Nerf ArenaBlast
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Developers | |
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Visionary Media | |
Publishers | |
Hasbro Interactive | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 1 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Series | Nerf |
Nerf | |
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Nerf ArenaBlast | 1999 |
Nerf Legends | 2021 |
Warnings
Key points
- The game is still supported and maintained by the dedicated Nerf ArenaBlast modding community.
- Runs better on Windows 7 and later with the NAB Community Pack.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
- A demo is available.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.2 updates the game to the latest version.
Skip intro videos
Run game with Nerf.exe[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Nerf.ini[Note 1] <path-to-game>\User.ini[Note 1] |
-
Nerf.ini
contains engine settings. -
User.ini
contains most user settings.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\User.ini[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Supports limited amount of 16:9 and 16:10 resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Interface and HUD scales poorly. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Windowed | Set in Options > General or toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Set MaxAnistropy in Options > General, Advanced . |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Set in Options > General, Advanced . |
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60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Game engine physics glitch causes speedup with higher FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Set in Controls section in the menu. |
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Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Separate GUI and camera sensitivity speeds. Mouse sensitivity is affected by the field of view. |
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Mouse input in menus | Cannot scroll lists with a scroll wheel. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Touchscreen optimised | Touch causes horizontal spinning. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | Enabling controller support may decrease performance. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound, Music. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 1.0.[2] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 4444, 4445 |
- This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 | |
OpenGL | ||
Glide | ||
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Galaxy Audio | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | 95, 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MMX | Intel Pentium 233 MMX or better |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 120 MB | 275 MB |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible | |
Other | 4x CD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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).