Arthur and the Invisibles
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| Developers | |
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| Étranges Libellules | |
| Publishers | |
| Atari | |
| Engines | |
| RenderWare | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | January 12, 2007 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 65 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Adventure, Action, Platform, Puzzle, Quick time events |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Arthur |
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| Arthur | |
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| Arthur and the Invisibles | 2007 |
| Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | 2010 |
Warnings
- StarForce DRM may not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).
- RenderWare games may not work on Windows 11 24H2 or later without using a DirectSound wrapper (see the engine page for details).
Arthur and the Invisibles is a singleplayer third-person adventure, action, platform, puzzle and quick time events game in the Arthur series.
It was released as Arthur and the Minimoys in Europe.
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game may not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE[Note 2] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Use this Widescreen Fix. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Use this Widescreen Fix. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Use this Widescreen Fix. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Use this Widescreen Fix. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | Use this Widescreen Fix to set a custom FOV value. | ||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Frame generation | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | Runs at above 60 FPS when a controller is plugged in, locked at 90 FPS. | ||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Nintendo controllers |
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| Other controller(s) |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Czech | Fan - 1 | |||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | Arthur et les Minimoys | |||
| German | Arthur und die Minimoys | |||
| Italian | Arthur e il Popolo dei Minimei | |||
| Spanish | Arthur y los Minimoys | |||
| Swedish | ||||
| Polish | [3] | |||
| Russian | Артур и минипуты |
Issues fixed
Low performance
- A possible way to get better performance is to use the 4GB Patch.[citation needed]
Windows 11 issue
- The game will not run on Windows 11 out-of-the-box due to changes in the DirectSound effects subsystem introduced in the OS update.
| Restore functionality |
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VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vorpX | Crashing on newer systems. | ||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | DirectSound | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz AMD Athlon 1 GHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 1.3 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |||
| Other | 6X DVD-ROM | |||
- Video cards that do not have hardware shader support are not supported.
Notes
- ↑ Version 4.70 of StarForce DRM requires a manual driver update on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11 to function properly.[1][2] The driver can be updated using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ dubbingpedia.pl - Artur i Minimki (gra) - last accessed on 2025-09-09