Evil Dead: Hail to the King

Evil Dead: Hail to the King

Developers
	Heavy Iron Studios
Publishers
	THQ
Engines
	EvilEngine
Release dates
Windows	March 28, 2001
Reception
Metacritic	40
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Survival horror
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics
Themes	Horror, Supernatural, North America, Contemporary, Medieval
Series	Evil Dead

Evil Dead
Evil Dead: Hail to the King	2001
Evil Dead: Regeneration	2005
Evil Dead: The Game	2022

Evil Dead: Hail to the King is a singleplayer cinematic camera survival horror game in the Evil Dead series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		ProtectDISC Software DRM

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\slot*.eds

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Fixed at 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Pre-rendered scenes with fixed view.
Windowed		Needs editing. See Windowed.
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.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 30FPS. Cutscenes are rendered at 15FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

General settings.

Windowed

Edit ed.ini
Open ed.ini (located at <path-to-game>) with a text editor. Uncomment !window=true by removing the exclamation mark. Save and close.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Only used to turn the character (X axis).
Controller
Controller support		Few controllers partially supported. See Input devices.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		USB Gravis controller only. See Input devices.

Keybinds menu.

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
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Issues fixed

Game won't start ("Unable to detect DirectX8 hardware")

Use dgvoodoo2 and set the game compatiblity mode to Windows 98

Download dgVoodoo2 from the official website. Extract the contents to any folder. Run dgVoodooCpl.exe. Click Add at the top, navigate to <path-to-game> and select the game folder. Set dgVoodoo as desired (default settings are fine). Click Apply and OK at the bottom of the dgVoodoo 2 application window. Copy D3D8.dll file from dgVoodoo2\MS\ folder to <path-to-game> folder. Set EvilDead.exe compatibility mode to Windows 98. Applying antialiasing will cause videos and HUD elements to appear checkered.

Music endlessly looping

Set the game compatibility mode to Windows 98

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8
Shader Model support	1.0, 1.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.0i

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz	Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	96 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible	12 MB of VRAM

Troubleshooting

Chipsets supported

At the time of release include:

• nVidia ^{(note — you might experience problems with Riva 128 cards)}
• 3dfx Voodoo 3, Voodoo 4, Voodoo 5 ^{(note — this game does not support Voodoo 1 or Voodoo 2 chipsets)}
• ATI
• Matrox

Evil Dead was tested on the following video cards ^{(including but not limited to)}:

• ATI Rage 3D Pro
• ATI Rage 128 VR
• ATI Rage Fury MAXX
• ATI Radeon 64MB DDR
• ATI Xpert 2000
• ATI Xpert98 AGP 2x
• Asus AGP-V6800
• nVidia Riva TNT2
• 3D Blaster Annihilator
• Radeon DDR 64 MB AGP
• 3Dfx Voodoo4 4500 AGP
• 3D Blaster Banshee AGP
• Matrox Millenium G450 Dual Head
• Hercules 3D Prophet II MX
• Voodoo3 3000
• nVidia GeForce 2

The game may work using other chipsets and video cards, but you may experience technical problems.
You may also encounter technical problems with older video cards that use the above chipsets.

Input devices

This game does not support joysticks, but does support the Gravis and Microsoft gamepad controllers.
The following are known issues in relation to these gamepad controllers:

1. When using either a serial Gravis gamepad or Microsoft Sidewinder Pro gamepad, all gameplay keys will stop functioning. However, you will be able to perform all game related functions using the gamepad. Additionally, removing the gamepad while the game is running will NOT reactivate the keyboard. You will have to exit out of the game and restart with the gamepad removed to resume keyboard control. Keyboard control WILL remain active if you use a USB Gravis controller.
2. Gamepad controller configurations cannot be changed in-game. You will need to use the controller configuration applications that came with your gamepad in order to remap gamepad controls.
3. This game does not support the Microsoft Plug and Play gamepad because it does not have enough buttons to fully accommodate the controls.
4. In some instances, the USB versions of the Microsoft Sidewinder gamepad do not work when used with the game.