Difference between revisions of "The X-Files Game"
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Revision as of 13:05, 19 May 2020
Developers | |
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Hyperbole Studios | |
Publishers | |
Fox Interactive | |
Engines | |
VirtualCinema | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 31, 1998 |
Mac OS (Classic) | June 1998 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 56 |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | 7 CD set. Full install option removes the need for the CDs. A DVD-ROM version is also available. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Fox Interactive\The X-Files\Preferences |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\*.x [Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Forced in 640x480 resolution at 16 or 24-bit. | ||
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 and 120+ FPS |
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 |
Controller types |
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- The game is played entirely by mouse. A few keyboard shortcuts exist, such as Alt+S for saving.
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Dialogues, Music, Sound effects, Master | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Alt-tabbing crashes the game under Windows 10. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French |
Issues fixed
Game crashes during videos
Use an alternate version of QuickTime |
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Install one of these versions: |
Game crashes when moving at certain points
Set the graphics settings to "Best performance" |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 5 |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 120 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | 4.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 5 compatible | |
Other | QuickTime 3.0 |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | Power Macintosh 120 MHz | Power Macintosh 180 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 12 MB with virtual memory enabled | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | 4.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Thousands of colors at 640x480 resolution | Millions of colors at 640x480 resolution |
Notes
- ↑ 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).