Yar's Revenge
This page is for the 2011 reimagining. For the 2010 Game Room release of the Atari 2600 game, see Yars' Revenge. For the 2022 remake, see Yars: Recharged.
Developers | |
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Killspace Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Atari | |
Engines | |
Gamebryo | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 28, 2011 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 56 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Art styles | Anime |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Yars |
Yars | |
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Yars' Revenge | 2010 |
Yar's Revenge | 2011 |
Yars: Recharged | 2022 |
Yar's Revenge is a sci-fi third-person arcade shooter game developed by Killspace Entertainment and published by Atari. It is a reimagining of the Atari 2600 game Yars' Revenge and was developed using the Gamebryo engine.
The game was originally released for Xbox 360 on April 13, 2011, and a PC version was later released on April 28, 2011 through Steam. A PlayStation 3 version was planned but was ultimately canceled for reasons unknown. Killspace Entertainment ceased activity in 2012.
The PC version has limited in-game settings and the game's framerate is also locked to 35 FPS by default. A hidden configuration menu can be accessed by launching the game with the command line argument -configure
,[1][2] while other settings, such as raising the framerate cap, must be configured through manually editing the game's setting files.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Steam | Requires its steam_api.dll to run, but can be played without Steam. Online leaderboards and Steam Achievements are disabled without a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise.[3] |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\win32\AppSettings.ini[Note 1] <path-to-game>\win32\Config.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/99120/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\win32\savegame.svg[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/99120/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Anamorphic 16:9. Resolutions can be selected from the hidden configuration menu. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Gaming.[4] | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Option up to 8x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | Capped at 35 FPS by default; see High frame rate to raise the framerate cap. | ||
120+ FPS | See High frame rate to raise the framerate cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
High frame rate
Raise the frame rate cap in Config.ini[5] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Uses a pre-defined keyboard and mouse layout that cannot be remapped. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Invert Y also affects controller Y-axis. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Uses a pre-defined controller layout that cannot be remapped. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Invert Y setting only affects the targeting reticle, not character movement. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Does not use Xbox controller prompts unlike the Xbox 360 version. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Although DualShock 4 controllers functions in-game, the lack of button remapping causes the game to have incorrect button placements.[7] |
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Generic/other controllers | Although supported, the lack of controller remapping causes buttons to mapped incorrectly. | |
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Button prompts | Only keyboard and mouse prompts are shown in-game. |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Off by default. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | SFX, Music, Dialog | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | In-game dialogue is spoken gibberish with text while cutscenes are subtitled only. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Co-op Requires two controllers. |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | A Direct3D 10 renderer is included but does not work and causes the game to crash. |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Wwise | |
Interface | Scaleform |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon X2 4400 |
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System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8600 Radeon ATI Radeon HD 2600 DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 (99120) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Yar's Revenge · AppID: 99120 - SteamDB - last accessed on 2022-02-10
- ↑ Full Screen Mode?, post #5 - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2022-02-10
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2022-02-09
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2022-02-10
- ↑ 60 fps - Steam Community Disucssions - last accessed on 2020-02-18
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-02-18
- Attempted to raise the frame-rate cap to 120 FPS on a 60Hz display caused mouse cursor movement to move slowly whereas mouse movement worked fine at 60 FPS. Cannot be certain if this is true for 120Hz displays with a 120 FPS cap.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2022-02-15