Bejeweled Twist

Key points

Video card detection error on modern hardware configurations. See "Issues fixed"

General information

Official website (archived)

Bejeweled Twist on the Bejeweled Wikia

Availability

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\PopCap\BejeweledTwist\
Steam	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Steam\BejeweledTwist\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3560/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	%PROGRAMDATA%\PopCap Games\BejeweledTwist\users\^{[Note 2]}
Steam	%PROGRAMDATA%\Steam\BejeweledTwist\users\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3560/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

General settings.

Ultra is not selectable on modern versions of windows, see "Not Supported error on modern versions of Windows"

Run the game in Ultra (1920x1200)^{[citation needed]}
If you don't want to have stretched image, change your desktop resolution to 1728x1080. If you have a 1080p (1920x1080) display, the image will stretch horizontally from 1728x1080 to 1920x1080.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Fixes 3D acceleration, improves performance and allows support for higher resolutions.

Install the Bejeweled Twist patch^[1]

Download the Bejeweled Twist patch here
Open the .zip file and open the bejeweled-twist folder.
Extract the relevant folder of the edition (Steam, Origin, PopCap) of the game to <path-to-game>.
Copy the BejeweledTwist-nosig+vmem+vcard.exe and compat.cfg to <path-to-game>.
Rename the .exe file to BejeweledTwist.exe.
Run the game and enable 3D acceleration. Change the resolution as desired.

Notes

If 3D acceleration still refuses to be enabled, run the included Test3D-clean.reg file.

The original .exe for Bejeweled Twist is included as a backup if something breaks.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	250 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/3560/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (3560) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ 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).