The Typing of the Dead
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Developers | |
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Wow Entertainment | |
Smilebit | |
Publishers | |
Sega | |
Simplified Chinese | Tian Ren Hu Dong |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 23, 2001 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Text input |
Genres | Arcade, Rail shooter |
Themes | Zombies |
Series | The Typing of the Dead |
The Typing of the Dead | |
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The Typing of the Dead | 2000 |
The Typing of the Dead 2 | 2008 |
The Typing of The Dead: Overkill | 2013 |
Key points
- There is no way to change graphical options.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Simple disc check. |
- The game is not sold digitally.
Essential improvements
Change blood color
- The option to change blood color is absent from the in-game settings of the PC version, but the data files for red blood are still included in the game.
Swap the file names of blood graphics |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | The 'pol' directory where you installed the game. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See the WSGF entry. | ||
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. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Cannot be disabled. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Launcher was used on English version |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Use two keyboards. Availability unknown. | ||
LAN play | 2 | Arcade Mode only (listed as "Network mode") | ||
Online play | 2 | Arcade Mode only (listed as "Network mode") | ||
Asynchronous multiplayer |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, Me | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 233 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 660 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM | |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
Other | 8X CD-ROM |
Issues fixed
No sound
After installation, setup.bat
in the root folder must be run to unpack all audio files.
Unable to network
For two windows machines on LAN: Add exceptions (Inbound Rules) to Windows Firewall for the machine hosting the game.