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BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young Century

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BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young Century
BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young Century cover
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[1] and buttons cannot be remapped.[2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam but can cause some audio bugs.[3]
Windows
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>\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/341440/pfx/[Note 2]
Despite creating files called options, score, and bpgamedata.sav under <path-to-game>, these files do nothing and serve no purpose.[4]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %WINDIR%\[Note 1]
Steam
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/341440/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General options.
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.[5]
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.
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 Input settings icon - Generic Controller.svg 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.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8]

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
Controller A Logitech gamepad is recommended


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/341440/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (341440) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. No Controls. At All. :: BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope For the Young Century General Discussions, a reply from the developer
  2. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2016-03-16
  3. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-06-13
  4. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2014-09-27
  5. Fullscreen mode in 4:3? - Steam Community Discussions
  6. Low FPS - Steam Community Discussions
  7. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-06-13
  8. Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-06-14