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DirectX 6

Hardware theme

Supports or requires DX6 compliant hardware. Possibly only the run-time in case no hardware acceleration is used.

80
games
2
platforms
Baldur's Gate (Windows)
Baldur's Gate
WIN 1998-12-21
MechWarrior 3 (Windows)
MechWarrior 3
WIN 1999-06-01
Homeworld (Windows)
Homeworld
WIN 1999-09-01
Crusaders of Might and Magic (Windows)
Crusaders of Might and Magic
WIN 1999-12-15
Fiend (Windows)
Fiend
WIN 2001
Half-Life (Windows)
Half-Life
WIN 1998-07-25
Plasmaworm (Windows)
Plasmaworm
WIN 2001-07-17
Expendable (Windows)
Expendable
WIN 1998
Wizardry 8 (Windows)
Wizardry 8
WIN 2001-11-15
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (Windows)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
WIN 1999-08
Darkstone (Windows)
Darkstone
WIN 1999-07-27
Descent³: Mercenary (Windows)
Descent³: Mercenary
WIN 2000-12
<b>New features:</b>
* S3 texture compression (renamed to DXTC)
* Optimizations for x87, SSE, and 3DNow!
* Multitexturing
* Stencil buffers
* Bump mapping

This is the first release to start dictating what hardware vendors should or must support on hardware.

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Parent group

DirectX

Games by year

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A1998 - DirectX 6 released
1998 - OpenGL 1.2.1
B1999 - DirectX 7 released
C2001 - OpenGL 1.3

The first DirectX 6 video game was released in 1991.

Electronic Arts, Cheapass Games and Interplay published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 79
Linux 1

Most common companies

Electronic Arts5
Cheapass Games3
Interplay3
Sierra On-Line3
GT Interactive3
Novalogic3
Gathering of Developers2
Hasbro Interactive2
Blizzard2
Hasbro2
eGames2