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Samurai Shodown V Special

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Samurai Shodown V Special
Samurai Shodown V Special cover
Developers
Yuki Enterprise
Windows DotEmu
Windows Code Mystics
macOS (OS X) DotEmu
Linux DotEmu
Publishers
SNK Corporation
Release dates
Windows December 8, 2015[1]
macOS (OS X) (emulator) December 8, 2015[1]
Linux (emulator) December 8, 2015[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade, Fighting
Art styles Anime, Pixel art
Themes Japan
Series Samurai Shodown
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Samurai Shodown V Special guide on StrategyWiki
Samurai Shodown V Special on MobyGames
Samurai Shodown V Special on Wikipedia
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Samurai Shodown V Special is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view arcade and fighting game in the Samurai Shodown series.

Released in Japan as Samurai Spirits Zero Special (サムライスピリッツ零SPECIAL).

Windows version was updated in 2019 adding all the features of the PS4 version of SSVS, even online play

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for SNK
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
2019 version for Windows by Code Mystics.[2] Legacy installers are available for OS X & Linux.
Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
2015 version by DotEmu. Includes web browser versions.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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2019 version by Code Mystics.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1076550/pfx/[Note 1]
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
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1076550/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings Version 2019.
Video settings Version 2019.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Added in 2019 version.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Added in 2019 version.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 60 FPS. Cap was added in the 2019 version to prevent the game from running too fast; the DotEmu version has no cap and runs too fast.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard controls Version 2019.
Keyboard controls Version 2019.

Audio

Audio settings.Version 2019
Audio settings.Version 2019

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
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2
LAN play
Online play
2

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
[3]
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/1076550/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1076550) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Humble NEOGEO 25th Anniversary Bundle - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-03-19
  2. Code Mystics Inc. on Twitter - last accessed on 2019-06-18
  3. Verified by User:Neurochild on 2020-09-28
    Verified via Task Manager on Windows 10 Home 64-bit