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Puyo Puyo Fever

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Puyo Puyo Fever
Puyo Puyo Fever cover
Developers
Sonic Team
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
macOS (OS X) June 24, 2004
Windows September 24, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade, Puzzle
Art styles Anime, Vector art
Themes Fantasy
Series Puyo Puyo
Puyo Puyo Fever on IGDB
Puyo Puyo Fever guide on StrategyWiki
Puyo Puyo Fever on MobyGames
Puyo Puyo Fever on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.

Key points

Also known as Puyo Pop Fever.
Only released in Japan.
PC version is based off of the Dreamcast version, and lacks the 3D visual effects of the PlayStation 2/GameCube/Xbox versions.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Only released in Japan.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase Puyo Puyo Fever requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Puyo Puyo Fever has no microtransactions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Sega\PuyoF\
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Sega\PuyoF\
macOS (OS X)

Video

External video and audio settings
External video and audio settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 60 FPS.
Framerate drops between 3-45 FPS when focus is lost.[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

External keyboard and gamepad settings
External keyboard and gamepad settings
External keyboard and gamepad settings (English launcher)
External keyboard and gamepad settings (English launcher)

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Directional buttons are mapped to the left thumbstick and cannot be remapped.
If gamepad buttons cannot be remapped with the English launcher (s_launch.exe), use the Japanese launcher (SegaLauncher.exe) to remap controls.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Controller must be connected via a wired connection.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes
, Wireless (Bluetooth)
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

External audio settings (English launcher)
External audio settings (English launcher)

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off toggle for music and sound effects.
Surround sound
Plays up to 3.0.[2]
Subtitles
Limited to cutscenes in Single Puyo POP mode only; cannot be disabled. Voiced dialogue during matches, such as chaining and post-battle lines, are not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Use Hernan's Puyo Puyo Fever English installer to play the game in English.
When playing with English audio, select dialogue during cutscenes will get cut off due to timing differences between the English and Japanese voice clips.
Japanese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Versus
LAN play
Online play
2 Versus
Official service ended in 2014.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
DirectDraw
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Windows Media Audio, Waveform Audio Windows Media Audio is used for music, while Waveform is used for voices and sound effects.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.2.8
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G3 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB


References

  1. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-09-03
  2. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-09-11
    Tested using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.