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Revision as of 00:49, 23 April 2018

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Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy cover
Developers
Team Meat
Publishers
Team Meat
Release dates
Windows November 30, 2010
macOS (OS X) November 18, 2011
Linux December 13, 2011
Super Meat Boy guide on StrategyWiki
Super Meat Boy 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.
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General information

Official website
Unofficial wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Access the Super Meat World beta branch

Solves various bugs (such as issues with frame rates above 60 FPS), as well as adds the use of the 2015 soundtrack.
Unlock the beta branch[1][2]
  1. Launch Steam.
  2. Select the game, Right-click on it and select Properties.
  3. Open the Betas tab, enter smw1234567890 and click on Check Code.
  4. The smwbeta - SMW/Soundtrack branch should now be available. Select it to download the branch.
  5. Play the game after the download have finished.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\UserData\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Super Meat Boy
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/SuperMeatBoy/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\UserData\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Super Meat Boy
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/SuperMeatBoy/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

300px
In-game options menu.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian

Issues fixed

Crash on launch

Add parameters[citation needed]
  1. See Command line arguments.
  2. Add -windowed -lowdetail -1280x720 parameters (modify as needed).
Enable compatibility options[citation needed]
  1. Open SuperMeatBoy.exe compatibility settings.
  2. Enable "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)" compatibility and "Run this program as an administrator".

Crash on launch (Humble Bundle DRM-free version)

Exit Steam and close all Steam proesses[citation needed]

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Use Special K to set a custom refresh rate[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.0 OS X and Linux only.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Command line arguments

See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter Description
-fullscreen Runs the game in full screen mode.
-windowed Runs the game in windowed mode.
-ultralowdetail Runs the game at the lowest detail, parallax is taken out, particle effects are ignored, animals are missing, set pieces are gone, lighting is ignored, images are lowest possible resolution (made for integrated graphics though not officially supported).
-lowdetail Runs the game with lowest resolution images, lighting is ignored, particle effects are ignored (use this if you are having lag on CHAD, Dr. Fetus, or levels where you die from moving platforms).
-meddetail Runs the game with medium resolution images (mid-range setting, run this if you are having slight lag).
-highdetail Runs the game with highest resolution images.
-640x480 Runs the game at 640x480 resolution.
-800x600 Runs the game at 800x600 resolution.
-1024x768 Runs the game at 1024x768 resolution.
-1280x720 Runs the game at 1280x720 resolution.
-1920x1080 Runs the game at 1920x1080 resolution.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Video card (GPU) Shader model 2.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7.4
Processor (CPU) Intel
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Only compatible up to 10.9
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz or faster
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).

References