Sakura Wars
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| Developers | |
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| Red Entertainment | |
| Sega | |
| Jupiter | |
| Neverland | |
| Sammy Corporation | |
| Publishers | |
| Sega | |
| Dysin Interactive | |
| AcerTWP | |
| Akella | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 18, 2000 |
| Reception | |
| IGDB | TBD |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Cinematic camera, Isometric, Side view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure, Strategy, Visual novel |
| Art styles | Anime |
| Themes | Fantasy, Japan, Romance |
| Series | Sakura Wars |
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| Sakura Wars | |
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| Sakura Wars | 2000 |
| Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die | 2001 |
| Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning? | 2003 |
| Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens | 2005 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc DRM may not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).
- StarForce DRM may not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).
- This game is not playable in English (see Localizations for supported languages).
Key points
- Higher resolution FMVs and sprites compared to the original Sega Saturn release.
Sakura Wars is a singleplayer cinematic camera, isometric and side view adventure, strategy and visual novel game in the Sakura Wars series.
Availability
Version differences
Game data
General options menu
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE\key.dat[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE\INDEX.DAT[Note 2] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | No resolution options. Runs at 640x480. | ||
| 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 | In-game hub sections and non-FMV Sequences are capped at 60 FPS. Mouse cursor updates at a lower rate.[3] | ||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
Keyboard input options menu
Controller input options menu
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Known as Cursor Speed | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music is always set to on, only Sound can be turned on/off. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Russian | Russian retail version only |
Issues unresolved
Poor framepacing on newer CPUs and operating systems
- In-game performance is very inconsistent and can rapidly fluctuate.[4]
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
First Edition
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Pentium 166 MHz | Pentium 2 266 MHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 200 MB | 1.4 GB | ||
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | |||
XP Compatible Pack Edition
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Pentium 2 300 MHz | Pentium 3 450 MHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 1.4 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | |||
Premium Edition and DVD Edition
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Pentium 3 500 MHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 3.5 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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Notes
- ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM may not work on Windows 10/11[1], including on Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed, if the game relies on the SafeDisc SECDRV.SYS driver.[2]
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Verified by User:PCGW Staff on 2025-06-04
- Some games protected with SafeDisc v4.60 may not depend on the SECDRV.sys kernel-level driver that Microsoft blocked in 2015, and would therefor continue to function as intended.
- ↑ Verified by User:KingKrouch on 2020-07-26
- Tested with Premium Edition using Rivatuner and by using mouse controls.
- ↑ Verified by User:KingKrouch on 2020-07-26
- Tested using FPS overlay with frametime graph.