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Purble Place

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Purble Place
Purble Place cover
Developers
Oberon Games
Publishers
Microsoft
Release dates
Windows January 30, 2007
Taxonomy
Genres Mini-games
Series Microsoft Windows
Purble Place on Wikipedia
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Purble Place 2007
Hold 'Em 2007
Tinker 2008
Microsoft Ultimate Word Games 2011
Microsoft Mahjong 2012
Microsoft Minesweeper 2012
Microsoft Bingo 2013
Microsoft Jigsaw 2014
Microsoft Sudoku 2014
Microsoft Treasure Hunt 2014

Key points

Requires a workaround on Windows 8 and later (see Run on Windows 8 and later).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Bundled with Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft Games\Purble Place

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\Purble Place

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
For fullscreen mode launch with -mce parameter.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vector graphics; always anti-aliased.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Native Windows Vsync.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Only supports XInput controllers and Windows Media Center remotes.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
Windows Media Center remotes only
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Run on Windows 8 and later

Purble Place and other bundled games are unavailable after upgrading to Windows 8.
The steps below make the Windows 7 version run on Windows 8 (there is no fix for the Vista version yet).
Fix Purble Place compatibility[citation needed]
  1. Recover the Purble Place files.
    • If you did an upgrade install: look in C:\windows.old\Program Files\Microsoft Games
    • If you did a clean install: go to sources on the Windows 7 DVD and open install.wim using 7-Zip.
  2. Copy the recovered Purble Place folder somewhere convenient.
  3. Download a hex editor (e.g. HxD).
  4. Open PurblePlace.exe in the hex editor.
    • If Windows 7 was 64-bit:
      1. Search for the hex values 3B C5 0F 4C CD 41
      2. Change to 39 C0 0F 4C CD 41
    • If Windows 7 was 32-bit:
      1. Search for the hex values 7D 04 83 65 FC 00
      2. Change to EB 04 83 65 FC 00
  5. Move the Purble Place folder to its default location (it will only work with this location):
    • If Windows 7 was 64-bit: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games
    • If Windows 7 was 32-bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games
  6. Purble Place will now run on Windows 8 and later.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Depends on OS version.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 MB
Video card (GPU) Aero-capable WDDM
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible
Shader model 2.0 support


References