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Pac-Man World
Subseries of Pac-Man
Pac-Man World 2	2004
Pac-Man World 3	2005
Pac-Man World Rally	2006
Pac-Man World Re-Pac	2022

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM^{[Note 1]}.

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Go to <path-to-game>\Bink
Rename, move or delete these files:

intro.bik
logo.bik
nvidia.bik

If using Jackfuste's widescreen exe, leave at least one of these files untouched, otherwise the game will display a black screen at the title screen and subsequent menus.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.cfg^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\PacSave^{[Note 2]}

Video

Launcher settings.

In-game brightness setting.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
Multi-monitor		Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
4K Ultra HD		Use Jackfuste's fixed executable.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Configuration file option doesn't work.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8 samples MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Various animations and AI patterns speed up with higher framerate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard configuration.

Mouse configuration.

Joypad configuration.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse buttons only, to confirm/cancel in certain menus.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Configuration utility needs mouse or keyboard.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Can't map triggers or home button.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Audio

Sound settings.

Launcher EAX toggle.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound FX and Music, from 0 to 100, increments of 1.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles		Dialog is exclusively text based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Configuration tool, language selection.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Spoken dialog is only heard in cutscenes.
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Russian				Cutscenes are subtitled in Russian. Local retail release only.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	500 MHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	900 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2	Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9000

Notes

↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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

[5] This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

[gamedir-6] 2.0 ^2.1 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).

[StarForce_Windows_Vista-1] Windows Vista support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_7-2] Windows 7 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-3] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-4] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

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[Note 2]

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 |recCPU   = 1.5 GHz
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Developers

	Namco
Publishers
	Hip Games
Russia	Russobit-M
Release dates
Windows	May 25, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	54
IGDB	73
Taxonomy
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Series	Pac-Man World