DirectX Games
Several of the games on our site are DirectX games
including Solitaire, MegaStars, and TripleStars. Most downloaded games and CD
Rom games are DirectX games and they normally play faster,smoother, and have
better graphics and sound. DirectX games are almost always Full Screen games
which makes them easier to see thus less tiring on the eyes. Most online game
sites do not have DirectX as they are a little larger and more expensive to
develop.
To play our DirectX games you must have DirectX
installed on your computer and it must be working properly. DirectX comes
with all version of Windows since Windows95. However newer versions come out
periodicaly so you may want to
download the latest version of DirectX. A typical symptom of a DirectX problem is the game crashes or
the screen turns Black as soon as you hit the PLAY button. Also the game may
crash anytime during game play.
There is a diagnostics program that comes with
DirectX called DXDIAG. This utility can be used to identify the version
number of DirectX that you are currently running. It also allows you to test the
individual components of DirectX. Running
this test normally identifies any DirectX problem.
Click here for information on running DXDIAG
Checklist for DirectX problems:
(2) Exit all unnecessary tasks or programs before
starting a DirectX game. Since the DirectX games are Full Screen games any
task or program running in the background, that tries to write to the screen
during a game, will probably crash the game. This includes receiving
an instant message, virus update, pop-up ads, windows update, disk defrag,
and many other type of programs.
(3) The popup/spyware ads have been a particulat
problems in the past few month as many players do not realize they are on
their computer. We recommend that everyone scan their computers weekly
for these popups and any time their computer seems slow or skuggish. There are several software products such as
"Spybot", "adaware", etc. that are
available for download from the internet. Its not unusual for players to find 200 popups on their computer the first
time they scan. Its also not unusual to find new popups on your computer even
when you scan weekly.
If your DirectX is working properly and you do not
have any unnecessary tasks or programs running in the background you should
have no problems playing DirectX games.