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Nerf ArenaBlast

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Nerf ArenaBlast
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Developers
Visionary Media Inc.
Publishers
Atari Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 1
Release dates
Windows October 31, 1999
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

The game is still supported and maintained by the dedicated Nerf ArenaBlast modding community.
Runs better on Windows 7 and later with the NAB Community Pack.

General information

Nerf ArenaBlast Community Network
Oldunreal Forums NAB Board

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
A demo is available.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.2 updates the game to the latest version.

Skip intro videos

Run game with Nerf.exe[1]
  1. Run the game with <path-to-game>\System\Nerf.exe.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Nerf.ini[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\User.ini[Note 1]
Nerf.ini contains engine settings.
User.ini contains most user settings.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\User.ini[Note 1]

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
32
Online play
32 GameSpy services have been shut down;[2] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 4444, 4445
This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
OpenGL
Glide
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Galaxy Audio
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 200 MMX Intel Pentium 233 MMX or better
System memory (RAM) 32 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 120 MB 275 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.1 compatible
Other 4x CD-ROM drive

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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