XnGine
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XnGine was a 3D engine developed by Bethesda Softworks
.
In 1997 support for higher resolutions was added and in 1998 it was made compatible with 3dfx
graphics cards.
The Terminator: Future Shock was the first game to use the engine, and also the first 3D PC game to use the now popular mouse-look interface, which was initially unpopular with gamers.
Games which used the engine:
Originally, TES 3: Morrowind
was supposed to use the engine but it was ultimately dropped in favor of NetImmerse (the predecessor to GameBryo).
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, LLC, is an American video game company. A subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, the company was originally based in Bethesda, Maryland and eventually moved to their current location in Rockville, Maryland...
.
In 1997 support for higher resolutions was added and in 1998 it was made compatible with 3dfx
3dfx
3dfx Interactive was a company that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units and, later, graphics cards. It was a pioneer in the field for several years in the late 1990s until 2000 when it underwent one of the most high-profile demises in the history of the PC industry...
graphics cards.
The Terminator: Future Shock was the first game to use the engine, and also the first 3D PC game to use the now popular mouse-look interface, which was initially unpopular with gamers.
Games which used the engine:
- Terminator: Future ShockTerminator: Future ShockThe Terminator: Future Shock is a first-person shooter computer game, based in the fictional Terminator universe. It was released by Bethesda Softworks in 1995...
(1995) - Terminator: SkyNET (1996)
- TES 2: DaggerfallThe Elder Scrolls II: DaggerfallThe Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall is a first-person, traditional role-playing video game for MS-DOS developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1996. It is a sequel to the RPG The Elder Scrolls: Arena and the second installment in The Elder Scrolls series. On July 9, 2009, it was made available...
(1996) - X-Car (1997)
- TES Legends: BattlespireThe Elder Scrolls Legends: BattlespireAn Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire is a 1997 first-person action computer role-playing game developed and published by Bethesda Softworks, set in the world of The Elder Scrolls....
(1997) - TES Adventures: RedguardThe Elder Scrolls Adventures: RedguardThe Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard is an action-adventure game developed and published by Bethesda Softworks with a third person style, set in the world of The Elder Scrolls. The game takes place in Tamriel in the year 864 of the Second Era, some 400 years prior to the events of Arena and the...
(1998) - NIRA: Intense Import Drag Racing (1999)
Originally, TES 3: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, often simply referred to as Morrowind, is a single-player computer role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, and published by Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft. It is the third installment in The Elder Scrolls series of games, following The Elder Scrolls...
was supposed to use the engine but it was ultimately dropped in favor of NetImmerse (the predecessor to GameBryo).