Bejeweled 2

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

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website (unavailable)		Downloadable version required entering order number. Activation server offline
Steam		Bejeweled 2 Deluxe. Uses in-house DRM by PopCap.^[1]

Bejeweled 2 Deluxe is the full version of the game.

A faithful, higher quality icon can be found on SteamGridDB.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%PROGRAMDATA%\Steam\Bejeweled2\users^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3300/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video[edit]

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only resolutions of 1024x768 or 1280x960 (hardware acceleration).
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Only resolutions of 1024x768 or 1280x960 (hardware acceleration). 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.^[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input[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

Audio[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]

Unable to enable Hardware Acceleration on modern versions of Windows[edit]

Fixes hardware acceleration, improves performance and graphical effects.

Install the Bejeweled 2 Deluxe patch^[3]

Download the Bejeweled 2 Deluxe patch here
Open the .zip file and open the bejeweled-2-deluxe folder.
Extract the relevant folder of the edition (Steam, or PopCap) of the game to <path-to-game>.
Copy the relevant Bejeweled 2 nosig+vmem+vcard.exe and Test3D-clean.reg to <path-to-game>.
Rename the relevant nosig+vmem+vcard.exe file to WinBej2.exe (Steam) or Bejeweled2.exe (PopCap).
Run the game and enable Hardware Accelerate and High resolution.

Notes

If Hardware Accelerate still refuses to be enabled, run the included Test3D-clean.reg file.

The original .exe for Bejeweled 2 Deluxe is included as a backup if something breaks.

Alternative workaround for low FPS[edit]

There are three ways of fixing the problem:

Use the 3D acceleration patch 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.

BASS_ChannelPlay function not found in bass.dll[edit]

This is a DLL version conflict. Bejeweled 2 is looking for bass.dll in c:\windows\system32 or c:\windows\syswow64, and it's a version different than what it expects.^[4]

Backup and remove the DLL file from the window folder.
Note that downloading the latest version from the Un4Seen website will not help.

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	Version 2.3.0.1

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.
↑ 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

↑ {{Refcheck|user=Clya9001|date=2022-01-25|comment=Game can be launched directly as long as Steam is running in the background. If the user does not own the game, the game will offer a 1 hour trial version.
↑ Verified by User:ThatOneReaper on October 19, 2016
↑ Bejeweled Patches - Steam Community: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1838074798
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/3590/discussions/0/846944689737729620/

[Proton_path_note-2] 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.

[gamedir-3] 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).

[1] {{Refcheck|user=Clya9001|date=2022-01-25|comment=Game can be launched directly as long as Steam is running in the background. If the user does not own the game, the game will offer a 1 hour trial version.

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

[5] Bejeweled Patches - Steam Community: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1838074798

[6] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/3590/discussions/0/846944689737729620/

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Developers

	PopCap Games
Engines
	PopCap Games Framework
Release dates
Windows	November 5, 2004
macOS (OS X)	November 15, 2004
Taxonomy
Genres	Tile matching
Series	Bejeweled