Disney's Hercules
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Developers | |
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Eurocom | |
Publishers | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
Russia | Noviy Disk |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 24, 1997 |
Reception | |
IGDB | 60 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Scrolling, Side view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Arcade, Platform |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Classical, Fantasy |
Series | Hercules, Disney Classics |
Hercules | |
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Subseries of Disney | |
Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules | 1997 |
Disney's Hercules | 1997 |
Hades Challenge | 1998 |
Disney's Hercules is a singleplayer scrolling and side view action, arcade and platform game in the Hercules and Disney Classics series.
Key points
- Also known in Europe as Disney's Action Game Featuring Hercules.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Higher quality music (GOG.com/Steam version)
- Replace the music tracks with higher quality ones ripped from the original CD. Not necessary on retail version.
Replace OGG files[1] |
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Skip intro videos
Instructions[2] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\DISNEY.INI[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/987400/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Disney Interactive\Hercules\1.00\Config[Note 3] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/987400/pfx/[Note 2] |
- An internal save feature exists. Press F3 at the main screen to choose a previously unlocked level you wish to play.
- The game also uses a "password" system to access each level reached by the user.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 320x240 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Uses 2D camera angles. | ||
Windowed | Scaled to window size of up to 1280x960. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Textures on 3D models are point-sampled. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | 3D models are not antialiased. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped at 30 FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sounds and music can only be on/off. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only. | |||
German | Retail only. Download for digital releases. | |||
Italian | Retail only. Download for digital releases. Remove spaces around the word "mediafire". |
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Russian | Retail only. Download for digital releases. |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Issues fixed
CDDA Playback Issue
- On recent Windows operating systems, audio can only be played from CD if the drive letter is the first in alphabetical order among all CD peripherals (including virtual ones).
- GOG and Steam versions support OGG audio.
Graphics issue on modern systems
- 3D may not be rendered properly on recent Windows operating systems.
Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Installation on modern systems
Use a 32-bit installer[citation needed] |
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System requirements
Windows[3] | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | Intel Pentium 133 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 57 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 color compatible | |
Sound (audio device) | 16-bit compatible |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (987400) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
References
- ↑ High Quality Music Patch, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2022-04-16
- ↑ System requirements - last accessed on May 2023