Zombie Wars
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| Developers | |
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| Gee Whiz! Entertainment | |
| Publishers | |
| Microforum International | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows 3.x | 1996 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | Alien Carnage |
| Alien Carnage | |
|---|---|
| Alien Carnage | 1993 |
| Zombie Wars | 1996 |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail |  |
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Essential improvements
Running on Windows 10 and above
- Get winevmd (otvdm) from here : [1]. Instructions for getting binaries from github project [2]
- Drag and drop ZWARS.exe into otvdm.exe to start. Alternatively, launch otvdmw.exe and browse and select ZWARS.exe
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\ZWARS.CFG[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\HARRY.CFG[Note 1] |
- High scores are stored in
<path-to-game>\HARRY.TOP
Video
Video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 36 fps frame rate cap. | ||
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 | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
|---|
| XInput-compatible controllers |
|---|
| PlayStation controllers |
|---|
| Generic/other controllers |
|---|
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music and Sound Effects. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. |
System requirements
| Windows 3.x | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | 95 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 486DX2 66 MHz | Intel Pentium |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 MB | 52 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | VGA | |
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).