Platypus

Platypus
Platypus	2005
Platypus II	2007

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.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Steam
Official website (unavailable)

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.dat^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/307340/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/307340/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		4:3
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		High resolutions can be selected within dgVoodoo2, but other than 4:3 will be stretched
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		The game may be forced to go borderless through an external application
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		The game most likely follows the default V-Sync settings
60 FPS
120+ FPS		63 FPS cap.^[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Use dgVoodoo or dxwrapper
The ddraw.dll wrapper from any of these 2 wrapper programs will resolve both issues.

The control selections of the game, along with the On/Off switch for Music

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		The player can choose either a mouse or keyboard to use.
Mouse acceleration		The game is most likely using the default sensitivity settings.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		The game has its own custom cursor.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		The game only allows the Music to be turned on or off
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^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>/307340/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (307340) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

Developers

	Idigicon
Publishers
	KISS ltd
Release dates
Windows	June 2, 2004
macOS (OS X)	May 9, 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Arcade
Vehicles	Flight
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics, Cartoon
Series	Platypus