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{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
 
|cover        = Metal Mutant cover.jpg
 
|cover        = Metal Mutant cover.jpg
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|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|June 30, 1991}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|June 30, 1991}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|April 26, 2010}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|April 26, 2010|wrapper=DOSBox}}
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|taxonomy    =
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-Time Game Purchase }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Side View }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct Control }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Sci-Fi}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
 
|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid  =  
|gogcom page  =  
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|gogcom id    =  
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|mobygames    = 607
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|wikipedia    = Metal Mutant
 
|wikipedia    = Metal Mutant
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
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|hltb        = 67252
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|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | physical | Prompts for answers from the manual. | | DOS }}
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | physical | Prompts for answers from the manual. | | DOS }}
{{Availability/row| publisher | http://store.dotemu.com/en/download-game/107/metal-mutant | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]]. | | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| publisher | http://store.dotemu.com/en/download-game/107/metal-mutant | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]]. | | Windows | Unavailable}}
{{Availability/row| GMG | silmarils-collection | Playfire | Silmarils Collection - bundled with other games by [[Company:Silmarils|Silmarils]]. | | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| GMG | silmarils-collection | Playfire | Silmarils Collection - bundled with other games by [[Company:Silmarils|Silmarils]]. | | Windows | Unavailable}}
 
}}
 
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{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data/saves|DOS|{{p|game}}\SOS.FIC}}
 
{{Game data/saves|DOS|{{p|game}}\SOS.FIC}}
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\SOS.FIC}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Video settings==
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==Video==
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
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|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
|windowed                  = true
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|windowed                  = false
|windowed notes            = Toggle with {{key|Alt|Enter}} (when using [[DOSBox]]).
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|windowed notes            =  
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
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}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
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|dualshock prompts        = unknown
 
|dualshock prompts        = unknown
 
|dualshock prompts notes  =  
 
|dualshock prompts notes  =  
|light bar support        = unknown
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|light bar support        = false
 
|light bar support notes  =  
 
|light bar support notes  =  
 
|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
 
|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
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|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
 
|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
 
|tracked motion prompts notes =  
 
|tracked motion prompts notes =  
|other controllers        = unknown
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|other controllers        = true
 
|other controllers notes  =  
 
|other controllers notes  =  
|other button prompts      = unknown
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|other button prompts      = false
 
|other button prompts notes=  
 
|other button prompts notes=  
|button prompts            = false
 
|button prompts notes      =
 
 
|controller hotplug        = false
 
|controller hotplug        = false
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
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|simultaneous input        = unknown
 
|simultaneous input        = unknown
 
|simultaneous input notes  =  
 
|simultaneous input notes  =  
|light bar support        = false
 
|light bar support notes  =
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
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|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
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|red book cd audio        =
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
  |interface = yes
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  |interface = true
  |audio    =  
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  |audio    = unknown
  |subtitles =  
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  |subtitles = unknown
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = French
 
  |language  = French
  |interface = yes
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  |interface = true
  |audio    =  
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  |audio    = unknown
  |subtitles =  
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  |subtitles = unknown
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|64-bit executable     = false
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|windows 32-bit exe    = unknown
|64-bit executable notes=  
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|windows 64-bit exe    = unknown
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|windows arm app        = unknown
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|windows exe notes      =
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|macos intel 32-bit app =
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|macos intel 64-bit app =
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|linux 32-bit executable=  
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|linux 64-bit executable=
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|linux executable notes =  
 
}}
 
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Latest revision as of 12:56, 2 May 2024

Metal Mutant
Metal Mutant cover
Developers
Silmarils
Publishers
DOS Silmarils
Windows DotEmu
Release dates
DOS June 30, 1991
Windows (DOSBox) April 26, 2010
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Action
Themes Sci-fi
Metal Mutant on HowLongToBeat
Metal Mutant on MobyGames
Metal Mutant on Wikipedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Prompts for answers from the manual.
DOS
Publisher website (unavailable)
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) Playfire Client Silmarils Collection - bundled with other games by Silmarils.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SOS.FIC
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.2
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 MB


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References