Nightmare Creatures
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Developers | |
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Kalisto Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 17, 1997 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Horror |
Key points
- The Latest official patch may introduce a slow movement bug on some systems. See Issues fixed.
- Use dgVoodoo2 for high-resolution hardware Direct3D support.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.2 is the latest version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\NCSETUP.EXE[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\NIGHTMARE.*[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Game logic and some animations run too fast. See issues fixed. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Movement cannot be remapped. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Can use any kind of pc controller but it has no analogue 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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
- Combo explanations (click on character portrait).
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
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 | ||||
Czech | Fan translation - link #1 |
Issues fixed
Character movement is slow and choppy
- This bug may occur on some systems when running the patched version of the game (version 1.2).
Downgrade to unpatched version 1.0 |
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Game runs too fast
- Due to the engine used, the game logic and some animations are tied to the frame rate; but not totally.
Therefore, although it is possible to play at 60 FPS or more, it is recommended to play at 30 FPS.
Limit the frame rate to 30 FPS |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 | Intel Pentium 200 |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 75 MB | 600 MB |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).