Warnings
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Availability
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Retail
StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1].
Retail
https://archive.org/details/pac-man-world-2-usa-pc-no-install-drm-free
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Bink
- Rename, move or delete these files:
intro.bik
logo.bik
nvidia.bik
- If using Jackfuste's widescreen exe, leave at least one of these files untouched, otherwise the game will display a black screen at the title screen and subsequent menus.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game brightness setting.
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound FX and Music, from 0 to 100, increments of 1. |
Surround sound |
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Up to 7.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software. |
Subtitles |
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Dialog is exclusively text based. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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Localizations
Configuration tool, language selection.
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Spoken dialog is only heard in cutscenes. |
French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Spanish |
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Russian |
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Cutscenes are subtitled in Russian. Local retail release only. |
Issues unresolved
Random input drops
- In the PC version, it's possible for the game to randomly stop reading button inputs for a brief period of time. One way to notice this is if the game starts having noticeable frame-pacing issues leading to stuttering frames. It is unknown why this occurs randomly, and there is currently no workaround.
Minor graphical bugs
- The PC version of Pac-Man World 2 has a few graphical bugs/issues not present in the console versions. Many, but not all of them, can be fixed by using dgVoodoo 2. In addition, the PC version's texture filtering is flawed, which causes some filtered textures to have black seams around them. This can be somewhat remedied by setting texture filtering in dgVoodoo 2 to Force point sampled, making the game look closer to the console versions, but also disables texture filtering entirely.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Mods
- The PC version uses low quality conversions of the game's soundtrack, as well as some jingles and DSP effects being absent in the PC version's sound effects.
- This mod ports over the higher quality soundtrack and sound effects from the console versions, greatly improving the audio quality.
Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98 |
2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
500 MHz
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System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
900 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 2
| Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9000 |
Notes
References