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# Download [https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/releases DxWrapper].
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===Miscellaneous===
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The game only requires a CD check to run.
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Create a batch file to automatically mount a CD image, run the game and unmount the image after the game closes.
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This example uses WinCDEmu portable [https://github.com/sysprogs/WinCDEmu].
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Create a new text file and insert the following text (MIB.cue is your image file name, change accordingly). Don't forget to save as .bat to be able to run it.
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PortableWinCDEmu-4.0.exe MIB.cue
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==System requirements==
 
==System requirements==

Latest revision as of 19:34, 10 May 2024

Men in Black: The Game
Men in Black: The Game cover
Developers
Gigawatt Studios
Publishers
SouthPeak Interactive
Release dates
Windows November 1997
Men in Black: The Game on HowLongToBeat
Men in Black: The Game on MobyGames
Men in Black: The Game on Wikipedia

Key Points

Poor compatibility on modern systems.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>/Saves/[Note 1]

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
640x480 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

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
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Corrupted graphics on modern OS

Use DxWrapper
  1. Download DxWrapper.
  2. Copy dxwrapper.ini, dxwrapper.dll, dxwrapper.asi and Stub\ddraw.dll from archive to <path-to-game>\.
  3. Open the <path-to-game>\dxwrapper.ini in the text editor.
  4. Under [Compatibility] set DDrawCompat to 1

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio DirectSound

Miscellaneous

The game only requires a CD check to run. Create a batch file to automatically mount a CD image, run the game and unmount the image after the game closes. This example uses WinCDEmu portable [1].

Bat example

Create a new text file and insert the following text (MIB.cue is your image file name, change accordingly). Don't forget to save as .bat to be able to run it. 

PortableWinCDEmu-4.0.exe MIB.cue
timeout 2
MIB.exe
PortableWinCDEmu-4.0.exe /unmountall


System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 100 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References