Virus: The Game

Key points

Unplayable on modern systems.^{[citation needed]}

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

System	Location
Windows

System	Location
Windows

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		By default.
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
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Controller types

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Polish				Local retail only.

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		2
Online play		2

Disable/remove any compatibility settings
Right-click the games executable `VIRUS.EXE` and go to "Properties" then "Compatibility" Make sure that every box is un-ticked. Run the game.

Allows the game to be playable on modern systems.

Limit the frame rate with DxWnd

Download and extract the latest version of DxWnd to <path-to-game> or wherever works best.
Run DxWnd. Right-click in the middle of DxWnd's window and select "Add".
Name the profile/game, and browse to <path-to-game> and select the VIRUS.EXE file. Click "OK".
Right-click the profile that was just created and select "Modify". Go to the "Main" tab and un-tick "Run in a window".
Go to the "Timing" tab and enable "Limit". Set the limit to 33 msec to run the game at 30 FPS.

Notes

To run the game in fullscreen, under the main tab, un-tick Run in a window.

Increase the milisecond delay to decrease the frame rate further if needed. Calculate the msec by dividing 1000 by the FPS.

There is an issue

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows