Panzer Dragoon

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

Panzer Dragoon

Developers
	Team Andromeda
Publishers
	Sega
	Expert Software
Release dates
Windows	December 5, 1996
Taxonomy
Series	Panzer Dragoon

Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon	1995
Panzer Dragoon: Remake	2020
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei	TBA

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Disc can be removed after the game is started, but Music is streamed from the CD

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%WINDIR%\PANZERDG.INI

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

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.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		20.8 fps cap

Input

General Controller settings menu

Keyboard Bindings menu

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

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 due to all speech being in Japanese.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Game also pauses.
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
Navigate to the disk itself Go to the folder INSTALL 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
Go to %SYSTEMROOT%\panzerdg.ini 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]
Start the game. Press F7. 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
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. 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]
Insert CD Run Installer Select Uninstall and click OK Run Installer Install Panzer Dragoon to a different folder. Run Game Never open the Sound Mixer again.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	3

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).