List of programs that require EMS

This is a list of known programs that require Expanded Memory (EMS) in DOS, in the sense that they other do not run at all, or have important features not working when EMS is unavailable. Running these programs requires an EMS board, a chipset with built-in EMS support, or an EMS device driver, such as EMM386 or JEMM386.

Games

Title	Year	Publisher	Problem	Error message
Aces of the Pacific	1993	Disney / Virgin	Does not work	Aces requires 610,000 bytes of available conventional memory and 311,296 bytes of available expanded memory (EMS).
Aladdin	1992	Sierra / Dynamix	Does not work	EMS allocation error
Blackthorne	1994	Interplay / Blizzard	Does not work	At least 2048k of EMS is required
Darklands	1992	MicroProse	Does not work	Unable to find EMS memory
Delta V	1994	Bethesda Softworks	Does not work	DeltaV requires EMS memory
Frontier: Elite II	1993	Gametek / Konami	Does not work	Frontier requires 768K of expanded memory, and an EMS driver installed.
Lemmings 2: The Tribes	1993	DMA Design / Psygnosis	Digital sounds do not play (music works)	No Expanded Memory Manager found; FX Failed to Load
Master of Magic	1994	Simtex / MicroProse	Does not work	You must have at least 2700K of expanded memory
Monster Bash	1993	Apogee / 3D Realms	Digital sounds do not play (music works)	Sound Blaster sounds require 100K bytes of EMS memory
NHL Hockey	1993	Electronic Arts	Does not work	Insufficient EMS available
Sid & Al's Incredible Toons	1993	Sierra / Dynamix	Does not work	You need 737280 free bytes of EMS memory
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (CD-ROM)	1993	Interplay / Paramount	Does not work	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Enhanced CD-ROM requires 560K of free low memory and 1024k of free EMS (expanded) memory to play.
Star Wars: X-Wing (Floppy Version)	1993	LucasArts / Totally Games	Advanced sound effects and music do not play
Star Wars: X-Wing (CD Version)	1994	LucasArts / Totally Games	Does not work	Not enough memory!
Star Wars: TIE Fighter	1994	LucasArts / Totally Games	Does not work	Using 2000K of EMS will add more music and speech. 565K main, 896K EMS required!
The Elder Scrolls: Arena	1994	Bethesda Softworks	Does not work	Not enough EMS
The Incredible Machine 2	1994	Sierra / Dynamix	Does not work	You need 262144 free bytes of EMS memory
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss	1992	Blue Sky / Origin	Does not work	Out of EMS memory. Error code C001.
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds	1993	Looking Glass / Origin	Does not work	Out of EMS memory. Error code C001.
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi	1991	Origin Systems	Some sound effects/music do not work	No Expanded Memory Detected. Limited music/FX will play.