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The Neverhood

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The Neverhood
The Neverhood cover
Developers
The Neverhood Inc.
Publishers
DreamWorks Interactive
Release dates
Windows 1996
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Key points

Also titled The Neverhood Chronicles.
The original version can be run under ScummVM.

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

Unofficial Patch

Installation[1]
  1. Install the game manually.
  2. Download the Unofficial Patch.
  3. Extract the patch to <path-to-game>.
  4. Disable all compatibility settings for nhc.exe.

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 allows saving to <path-to-game>\saves\ instead of registry.

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

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

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
640x480 only.
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)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 20 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

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
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Can only toggle the music on/off in the original release.
Use ScummVM for separate volume controls. Cutscenes will be unaffected though.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Japanese
Retail version only.
Russian
Distributed via bootleg distributions, primarily within Russia.
Fansub translation by «Rigel & -=CHE@TER=-», download

Issues fixed

Installer requires to be run on Windows 95

Copy the game files from the CD
  1. Create a new folder in which the game will be placed (<path-to-game>).
  2. Copy the following files, from the setup folder on the CD, to <path-to-game>:
    • nhc.exe
    • smackw32.dll
    • readme.txt (optional)
  3. Copy the DATA folder from the CD to <path-to-game>.
  4. Use nhc.exe to launch the game.

Intro video stuttering

Install the Unofficial Patch

Rainbow colours/no music after Alt+Tab ↹

Install the Unofficial Patch

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 3 Install the Unofficial Patch.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Use ScummVM's 64-bit build.

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 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) SVGA
1 MB of VRAM
DirectX 3 compatible
Sound (audio device) 8-bit 16-bit
Other 4x CD-ROM drive


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