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During the 90s, many [[PC Emulator Comparisons|IBM-Compatible]] PC game developers used 3dfx's Glide API for hardware accelerated 3D games, which is compatible only with 3dfx Voodoo cards. Neither NVIDIA nor ATI supported Glide, hence a wrapper is needed to play Glide games on non-Voodoo hardware. | During the 90s, many [[PC Emulator Comparisons|IBM-Compatible]] PC game developers used 3dfx's Glide API for hardware accelerated 3D games, which is compatible only with 3dfx Voodoo cards. Neither NVIDIA nor ATI supported Glide, hence a wrapper is needed to play Glide games on non-Voodoo hardware. | ||
Games using older versions of DirectDraw or Direct3D can also benefit from wrappers, since their interfaces may not work properly on newer systems. Wrappers can also enable various overrides and enhancements, such as [https://reshade.me/ ReShade]. | |||
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