Super Meat Boy
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Developers | |
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Team Meat | |
macOS (OS X) | Ryan C. Gordon |
Linux | Ryan C. Gordon |
Publishers | |
Team Meat | |
Russia | Buka Entertainment |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 30, 2010 |
macOS (OS X) | November 18, 2011 |
Linux | December 13, 2011 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 87 |
OpenCritic | 83 |
IGDB | 85 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Side view, Scrolling |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Platform |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Series | Meat Boy |
Meat Boy | |
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Meat Boy (Flash) | 2008 |
Super Meat Boy | 2010 |
Super Meat Boy Forever | 2020 |
Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine | 2023 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Super Meat Boy is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view and scrolling action and platform game in the Meat Boy series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Epic Games Store | Can be run DRM-free when launched directly from the executable.[1] | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Race Mode | Can cause save file corruption and other bugs[citation needed] |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\UserData\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Super Meat Boy |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/SuperMeatBoy/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\UserData\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Super Meat Boy |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/SuperMeatBoy/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Steam Cloud | 100MB available. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Many of the game assets are made for 720p and are scaled up using bilinear filtering. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Labeled as Full Screen in the latest version of the game. The original version of the game does not support borderless window. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Latest version has the frame rate capped at 60 FPS.[2] | ||
120+ FPS | Steam owners can unlock the frame rate by downgrading to the original version but the speed for some animations is tied to run at 60 FPS and cutscenes go too fast. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
High frame rate
- Steam owners unlock the frame rate of the game by downgrading to the original ("speed runner") version of the game.
Unlock the frame rate (Steam only)[3] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Edit buttonmap.cfg in the install path. |
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Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput and DirectInput. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Edit buttonmap.cfg in the install path. |
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Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Through generic controller support. |
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Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts | Uses Xbox prompts for all controllers. Only shows keyboard prompts if unplugged. |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | XInput only. | |
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Will only shows Xbox button prompts. |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts | ||
Cursor detection |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and effects. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Official localization by «Buka Entertainment» | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Versus Race Mode DLC required. |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Crash on launch
Add parameters[citation needed] |
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Enable compatibility options[citation needed] |
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Crash on launch (Humble Bundle DRM-free version)
Exit Steam and close all Steam processes[citation needed] |
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Game looks blurry / Steam overlay unreadable
Set DPI scaling options |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
OpenGL | 2.0 | OS X and Linux only. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. | ||
Linux |
Command line arguments
- See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter | Description |
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-devmode | Launches the level editor. |
-fullscreen | Runs the game in full screen mode. |
-windowed | Runs the game in windowed mode. |
-ultralowdetail | Runs the game at the lowest detail, parallax is taken out, particle effects are ignored, animals are missing, set pieces are gone, lighting is ignored, images are lowest possible resolution (made for integrated graphics though not officially supported). |
-lowdetail | Runs the game with lowest resolution images, lighting is ignored, particle effects are ignored (use this if you are having lag on CHAD, Dr. Fetus, or levels where you die from moving platforms). |
-meddetail | Runs the game with medium resolution images (mid-range setting, run this if you are having slight lag). |
-highdetail | Runs the game with highest resolution images. |
-640x480 | Runs the game at 640x480 resolution. |
-800x600 | Runs the game at 800x600 resolution. |
-1024x768 | Runs the game at 1024x768 resolution. |
-1280x720 | Runs the game at 1280x720 resolution. |
-1920x1080 | Runs the game at 1920x1080 resolution. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.2 GHz | 1.4 GHz or faster |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Shader model 2.0 support |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.7.4 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.2 GHz or faster | 1.4 GHz or faster |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 300 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 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).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2019-01-31
- ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2019-01-05
- Tested with Epic Games Store version (1.2.5)
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2019-01-05
- Verified myself.