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Nerf ArenaBlast

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Nerf ArenaBlast
Nerf ArenaBlast cover
Developers
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
Art styles Realistic
Series Nerf
Nerf ArenaBlast on IGDB
Nerf ArenaBlast on MobyGames
Nerf ArenaBlast on Wikipedia
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Nerf ArenaBlast is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Nerf series.

General information

Nerf ArenaBlast Community Network
Oldunreal Forums NAB Board

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
A demo is available.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.2 updates the game to the latest version.

NAB Community Pack

The NAB Community Pack redirects to a community-run master server, fixes bugs, adds quality-of-life improvements and includes many new maps and mods.

Skip intro videos

Run game with <path-to-game>\System\Nerf.exe[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
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
Windows <path-to-game>\User.ini[Note 1]

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
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.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Set MaxAnisotropy in Options > General, Advanced.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Set in Options > General, Advanced.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Physics speed up with higher FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Set in Controls section in the menu.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Separate GUI and camera sensitivity speeds.
Mouse sensitivity is affected by the field of view.
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
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
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
English
French
German
Italian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
32
Online play
32 The official GameSpy multiplayer service has been shut down; use the NAB Community Pack to redirect to a community-run master server.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 4444, 4445
This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
OpenGL
Glide
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Galaxy Audio
Cutscenes Bink Video 3.0.0.0
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 200 MMX
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 120 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.1 compatible
Other 4x CD-ROM drive


Notes

  1. 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).

References

  1. ReadMe.htm - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Nerf Arena Blast w/ EAX & 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio) - last accessed on 9 June 2023