Bejeweled 2

Bejeweled
Bejeweled	2001
Bejeweled 2	2004
Bejeweled Twist	2008
Bejeweled 3	2010
Bejeweled LIVE	2013

Key points

Low FPS on modern versions of Windows, see "Issues fixed"

Missing achievements, online leaderboards, and lacks a 16:9 option compared to the Xbox Live version.

General information

Official website (archived)

Bejeweled 2 on the Bejeweled Wikia

Answers HQ

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Steam		Bejeweled 2 Deluxe

Bejeweled 2 Deluxe is the full version of the game

Browser version is also available.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3300/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%PROGRAMDATA%\Steam\Bejeweled2\users
macOS (OS X)
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3300/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only available resolution is 1024x768.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Only available resolution is 1024x768. Cannot be resized.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 100 FPS.^[1]

Input settings[edit]

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		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed[edit]

Low FPS on modern versions of Windows[edit]

Improves performance

DirectDraw emulation is broken in Windows 8 and later

Use a DirectDraw wrapper^[2]^[3]

Download the experimental version of the DirectDrawCompat wrapper
Extract the contents from the .zip file into the game's installation folder <path-to-game>

Notes

Alternatively, a normal DirectX wrapper can be used for the same effect.

Alternative workaround for low FPS[edit]

There are three ways of fixing the problem:

Use the DirectDraw/DirectX wrapper method mentioned above previously.
Disable hardware acceleration if fullscreen is on.
Play the game in a window. Hardware acceleration works fine while the game is windowed.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7
OpenGL	1.3	OS X only.

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	BASS

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8	10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	G4	G5 or Intel Core Duo
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 MB

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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>/3300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (3300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:ThatOneReaper on October 19, 2016
↑ DirectDraw Wrapper: https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat
↑ Bejeweled Series Patches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9NyA-qD7Ds&feature=youtu.be

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/3300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (3300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] Verified by User:ThatOneReaper on October 19, 2016

[3] DirectDraw Wrapper: https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat

[4] Bejeweled Series Patches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9NyA-qD7Ds&feature=youtu.be

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Developers

	PopCap Games
Engines
	PopCap Games Framework
Release dates
Windows	November 5, 2004
macOS (OS X)	November 15, 2004