The Space Bar
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Developers | |
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Boffo Games | |
Rocket Science Games | |
Digital | Jordan Freeman Group |
Publishers | |
Retail | SegaSoft |
Digital | Jordan Freeman Group |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 8, 1997 |
Mac OS (Classic) | July 8, 1997 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure, Puzzle |
Themes | Sci-fi |
The Space Bar is a singleplayer first-person adventure and puzzle game.
There are issues when attempting to install the retail version of this game under 64-bit operating systems (see Installing on a 64-bit OS).
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Steam | Digital Edition | |||
ZOOM Platform | Super Digital Deluxe Edition |
Version differences
- The digital version is based on the previously unreleased DVD version of the game which did not require disc swapping.
- The Super Digital Deluxe Edition exclusive to ZOOM Platform includes the digital soundtrack with lossless theme music, higher-quality version of the intro as a separate video file, manual, concept art, magazine ads and signed poster scan.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2253580/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SPACEBAR.SAV[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2253580/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | 640x480 only. | ||
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) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | Panning speed only. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and general audio | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 3 | Digital releases use a Direct3D9 wrapper |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
Issues fixed
Installing the retail version on a 64-bit OS
Instructions |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 75 | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 MB | 2 GB (digital) |
Video card (GPU) | 16-bit SVGA (640x480) |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | System 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 6100 | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16-bit (640x480) |
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). - ↑ 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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2253580/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2253580) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.