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The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink

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The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink
The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink cover
Developers
Wanderlust Interactive
Publishers
United States Simon & Schuster Interactive
Germany Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH
Netherlands Mindscape
Russia Noviy Disk
France Take-Two Interactive
Denmark Funsoft
Engines
OxCart Runtime[1]
Release dates
Windows 3.x October 1997
Windows October 1997[2]
Taxonomy
Controls Point and select
Series The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink on IGDB
The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink guide on StrategyWiki
The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink on MobyGames
The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink on Wikipedia
The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther's Passport to Peril 1996
The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink 1997
Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit 2002

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows 3.x
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wanderlust\The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\*.pk2
Save game data location can be changed during saving.

Save game cloud syncing

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Launcher display configuration.
Launcher display configuration.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Based on system settings.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Foreground Sound, Background Sound
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Details
Brazilian Portuguese
A Pantera Cor-de-Rosa em Abracadabra.[3]
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Issues fixed

Installer does not work

Setup executable is 16 bits and won't work on 64 bits OS.
Copy the game files from the CD[4]
  1. Go to the INSTALL folder on the installation CD.
  2. Copy the following files: BATCHMAN.EXE, CONNECT.HTM, HINTS.HTM, HPP.BRO, HPP.CNT, HPP.EXE, HPP.HLP, HPP.ICO, LEFTRITE.WAV, LOGO.GIF, LUST.HTM, MSS32.DLL, README.TXT, SONGS.SON and SUPPORT.HTM
  3. Paste them on your hard drive.
  4. Use the HPP.exe file to launch the game.
Files on the CD may be hidden.

Sound does not play

Enable the following compatibility settings for the HPP.exe file: Compatibility mode (Windows XP Service Pack 2 Compatibility mode (Windows XP Service Pack 2 And Compatibility mode (8 bits (256 colores))[5]

Stuck at 640x480 when closing game

Enable the following compatibility settings for the HPP.exe file: Run in 640x480 screen resolution

Sound crackles

Download mss32.dll version 6.1a from https://www.dll-files.com/mss32.dll.html and replace the one in the installed game folder with it.[6]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw
Executable16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using ScummVM.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System

System requirements

Windows 3.x
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) 486 66 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 color, 640x480 capable
Sound (audio device) 8-bit, 22 kHz Windows compatible
Windows NT 4.0 is not officially supported, though the game should run fine on that system.


References