Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Developers
	Sonic Team
Publishers
	Sega
Release dates
Windows	March 31, 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Platform
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action-platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. The game uses a revised version of the Sonic Adventure 2 engine.

Initially released for the GameCube in September 2003, Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg received a PC port that released in European territories on March 31, 2006. The port was later released digitally via GamersGate on March 26, 2009, and was available until March 2, 2016.

The PC version of Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg suffers from poor optimization, improper sound mixing, severe screen tearing, and poor controller support.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM. Certain re-releases are DRM-free.
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Amazon.com (unavailable)		Sega Arcade Collection.
GamersGate (unavailable)		SecuROM PA DRM.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Launcher general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\SEGA\Billy Hatcher\gegg.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\SEGA\Billy Hatcher\gegg.bin

Video

Launcher graphics/sound settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		To switch between fullscreen and windowed mode in-game by pressing Alt+Enter, see Debug menu.
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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen patch (vert-)

Replaces the preset 1600x1200 resolution with the user choice of 1920x1080, 2560x1440 or 3840x2160. Create backup copies of <path-to-game>\DEFAULT.INI and <path-to-game>\hglNj.dll. Download this patch. Extract the .7z archive of the patch. The patch consists of three folders, each containing files pertaining to a certain resolution. Place all files for the desired resolution in <path-to-game>. When prompted, overwrite <path-to-game>\DEFAULT.INI and <path-to-game>\hglNj.dll. Make sure the 1600x1200 resolution is selected before running the game. Notes Results in severe graphical glitches in multiplayer.

Input

Launcher keyconfig settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Mouse buttons can not be remapped. To use the mouse to control the camera, see Debug menu.
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		Use Xidi.
Xbox button prompts		Button prompts are directly ported from the GameCube version of the game.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		DirectInput controllers are supported.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Must choose between controller or keyboard in the launcher.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Audio options are limited to High, Middle and Low.
Surround sound		May require DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles		All dialogue is displayed in text form.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Launcher language settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Versus
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Criware
Cutscenes	Criware

Debug menu

Enable the debug menu
Go to %APPDATA%\SEGA\Billy Hatcher and open gegg.ini. Under ;details, change SECRET=0 to SECRET=1. Run the game and press Esc to open the debug menu. Notes The debug menu allows the resolution, frame rate, and mouse input settings to be adjusted while the game is running.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000 SP4, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	640x480 resolution and 16-bit color support 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	640x480 resolution and 24-bit/32-bit color support 64 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectSound3D compatible
Other	12x CD-ROM drive

In-game movies require a CPU with SSE support.