Super Meat Boy

Super Meat Boy

Developers   Team Meat OS X Ryan C. Gordon Linux Ryan C. Gordon

Release dates Windows November 30, 2010 OS X November 18, 2011 Linux December 13, 2011

Key points

Using a controller is recommended.

General information

Official website

Unofficial wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Retail
GamersGate
Humble Store
Steam

Game data

Configuration file and save game data location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\UserData\
OS X
Linux	~/.local/share/SuperMeatBoy/

This game supports the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

In-game options menu.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Force in the graphics card control panel.
High frame rate		Physics problems if frame rate is above or below 60. Use 60 Hz.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		Edit buttonmap.cfg in the install path.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Edit buttonmap.cfg in the install path.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX and Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Russian

Issues fixed

Crash on launch

Add parameters See Command line arguments. Add -windowed -lowdetail -1280x720 parameters (modify as needed).

Enable compatibility options Go to the installation folder. Right click on SuperMeatBoy.exe and choose Properties. In the Compatibility tab check Run this program in compatibility mode for: and choose Windows XP (Service Pack 3) from the list. Check Run this program as an administrator and click OK.

Other information

Command line arguments

Instructions Right-click the game in the Steam client and choose Properties. Click Set Launch Options and add any parameter(s) listed below. Click OK to save the changes.

Parameter	Definition
-fullscreen	Runs the game in full screen mode.
-windowed	Runs the game in windowed mode.
-ultralowdetail	Runs the game at the lowest detail, parallax is taken out, particle effects are ignored, animals are missing, set pieces are gone, lighting is ignored, images are lowest possible resolution (made for integrated graphics though not officially supported).
-lowdetail	Runs the game with lowest resolution images, lighting is ignored, particle effects are ignored (use this if you are having lag on CHAD, Dr. Fetus, or levels where you die from moving platforms).
-meddetail	Runs the game with medium resolution images (mid-range setting, run this if you are having slight lag).
-highdetail	Runs the game with highest resolution images.
-640x480	Runs the game at 640x480 resolution.
-800x600	Runs the game at 800x600 resolution.
-1024x768	Runs the game at 1024x768 resolution.
-1280x720	Runs the game at 1280x720 resolution.
-1920x1080	Runs the game at 1920x1080 resolution.

You can use multiple parameters by separating them with a space (for example: -fullscreen -highdetail -1920x1080).

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz	1.4 GHz or faster
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	Shader model 2.0 support

OS X
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7.4
Processor (CPU)	Intel	Intel
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB

Only compatible up to 10.9

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz or faster	1.4 GHz or faster
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	300 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB