Editing Glide (API) (section)

== Glide wrappers and emulators ==
Glide emulator development has been in progress since the late 1990s. During 3dfx's lifetime, the company was aggressive at trying to stop these attempts to emulate their proprietary API, shutting down early emulation projects with legal threats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/04/08/3dfx_wraps_up_wrapper_web/|title=3dfx wraps up wrapper Web sites|publisher=The Register|date=April 8, 1999|access-date=August 10, 2017|archive-date=August 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810092147/https://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/04/08/3dfx_wraps_up_wrapper_web/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, just before it ceased operations and had its assets purchased by [[Nvidia]], 3dfx released the Glide API, along with the Voodoo 2 and Voodoo 3 specifications, under an open source license,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/12/07/3dfx_open_sources_glide_voodoo/|title=3dfx open sources Glide, Voodoo 2 and 3 specs|website=[[The Register]]|access-date=2017-08-10|archive-date=2019-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228221725/https://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/12/07/3dfx_open_sources_glide_voodoo/|url-status=live}}</ref> which later evolved into an open source project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/glide/|title=Glide for 3dfx hardware|date=3 April 2013|access-date=20 April 2010|archive-date=13 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113002032/http://sourceforge.net/projects/glide/|url-status=live}}</ref>