Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut

Shantae
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut	2014
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse	2015
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero	2016
Shantae and the Seven Sirens	2020
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution	2024

Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut is a singleplayer scrolling and side view metroidvania and platform game in the Shantae series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store
Steam

Soundtrack is available for free at composer's Bandcamp, you can also pay what you want.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Wayforward\riskysrevenge\wfEngine.ini
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/277890/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Wayforward\riskysrevenge\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\277890\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/277890/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		This app does not have Steam Auto-Cloud configured. ^[2]

Video

General settings.

Base resolution is 256x192 where game scales using nearest neighbour. Modes are original which scales game with 1:1 ratio, full which uses whole width/height of resolution while maintaining aspect ratio and stretch which stretches the game to fill up whole selected resolution.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Menus are in 16:9 aspect ratio, game itself is always 4:3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` or use the `-w` parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen acts like windowed borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Use the `-v` parameter to enable.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Set a custom resolution^{[citation needed]}
Use the command line arguments `-width 1024 -height 768` where 1024 and 768 are your resolution width and height respectively.

Input

Controller uses Nintendo layout where secondary button (DualShock O, Xbox B) is used as an confirmation while primary button (DualShock X, Xbox A) as cancel. See Controller remapping.

Key rebinding.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse not used in game.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput (XInput prioritized). Possibly RawInput used.^{[citation needed]}
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See Controller remapping. DualShock 4 tested working without need for rebinding.^[3]
Controller sensitivity		Digital movement
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	, Wired

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller remapping

Menu controls are not adapted properly for the Xbox 360 Controller, with the A and B buttons being swapped. Keys for menu are separate binding, but for some reason game refuses to bind one button to more than one action, making swapping A and B buttons impossible in game menu. Manual remapping is required to fix.

Change values with hex editor^[4]

Go to the save game data location.
Open the save*.sav file(s) with a hex editor such as HxD.
Go to offset 560 and change 06 to 05. This assigns B to Cancel.
Go to offset 570 and change 05 to 06. This assigns A to Confirm/Talk.
Save and close the file.

For remapping the rest of the functions, expand the content below

Hex values and buttons they represent:

00 = UP
01 = RIGHT
02 = DOWN
03 = LEFT
04 = Y
05 = B
06 = A
07 = X
08 = LB
09 = LT
0A = LS
0B = RB
0C = RT
0D = RS
0E = START
0F = BACK

Offset in hex editor = default hex value = function:

55C = 07 = ATTACK
560 = 06 = CANCEL
564 = 04 = DANCE
568 = 08 = BACKDASH
56C = 02 = DOWN
570 = 05 = CONFIRM / TALK
574 = OE = INVENTORY
578 = 06 = JUMP
57C = 03 = LEFT
580 = 0B = ITEM
584 = 01 = RIGHT
588 = 0F = PAUSE / SKIP
58C = 00 = UP

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate Music and FX sliders
Surround sound
Subtitles		No spoken audio.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Translation ported from the console version
German				Translation ported from the console version
Italian				Translation ported from the console version and corrected by Banz99
Korean				Fan translation by Solaris
Brazilian Portuguese				Translation.
Russian				Fan translation by «Энтузиасты Team и ZoG Forum Team»
Spanish				Translation ported from the console version and corrected by Gross-Standards

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon 64 X2
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 200 series ATI Radeon HD 5000 series 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/277890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (277890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ News - Now Available on Steam - Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ Last checked on 27th of November 2023 on steamdb by Adurin
↑ Tested by Marioysikax
↑ Gamepad Accept \ Back fix and proper gamepad rebind fix :: Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut General Discussions

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/277890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (277890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] News - Now Available on Steam - Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[3] Last checked on 27th of November 2023 on steamdb by Adurin

[4] Tested by Marioysikax

[5] Gamepad Accept \ Back fix and proper gamepad rebind fix :: Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut General Discussions

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Developers

	WayForward Technologies
Engines
	WF Engine
Release dates
Windows	July 15, 2014^[1]
Reception
OpenCritic	75
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Metroidvania, Platform
Art styles	Anime, Pixel art
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Shantae