This is a list of games that do not run properly in some ways on CPUs faster than what was common than at the game's release. 1990+ for the most part, since before that, this was more often the case than not: As a general rule, games for IBM XT computers require a 8088 4.77 MHz to play right.
DOS
| Game title |
Symptoms with faster CPUs |
Recommended CPUs |
Patch available?
|
| Double Dragon (1988) |
Locks up before final battle and player 2 will have fewer moves |
8088 4.77 MHz |
|
| Wing Commander (1990) |
Too fast? |
max. 386DX-33 |
|
| Test Drive III (1990) |
Too fast |
386 |
|
| The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) |
Garbled MT-32 music with fast CPUs |
? |
|
| Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and The Time Rippers (1991) |
Bugs every time a sequel police is on the screen |
? |
|
| Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992) |
? |
? |
|
| Zool (1992) |
? |
? |
|
| Star Control II (1992) |
? |
? |
|
| Syndicate (1993) |
Crashes at startup with glass breaking sound (5x86 133/P166 and Sound Blaster) |
? |
|
| Day of the Tentacle (1993) |
No sound with >P166MMX |
? |
|
| Lemmings 2: The Tribes (1993) |
Requires HDD smaller than 504 MB (CHS limit) or else the copy protection checksum calculated by the installer is wrong |
? |
|
| SkyRoads (1993) |
Too fast |
? |
|
| Descent (1994) |
Runs too fast with ~higher PIIs |
Pentium 233 MMX |
|
| Jazz Jackrabbit (1994) |
Doesn't start (error message "Runtime error 200") with about PII 233 |
plays fine with patch |
TPPATCH (3rd party)
|
| Theme Park (1994) |
Runs too fast |
? |
|
| Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) |
Scrolls too fast, rather not playable? |
486 DX2/66? |
|
| King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride (1994) |
Speed bug with one or two puzzles |
? |
|
| Warlords II Deluxe (1995) |
Crashes on startup with fast CPUs |
486DX2-66 |
|
| Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995) |
Scrolls too fast with PIIs, but playable |
Pentium 166? |
|
| Descent II (1996) |
Normal game speed, but mouse sensitivity drops down on high framerates |
Pentium II 350? |
|
| Toonstruck (1996) |
Speed bug with one or two puzzles |
? |
|
| Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament (1996) |
may work fine? |
? |
|
| Hi-Octane (1996) |
Speed problems |
Pentium 90 |
|
| Lotus: The Ultimate Challenge |
Crashes with invalid opcode error |
Pentium II 350 or below |
|
Windows
| Game title |
Symptoms with faster CPUs |
Recommended CPUs |
Patch available?
|
| Master of Orion II (1996) |
Battle screen scrolls too fast, still playable |
Pentium 166? |
|
| Wipeout 2097/Wipeout XL (1997) |
Runs too fast |
? |
supposedly available
|
| Imperialism (1997) |
World map scrolls too fast |
plays fine with patch, slight scrolling delay added |
Patch 1.1
|
| Sega Rally Championship (1997) |
Direct3D version plays too fast |
? |
|
| FIFA Football 2002 (2001) |
Crashes to desktop with ~3 GHz |
1,5 GHz? |
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