DirectDraw

Software entity

A 2D raster graphics API part of the DirectX.

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Deprecated since DirectX 7. Developers have been instructed to wrap 2D rendering through Direct3D by Microsoft instead of using DDraw.

A replacement called Direct2D was introduced in Vista (or DX10?).

Popular tags

cdrom

Parent groups

DirectX, Graphics middleware

Games by year

The first DirectDraw video game was released on June 29, 2000.

Platforms

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