Zapper: One Wicked Cricket

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Zapper: One Wicked Cricket is a singleplayer top-down view action game.

The PC version is missing the multiplayer modes from the console versions.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		European version uses SecuROM 4 DRM.
GOG.com
Steam

Demo

A two-level demo version is available from Archive.org.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\zapper.dat^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2766060/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\zappersave.lee^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2766060/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video Setup window.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Vert-
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Menu and HUD elements do not scale with high resolutions.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Limited to a 640x480 window.
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)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Control Setup window.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See Xidi.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Suggested controller button mapping

The following button mapping should provide a layout similar to the console versions.

Action	Xbox	PlayStation	Nintendo
Turn Left	LB	L	L
Turn Right	RB	R	R
Zap	B	Circle (O)	A
Jump	A	Cross (X)	B
Search	X	Square (□)	Y

Xidi

Xidi improves support for XInput controllers in games that use directinput.

Allows the d-pad to be used for movement, and Enter and Escape to be mapped to Start and Back.

Install Xidi

Download the latest version of Xidi.
Enter the Win32 folder and copy dinput8.dll into <path-to-game>.
Create a new file called Xidi.ini in <path-to-game>.
Open Xidi.ini in a text editor and copy and paste the configuration at the bottom of this section.
Save and close Xidi.ini.
Run <path-to-game>\Config.exe.
Click Controls.
In the Controller drop down list select Xidi Virtual Controller 1.
Click OK and Close.

The provided configuration is intended to be used with the default button mapping.

[Mapper]
Type            = Zapper

[CustomMapper:Zapper]
Template        = StandardGamepad

; d-pad movement
DpadUp          = Axis(Y, -)
DpadDown        = Axis(Y, +)
DpadLeft        = Axis(X, -)
DpadRight       = Axis(X, +)

; match default button mapping
ButtonLB	= Button(4)
ButtonRB	= Button(5)
ButtonB		= Button(1)
ButtonA		= Button(2)
ButtonY		= Button(6)

; menu buttons
ButtonStart     = Keyboard(Enter)
ButtonBack	= Keyboard(Esc)

Audio

Audio Setup window.

In-game sound options.

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
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Spanish

US versions only contain an English language option.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	415 MB	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	32 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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2766060/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2766060) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[gamedir-1] 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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2766060/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2766060) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

Developers

	Blitz Games
Publishers
2002-2003	Infogrames
2003-present	Atari
Engines
	BlitzTech
Release dates
Windows	October 9, 2002
Reception
Metacritic	58
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy