While our downloading guide is designed to help you quickly and easily download and work with the slew of files we ve posted here, GameSpot cannot provide technical support for the contents of the files, be they demos, patches, or trailers. All of the files posted on GameSpot are tested by us to make sure they work as intended before we post them for public consumption. In the latter case, please contact the game s publisher for assistance. Unfortunately, many companies will not provide technical support for demos, but it never hurts to ask. To help you in this regard, we provide technical support contact information for every game, as well as a link to the company s site for every demo we post.
Many demos require particular drivers or extensions to work properly.
The most common example is Microsoft's DirectX drivers, which are required by nearly every Windows 95 native demo. Basically, the DirectX drivers are a series of components that help games run more effectively under Windows 95. If a demo requires any extensions or drivers, we will make that clear in the description of the file. In some cases the drivers will be included, but in the interest of file size, the drivers will usually have to be downloaded separately. To do this, go to our Utilities page.