Chicken Run

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Chicken Run

Developers
	Blitz Games
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Taiwan	Acer TWP Corp
Release dates
Windows	December 15, 2000
Reception
Metacritic	59
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Platform, Stealth
Art styles	Stylized

Warnings

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

Key points

64-bit systems need a workaround for the 16-bit launcher; see Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows.

It does not include graphics or resolution options

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM

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

This game isn't available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		The resolution of the rendering can be changed with dgVoodoo
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		With dgVoodoo up to 16x
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA, Use dgVoodoo
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		With dgVoodoo
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		30 FPS cap
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Controller settings from "Chicken Run Config".

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		It is possible that in newer versions of Windows, it may not work correctly, because on certain devices, the configuration is not saved and when trying to reassign the desired key again, the program closes with an error code.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		The menus within the game itself can be fully used with the controller, but the launcher requires the mouse to assign the buttons.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		The triggers are not detected by the launcher and the joysticks cannot be reassigned, the game simply detects them automatically..
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		The launcher does not detect the PS4 controller in wired mode

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		When the controller is disconnected, the game will only take into account the keyboard. If the controller is reconnected, it will not respond unless the game is restarted.
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		The Xinput controller is taken as a keyboard in the launcher, so when configuring the controller, the assigned actions/indications are taken as keyboard keys, allowing the KB and controller to be used at the same time, however, this does not seem to be intentional.

Audio

Sound Settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX, Music and Speech
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Spanish
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese

Issues fixed

Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows

The 16-bit installer can't be used on 64-bit versions of Windows.

Use winedvm
Download and extract winedvm for windows. Run otvdmw.exe. Navigate to SETUP.EXE on the CD and click Open

The game closes by itself after passing the logos.

Use an unofficial patch
Download and extract Chicken Run patched executable. Go to <path-to-game>, and delete or rename crunpc.exe. Place the new crunpc.exe in <path-to-game>.

The game does not start.

Use DgVoodoo 2 wrapper
Download and extract DgVoodoo 2 wrapper. From MS folder copy files D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll and place them in a folder with a game (where crunpc.exe file is). Start dgVoodooSetup.exe and configure General Settings. Go to DirectX tab and make sure Disable and passthru to real DirectX is unchecked. Choose dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card in Videocard field. Click Apply and OK. Start a game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 200 MHz	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB	100 MB
Video card (GPU)	3D accelerator 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible	3D accelerator 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 7 compatible sound card	DirectX 7 compatible sound card