Monster Truck Madness, developed by Terminal Reality and published in 1996, was among the first PC games to fully embraced DirectX and Direct3D - and it proved Windows 95 could finally replace DOS as the go-to operating system for PC gamers.
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Install PCem to play Windows 95 and 98 games, including Monster Truck Madness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx2H3IV9SG4&t
Text sources:
https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_135.pdf
https://legacy.3drealms.com/news/2006/05/the_apogee_legacy_17.html
https://joesiegler.blog/2020/11/my-story-of-3d-realms-apogee-part-iv/
http://www.rinkworks.com/apogee/s/2.8.12.shtml
https://xander51.medium.com/the-essential-games-terminal-velocity-1995-b6727a576d42
"Fury³". Next Generation. No. 13. Imagine Media. January 1996. p. 163.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9CXIYKYeN1U
https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_150.pdf
https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-26/page/n131/mode/2up
Game Developer Magazine Issue 1
https://web.archive.org/web/19980119054859/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_12/22_photex/index.html
https://news.microsoft.com/1997/06/16/microsoft-unveils-first-premium-games-for-its-internet-gaming-zone/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhNrxMBYETQ
Video sources:
Microsoft Windows 95 Launch with Bill Gates & Jay Leno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JzfROUDsK0
Bill Gates - Microsoft Antitrust Deposition - Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRelVFm7iJE&t
Buying Windows 95 on Launch Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcbAC4qI9pQ&t
Old Microsoft Commercials: Sidewinder Freestyle Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSr0uv_RYJk
The Computer Chronicles - Greatest Computer Games (1995): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-wieD_-PYo
Windows 95 Gaming Promo Featuring Bill Gates and Doom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2V9TFrmQ_Q&t
John Carmack at QuakeWorld 1996: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxUQhy7JbUI&t
Potential Unreached - Chris Hecker's Rant from GDC11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaoQo3eA2p4&t
Gameplay clips:
Monster Truck Madness (1996): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZGb9p-AfL8&t
Monster Truck Madness 2 (1998): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwn7oCH92to&t
Midtown Madness (1999): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32K5ccdYoSI&t
Motocross Madness (1998) PC Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_mSSCIbrPE&t
Double Axle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI8HTReh_zE&t
Terminal Velocity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew5x7Bhxl5U&t
Hellbender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oallWeG3QGU&t