Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive cover
Developers
Spellbound
Publishers
Infogrames
Nordic Games
Engines
Trinigy Vision Engine
Release dates
Windows July 23, 2001
OS X March 4, 2015[1]
 
 
 
Desperados
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive 2001
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge 2006

Key points

Has been fixed to run on Windows 7.
Has problems with Windows 8.[citation needed]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
 
 Doesn't include patches to run on Windows 7.
 
Amazon.com
 
 
GamersGate GamersGate Downloader (listed as "DRM-free" on store page)
 
Gamesplanet
 
 
GOG.com
 
 
Green Man Gaming
 
 Multilanguage version.
 
Mac App Store
 
 
Steam
 
 Multilanguage version.
 

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The v1.01 Patch updates the game to the latest version. The GOG.com version already includes this patch.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.
Video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
 See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Input settings.
Input settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.
Audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Issues unresolved[edit]

Flickering graphics[edit]

The game doesn't support newer graphic cards, which leads to constant flickering.

Only known solution is to enable on-board graphics.
Running the game with Windows XP SP3 compatibility could help[2]

Issues fixed[edit]

Strange mouse movement[edit]

Change settings in controller panel[citation needed]
  1. Navigate to Computer -> Control Panel -> Mouse Properties -> Pointer Options
  2. Deactivate "Enhance pointer precision".

Notes

Does not work with Windows 8.1.[citation needed]

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) 233 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7.1 compatible

References

  1. ↑ RuneSoft :: Desperados raiding the Appstore
  2. ↑ Deperados crashes on win 7 - Neoseeker forums