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Catherine Classic

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Catherine Classic
Catherine Classic cover
Developers
Atlus
P-Studio
Windows The Eccentric Ape
Publishers
Sega
Engines
Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows January 10, 2019
Reception
Metacritic 80
OpenCritic 78
IGDB 80
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform, Puzzle
Art styles Anime
Themes Contemporary, Horror
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Catherine Classic is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view platform and puzzle game.

Catherine, developed by P-Studio with Atlus serving as publisher, was first released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on February 17, 2011.
The game was later ported to PC by The Eccentric Ape and released via Steam on January 10, 2019 under the Catherine Classic title. The PC port was published by Sega.

Because the PC port is based on the original PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game, it does not feature any additional content from the subsequent updated re-release Catherine: Full Body which was developed by Atlus' other studio Studio Zero.

The port suffers from slightly lower quality FMVs and Audio due to the compression [1]. See High Quality BGM Mod to improve the audio quality of the music.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes a sampler of the game's soundtrack, wallpapers, and avatars, which can be found in <path-to-game>\Extras.

Game data

In-game game settings.
In-game game settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\TheEccentricApe\Catherine\AppSettings.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/893180/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\TheEccentricApe\Catherine\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/893180/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Ultra-widescreen resolutions are pillarboxed. See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
On/off toggle.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
A few animations are rendered at 30 FPS. Some camera movement is interpolated from 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Ultra-widescreen

Ultra-widescreen hack[2]
  1. Open the .exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  2. Replace 39 8E E3 3F with one of the following:
    • 26 B4 17 40 for 2560x1080
    • 8E E3 18 40 for 3440x1440
    • 9A 99 19 40 for 3840x1600
  3. Save the changes.

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
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Steam Input must be enabled for the game.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Steam Input must be enabled for the game.
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wireless (Bluetooth), Wired, Wireless (DualShock 4 USB Wireless Adapter),

V2 tested.
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Sound FX, Music, Dialogue, Cinematic, Environment.
Surround sound
5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
To disable mute on focus, add AUDIOFOCUS=1 in the config file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation – download.
Russian
1) Fan translation by «Alliance и DjGiza».
2) Fan voice-over by «Ray-Out»
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op, Versus
Take on the tower’s challenges for high scores, single player or local co-op, in Babel. Face other players in local multiplayer to determine who is the better climber in Colosseum.
LAN play
Online play


Issues fixed

Crash to desktop

Disable performance OSDs such as RTSS[3]
On RTSS Add Application Profile and turn on Custom Direct3D Support

"VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing from your computer"

Run VisualCppRedist AIO[4]


Game crashes on startup / doesn't launch

Set Windows to automatically limit the game to one CPU core (Windows 10 and 11)
  1. Download the Windows ADK.
  2. During installation, it gives the option to select multiple tools; the only one needed is Compatibility Administrator.
  3. Once installed, open the Start Menu folder named Windows Kits, and launch Compatiblity Administrator (32-bit).
  4. Select the new database under custom databases.
  5. Click the database menu > Create New > Application Fix.
  6. Provide the full path of Catherine.exe and give it a name of choosing.
  7. Skip past the compatibility mode options.
  8. In compatibility fixes select ProcessorCountLieForHybridCPU.
  9. Save the database from the Database menu and give it a name when prompted.
  10. Select File > Install. Now the fix will automatically be applied whenever the game is launched.

Notes

You can set the game to a specific core count by clicking parameters when you are selecting the ProcessorCountLieForHybridCPU fix. Put the core count limit you want into the command line field parameter and then click ok.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

High Quality BGM Mod

This mod replaces the lower quality 22KHz music with higher quality ones taken from the console releases.
Created by BestestHD/bladercut
Instructions
  1. Download the mod from here
  2. Extract and copy bgm.csb and bgm.cpk to <path-to-game\data\sound> and replace files when prompted.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 2.9 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8 Series
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Intel HD Graphics 2000
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  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>/893180/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (893180) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References