Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Developers
	Sonic Team
Publishers
	Sega
Release dates
Windows	March 31, 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Platform
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg is a singleplayer third-person action-platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.

The PC version of Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg was released in European territories in 2006. The game was later released digitally via GamersGate on March 26, 2009.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM. Later re-releases are DRM-free.
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Amazon.com (unavailable)		Sega Arcade Collection.
GamersGate (unavailable)		SecuROM PA DRM.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Game data

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Launcher general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\SEGA\Billy Hatcher\gegg.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\SEGA\Billy Hatcher\gegg.bin

Video

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Launcher graphics/sound settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Max supported resolution is 1600x1200. See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Togglable between 30 FPS and 60 FPS.
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fix (Vert-)
Use this patch to replace the 1600x1200 launcher preset with 1920x1080, 2560x1440 or 3840x2160. Replace all files in <path-to-game>.

Input

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Launcher keyconfig settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Mouse buttons can not be remapped. To use the mouse to control the camera, see Debug menu.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Limited XInput and DirectInput controller support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		XInput controllers cannot remap the triggers (blocked, used for the camera) or analogue sticks (left one for movement, right one is unused).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Button prompts directly ported from GameCube version.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Must choose between controller or keyboard in the launcher.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Audio options are limited to High, Middle and Low.
Surround sound		May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles		All dialogue is displayed in text form.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

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Launcher language settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Split screen versus up to 4 players
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Using the Widescreen Patch results in severe graphical glitches in Multiplayer.

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  Split Screen menu

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  Graphical glitches in Multiplayer (widescreen)

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Criware
Cutscenes	Criware

Debug menu

Enable the debug menu
Go to %APPDATA%\SEGA\Billy Hatcher and open gegg.ini. Under ;details, change SECRET=0 to SECRET=1. Run the game and press Esc to open the debug menu. The debug menu allows the resolution, frame rate, and mouse input settings to be adjusted while the game is running.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000 SP4, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	640x480 resolution and 16-bit color support 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	640x480 resolution and 24-bit/32-bit color support 64 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectSound3D compatible
Other	12x CD-ROM drive

In-game movies require a CPU with SSE support.