WarGames
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Developers | |
---|---|
Interactive Studios | |
Publishers | |
US | MGM Interactive |
Rest of the world | Electronic Arts[1] |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 31, 1998 |
Key points
- Some distributed versions of the game contain the Marburg Virus. Infection can be avoided by modern anti-virus software, or by not electronically registering the product.[2]
General information
- Official website (retrieved)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail |
Essential improvements
Play the game without the CD
Use Elisha's Windows 10 Patch[citation needed] |
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|
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Interactive Studios Ltd\WarGames[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\saves\[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Resolution is locked to 640x480 | ||
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. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ 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 |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
Crashes when trying to run on Windows 10
Use Elisha's Windows 10 Patch[citation needed] |
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Use the WarGames Windows 10 Patch. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 6 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 6 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 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
- ↑ WarGames...coming soon from ISL (retrieved)
- ↑ Gamespot - WarGames Hit With Marburg Virus - last accessed on May 2023