Technical Specifications

Hardware Support (platform-independent)
1. Input Devices Supported
  1. Keyboard
  2. Mouse
  3. Joystick analog
  4. Joystick digital
  5. Guitar Controller
  6. Steering / Driving Wheel
2. Miscellaneous
  1. 3D Glasses
  2. Mathematical Co-processor
  3. Printer
Hardware Support (platform-specific)
1. IBM-compatibles
  1. Video Modes Supported
    1. 40-column text mode
    2. 80-column text mode
    3. AT&T PC 6300
    4. Amstrad
    5. CGA
    6. CGA (Tweaked)
    7. CGA Composite (16 colors)
    8. EGA
    9. EGA (Tweaked)
    10. Hercules
    11. Hercules InColor
    12. MCGA
    13. MCGA 4-color
    14. SuperVGA
    15. Tandy / PCjr
    16. VESA
    17. VGA
    18. VGA (Tweaked)
  1. Sound Devices Supported
    1. ARIA Chipset
    2. Adlib
    3. Adlib Gold
    4. Covox Sound Master
    5. Covox Sound Master II
    6. Covox Sound Master Plus
    7. Covox Speech Thing
    8. DA Converter
    9. Disney Sound Source
    10. ESS AudioDrive
    11. Ensoniq Soundscape
    12. Game Blaster (CMS)
    13. General MIDI
    14. Generic LPT DAC
    15. Generic MPU-401 MIDI Devices
    16. Gravis Ultrasound / ACE
    17. Gravis Ultrasound MAX
    18. I/O Magic Tempo
    19. IBM Music Feature Card
    20. IBM PCjr Speech Attachment
    21. Innovation Sound Standard
    22. Intersound MDO
    23. MSound
    24. Microsoft Sound System
    25. PC Speaker
    26. PC Speaker (Tweaked)
    27. PS/1 Audio Card
    28. PS/2 Speech Adapter
    29. Pro Audio Spectrum
    30. Pro Audio Spectrum 16
    31. Pro Audio Spectrum Plus
    32. Reveal FX/32
    33. Roland MT-32 (and LAPC-I)
    34. Roland RAP-10
    35. Roland Sound Canvas
    36. Sound Blaster
    37. Sound Blaster 16
    38. Sound Blaster AWE32
    39. Sound Blaster Pro
    40. Sound Galaxy NX Pro 16
    41. Speech Thing
    42. Tandy / PCjr
    43. Tandy DAC (TL/SL)
    44. The Entertainer
    45. Thunderboard
    46. Toptek Golden 16
    47. VoiceMaster
    48. WaveJammer (PCMCIA)
Software Support (platform-specific)
1. Windows
  1. Drivers / APIs Supported
    1. Direct3D
    2. Glide
    3. Hardware TNL
    4. OpenGL
    5. Pixel Shader 1.0
    6. Pixel Shader 1.1
    7. Pixel Shader 1.2
    8. Pixel Shader 1.3
    9. Pixel Shader 1.4
    10. Pixel Shader 2.0
    11. Pixel Shader 3.0
    12. Pixel Shader 4.0
    13. Pixel Shader 4.1
    14. S3 MeTaL
    15. Vertex Shader 1.0
    16. Vertex Shader 1.1
    17. Vertex Shader 2.0
    18. Vertex Shader 3.0
    19. Vertex Shader 4.0
    20. Vertex Shader 4.1
Hardware Requirements (platform-independent)
1. Minimum CD-ROM Drive Speed Required
  1. 1x
  2. 2x
  3. 4x
  4. 6x
  5. 8x
  6. 10x
  7. 12x
  8. 16x
  9. 20x
  10. 24x
  11. 32x
  12. 40x
2. Minimum DVD-ROM Drive Speed Required
  1. 1x
  2. 2x
  3. 4x
  4. 6x
  5. 8x
  6. 12x
  7. 16x
  8. 24x
  9. 32x
  10. 54x
3. Minimum RAM Required
  1. 32 KB
  2. 64 KB
  3. 128 KB
  4. 256 KB
  5. 384 KB
  6. 512 KB
  7. 640 KB
  8. 1 MB
  9. 2 MB
  10. 4 MB
  11. 8 MB
  12. 12 MB
  13. 16 MB
  14. 24 MB
  15. 32 MB
  16. 64 MB
  17. 96 MB
  18. 128 MB
  19. 192 MB
  20. 256 MB
  21. 320 MB
  22. 384 MB
  23. 512 MB
  24. 768 MB
  25. 1 GB
  26. 1.5 GB
  27. 2 GB
  28. 3 GB
  29. 4 GB
4. Minimum Video Memory Required
  1. 512 KB
  2. 1 MB
  3. 2 MB
  4. 4 MB
  5. 8 MB
  6. 12 MB
  7. 16 MB
  8. 32 MB
  9. 64 MB
  10. 128 MB
  11. 256 MB
  12. 320 MB
  13. 512 MB
  14. 768 MB
  15. 1 GB
  16. 2 GB
Hardware Requirements (platform-specific)
1. IBM-compatibles
  1. IBM-compatibles Minimum CPU Class Required
    1. 8086 / 8088
    2. 80286
    3. 80386
    4. 80386DX
    5. 80386SX
    6. 80486
    7. 80486DX
    8. 80486DX2
    9. 80486DX4
    10. 80486SX
    11. Pentium
    12. Pentium MMX
    13. Pentium II
    14. Pentium III
    15. Pentium 4
    16. Pentium D
    17. Intel Core 2 Duo
    18. Intel Dual-Core
Software Requirements (platform-specific)
1. DOS
  1. DOS Minimum OS Class Required
    1. DOS 1.0
    2. DOS 1.1
    3. DOS 2.0
    4. DOS 2.01
    5. DOS 2.1
    6. DOS 2.11
    7. DOS 3.0
    8. DOS 3.1
    9. DOS 3.2
    10. DOS 3.3
    11. DOS 3.31
    12. DOS 4.0
    13. DOS 4.01
    14. DOS 5.0
    15. DOS 6.0
    16. DOS 6.2
    17. DOS 6.22
  2. MSCDEX Version Required
    1. MSCDEX 2.1
    2. MSCDEX 2.2
    3. MSCDEX 2.21
    4. MSCDEX 2.22
    5. MSCDEX 2.23
2. Windows
  1. Windows Minimum OS Class Required
    1. Windows 95
    2. Windows 95b
    3. Windows 98
    4. Windows 98SE
    5. Windows ME
    6. Windows NT 3.1
    7. Windows NT 3.5
    8. Windows NT 3.51
    9. Windows NT 4.0
    10. Windows 2000
    11. Windows 2000 SP1
    12. Windows 2000 SP2
    13. Windows 2000 SP3
    14. Windows 2000 SP4
    15. Windows XP
    16. Windows XP SP1
    17. Windows XP SP2
    18. Windows XP SP3
    19. Windows Vista
    20. Windows Vista SP1
    21. Windows Vista SP2
    22. Windows 7
    23. Windows 7 SP1
    24. Windows 8
  2. Minimum DirectX Version Required
    1. DirectX 2
    2. DirectX 3
    3. DirectX 3.0a
    4. DirectX 5
    5. DirectX 5.2
    6. DirectX 6
    7. DirectX 6.1
    8. DirectX 7.0
    9. DirectX 7.0a
    10. DirectX 7.1
    11. DirectX 8.0
    12. DirectX 8.0a
    13. DirectX 8.1
    14. DirectX 8.1a
    15. DirectX 8.1b
    16. DirectX 9.0
    17. DirectX 9.0a
    18. DirectX 9.0b
    19. DirectX 9.0c
    20. DirectX 9.0d
    21. DirectX 10
    22. DirectX 10.1
    23. DirectX 11