Overboard!
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This page is for the 1997 game. For the unrelated 2021 game, see Overboard! (2021).
Developers | |
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Psygnosis[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 1997[1] |
Key points
- Released as Shipwreckers! in North America
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Requires disc to run |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\ob.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Menus & Videos 640x480, gameplay resolutions higher than 2048x1152 crash. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
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 | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Tested with Xbox One controller | |
Full controller support | Keyboard required to quit from main menu | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Remap to invert |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | Uses keyboard prompts on main menu | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with Aureal A3D and DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | A3D 1.0. |
- 3D positional audio is limited to the X-axis.[2]
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 5 | Versus |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 95 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 90 MB |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).