Chicken Invaders
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Developers | |
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InterAction Studios | |
Engines | |
Ultra VGA Engine[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Art styles | Pre-rendered graphics, Cartoon |
Themes | Space, Sci-fi |
Series | Chicken Invaders |
Chicken Invaders | |
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Chicken Invaders | 1999 |
Chicken Invaders 2 | 2002 |
Chicken Invaders 3 | 2006 |
Chicken Invaders 4 | 2010 |
Chicken Invaders 5 | 2014 |
Chicken Invaders Universe | Early Access |
Key points
- Has problems running on Windows 8 and above. See "Low frame-rate"
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
Developer website | Remastered version included since Jan 27th 2023[2] |
Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Use dgVoodoo 2, stretches. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use dgVoodoo 2, stretches significantly. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 27 FPS cap | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Supports Dolby surround. | |
Subtitles | All speech is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Alt + Tab crashes the game, using a DirectX wrapper can alleviate the issue. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 2 |
Issues fixed
Low frame-rate
- DirectDraw emulation is used in Windows 8 and later, causing low frame-rate.
Use a DirectDraw wrapper[3] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 166 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ UVE engine build: UveDX7.NET (assumption)[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:Mrpenguinb on 2022-01-26
- ↑ CI1 Remaster released - last accessed on 2023-02-26
- ↑ GitHub - last accessed on 26 May 2023