Zax: The Alien Hunter
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| Developers | |
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| Reflexive Entertainment | |
| Publishers | |
| JoWood Productions | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 28, 2001 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 70 |
| IGDB | 80 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Isometric |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
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Warnings
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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Demo
A demo is available here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Zax.CFG[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SaveGames\[Note 1] |
Video
Video options.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | In-game settings offer choice between 640x480 and 800x600. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
Input options.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
Audio options.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Dialogue is displayed in text boxes that pause gameplay. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | 16 | Versus |
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| Online play | 16 | Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DirectDraw | [2] |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95,98 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Pentium II 266 MHz | Pentium III 450 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 240 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ Verified by User:Eddmanx on 2022-09-19
- Checked with dgvoodoo