List of programs that require EMS - Revision history

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This is a list of known programs that require [[DOS_memory_management#Expanded_memory|Expanded Memory (EMS)]] in DOS, in the sense that they other do not run at all, or have important features not working when EMS is unavailable. Running these programs requires an EMS board, a chipset with built-in EMS support, or an EMS device driver, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMM386 EMM386] or [http://www.japheth.de/Jemm.html JEMM386].

== Games ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Year !! Publisher !! Problem !! Error message
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| Aladdin || 1993 || Disney / Virgin || Does not work || EMS allocation error
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| Blackthorne || 1994 || Interplay / Blizzard || Does not work || At least 2048k of EMS is required
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| Sid & Al's Incredible Toons || 1993 || Sierra / Dynamix || Does not work || You need 737280 free bytes of EMS memory
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| The Incredible Machine 2 || 1994 || Sierra / Dynamix || Does not work || You need 262144 free bytes of EMS memory
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|}

== Other programs ==

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 ! Title !! Year !! Publisher !! Problem !! Error message
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-| Aladdin || 1993 || Disney / Virgin || Does not work || EMS allocation error
+| Aces of the Pacific || 1993 || Disney / Virgin || Does not work || Aces requires 610,000 bytes of available conventional memory and 311,296 bytes of available expanded memory (EMS).
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 | Blackthorne || 1994 || Interplay / Blizzard || Does not work || At least 2048k of EMS is required
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 | Delta V || 1994 || Bethesda Softworks || Does not work || DeltaV requires EMS memory
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 | Lemmings 2: The Tribes || 1993 || DMA Design / Psygnosis || Digital sounds do not play (music works) || No Expanded Memory Manager found; FX Failed to Load
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 | Star Wars: X-Wing (Floppy Version) || 1993 || LucasArts / Totally Games || Advanced sound effects and music do not play ||
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-| Star Wars: X-Wing (CD Version) || 1994 || LucasArts / Totally Games || Does not run || Not enough memory!
+| Star Wars: X-Wing (CD Version) || 1994 || LucasArts / Totally Games || Does not work || Not enough memory!
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-| Star Wars: TIE Fighter || 1994 || LucasArts / Totally Games || Does not run || Using 2000K of EMS will add more music and speech. 565K main, 896K EMS required!
+| Star Wars: TIE Fighter || 1994 || LucasArts / Totally Games || Does not work || Using 2000K of EMS will add more music and speech. 565K main, 896K EMS required!
 |-
 | The Elder Scrolls: Arena || 1994 || Bethesda Softworks || Does not work || Not enough EMS
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 | Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds || 1993 || Looking Glass / Origin || Does not work || Out of EMS memory. Error code C001.
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 == Other programs ==

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 | Sid & Al's Incredible Toons || 1993 || Sierra / Dynamix || Does not work || You need 737280 free bytes of EMS memory
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 | Star Wars: X-Wing (Floppy Version) || 1993 || LucasArts / Totally Games || Advanced sound effects and music do not play ||

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 | Star Wars: TIE Fighter || 1994 || LucasArts / Totally Games || Does not run || Using 2000K of EMS will add more music and speech. 565K main, 896K EMS required!
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 | The Incredible Machine 2 || 1994 || Sierra / Dynamix || Does not work || You need 262144 free bytes of EMS memory