Pac-Man World 2
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| Developers | |
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| Namco | |
| Publishers | |
| Hip Games | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 25, 2004 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 54 |
| IGDB | 73 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | Pac-Man |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| Pac-Man | 1983 |
| Ms. Pac-Man (series) | |
| Jr. Pac-Man | 1988 |
| Super Pac-Man | 1989 |
| Pac-in-Time | 1995 |
| Pac-Man: Adventures in Time | 2000 |
| Pac-Man All-Stars | 2002 |
| Pac-Man World (series) | |
| Pac-Man Pizza Parlor | 2010 |
| Pac-Man Championship Edition (series) | |
| Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures | 2013 |
| Pac-Man Museum | 2014 |
| Arcade Game Series: Pac-Man | 2016 |
| Pac-Man 256 | 2016 |
| Pac-Man Party Royale | 2019 |
| Pac-Man Museum+ | 2022 |
| Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs | 2024 |
Warnings
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Instructions |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| 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.
Configuration tool graphics settings 2/2.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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 | 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).