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Revision as of 21:41, 4 January 2022
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| Developers | |
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| Wadjet Eye Games | |
| macOS (OS X) | Edward Rudd |
| Linux | Edward Rudd |
| Engines | |
| Adventure Game Studio | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 24, 2011 |
| macOS (OS X) | April 23, 2013 |
| Linux | December 17, 2013 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 82 |
| IGDB | 65 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Relaxed |
| Perspectives | Flip screen, Side view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
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Key points
- A fix for Windows 7 laptops made old saves incompatible (see Replacement save games).[1]
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Developer website | |
Humble widget. | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming |  |
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| Mac App Store | |
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| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Gemini Rue\acsetup.cfg |
| macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/acsetup.cfg |
| Linux | <path-to-game>/acsetup.cfg |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Gemini Rue\ |
| macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Gemini Rue/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Gemini Rue/ |
| Steam | <path-to-game>/Saves/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics options accessed through
winsetup.exe.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Set in launcher (winsetup.exe). 320x200 (16:10) anamorphic, stretched or pixel-perfect. Scaling algorithm is either nearest-neighbor or bilinear. |
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| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | Since April 2017 update 4K resolution can be set, but will have black borders (Stretch, preserving aspect ratio setting), or be stretched (Fill whole screen setting).[2] | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Set in launcher (winsetup.exe). |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Works using ShiftWindow. 16:10 resolutions only (others are stretched). | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Setting affects output resolution. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is locked to 40 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
Key rebinding.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Set in launcher (winsetup.exe). |
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| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
In-game settings menu.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, Sound and Voice | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Always enabled. Voice acting can be disabled. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| German | Selected in configuration tool. | |||
| Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Issues fixed
Stuttering mouse
- All Adventure Game Studios games have stuttering mouse problems when Logitech SetPoint is enabled. Exit SetPoint while the game is running, or disable/uninstall it altogether.
Replacement save games
The developer has released a number of save games (to help those whose save games were made incompatible with an update). These are listed in a post by Wadjet Eye Games on the Steam forums. Unzip the save game files in one of the above folders.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 | |
| DirectDraw | 5 | Labeled Software renderer in external settings utility. |
| OpenGL |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium or higher | |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 5.0 compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM | |
References
- ↑ Tech Gemini Rue and Windows 7 64Bit
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-01-04