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DirectX 8

Hardware theme

Supports or requires DX8 compliant hardware. Possibly only the run-time in case no hardware acceleration is used.

258
games
2
platforms

Alternate name: DX8

UFO: Aftermath (Windows)
UFO: Aftermath
WIN 2003-10-16
Might and Magic IX (Windows)
Might and Magic IX
WIN 2002-03-29
Mosby's Confederacy (Windows)
Mosby's Confederacy
WIN 2008-11-19
Wazzal (Windows)
Wazzal
WIN 2002
Master of Orion III (Windows)
Master of Orion III
WIN 2003-02-25
Aliens versus Predator 2 (Windows)
Aliens versus Predator 2
WIN 2001-10-22
Angel Type (Windows)
Angel Type
WIN 2005-03
Arpeggio - Kimi Iro no Melody (Windows)
Arpeggio - Kimi Iro no Melody
WIN 2007-01
Project Nomads (Windows)
Project Nomads
WIN 2002-11
UFO: Afterlight (Windows)
UFO: Afterlight
WIN 2007-02-09
Planet of the Apes (Windows)
Planet of the Apes
WIN 2001-09-20
Curse: The Eye of Isis (Windows)
Curse: The Eye of Isis
WIN 2003-11
<b>New features:</b>
* Pixel and vertex shaders

<b>Deprecated:</b>
* DirectDraw API

DX 8.1 version also included many usability fixes for programmers, especially in the following areas:
* Texture mapping
* Multitexturing
* Bump mapping
* Shaders
* Fog

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Parent group

DirectX

Games by year

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A2000 - DirectX 8 released
B2001 - DX 8.1 released
C2002 - OpenGL 1.4 (GLSL introduced)
2002 - DirectX 9 released

The first DirectX 8 video game was released in 1997.

Electronic Arts, THQ and Atari published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 257
Linux 1