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Revision as of 23:31, 12 October 2019

The Neverhood
The Neverhood cover
Developers
The Neverhood Inc.
Publishers
DreamWorks Interactive
Release dates
Windows October 31, 1996
The Neverhood guide on StrategyWiki
The Neverhood on Wikipedia

Key points

Also titled The Neverhood Chronicles.
The original version can be run under ScummVM.
The Japanese version is not supported by ScummVM.[1]

General information

Official website

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Demos are available from archive.org and ScummVM.

Essential improvements

Patches

Unofficial patch 1.1
Installation[2]
  1. Install the game manually.
  2. Download the files
  3. Move the files to <path-to-game>\
  4. Disable all compatibility settings for the nhc.exe file.

Manual installation

Copy the game files from the CD[2]
  1. Create a new folder in which the game will be placed (<path-to-game>).
  2. Copy the following files from the CD to this folder: nhc.exe, smackw32.dll and readme.txt
  3. In <path-to-game>\ create the DATA folder.
  4. Copy the following files from the CD to this folder: a.blb, c.blb, hd.blb, i.blb, m.blb, s.blb and t.blb
  5. Use the nhc.exe file to launch the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DreamWorks Interactive\Neverhood\MusicOn[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DreamWorks Interactive\Neverhood\Saved Games\[Note 1]
Unofficial patch 1.1 allows you to save to a disk instead of registry (<path-to-game>\saves\).

Save game cloud syncing

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM user manual for details.

Video settings

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Japanese
Retail version only

Issues fixed

Intro video stuttering

Install the unofficial patch 1.1

Rainbow colours/no music after Alt+Tab

Install the unofficial patch 1.1

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 3 Install the unofficial patch 1.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Requires 64-bit build of ScummVM.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Smacker Video Technology

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) 1 MB of VRAM
DirectX 3 compatible
Sound (audio device) 8-bit

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

References