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Hidden & Dangerous
Hidden & Dangerous	1999
Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe	2003
Hidden & Dangerous 2	2003

Hidden & Dangerous is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person shooter game in the Hidden & Dangerous series.

General information

Hidden and Dangerous fan site (mods, tutorials, forums, etc.)

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}
GamersGate		Includes the expansion. Bundled with Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe.
		Includes the expansion. Bundled with Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe.
GOG.com		Includes the expansion. Bundled with Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe.
Steam		Includes the expansion. Bundled with Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Fight for Freedom	Released as Devil's Bridge in US

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/703310/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/703310/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Max 1920x1080
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA and SGSSAA via Nvidia Profile Inspector
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Vsync and triple buffering are available
60 FPS		Limit to 60fps
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		No cursor in some menus, but mouse still works
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only - CD Expert.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		4
Online play		4	The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	160 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (703310) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (703310) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (703310) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

[2]

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-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|TalonSoft}}
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-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
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-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
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+{{ii}} A free demo version is available from [https://archive.org/details/HiddenDangerousDemo Archive.org].
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+{{DLC/row| Fight for Freedom | Released as '''Devil's Bridge''' in US | Windows }}
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 |antialiasing               = hackable
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+|upscaling                  = unknown
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 |60 fps                     = true
-|60 fps notes               =
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 |120 fps notes              =
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 |mouse sensitivity notes   =
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+|mouse menu notes          = No cursor in some menus, but mouse still works
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 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
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 |mute on focus lost notes =
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+|royalty free audio notes  =
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 |lan play modes       =
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-|online play          = true
+|online play          = false
 |online play players  = 4
 |online play modes    =
-|online play notes    =
+|online play notes    = The official multiplayer service has been shut down.
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
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 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
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Developers

	Illusion Softworks
Publishers
Retail	TalonSoft
Digital	2K Games
Engines
	Insanity 3D
Release dates
Windows	July 27, 1999
Reception
Metacritic	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter
Themes	World War II
Series	Hidden & Dangerous