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{{Infobox game
 
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|cover        = Rattler Race title screen.png
 
|cover        = Rattler Race title screen.png
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Christopher Lee Fraley}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Christopher Lee Fraley}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Microsoft Studios}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Microsoft}}
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|1991}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows 3.x|1991}}
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|taxonomy    =
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|strategywiki =  
 
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|mobygames    = rattler-race
 
|wikipedia    = Rattler Race
 
|wikipedia    = Rattler Race
 
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'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
 
{{++}} Originally sold as part of '''Microsoft Entertainment Pack 2''', now a free download.
 
{{++}} Originally sold as part of '''Microsoft Entertainment Pack 2''', now a free download.
{{--}} Game is 16-bit so can't run natively on 64-bit versions of Windows.
 
 
{{ii}} Game needs a workaround for more recent systems (see [[#"File Error: Cannot find VBRUN100.DLL" error|"File Error: Cannot find VBRUN100.DLL" error]]).
 
{{ii}} Game needs a workaround for more recent systems (see [[#"File Error: Cannot find VBRUN100.DLL" error|"File Error: Cannot find VBRUN100.DLL" error]]).
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| official | https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1192-rattler-race/ | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| official | https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1192-rattler-race/ | DRM-free | | | Windows 3.x }}
 
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{{ii}} Configuration files and high scores are re-used by other Entertainment Pack games.
 
{{ii}} Configuration files and high scores are re-used by other Entertainment Pack games.
  
==Video settings==
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==Video==
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
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|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov                        = n/a
 
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|fov notes                  =  
|windowed                  = true
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|windowed                  = always on
 
|windowed notes            = Always runs windowed.
 
|windowed notes            = Always runs windowed.
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed        = false
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}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
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}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = unknown
 
|separate volume          = unknown
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
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|subtitles                = n/a
 
|subtitles                = n/a
 
|subtitles notes          = Everything is text-based.
 
|subtitles notes          = Everything is text-based.
|closed captions          = unknown
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|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|mute on focus lost      = unknown
 
|mute on focus lost      = unknown
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|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
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|directdraw notes      =  
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|64-bit executable     = unknown
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|windows 32-bit exe    = false
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|windows 64-bit exe    = false
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}}
 
}}
  
 
==System requirements==
 
==System requirements==
 
{{System requirements
 
{{System requirements
|OSfamily = Windows
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|OSfamily = Windows 3.x
  
 
|minOS    = 3.0
 
|minOS    = 3.0

Latest revision as of 03:28, 21 January 2023

Rattler Race
Rattler Race cover
Developers
Christopher Lee Fraley
Publishers
Microsoft
Release dates
Windows 3.x 1991
Rattler Race on MobyGames
Rattler Race on Wikipedia

Warnings

The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Originally sold as part of Microsoft Entertainment Pack 2, now a free download.
Game needs a workaround for more recent systems (see "File Error: Cannot find VBRUN100.DLL" error).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
Windows 3.x

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %WINDIR%\entpack.ini[Note 1]
High scores are stored in %WINDIR%\EntPack.dat
Configuration files and high scores are re-used by other Entertainment Pack games.

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
No mouse support.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

"File Error: Cannot find VBRUN100.DLL" error

Rattler Race needs workarounds for the missing VBRUN100.DLL.
Install missing files[citation needed]
  1. Download and run Vbrun100.exe.
  2. Move the extracted VBRUN100.DLL into the same folder as RATTLER.EXE.

Other information

API

Executable16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.

System requirements

Windows 3.x
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.0
Processor (CPU) 286, 386SX, 386DX or higher
System memory (RAM) 640K plus 256K extended memory
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 MB
Video card (GPU) EGA, VGA, Hercules


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