Since a number of people have expressed an interest in compiling a list of Glide games, I thought I would share some specific information on a few of the more obscure Glide games that I own.  Please do the same for games that you have.

The fifth game I will spotlight is Electronic Arts' Adventure Pinball:  Forgotten Island which was developed by Digital Extremes.  This pinball game is similar to the games in Sierra's 3D-Pinball adventure-oriented pinball series.  I had no idea this game supported Glide even though I have had a copy for quite some time.  The game is available as a standalone title, but it is also one of several titles in Encore's Pinball Madness 4.

Here are the system requirements:

Minimum system requirement:

   * 266 MHz PentiumII, Celeron or AMD K6 class computer.
   * 32 megabytes of RAM.
   * 4 megabyte video card.

Typical system:

   * 400 MHz Pentium II or AMD K6-3.
   * 64 megabytes of RAM.
   * 3dfx Voodoo 2 / Riva TNT class 3d accelerator.

Awesome system:

   * Pentium III 700 or AMD Athlon 700 or faster PC.
   * 128 megabytes of RAM.
   * Geforce 2 / ATI Radeon class 3D accelerator.



The Readme.html file indicates the following concerning graphics:

If your screen is not displaying the game properly, make sure you have chosen the correct 3D device.  To do this, go to the Windows Start menu, choose Programs, and then Adventure Pinball (assuming the game was installed to the default directory).  From there, choose "Adventure Pinball Safe Mode".  Once the window has opened fully, choose "Change your 3D video device".  After the devices have been detected, click on "Show all devices".

   * If you have a 3dfx chipset on your video card choose 3dfx Glide.
   * If you have a D3D chipset on your video card choose Direct3D.
   * If you have a Savage4 chipset on your video card choose S3 MeTal.

I have had no difficulty running the game with my Voodoo5, although the game seems to be limited to 800x600 resolution in spite of the fact that the documentation indicates it should support up to 1024x768.  


You can find the demo and an extra table for the retail version at the following site:

  http://www.pinball.ea.com


For reference purposes, my system has the following components:

  Soyo SY-7VCAE Motherboard
  Intel Pentium III  933 MHz Socket 370 Processor
  3dfx Voodoo5 64MB AGP Graphics Adapter
  Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Platinum (Model SB4760P)
  256 MB SDRAM
  Microsoft Windows 98 SE