Game Patches

    Most of the files here will be patches that make games work with Voodoo2 cards. But there may be general patches available here as well. It's not that there are any flaws in the Voodoo2 cards or in the games themselves, it's just that the cards were not available for testing by the game developers in time to create patches before the V2 cards were released.

    If you are having trouble getting your Voodoo2 card to work with a particular game, be sure to see this page at 3Dfx to find out if there is a patch in the works.

    Patches

  • Download the 4/29/98 drivers for the Monster 3D II (should work with the 3D Blaster 2 as well)

  • Download the 4/8/98 "Gold" Win 95/98 Voodoo2 drivers [1.2MB].

  • Download the 3/14/98 release of the 3Dfx Voodoo2 reference drivers! [1529K]

  • A Voodoo2 patch was released for Ultimate Race Pro
     (Get More Info, or, Download betaurp1_1.zip [2MB])

  • Patch for Triple Play 99 (to fix the sound problem)
    (EA is working on the patch, but it won't be released until May)

  • Voodoo2 Patch for Wing Commander Prophecy [54k]

  • Voodoo2 Patch for Nuclear Strike [360k]

  • Voodoo2 and 3Dfx Patch for Nascar Racing 2

  • Patches for FIFA 98, NBA Live 98, NHL 98, and Need for Speed II

  • Voodoo2 Patch for DID's F-22 ADF

  • Voodoo2 Patch for Tomb Raider

    Voodoo2 Patch for Joint Strike Fighter (Retail Version)

  • Voodoo2 Patch for Descent 2 [790K]

  • Voodoo2 Patch for Montezuma's Revenge

  • Voodoo2 F/A-18 Hornet Korea Patch
     The 1.02b patch is supposed to fix the problem where the game locks up and displays a black screen (or faint 3Dfx logo) right after the "fly" button is hit. If you get it to work, let me know - it keeps telling me to "insert a CD", but others report success with it.

  • Patch for S3 968/868 based 2D cards.
    From Operation 3Dfx: The S3 remap kit has been updated to support Voodoo2. For those not familar with this kit from Voodoo Graphics days.... S3 968/868 based 2D cards will misreport the amount of mapped memory used. When your Plug and Play BIOS (and Windows 95) assign mapped memory it can assign a range in use (but not being reported as in use). When you run a 3D application, the 2D memory is written into and the system can hang.

    For those who cannot move the Voodoo2 board using Device Manager; users with Award BIOS's for example. This kit contains an .EXE that is run at each bootup. This program will move the memory range of the Voodoo2 board so it does not conflict with the S3 board.

    S3 Virge users do NOT need this kit... Most S3 chips not in the 968/868 famliy should also be OK.

  • Patch for Shadows of the Empire [1.8 MB]
    v1.1 Upgrades: Enhances the performance of all supported 3D cards. Includes support for Matrox M3D and NEC Apocalypse 3Dx graphics cards. This patch also includes a fix for Force Feedback support.

  • Patch for Andretti Racing by EA Sports
    Adds native "Glide" support for 3Dfx-based hardware accelerators with H3D support.