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+ | # Open Control Panel and go to {{code|Hardware and Sound}} Settings. | ||
+ | # Under the {{code|Sound}} Section click on {{code|Manage Audio Devices}}. | ||
+ | # Right-click on the desired output device and click on {{code|Properties}}. | ||
+ | # Go to the {{code|Advanced}} tab. | ||
+ | # Under the {{code|Signal Enhancements}} section, uncheck the {{code|Enable audio enhancements}} box. | ||
+ | # Click {{code|Apply}} and then {{code|OK}}. | ||
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==Other information== | ==Other information== |
Latest revision as of 09:38, 15 May 2024
Developers | |
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Wanderlust Interactive | |
Publishers | |
United States (1st edition), France | BMG Interactive |
United States | Simon & Schuster Interactive |
United Kingdom | Anglia Multimedia |
Denmark | Funsoft |
Netherlands | The Learning Company |
Russia | Noviy Disk[1] |
Engines | |
OxCart Runtime[2] | |
Release dates | |
Windows 3.x | October 1996 |
Windows | October 1996[3] |
Taxonomy | |
Controls | Point and select |
Series | The Pink Panther |
The Pink Panther | |
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The Pink Panther's Passport to Peril | 1996 |
The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink | 1997 |
Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit | 2002 |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wanderlust\The Pink Panther's Passport to Peril |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\*.ptp[Note 1] |
- Save game data location can be changed during saving.
Save game cloud syncing
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Only 640x480 supported. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Select No in display configuration. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | Based on system settings. | |
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 | Foreground Sound, Background Sound | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hebrew | ||||
Italian | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | A Pantera Cor-de-Rosa: Passaporte para o Perigo.[4] | |||
Russian | Розовая пантера. Право на риск. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish |
Issues fixed
Installer does not work
- Setup executable is 16 bits and won't work on 64 bits OS.
Copy the game files from the CD[5] |
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Game no Launch (Spanish Version)
- For some reason the Spanish version does not run on Windows XP or higher.
Sound does not play
Enable the following compatibility settings for the PPTP.exe file: Compatibility mode (Windows XP Service Pack 2 Compatibility mode (Windows XP Service Pack 2 And Compatibility mode (8 bits (256 colores)) [6]
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Stuck at 640x480 when closing game
Enable the following compatibility settings for the PPTP.exe file: Run in 640x480 screen resolution
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Crackling sound
Disable Windows Audio Enhancements[7]
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DirectDraw | 6 |
Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using ScummVM. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System |
System requirements
Windows 3.x | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | 95 |
Processor (CPU) | 486 66 MHz | 486 DX2 66 MHz Intel Pentium |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 color, 640x480 capable | |
Sound (audio device) | 8-bit, 22 kHz Windows compatible |
- Windows NT is not officially supported, though the game should run without problems on NT 4.0 or later.
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).
References
- ↑ Розовая Пантера. Право на риск - last accessed on 2023-02-18
- ↑ ScummVM :: Wiki - Pink - last accessed on 2021-07-20
- ↑ Annual Report of Wanderlust Interactive for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1997. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 - last accessed on 2017-05-25
- ↑ Jogos em Português (YouTube) - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2018-04-21
- ↑ Reddit - last accessed on 28 May 2023
- ↑ Reddit - last accessed on 28 May 2023