Nanosaur

Nanosaur

Developers
	Pangea Software
Windows	Ideas From the Deep
Release dates
Mac OS (Classic)	December 1, 1998
Windows	December 22, 2002
macOS (OS X)	November 13, 2020
Linux	2021
Reception
IGDB	n/a
IGDB	n/a
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform, Shooter
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Prehistoric
Series	Nanosaur

Nanosaur
Nanosaur	1998
Nanosaur 2: Hatchling	2004

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Bundled with some iMac systems.
Retail		Nanosaur Extreme. Requires registered name, serial number, and order number.
Official website		Free download of the original Mac version and link to the Github release.

Version differences

Nanosaur Extreme is a later release that includes extra enemies and weapons.

Essential improvements

Gitub release

A fan developed port of the game for modern systems, approved by the original developers.

Adds several new features including widescreen and windowed support

Github releases page.

Patches

The 1.3.4 Update updates the Mac OS version to the latest version. The Windows version is already patched.

Modern Windows video crash fix

To avoid the video crash due to recent Windows versions, download dgVoodoo and drag/drop the content of the "MS" folder to the root of Nanosaur Extreme to fix it.

Mac OS quality music

Replace the music folder with this content: Download

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Ideas From the Deep\Nanosaur\Prefs
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Ideas From the Deep\Nanosaur\HighScores
Mac OS (Classic)

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			640x480 only on the original releases. Use the Github release.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			Use the Github release.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use the Github release.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Use the Github release.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only on/off with F9 (Music) and F10 (Ambient)
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					64-bit requires Github re-release.
macOS (OS X)					Requires Github re-release.
Linux					Requires Github re-release.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98se, ME, 2K, XP
Processor (CPU)	500 MHz	700 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	9.2.2
Processor (CPU)	300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	96 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	ATI Rage 128

Does not run on OS X or in Classic mode on OS X.