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Revision as of 21:49, 28 September 2018

Battlestations: Midway
Battlestations: Midway cover
Developers
Eidos Hungary
macOS (OS X) Robosoft Technologies
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
OS X Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows January 30, 2007
macOS (OS X) July 28, 2008
Battlestations: Midway guide on StrategyWiki
Battlestations: Midway on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Battlestations
Battlestations: Midway 2007
Battlestations: Pacific 2009

Key points

Online multiplayer stopped working on May 31, 2014 due to GameSpy services being shut down.

General information

Official game page (OS X)
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7 DRM.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Developer website
CD key
Requires online activation
Can only be used x times
Five machines limit.
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6870/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlestations-Midway\save
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6870/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video settings

External options menu.
External options menu.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.
A collection of pre-set control layouts for specific gamepads are available.
A collection of pre-set control layouts for specific gamepads are available.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

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

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8 Versus
Online play
8 Versus
GameSpy services have been shut down. Use GameRanger to play online.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 1042, 2302, 6500
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2 OS X only.
Shader Model support 1.1, 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP 32/64-bit
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce4 series
ATI Radeon 9000
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 1.1 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8
Processor (CPU) Intel 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4.3 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM

Notes

  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. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References