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Key points
- The PC version was released through Steam in 2014 and is reportedly based on the latest arcade release.
- Uses Steam for global leaderboards, achievements and ability to upload and download replays.
- The PC version uses analog movement for player's ship (similar to Xbox 360 version). The original digital movement is still available.
- The August 2014 update added Appendix to the PC version, although some of the text in Soundtrack and Documents is missing unless switching game's language to Japanese
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Set borderless fullscreen[1]
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- Set the in-game video settings to full screen mode and desktop resolution.
- Install Special K by following the Official Special K Wiki Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
- Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
- Open
<path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\game.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
- Change
ForceWindowed=false to ForceWindowed=true under [Display.Output] .
- Change
Borderless=false to Borderless=true under [Window.System] .
- Change
Fullscreen=false to Fullscreen=true .
- Change
OverrideRes=0x0 to your desktop resolution (e.g. OverrideRes=1920x1080 ).
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Master, music, SFX |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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See Mute on focus lost. |
Royalty free audio |
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Mute on focus lost
Set mute in background[1]
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- Install Special K by following the Unofficial Special K Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
- Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
- Open
<path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\game.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
- Change
Borderless=false to Borderless=true under [Window.System]
- Change
MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true .
- Change
OverrideRes=0x0 to your desktop resolution (e.g. OverrideRes=1920x1080 ).
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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The game has very few spoken lines which are not important to the story. |
Japanese |
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The game has very few spoken lines which are not important to the story. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[1]
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- Install Special K by following the Unofficial Special K Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
- Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
- Open
<path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\game.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
- Change
RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate] .
- Change
Borderless=false to Borderless=true under [Window.System]
- Change
OverrideRes=0x0 to your screen resolution (e.g. OverrideRes=1920x1080 ).
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon 64 X2 |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
512 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
References