Kingpin: Life of Crime

This page is for the original release. For the HD Remaster, see Kingpin: Reloaded.

Kingpin
Kingpin: Life of Crime	1999
Kingpin: Reloaded	2023

Warnings

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

Kingpin: Life of Crime is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Kingpin series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Kingpin.info - demo, mods, patches, etc.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Use MH's Kingpin Patch to remove disc check.
GOG.com
Steam		No background music during gameplay. Not available in Germany.

The Linux installer can be found here. Requires the CD of the game in order to install it.

A free demo can be downloaded from ModDB or Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 1.21 is available at kingpin.info and at soggi.org. It is not needed for digital releases.

MH's Kingpin Patch

Fixes various bugs and adds support for custom resolutions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\main\config.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38430/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\main\save\^{[Note 1]}
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38430/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
4K Ultra HD		Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	Can also be toggled with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Labeled "sync every frame".
60 FPS	Frame rate is capped at 83 FPS.
120+ FPS	Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Custom FOV^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\main\` Open `config.cfg` with a text editor. Change `fov "90"` to the desired FOV. Use Kingpin Patch Config to show gun with any FOV.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Use MH's Kingpin Patch to add support for Mouse4 and Mouse5.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse acceleration is forced on. Use MarkC mouse accel fix.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Sticks and triggers can't be remapped.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Stereo output only.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Licensed music from Cypress Hill
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Menus were left untouched for clients compatibility in multiplayer.
Russian				Unofficial localization by «Fargus Multimedia». Attached as bonus to GOG version.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16	GameSpy services have been shut down;^[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Issues fixed

Game always starts in a window

Force fullscreen^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\main\` Open `autoexec.cfg` with a text editor. Add the line `set vid_fullscreen 1`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

Enable developer console

Enable console^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\main` Open `autoexec.cfg` with a text editor. Add the line `developer 1`.

Mods

Rags 2 Riches

Perfetly rebalances the gameplay

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, NT
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	570 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL-based video card

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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/38430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (38430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[gamedir-1] 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/38430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (38430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

Developers

	Xatrix Entertainment
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
Re-release	Sold Out Software
Engines
	id Tech 2
Release dates
Windows	July 2, 1999
Linux	July 1999
Reception
Metacritic	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Interwar
Series	Kingpin