Robot Arena
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| Developers | |
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| Gabriel Interactive | |
| Publishers | |
| Infogrames | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 2001 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Series | Robot Arena |
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| Robot Arena | |
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| Robot Arena | 2001 |
| Robot Arena 2: Design and Destroy | 2003 |
| Robot Arena III | 2016 |
General information
- Gametechmods.com - A fansite for the series
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Simple disc check. | |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.0.0.3
- Patch 1.0.0.4 - Requires Patch 1.0.0.3 to be installed prior.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Robot Arena.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1] |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Menus are 640x480 only. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped at 30 FPS while fullscreen. Game must be run in Windowed mode to unlock framerate.[citation needed] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Press F1 while in-game to show the controls. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No speech. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | 2 | Hot seat |
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| LAN play | 2 | |||
| Online play | 2 | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Low FPS
| Run the game in Windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7 | |
| Software renderer |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz | Intel Pentium II 450 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 100 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible | 8 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).