen)
Future Cop LAPD - veritea.dll needed (Black Screen)

PowerVR (PowerSGL):
Lunatik - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Future Strike - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D) (cancelled) (https://video-games.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Strike)
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Hired Guns - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Formula One 99 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Unreal: Return to Na Pali - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Interstate '76: Nitro Pack - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
The Interstate '76 Arsenal - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
The Nameless Mod - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
(already mentioned) Biohazard (Resident Evil) - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Dr. Brain: Action Reaction - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
A2 Racer
MDK Mission Laguna Beach (OEM shortened version of MDK)
Plane Crazy
Future Cop LAPD - powervra.dll needed
Tank Racer
Actua Ice Hockey 2
Star Wars - Episode I - Racer
Alien vs Predator
Sega Rally 2
X-Tom3D
The Typing of the Dead
Triple Play Baseball - contains powervrk.dll and powervrz.dll
Sega GT
Sega Marine Fishing
Need For Speed 3 - powervra.dll needed
FIFA 99 - powervra.dll needed
Triple Play 2001 - contains powervrk.dll and powervrz.dll

S3 Savage (MeTaL API):
Crime Cities - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Titles w/o link taken from here Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

P.S. Crosslined text is my marks, all games need to be rechecked

Myst 3 ? Myst 1 masterpiece ?

IDK, will check all games which marked as Myst =)
I just decided to compile all games in this forum founded for years and bring them to one message , to comfortable to check and find , control etc

Comes from here two games for S3 Virge S3D API:

https://leikareipa.github.io/ (VIRGE folder on desktop)

Edit by Dominus: removed the two games.

International Rally Championship 1997
Look for the ATi3D logo at back covers.

Re: ATi RagePro supported games
Re: ToCa 1 and Ati Rage II (Cif?)

Future Cop L.A.P.D. game have also ragea.dll and even powervra.dll and veritea.dll
Triple Play 2001 - ragek.dll and ragez.dll
Triple Play Baseball - ragek.dll and ragez.dll

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2025-12-25, 17:29:

Future Cop L.A.P.D. game have also ragea.dll and even powervra.dll and veritea.dll
Triple Play 2001 - ragek.dll and ragez.dll
Triple Play Baseball - ragek.dll and ragez.dll

Lets see some of them, future cop i did try long time ago.

New ati3dcif.dll (3dcif) use cases with glide2cif Glide/CIF wrapper

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2025-12-22, 21:26:

CONFIRMED TO WORK ON ORIGINAL HARDWARE PERSONALLY BY ME! PowerVR (PowerSGL): John Romero's Daikatana - Re: 3D Accelerated Games […]
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CONFIRMED TO WORK ON ORIGINAL HARDWARE PERSONALLY BY ME!
PowerVR (PowerSGL):
John Romero's Daikatana - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Actua Soccer 3 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Spearhead - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Ground Master (tested ok)
OMEGA FIELD (tested ok)
PacfaMoroWh!! ( たたかえ!パクファモロワ!! ) ( Pakufa Morova !! ) (tested ok)
Dual Power (tested ok)

(Not checked myself) (FOR TESTING!!!)
Matrox Impression Plus:
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Matrox Millennium:
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

3D Blaster (CGL):
Sentient Explore the Infinite - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Starfighter 3000 - too many glitches Re: Fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) on 3D Blaster

Paradise Tasmania 3D:

Nvidia NV1 (NVLib):

ATI 3D Rage (ATI CIF):
Games:
Space Rox - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D) (undefined game)
Mechwarrior Mercenaries - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
(game cancelled, never released) Flying Nightmares 2 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Need For Speed 3 Beta - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
NBA Live 99 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Need For Speed 4 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
FIFA 99 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
SIN - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Battle Arena Toshinden - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Terracide (PowerVR version have a lot of ATI3DCIF code, but doesn't invoke ATI3DCIF.DLL)
International Rally Championship
G-Police
Doctor Who Destiny of the Doctors
NBA Live 99 (duplicate as NBA 99)
Future Cop LAPD - ragea.dll
Asghan The Dragon Slayer
Triple Play 2001 - ragek.dll and ragez.dll
Triple Play Baseball - ragek.dll and ragez.dll

Utilities:
Extreme 3D - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Photosuite - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
"WIRL" "VREAM" - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

S3 Virge (S3D):
Post Apocalyptic Petra - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D) (unfortunatelly it exist in source code form, pascal lang, dos, need to be compiled to work)
Crime Cities - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Descent 2 [Re-release] Abyss
Terracide
Overboard! (aka Shipwreckers!)
Doctor Who Destiny of the Doctors
TOCA Touring Car Championship
Ski Racing Extreme Edition aka Front Page Sports Ski Racing
Asghan The Dragon Slayer

Matrox Mystique (MSI):
Sentient Explore the Infinite - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Crime Cities - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Doctor Who Destiny of the Doctors
Asghan The Dragon Slayer

Rendition Verite:
Myst - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
SIN - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Resident Evil 2
FIFA 99 - veritea.dll needed
Future Cop LAPD - veritea.dll needed

PowerVR (PowerSGL):
Lunatik - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Future Strike - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D) (cancelled) (https://video-games.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Strike)
M.I.A. - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Hired Guns - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Formula One 99 - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Unreal: Return to Na Pali - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Interstate '76: Nitro Pack - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
The Interstate '76 Arsenal - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
The Nameless Mod - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
(already mentioned) Biohazard (Resident Evil) - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Dr. Brain: Action Reaction - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
A2 Racer
MDK Mission Laguna Beach
Plane Crazy
Future Cop LAPD - powervra.dll needed
Tank Racer
Actua Ice Hockey 2
Star Wars - Episode I - Racer
Alien vs Predator
Sega Rally 2
X-Tom3D
The Typing of the Dead
Triple Play Baseball - ragek.dll and ragez.dll
Sega GT
Sega Marine Fishing
Need For Speed 3 - powervra.dll needed
FIFA 99 - powervra.dll needed
Triple Play 2001 - contains powervrk.dll and powervrz.dll

S3 Savage (MeTaL API):
Crime Cities - Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Titles w/o link taken from here Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

P.S. Crosslined text is my marks, all games need to be rechecked

But most are not proprietary APIs, right?
Isn't Xtom3D miniGL for example?
Still a nice list though.

marxveix wrote on 2025-12-27, 10:22:

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2025-12-25, 17:29:

Future Cop L.A.P.D. game have also ragea.dll and even powervra.dll and veritea.dll
Triple Play 2001 - ragek.dll and ragez.dll
Triple Play Baseball - ragek.dll and ragez.dll

Lets see some of them, future cop i did try long time ago.

New ati3dcif.dll (3dcif) use cases with glide2cif Glide/CIF wrapper

Let me knew if those are able to run on Rage using ATI3DCIF

RaVeN-05 wrote on Yesterday, 18:07:

marxveix wrote on 2025-12-27, 10:22:

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2025-12-25, 17:29:

Future Cop L.A.P.D. game have also ragea.dll and even powervra.dll and veritea.dll
Triple Play 2001 - ragek.dll and ragez.dll
Triple Play Baseball - ragek.dll and ragez.dll

Lets see some of them, future cop i did try long time ago.

New ati3dcif.dll (3dcif) use cases with glide2cif Glide/CIF wrapper

Let me knew if those are able to run on Rage using ATI3DCIF

Testing some glide games time to time with glide2cif at the moment, i will.
G-Police with Rage option uses ati3dcif.dll and for me its 3DCIF game proof.
Officially its not named as 3DCIF game,its also one of the first 2xAGP game.

https://www.shacknews.com/article/100535/game … t-g-police-1997

Thanks also try
Terracide (PowerVR OEM) has a lot of ati3dcif code inside
International Rally Championship