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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
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Developers
Sonic Team
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows May 31, 2006
macOS (OS X) May 31, 2006
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg guide on StrategyWiki
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).

Key points

Only released in European territories.
Inferior to the original GameCube version in several ways - including poor optimization, improper sound mixing, severe screen tearing, and poor controller support.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc DRM[Note 1].
Windows
macOS (OS X)
SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).
This game is no longer available digitally.

Game data

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 settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fix (Vert-)[3]
  1. Use this Patch to replace the 1600x1200 launcher preset with 1920x1080, 2560x1440 or 3840x2160.
  2. Replace all files in the installation folder.

Debug mode

Enabling debug mode allows you to adjust the resolution while the game is running. You are still limited to the Launcher's preset 4:3 resolutions even when using debug mode.
Pressing F1 while debug mode is active allows you to control the camera with a mouse.
Instructions
  1. Go to %APPDATA%\Sega\Billy Hatcher\
  2. Open gegg.ini.
  3. Under Details, change SECRET=0 to SECRET=1.
  4. Start the game and press Esc to open the Debug menu.
  5. Press F2 to increase resolution or F3 to decrease resolution.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Spanish
German
Italian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Split screen versus up to 4 players
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer
Utilising the Widescreen Patch results in severe graphical glitches in Multiplayer.

  • Split Screen menu

  • Graphical glitches in Multiplayer (widescreen)

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio DirectSound3D May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 2000 SP4XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHzIntel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 800 MB
Video card (GPU) 640x480 resolution and 16-bit color support
32 MB of VRAM		32-bit color support
64 MB of VRAM
In-game movies require a CPU with SSE support.

Notes

  1. ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]

References