Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
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| Developers | |
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| Bizarre Creations | |
| Publishers | |
| Microsoft Game Studios | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 7, 2007 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 76 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Arcade, Shooter |
| Art styles | Abstract |
| Series | Geometry Wars |
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| Geometry Wars | |
|---|---|
| Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved | 2007 |
| Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved | 2014 |
Key points
- Missing retro game style, achievements, and leaderboards are only local, no online leaderboards like on the Xbox 360.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Bizarre Creations\Geometry Wars Retro Evolved\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8400/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Bizarre Creations\Geometry Wars Retro Evolved\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8400/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | On/off toggle. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| 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 |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No speech | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Issues fixed
Crash on resolution change
| Change via Windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Geometry Wars may sometimes crash when switching from one fullscreen mode to another.
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
| Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Shader Model 2.0 support 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 256 MB of VRAM |
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>/8400/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (8400) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.