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Latest revision as of 07:11, 27 December 2023

This page is for the original 1995 game. For the remake, see Panzer Dragoon: Remake.

Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon cover
Developers
Team Andromeda
Windows Sega PC
Publishers
Sega
Expert Software
Release dates
Windows December 5, 1996
Taxonomy
Series Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon guide on StrategyWiki
Panzer Dragoon on MobyGames
Panzer Dragoon on Wikipedia
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Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon 1995
Panzer Dragoon: Remake 2020
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei TBA

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Disc can be removed after the game is started, but Music is streamed from the CD
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %WINDIR%\PANZERDG.INI[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

General settings, including Video Settings
General settings, including Video Settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only 640x480 is available
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.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
20.8 fps cap
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

General Controller settings menu
General Controller settings menu
Keyboard Bindings menu
Keyboard Bindings menu
Controller Bindings menu
Controller Bindings menu
Sega Saturn Controller Bindings menu
Sega Saturn Controller Bindings menu

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
In-Game controls can be remapped, however menus are always mapped to function keys
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse input is completely ignored.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Menus can be navigated with a controller.
Controller remapping
Only Buttons 1 - 4 (A, B, X and Y respectively on the Xbox 360 Pad) can be rebound.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Set using 'Up/Down' setting in Change Control menu
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller support

A special 'SEGA Pad' mode is available for Sega Saturn controllers used with an nVidia NV1-based graphics card.
Conventional controllers work using 'PC Pad' setting.
Movement on Joysticks, DirectInput and XInput controllers is grabbed from the X/Y Axis (Left Analogue Stick generally).
No vibration support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Opening the panel can stop all sound from working. See Sound Stops Working.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Always on
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Game also pauses.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Running the install program does not work

When opening the installer, nothing seemingly happens

Run the installer directly[1]
  1. Navigate to the disk itself
  2. Go to the folder INSTALL
  3. Run the file SETUP.exe

Game throws the error "Not attached Palette (DirectDraw)" on startup

The game will show a black screen, followed by the error.

Edit the game's .ini file[2]
  1. Go to %SYSTEMROOT%\panzerdg.ini
  2. Go to the line that starts with VMode= and replace the whole line with VMode=640*480*16
If the line VMode= is not present, add the following lines at the end of the file: [Screen] and VMode=640*480*16

Colours are wrong

When the game is started, colours are incorrect.

Use 16-Bit Color Mode[citation needed]
  1. Start the game.
  2. Press F7.
  3. Scroll to 'Screen Mode' and change it to '640x480 16-Bit color'.
Make sure 'Run in 256 colors' in the Compatibility tab is unselected.

Cutscenes do not play

When a cutscene is meant to play, the game instead appears to hang.

Pause and unpause the game[3]
  1. Press F3 twice to pause and unpause the game. The cutscene should proceed as normal.

Cannot exit game

Use Alt+F4[citation needed]
F4 does not have a function in the game, it skips straight over it.
  1. Press Alt+F4 when you want to quit the game

Sound stops working

When opening the Audio Mixer, the game's sound stops working entirely.

Reinstall Panzer Dragoon to a different folder[citation needed]
  1. Insert CD
  2. Run Installer
  3. Select Uninstall and click OK
  4. Run Installer
  5. Install Panzer Dragoon to a different folder.
  6. Run Game
Never open the Sound Mixer again.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 3 Also supports nVidia NV1's 3D API if uses a nVidia card
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 95
Processor (CPU) 90 MHz Intel Pentium

(Some boxes state 75 MHz is sufficient)

133 MHz Intel Pentium or Better
System memory (RAM) 8 MB 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 MB 160 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 (8-Bit) Color, SVGA capable
DirectX 3.0 compatible 		nVidia NV1
or other Quadratic Mapping Capable card.
Sound (audio device) Sound Blaster 16 or 100% Compatibles
Other 2x CD-ROM drive, Keyboard 4x CD-ROM drive, Any Gameport or DirectInput Compatible Controller, Gamepad or Joystick. Sega Saturn Gamepad (When used with an nVidia NV1).


Notes

  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

  1. ↑ play-old-pc-games.com - last accessed on 26 May 2023
  2. ↑ play-old-pc-games.com - last accessed on 26 May 2023
  3. ↑ play-old-pc-games.com - last accessed on 26 May 2023