2D computer graphics is the computer-based generation of digital images—mostly from two-dimensional models (such as 2D geometric models, text, and digital images) and by techniques specific to them.

At this point, the early 2D/3D graphics cards all tended to support the same games, and we'd become used to seeing the likes of Descent 2, Actua Soccer, Terminal Velocity, and MechWarrior 2 with ...