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Boppin'

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Boppin'
Boppin' cover
Developers
Accursed Toys
Publishers
DOS Apogee Software
Release dates
DOS November 15, 1994
Windows August 19, 2005[1]
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Boppin' on Wikipedia
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General information

Technical support page for Boppin' at 3D Realms

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
 Basic Boppin' and Super Boppin'.
DOS
Developer website
DRM-free
Windows

Version differences

Basic Boppin' was the original DOS release. Included 2 episodes with 80 episodes in all (none of them from the shareware version).
Super Boppin' was a re-release that had all the 4 episodes with 160 levels plus a level editor.
The native Windows port is based in the Super Boppin' but featuring the sound effects of the original Amiga version.

Essential improvements

Patches

These patches update the different retail versions of the game to the latest version:

Basic Boppin': 1.0 to 1.1 patch (Internet Archive).
Super Boppin': 1.0 to 1.1 patch (Internet Archive: 1, 2).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\BOPPIN.CFG
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\Bopsave*.bin
Windows
DOS savegames are labelled Bopsave*.bin, where * represents a number between 0 and 7.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Pause menu settings.
Pause menu settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

In-game options (DOS).
In-game options (DOS).

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References

  1. ↑ Siegler, Joe (19 August 2005). "Boppin released as freeware". 3D Realms. Archived from the original on 10 December 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2019.