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Unofficial 3Dfx Banshee
Troubleshooting and Game Guide

A list of games tested with no problem or with known good fixes (in comments).

Recent Additions:
Those added since 04/12/99 - all marked NEW!

KEY: D = Demo; F = Full retail version; O = OEM bundle version, if different from retail.
Notes are in main Game Guide

                                                               TESTED BY:
GAME                                                    Bill        Others            COMMENTS
A Bug's Life                            F
Age of Empires                          F        and Expansion Packs
Alien Vs. Predator           D               Demo
Alpha Centauri                          F       
Archimedean Dynasty                     F        See note
Asteroids                               F
Baldur's Gate                           F
Barrage                        D,F               RC-2 drivers or newer
Battlezone                      D       F       
Blood II                        D       F       
Burnout Champion Drag Racing            F
Carmageddon II                  D       F        Full game - see note
Carnivores                      D       F        See note
CART Precision Racing          D,F
Ceasar  III                             F       
Close Combat 3                          F       
Clue 2                                  F       
Colin McRae Rally                       F
Command and Conquer 95                  F
Commandos                               F       
The Creed                       D               
Croc                                    F        See note
Dawn of Aces                    D               
Deathkarz                              D,F       
Death Trap Dungeon                      F
Delta Force                     D       F       
Descent                                 F
Descent Freespace               D       F
Diablo                                  F
Die by the Sword                        F        Glide mode better than D3D
Duke Nukem 3D                   F
Dungeon Keeper D3D              D       F
European Air War                D       F       
Excessive Speed                         F       
F1 Racing Simulation (Ubisoft)  F                See note
Falcon 4.0                      F                See note
F-16 MRF                        D       F        See note
F-22 ADF                                F        NEW! with V5.144 patch from DID
F-22 Persian Gulf                       F       
FIFA98 - Road to World Cup 98   F                See note
FIFA 99 Demo                    D                Runs Glide perfectly!
Fighting Force                          F
Final Fantasy VII               D       F
Forsaken                        D       F
Future Cop LAPD                         F        Demo does not work, however
Gangsters                       F
GL Doom                         F                Use 3Dfx OpenGL ICD Beta 2.1
G-Police                        F                RC-2 drivers or newer
Grand Prix 500ccm               D       F        Get 3DFx patch for full version
Grand Prix Legends          D,F
Grand Theft Auto                D       F         See notes
Heavy Gear                              F       
Heavy Gear 2                    D               
Hellbender                              F       
Half-Life                      O,F
Heretic II                      D       F        See note
Heroes of Might & Magic II              F
Hexen II                                F        See note
House of the Dead                       F
Incoming                       O,F
Independence Wars               D       F
Israeli Air Force               F       D       
Jane's F15                              F       
Jane's Longbow 2                F       F
Jan's Longbow Gold                      F        With 3Dfx patch
Jet Fighter III                         F
Jedi Knight                     F                Try newer 3Dfx Release 1.0 drivers.
Johnny Herbst Racing            D               
KKND2                                   F       
Kingpin                                 D
Klingon Honor Guard                     F        See note
Lands of Lore 3                         F        NEW!
Lego Island                             F       
Links 98 and 99                         F
Mad Trax                                F
Madden 99                      D,F               See note
Mech Commander                          F
Microsoft Flight Simulator 98  F        F
Monaco Grand Prix Racing Sim   D        F
Monster Truck Madness 2        D        F
Motocross Madness              F       D,F
Moto Racer 2                   D        F
Motorhead                      D                 3Dfx Demo
Mortal Kombat 4                F
Myst                                    F
Myth                           F                 Patch 1.3
Myth II                                 F       
Mysteries of the Sith          F
Nascar 2                                F        See note
NBA Live 98                    F                 See note
NBA Live 99                    F
Need for Speed SE              F                 See note
Need for Speed IISE            F                 Standard Voodoo II fix
NFL Blitz                      F                 See note
NFL Gameday 99                 D                
NHL 98                         F
NHL 99                         F                 See note
Oddworld - Abe's Exodus                 F
Pandemonium                             F
POD                                     F        Get 3Dfx patch.  Instructions here
POD Gold                                F
Populous 3                             D,F
Powerslide                     D        F        Demo version 0.50
Quake (GL) and Quake World              F        See GLQuake fix
Railroad Tycoon II             D        F
Rainbow Six                    D        F        See note
Recoil                                  F       
Red Barron 3D & Red Barron II  F        F        See note
Redline                     D                Demo (multiplayer only)
Redline Racer                  D        F
Requiem                        D                 NEW! this game has a habit of locking up
Resident Evil 2                D                 Demo-choose "Voodoo2" card
Return Fire II                 D                 Demo (3dfx)
Return to Krondor              D        F        Full game fine except for striped text
Robo Rumble                             F
Ruthless.com                            F       
San Francisco Rush                      O        See Note
Screamer 2                              F        Get 3Dfx patch
Shadow Warrior                          F        Use 3Dfx patch
Shogo MAD                      F        F        See Note
Silver                                  D        NEW!
Sim (City, etc.)                        F
Sim City 3000                  F        F        
Sin                                     F        See Quake II fix
Spec Ops                       D        F
Speed Busters                 D,F                Choose 3dfx2 renderer
Starseige Tribes                        F       
Star Wars - Rogue Squadron     D        F
Tank Racer                     D                 NEW!
Terra, Battle for the Outland (online)  F
Terracide                               F
Test Drive 4                   F                 See note
Test Drive 5                   D
Test Drive Offroad 2           D        D       
Thief                      F
Tie Fighter                             F       
Tiger Woods 99                          F        See note
TOCA Touring Car Champ.                 F       
TOCA Touring Car Champ. 2               D       
Tomb Raider II                 D                 Demo (Primary Display - D3D)
Tomb Raider III               D,F                D3D only
Tonic Trouble                 D,F
Total Annihilation                      F
Trespasser                              F        Well, about as well as it can run.
Triple Play 99                 D        F        See note
Turok                         D,F
Turok2                                  F        See note
Ultim@teRacingPro              F                 See fix. I did not use patch, just my fix
Unreal                         F                 See note
Uprising 2                     D        F       
Vigilance                               F       
Viper Racing                  D,F
Virtua Cop                              F
Virtual Pool                   F                 See note
War of the Worlds                       F
Warbirds                       F                 NEW!
Warbirds 2 F        F        NEW!      
Warzone 2100                   D        F
Wing Commander: Prophecy, Secret Ops    F
X-Plane                                 F        Patch 4.51 adds Banshee support
X-Games Proboarder             D,F       F       
X-Wing                         F