Magical Chase
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Developers | |
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Quest | |
Windows | RSP Team |
Publishers | |
Bothtec | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 10, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Side view, Scrolling |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter |
Vehicles | Flight |
Art styles | Cartoon, Pixel art |
Themes | Fantasy |
Warnings
- This game is not playable in English (see Localizations for supported languages).
Key points
- Requires an Japanese OS to work properly.
- Is somewhat finicky on modern OSes.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Simple disc check.[1] |
- This game is not available digitally.
- Japan exclusive.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The controller patch fixes issues with controllers.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\QUEST\Magical Chase for Windows95\1.00.000[Note 1] |
- This game does not save any data.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 4:3 aspect ratio. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Locked at 640x480 when in fullscreen mode.[2] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Press Alt+↵ Enter to switch between fullscreen and windowed.[3] | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | [4] | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 60fps.[5] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Mouse not supported in-game, needed for launcher and configuration menus.[6] | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | [7] | |
Full controller support | Need to use keyboard or mouse to launch the game, quit the game, and to use the configuration menus.[8] | |
Controller remapping | [9] | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | [10] | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | [11] | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | All dialogue in the game is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | Also have the choice of using .wav versions of the music instead. This is also streamed directly off of the disc.[12] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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Japanese |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | [13] |
Issues fixed
Black screen after the Quest logo
Use DxWrapper[14] |
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After beating a level, the game will not proceed after the level end fanfare
Use .wav soundtrack[15] |
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_inmm.dll[16] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 100mhz | Intel Pentium 133mhz |
System memory (RAM) | 16MB | 24MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 16MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectDraw-compatible GPU |
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-07-18
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-07-17
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-09-11
- Tested using an wired Xbox One controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-07-17
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2021-01-31
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2021-01-31
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2021-01-31