Tarzan (1999)

Tarzan (1999)

Developers
	Eurocom
Publishers
	Disney Interactive Studios
Release dates
Windows	June 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Africa
Series	Disney's Tarzan

Disney's Tarzan
Subseries of Disney
Tarzan	1999
Disney's Hot Shots: Tarzan Jungle Tumble	1999
Disney Hot Shots: Disney's Terk & Tantor Power Lunch	1999

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\tarzan.cfg

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\tarzan.cfg

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See this page.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Use the Widescreen fix in conjunction with dgVoodoo2.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Press F10 to enter "software window" mode.
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		Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Joystick settings.

Keyboard settings. To access this menu, press F2 and select "keyboard".

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Press F2 to enter the in-game options menu and select "keyboard".
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound FX and CD Music
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6	Press F6 to use Direct3D rendering.
Glide		Press F5 to use Glide 3D rendering.
Software renderer		Press F8 to use low-res mode (320x240), F9 for high-res mode (640x480), and F10 for software window mode.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Issues fixed

Unable to install the game from the disc

The installer on the disc does not work on modern Windows OSes, being designed for older OSes.

In the properties of installer.exe, set compatibility mode to Windows XP (Service Pack 2).

Audio pops during cutscenes on newer Windows OS

The game's cutscenes rely on an old DirectSound DLL file for proper sound playback from the CD.
When installed on newer OSses like Windows 10, the game will use the latest version of the DLL, which causes the issue.

Use an old version of DirectSound
Download and extract this file. Copy dsound.dll to <path-to-game>.

Lower resolution and lack of support for higher resolution monitors

The game being quite old, was never properly designed to be scaled for higher resolution monitors of today.
Some elements scale up quite poorly and the overall presentation looks quite bad.

Use dgVoodoo2

Download the latest version of dgVoodoo2 and extract the archive. Open the 3Dfx\x86 folder and copy Glide.dll, Glide2x.dll and Glide3x.dll. Paste the files into the game root folder or where the game executable file is. Run dgVoodooCpl.exe and under the Glide tab, configure the resolution depending on your monitor resolution. If you don't want watermarks, then you can disable that here as well. Run tarzan.exe and after reaching the main menu, press F2. Head to the Graphics section and make sure that the Display and Start Display mode is set to Glide. the bottom right corner of the game should indicate which display is being used after you start up the game.

No music in-game

The game uses CDDA audio to play music while playing with the CD inserted, and modern Windows versions do not support this properly.

Instructions
Method #1 Install K-Lite Codec Pack, and insert the disc. Method #2 Use Daemon Tools to mount the CUE file, and run the game.

Issues unresolved

EAX is not available in newer Windows versions after Vista

There is a fix that enables 3D sound, but it breaks the audio in cutscenes completely.

Use Creative ALchemy on any sound card other than Creative ones

Before doing the process below, make a backup of dsound.dll that you used to fix the cutscene audio. Follow the instructions in this page. After adding the game's exe file in the ALchemy menu, run tarzan.exe and after you reach the main menu, press F2. Head to the audio section and you will now be able to enable EAX. The bottom right corner of the game should indicate if EAX is being used after you startup the game.

Music does not loop in newer Windows versions (e.g. Windows 10)

There is no fix so far.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	24 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible	4 MB of VRAM
Other	Quad-speed (4x) CD-ROM drive