McPixel 3
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| Developers | |
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| Sos Sosowski | |
| Publishers | |
| Devolver Digital | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | November 14, 2022 |
| Windows | November 14, 2022 |
| macOS (OS X) | November 14, 2022 |
| Linux | November 14, 2022 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Comedy |
| Series | McPixel |
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| McPixel | |
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| McPixel | 2012 |
| McPixel 3 | 2022 |
McPixel 3 is a singleplayer adventure game in the McPixel series.
General information
- Developer Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| itch.io | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |
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| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | |
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\McPixel3\progress.json <path-to-game>\progress.json (itch.io Windows 95 and Windows NT versions)[Note 1] |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | |
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\McPixel3\settings.json <path-to-game>\settings.json (itch.io Windows 95 and Windows NT versions)[Note 1] |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | turn off cinema mode to get widescreen 16:9 to 22:9. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | The game's resolution is locked to 22:9. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| 60 FPS | The settings have a toggle between 60 and 30 fps. | ||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | Although the itch.io Windows 95 and Windows NT versions include multiple .exe files with different color palettes, they have not been known to be designed with color blindness in mind. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse, touch | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Touchscreen optimised | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
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| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Generic/other controllers | DirectInput | |
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| Button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
| Steam Input | ||
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| Steam Input API support | ||
| Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
| Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | The game only has left and right audio channels that are natively output to the corresponding 5.1 speakers. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Norwegian | Fan translation by Dandelion Sprout. | |||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Issues fixed
| (Windows 95 / Windows NT) Incorrect color palette with lots of yellow and dark blue |
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Issues unresolved
| (DOS) "Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV" at launch |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | Applies to the standard Windows version. |
| DirectDraw | Applies to the itch.io Windows 95 version. | |
| Software renderer | For the itch.io Windows NT version. | |
| DOS video modes |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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| Windows | The standard Windows version on itch.io comes with both 64-bit and 32-bit executables. | |||
| macOS (OS X) | The SteamDB page has "osextended: macos64, macosapplesilicon" | |||
| Linux | According to the itch.io downloads section. |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | OGG Vorbis |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon XP 2600+ |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 16-bit color DirectX 9.0c compatible | DirectX 10 compatible |
| Sound (audio device) | AC'97 compatible stereo | HD audio compatible stereo |
- Windows 95 and Pentium III support is according to the itch.io downloads section.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.9 | 10.15 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz | Intel Core i5 1.8 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Intel GMA X3100 | Intel HD Graphics |
| Sound (audio device) | Stereo | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 10 | Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 11 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium D AMD Athlon 64 |
Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon X2 |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics | Dedicated |
| Sound (audio device) | ALSA compatible stereo | |
| Other | libsdl2 | |
| DOS | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Sound (audio device) | Sound card driver | |
| Controller | Mouse driver | |
| Other | W:CWSDPMI.EXE, and a long-filename driver. | |
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).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Dandelion Sprout on 4 May 2023
- ↑ Sos Sosowski - Twitter - last accessed on 4 May 2023