Armored Hunter Gunhound

This page is for the original 2009 game. For the 2013 remake, see Armored Hunter Gunhound EX.

armored hunter GUNHOUND

Developers
	DRACUE Software
Release dates
Windows	December 18, 2009
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Vehicles	Robot
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Asia, Sci-fi
Series	Gunhound

Gunhound
Armored Hunter Gunhound	2009
Armored Hunter Gunhound EX	2014

Warnings

This game is not playable in English (see Localizations for supported languages).

Armored Hunter Gunhound is an anime robot shooter game developed by DRACUE Software. It is a mecha run-and-gun game inspired by Masaya Games' Assault Suit series.

The game was first released through Amazon.co.jp in Japan on December 18, 2009 and was later re-released digitally through DLsite on February 5, 2010. The game was supported between 2009 through 2010 with patches to address issues and gameplay balance. The game was later remade in 2013 for the PlayStation Portable and was ported back to PC via PLAYSIM and Steam in 2014 as Armored Hunter Gunhound EX, featuring a retelling of the original game's story, updated graphics, a new soundtrack, and new gameplay content. Owners of the original Armored Hunter Gunhound were eligible to upgrade to the 2013 remake for free by using an upgrade tool supplied by the developers. The game's source code has been released as open-source in 2016. Due to the suspension of DRACUE Software in 2018, however, Armored Hunter Gunhound EX was removed from digital distribution on PC and the EX Upgrade Tool no longer works. The availability of the original Armored Hunter Gunhound was not by the developer's suspension despite its remake being delisted and is currently available on DLsite.

The original Armored Hunter Gunhound has compatibility issues with Windows 10 or later, such as fullscreen mode causing the game to show a black screen unless played in windowed mode, and requires a workaround to fake a fullscreen display; see here for potential solution, and if need, set the game to 16:9 widescreen mode in the Options menu. Keyboard bindings also cannot be remapped and uses an awkward control scheme, thus a controller is recommended.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Digital re-release via DLsite Japan.

A demo is available from DLsite.

Was not released overseas.

A tool was available prior to the developer's temporary suspension to upgrade the game to Armored Hunter Gunhound EX, however downloads were taken down along with their website and the tool no longer works as December 8, 2019.

Essential improvements

Patches

The last official patch (v1.06) can be downloaded here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Runs at 4:3 letterboxed by default, but features a 16:9 widescreen mode.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Runs at a base resolution of 480x360 (4:3) or 480x264 (16:9)
Field of view (FOV)		2D game.
Windowed		Can be toggled with Alt+↵ Enter. Game window be rendered between x1 or x2 using Nearest neighbor scaling.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming and set the game to widescreen mode, if needed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Game is capped between 60, 30, and 15 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Controller remapping.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Uses a pre-defined set-up of A, S, Z, X, Q, W, and Arrow keys for keyboard and cannot be changed.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse not used at all.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Controller is not configured by default.
Full controller support		There is no exit option in the game. It must be forcibly closed by pressing Alt+F4, pressing Esc in windowed mode, or closing the game window. Controller remapping also requires input from the keyboard.
Controller remapping		A visual guide can be used for the recommended controller set-up.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		Uses DirectInput.
Button prompts		No controller prompts within the game, and buttons/axes are referenced by number in the controller configuration screen.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Controller must be plugged in before starting up the game.
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		No audio settings whatsoever.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All dialogue is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Japanese				Some parts of the menus are in English.

Issues fixed

Game does not render properly in exclusive fullscreen

Run the game in borderless fullscreen

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	2.0b

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 1 GHz	Intel Pentium 4.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX-compatible sound card