Chicken Invaders 2

Chicken Invaders 2

Developers
	InterAction Studios
Engines
	Ultra VGA Engine
Release dates
Windows	December 22, 2002
macOS (OS X)	May 27, 2009
Linux	May 27, 2009
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Vehicles	Space flight
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Space, Sci-fi
Series	Chicken Invaders

Chicken Invaders
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

Although the resolution of the game can be changed via the CFG file, any resolution other than 640x480 produces graphical bugs.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Mac App Store
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Christmas Edition

Essential improvements

Skip intro and credits
Navigate to <path-to-game> Open ChickenInvaders2.cfg with Notepad or any other text editor Find bRelease and change its value to No Save the file before launching the game Notes This will make the cursor of your operating system visible during the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ChickenInvaders2.cfg
macOS (OS X)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ChickenInvaders2.hst
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		The game has no default framerate limiter.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Windowed

Enable windowed mode through the external CFG file
Navigate to <path-to-game> Open ChickenInvaders2.cfg with Notepad or any other text editor Find bFullScreen and change its value to No Save the file before launching the game Notes The game window cannot be moved unless the bRelease parameter is set to No. See Skip intro and credits

Input

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		No sound options present in game.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	80 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.4
Processor (CPU)	Intel processor
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	80 MB

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	32-bit Linux (or 64-bit Linux with 32-bit drivers)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	80 MB