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==Issues fixed==
 
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Peter Jackson's King Kong
Peter Jackson's King Kong cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montpellier
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Jade
Release dates
Windows November 17, 2005
Peter Jackson's King Kong on Wikipedia

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Long loading times in the Gamer's Edition.[citation needed]

General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
StarForce 3.0 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM-free
Gamer's Edition
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
The enhanced PC port, known as the "Gamer's Edition", featuring all the visual features from the Xbox 360 is exclusively available digitally.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Instructions

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Crashes after loading or using Alt+Tab

Instructions

Crashes on the Chased by V-Rex level

The game may crash after climbing the initial wall and following the river.
Instructions

Erratic frame rate, slow downs (Nvidia only)

Instructions

Error message on startup

"Error detected - No BigFile Specified as First .exe Argument"
Instructions

King Kong not properly installed

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Retail Edition
Windows[5]
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
Intel Pentium III
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 8.1 compatible
Gamer's Edition
Windows[5]
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 3.0 GHz
Intel Pentium IV 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1800
Nvidia GeForce 6800
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible, EAX 3.0

Notes

  1. This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

References