This is a list of computer games that require DirectX 7

DirectX

Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay,...

 fixed function transform and lighting support to run. Games that only have transform and lighting as an optional feature are not listed here.

An example would be Age of Empires 3 but not Sacrifice

Sacrifice (computer game)

Sacrifice is a video game published by Interplay Entertainment in 2000 for the Windows 98 platform. Developed by Shiny Entertainment, it is a real-time strategy game, featuring elements of action and other genres. Players control wizards who fight each other with spells and summoned creatures...

. Users of TNT2

RIVA TNT2

The RIVA TNT2 was a graphics processing unit manufactured by Nvidia starting in early 1999. The chip is codenamed "NV5" because it is the 5th graphics chip design by Nvidia, succeeding the RIVA TNT . RIVA is an acronym for Real-time Interactive Video and Animation accelerator...

 cards cannot run Age of Empires 3 but can run Sacrifice.

• Act of War: High Treason
  Act of War: High Treason
  Act of War: High Treason is an expansion pack for Act of War: Direct Action. It is developed by Eugen Systems and published by Atari.-Plot:...
  
  
• Age of Empires III
  Age of Empires III
  Age of Empires III is a real-time strategy game developed by Microsoft Corporation's Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The Mac version was ported over and developed by Destineer's MacSoft Games and published by Destineer and MacSoft Games...
  
  
• Army Ranger: Mogadishu
• Battlefield 1942
  Battlefield 1942
  Battlefield 1942 is a 3D World War II first-person shooter computer game developed by Swedish company Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh . The game can be played in singleplayer mode against the computer game AI or in multiplayer mode...
  
  
• Bloodrayne
  BloodRayne
  BloodRayne has received mostly mixed to positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Xbox version 73.53% and 76/100, the GameCube version 68.88% and 73/100, the PlayStation 2 version 68.87% and 75/100 and the PC version 65.78% and 65/100.-External links:*...
  
  
• Brian Lara International Cricket 2007
  Brian Lara International Cricket 2007
  Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 is a cricket computer game from Codemasters available on PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PC and Xbox 360 . It is endorsed by West Indian cricketer Brian Lara. It follows Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 released 2 years earlier...
  
  
• Call of Duty
  Call of Duty
  Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision in 2003. It is the first game in a series with the same name. The game simulates the infantry and combined arms warfare of World War II. The game is based on the Quake III: Team Arena engine...
  
  
• Call of Duty:United Offensive
• CivCity: Rome
  CivCity: Rome
  CivCity: Rome is a city building strategy game by Firefly Studios and Firaxis. As a collaboration between Firefly Studios and Firaxis Games, the game invites players to shift focus from building a multi-city empire and zoom-in on the great cities of the Roman Empire, culminating in Rome itself...
  
  
• Civilization IV
  Civilization IV
  Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a turn-based strategy, 4X computer game released in 2005 and developed by lead designer Soren Johnson under the direction of Sid Meier and Meier's studio Firaxis Games. It is the fourth installment of the Civilization series...
  
  
• Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
  Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
  Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars is the fourth computer game in the Cossacks series of real-time strategy games, released in Spring 2005 to mixed reviews. This game focuses exclusively on the Napoleonic era, meaning it has a much shorter time span than others in this series, which spanned several...
  
  
• Combat Arms
  Combat Arms
  Combat Arms is a multiplayer game, free-to-play modern first-person shooter developed by the South Korea-based developer Doobic Studios, and published by Nexon. The game uses the Lithtech game engine to produce its graphics.- Gameplay :...
  
  
• Command and Conquer Generals
• Doom 3
  Doom 3
  Doom 3 is a science fiction horror video game developed by id Software and published by Activision. An example of the first-person shooter genre, Doom 3 was first released for Microsoft Windows on August 3, 2004. The game was later adapted for Linux, as well as being ported by Aspyr Media for Mac...
  
  (Does not require Hardware T&L)
• Driver 3
• Fallout 3
  Fallout 3
  Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008, and in Japan in December 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...
  
  
• FIFA Football 2003
  FIFA Football 2003
  FIFA Football 2003, known as FIFA Soccer 2003 in North America, is an association football video game produced by Electronic Arts and released by EA Sports. It was released in October 2002....
  
  
• Halo: Combat Evolved
  Halo: Combat Evolved
  Halo: Combat Evolved, frequently referred to as Halo: CE, or Halo 1, is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The first game of the Halo franchise, it was released on November 15, 2001 as a launch title for the Xbox gaming system, and is...
  
  (Requires DirectX, which can be found on Microsoft's website)
• Hitman: Contracts
  Hitman: Contracts
  Hitman: Contracts is a stealth game developed by IO Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive. It is the third entry in the Hitman series, followed by Hitman: Blood Money....
  
  
• Homeworld 2
  Homeworld 2
  Developed by Relic Entertainment and released in 2003 by now defunct publisher Sierra Entertainment, Homeworld 2 is a real-time strategy computer game sequel to Homeworld. It takes place after the events in Homeworld and concerns Hiigara's response to a new enemy called the Vaygr. Its gameplay...
  
  
• Indigo Prophecy
• Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
  Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
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• Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
• The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth (does not require Hardware T&L to play)
• Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter
  Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter
  Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter is a first person shooter on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. It was going to be developed for the GameCube too, but was eventually cancelled. ....
  
  
• Mega Man X7
  Mega Man X7
  Mega Man X7, known as in Japan, is a video game developed by Capcom for the PlayStation 2 console. It is the seventh main game in the Mega Man X series and the first in the series to appear on the sixth generation of gaming consoles...
  
  
• Mega Man X8
  Mega Man X8
  Mega Man X8, known as in Japan, is a video game developed by Capcom for the PlayStation 2 console. It is the eighth game in the Mega Man X series and the most recently released game in that series. It was first released in North America on December 7, 2004...
  
  
• Need For Speed Carbon
• Operation Flashpoint (Resistance expansion pack)
• Painkiller
• Portal 2
  Portal 2
  Portal 2 is a first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. The sequel to the 2007 video game Portal, it was announced on March 5, 2010, following a week-long alternate reality game based on new patches to the original game...
  
  
• Prey
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action-adventure computer and video game published by Ubisoft. It was released on November 21, 2003 and is a reboot of the landmark video game series Prince of Persia, created by Jordan Mechner in 1989.The Sands of Time, developed internally at...
  
  
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
  Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
  Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a video game and sequel to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Warrior Within was developed and published by Ubisoft, and released on December 2, 2004 for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Microsoft Windows. It picks up where The Sands of Time left off,...
  
  
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is an action-adventure computer and video game developed and published by Ubisoft Montreal. It was released in December, 2005 in North America for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and the Nintendo GameCube...
  
  
• The Punisher
  The Punisher (2005 video game)
  The Punisher is a 2005 action game which stars the Marvel Comics antihero, The Punisher. After his family was murdered by the mafia, Frank Castle devoted his life to the punishment of criminals. Players take control of the vigilante hero to track down criminals and kill them...
  
  
• RalliSport Challenge
  Rallisport Challenge
  RalliSport Challenge is a 2002 video game of rallying for the Microsoft Windows and the Xbox. It allows a career with up to 29 cars including the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 and the Suzuki Grand Vitara. Four races that are included in the game are Rally, Hillclimb, Ice Racing, and Rallycross...
  
  
• Rise of Legends
• Republic: The Revolution
  Republic: The Revolution
  Republic: The Revolution is a computer game produced by Elixir Studios, founded by Demis Hassabis, a former programmer of Lionhead Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. It is a depiction of grassroots political action, where one attempts to put their preferred government in power. It is set...
  
  
• RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
  RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
  RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a construction and management simulation computer game. It is the third installment in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series, first released on October 26, 2004 in North America...
  
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• Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004)
  Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004)
  Sid Meier's Pirates! is a 2004 strategy/action/adventure computer game developed by Firaxis Games and published by Atari. The game is a remake of Sid Meier's earlier 1987 game, also named Sid Meier's Pirates!. Overall, the gameplay remains similar to the original game, though it features a 3D game...
  
  
• Sonic Riders
  Sonic Riders
  is a video game spin-off produced by Sega and developed by Sonic Team in cooperation with NowPro, for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. It is the fourth racing game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, preceded by Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2 and Sonic R.The game was released to start...
  
  (HW TnL is recommended)
• Star Wars: Battlefront
  Star Wars: Battlefront
  Star Wars: Battlefront is a first and third-person video game based on battles in the Star Wars film series. It was developed by Pandemic Studios and LucasArts and released on September 20, 2004 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Macintosh and Microsoft Windows, the same day as the release of the Star Wars...
  
  
• Star Wars: Empire at War
  Star Wars: Empire at War
  Star Wars: Empire at War is a 2006 real-time strategy game developed by Petroglyph Games and published by LucasArts. Set between Episode III and Episode IV, it focuses on the fledgling struggle between the Empire and the Rebels. It uses Petroglyph's game engine Alamo. The most recent patch was...
  
  
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
• Star Wars: Galaxies
• Star Wars: The Complete Saga
• Star Wraith 3: Shadows of Orion
• SWAT 4
  SWAT 4
  SWAT 4 is a tactical first-person shooter computer game developed by Irrational Games and published by Vivendi Universal Games on April 5, 2005. It was built on Irrational Games's Vengeance engine powered by Unreal Engine 2.0 technology...
  
  
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (video game) (needs confirmation)
• Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
• Tomb Raider: Legend
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary
• Trine
  Trine (video game)
  Trine is a side-scrolling action platform and puzzle video game, available for the Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and PlayStation Network. It was developed by the Finnish company Frozenbyte, who previously developed the Shadowgrounds series...
  
  
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
  Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
  Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment based on Games Workshop's popular tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000. It was released by THQ on September 20, 2004 in North America...
  
  
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
  Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
  Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade is the second expansion to the PC-based RTS game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ. Based on Games Workshop's popular tabletop wargame, Warhammer 40,000, Dark Crusade was released on October 9, 2006. The...
  
  
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault
  Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Winter Assault
  Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Winter Assault is the first expansion to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War for the PC developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ. Based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame, Warhammer 40,000, Dawn of War: Winter Assault was released on September 23, 2005...
  
  
• World of Warcraft
  World of Warcraft
  World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
  
  
• WWII Sniper: Call to Victory
• X2: Wolverine's Revenge
  X2: Wolverine's Revenge
  X2: Wolverine's Revenge is a video game released in 2003 to coincide with the release date of the film X2: X-Men United. Revenge was the first home console title to feature Wolverine in a starring role since 1994; he had appeared two years earlier in X-Men: Wolverine's Rage for Game Boy Color...
  
  

Software Transformation and Lighting

Graphics chipsets that support software transformation and lighting. Here, the CPU does both the work of the processor

Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and...

 and video card

Video card

A video card, Graphics Card, or Graphics adapter is an expansion card which generates output images to a display. Most video cards offer various functions such as accelerated rendering of 3D scenes and 2D graphics, MPEG-2/MPEG-4 decoding, TV output, or the ability to connect multiple monitors...

. Games usually run with acceptable performance.

Intel's chipsets except for the 965 chipset have software transformation and lighting support.

They are as follows:

• Intel 845
• Intel 865
• Intel 910
• Intel 915
• Intel 925

The Intel GMA series support software transformation and lighting as well as pixel shader 2.0, albeit at a software level. So games that strictly require hardware transformation and lighting may not work (unless run with 3D Analyzer).