Quake 2- Opening ID Logo a bit choppy and CD soundtrack doesnt play but exceptiong that silky smooth on software renderer at 1024x768 Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh - Works fine, you might wanna lower the vid res before launching tho if you want full screen fids.

Monkey Island 4 - Escape from Monkey Island - Works silky smooth but you have to in the advanced config change to OpenGL and 32bit colour and before you launch the game switch to 640x480 to get it full screen. Only minor graphical corruption on loading screens. Jedi Knight 2 - Silky smooth at 1024x768. Grim Fandango - Loads straight up, no graphical corruption, silky smooth Game is playable bar some control issues.įinal Fantasy 8 - Opening Movie runs silky smooth, in game play rocks, theres some control issues which I think can be resolved by reassigning the controls for the game You might want to resize your screen before launch if you want full screen play.ĭungeon Keeper - Opening Movie runs a bit choppy but in game play is silky smooth and fastįinal Fantasy 7 - Squaresoft/Chocobo logo's are a bit choppy but the opening movie is fine.

Surprsingly it detects the Parallels Video Adapator as having Direct3D support. Games That I've personally Tested So Far - I'll try out more as I have time.īlade Runner - Has a whinge about unsupported hardware but works fine silky smoothĭeus Ex - Works a charm. Windows 98 has been Windozed Updated to the hilt with every available update and DirectX 9 Parallels Windows 98 SE Machine with 4GB HDD and 512MB Ram If you have any pre 2002 games before the onset of Direct3D as a requirement not an optional extra try them out and see if they work!!!! I literally tried this just as a punt to see whether it would work and it at least to me seems that if a game doesnt require Direct3D Parallels will run it silky smooth. If you want Direct 3D games then bootcamp is your only option THIS IS ONLY FOR GAMES WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE DIRECT3D TO FUNCTION. THESE ARE STILL UNSUPPORTED AND WILL NOT WORK. THIS IS NOT A THREAD FOR GAMES WHICH *REQUIRE* DIRECT3D. I thought we should have a thread about Games Support in Parallels.įirst things first and I'll make this absolutely crystal clear I've searched this forum and I can't really seem to find anything which resembles what I'm about to write.

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