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Revision as of 18:58, 28 December 2019

The X-Files Game
The X-Files Game cover
Developers
Hyperbole Studios
Publishers
Fox Interactive
Engines
VirtualCinema
Release dates
Windows May 31, 1998
Mac OS (Classic) June 1998
The X-Files Game on MobyGames
The X-Files Game on Wikipedia

General information

Official Website

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
7 CD set. Full install option removes the need for the CDs.
A DVD-ROM version is also available.
Windows
Mac OS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Fox Interactive\The X-Files\Preferences
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\*.x[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

The game is played entirely by mouse. A few keyboard shortcuts exist, such as Alt+S for saving.

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French

Issues fixed

Game crashes during videos

Use an alternate version of QuickTime
The version provided with the game causes crashes.
Apple QuickTime 7.7.9 (current latest version as of 13/5/17) makes the game crash when loading certain videos.

Install one of these versions:

Game crashes when moving at certain points

Set the graphics settings to "Best performance"

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 120 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 250 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 5 compatible
Other QuickTime 3.0
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Power Macintosh 120 MHz
System memory (RAM) 12 MB with virtual memory enabled
Hard disk drive (HDD) 250 MB
Video card (GPU) Thousands of colors at 640x480 resolution

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