BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young Century

BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young Century

Developers
	SERIOUS IMPACT WORKS
Publishers
	Zanza Studios
Engines
	Clickteam Fusion
Release dates
Windows	August 6, 2012
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view, Scrolling
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Brawler
Vehicles	Motorcycle
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Contemporary, Supernatural

Key points

The game does not save settings nor key bindings and resets them every time upon launching the game.

Poor optimization with random slowdowns; rebooting your computer may fix it.

Controller layout is only designed for Logitech Dual Action or similar controllers and buttons cannot be remapped.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Can be played without Steam but can cause some audio bugs.

DRM-free versions are no longer available.

A demo is available on Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/341440/pfx/

Despite creating files called options, score, and bpgamedata.sav under <path-to-game>, these files do nothing and serve no purpose.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%WINDIR%\
Steam
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/341440/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Locked in a resolution of 1000x600. However, due to the arbitrary resolution, the screen is rendered into a 4:3 aspect-ratio in fullscreen unless you change the fullscreen scaling settings to Fullscreen under your GPU's control panel.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		2D game.
Windowed		Only enabled through the fullscreen start-up screen or options menu.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Not possible to due low resolution.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Previously featured before the v1.3 update and caused greater performance issues despite running in windowed mode only prior to the update.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Key remapping menu.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		The taunt button (bound to A before the v1.3 update or P after the update) cannot be remapped. Remapping settings however do not save.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse not used at all.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Automatically switches inputs to plugged controller.
Full controller support		Pausing the game or skipping cutscenes requires pressing ↵ Enter.
Controller remapping		Uses a button layout based on a Logitech Dual Action or similar controller and cannot be remapped. Using any other controller will result in buttons being in the wrong placement.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts		Game references buttons by number.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound
Surround sound
Subtitles		In-game dialogue is text-based.
Closed captions		Combat chatter not subtitled.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues unresolved

Low frame-rate

The game may sometimes run in a low frame-rate, and even if your hardware meets the recommended requirements, the game may not run in the proper speed. Rebooting the computer may address this issue but it is not guaranteed to remedy the performance issues entirely, especially for Windows 10 users.

Fullscreen mode plays at 4:3

Despite running at a resolution of 1000x600, attempting to play the game in fullscreen mode causes the game to display at a 4:3 resolution instead.

Settings do not save

Despite creating files that might indicate configuration data, they do nothing at all and the game does not retain setting changes upon exiting the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz dual-core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT, AMD Redeon X DirectX 9.0 compatible	DirectX 11 compatible
Controller	A Logitech gamepad is recommended