# dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2

Glide/DirectX implementation on D3D11/12

Repository: https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dgvoodoo2
Language: C++
License Family: other
Topics: dgvoodoo, glide, directx, d3d11, d3d12, games, arm64, win32, windows-arm64, anti-free-opensource, anti-linux, porting-game
Last push: 2026-07-27T17:55:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 78, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2169, "days_push": 37, "days_rel": 71, "gap_med": 32.5, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1712, forks 79 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:25.868249+00:00)

## What it is
dgVoodoo2 is a wrapper library that translates legacy Glide and DirectX graphics APIs (DirectDraw, D3D1-9) onto modern D3D11/12, letting old games run on current Windows. It also provides 64-bit and ARM64 API DLLs to help port old 32-bit games without rewriting rendering code.

## Use cases
- play old Glide games on modern Windows
- run old DirectX 7/8/9 games on Windows 11
- force higher resolution and MSAA in retro games
- upscale low-resolution retro games with lanczos or bicubic filters
- port a 32-bit game to 64-bit or ARM64 without rewriting rendering code
- force windowed mode in old games

## When to choose
- you need to run legacy Glide or DirectX games on modern Windows
- you are porting an old game to x64/ARM64 and want to keep the original rendering code
- you want to improve resolution, MSAA, or upscaling in retro games

## When to avoid
- you play games on Linux, Wine, or Proton - explicitly unsupported
- you need a maintained project with active issue support - it is archived
- you need a graphics API translation layer for modern APIs like Vulkan or OpenGL

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, simulation
- domain: gaming-tools, windows, graphics
- platform: windows
- tags: glide, directx, d3d11, d3d12, retro-gaming, api-wrapper, game-porting, upscaling, msaa

## Member repositories
- dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2 (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:25.868249+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:34:52.271028+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:25.868249+00:00, sha 987788b45ddd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.