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EXceed - Gun Bullet Children

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eXceed-GUN BULLET CHILDREN-
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Developers
FLAT
Publishers
Current Upgrade
Former Nyu Media
Release dates
Windows December 29, 2005[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade, Action, Shooter
Art styles Anime
Themes Contemporary, Supernatural
Series eXceed
EXceed - Gun Bullet Children on MobyGames
EXceed - Gun Bullet Children on Wikipedia
eXceed
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eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package 2009

Warnings

This game is only playable in English with a fan translation (see Localizations for details and other supported languages).

Key points

Japanese text will not be displayed correctly when played with non-Japanese Unicode settings. See here for a workaround.
Although the game was released overseas by Nyu Media, it was released only with Japanese audio and subtitles. An executable with English subtitles is available.
Runs poorly on modern Windows systems.[2][3] See this guide for a possible solution.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Original Comiket 69 release.
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running.[4]
Windows
Publisher website (unavailable)
DRM-free
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

No DLC or expansion pack information; you can edit this page to add it.

Essential improvements

Enhanced English patch

This patch enables language selection to the Story Mode, allowing you to select either Japanese or English subtitles based on the official translation text by Nyu Media. It also adds a Prologue menu option and a text intro.
Install Enhanced English Patch[5]
  1. Download the Enhanced English Patch here.
  2. Go to <path-to-game>.
  3. Replace the eXceed.exe in the installation folder with the one from the archive that you downloaded.

Notes

Steam Community Discussion thread about the patch.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\doc.sv[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/207370/pfx/[Note 2]
Deleting doc.sv will break the game.[6]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\doc.sv[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/207370/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Locked at a 640x480 resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
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)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
Capped at 60 FPS, however this game runs poorly on modern Windows systems.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Esc is used to instantly quit the game and Ctrl soft resets the game.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Only Shoot, Bomb, Slow, and Pause keys can be remapped. Arrow keys are used to movement and cannot be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse not used at all.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
DirectInput devices are recognized. XInput controllers only works with analogue stick, but only four-way movement. See here for recommended controller to keyboard solutions (e.g. AntiMicro).[7]
Full controller support
Requires pressing Esc or Alt+F4 to quit the game.[7]
Controller remapping
Only Shoot, Bomb, Slow, and Pause buttons can be remapped. Game uses the left analog stick for movement and cannot be remapped.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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
Overseas release is Japanese only. See Enhanced English patch for an English translation.
Japanese

Issues fixed

Japanese text does not display correctly

Due to this game being released only in Japanese, the Japanese characters may appear garbled and illegible when played with non-Japanese Unicode settings.
See here for a recommended solution based on the operating system[8]

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 1.0 GHz or better
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 172 MB
Video card (GPU) Intel 915(900) or better

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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/207370/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (207370) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. eXceed: Gun Bullet Children (2005) Windows release dates - MobyGames - last accessed on 2020-04-17
  2. The game is incredibly slow - Game is incredibly slow - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2020-04-17
  3. Runs very slow. - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2020-04-17
  4. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-04-09
  5. New 'Enhanced' English translated version - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2020-04-17
  6. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-04-19
  7. 7.0 7.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-04-19
    Attempted to use some workarounds like Steam Input, Xinput Plus, and XOutput for this game and could not get this game to change the Left-analog stick with the D-pad.
  8. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-04-18
    Using Locale Emulator (Windows 10) helped fixed the garbled Japanese text for this game.