Wacky Wheels

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Wacky Wheels
Wacky Wheels	1994
Wacky Wheels HD	2016

This page is for the original game. For the reboot, see Wacky Wheels HD.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Official site

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\WACKY.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game>\WACKY.CFG^{[Note 1]}<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358380/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\WACKY.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game>\WACKY.CFG^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358380/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

WACKY.CFG stores one- and two-player saves as well as configuration settings.^[4]

WACKY.DTT stores duck shoot high scores.^[5]

WACKY1.HI stores high scores for 12 HP engines.^[5]

WACKY2.HI stores high scores for 6 HP engines.^[5]

WACKY1.TIM stores time trial fastest times for 12 HP engines.^[5]

WACKY2.TIM stores time trial fastest times for 6 HP engines.^[5]

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Split-screen.
LAN play	Using DOSBox modem wrapping.
Online play	Using DOSBox modem wrapping.

Issues fixed

Weird controller behavior with DOSBox

Turn off the timed option^{[citation needed]}
Open the DOSBox configuration (in the GOG.com version, that's `dosbox_wwheels.conf`) Locate the `[joystick]` section Change `timed=true` to `timed=false`

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compatible 256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (358380) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[gamedir-4] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[DOSBox_mounted-5] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

[Proton_path_note-6] 3.0 ^3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (358380) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (358380) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Wacky Wheels - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters

[GOG.com-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Release: Wacky Wheels ● GOG.com

[3] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com

[7] Wacky Wheels Configuration Format - ModdingWiki

[formats-8] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 Wacky Wheels High Score Files - ModdingWiki

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Developers

	Beavis Soft
Publishers
	Apogee Software
	3D Realms
Release dates
DOS	October 17, 1994^[1]
Windows (DOSBox)	August 21, 2014^[2]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	August 21, 2014^[2]
Linux (DOSBox)	August 21, 2014^[2]