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Atari

Atari Venetica PC Game

SKU CH-W00H-6KZKN GTIN 896992000711

An action RPG where Death's hidden daughter battles a necromancer who tricked Death itself

  • Product nameVenetica
  • ESRB age ratingT - Teen
  • Game genreAction
  • Setup requirementsMinimum Requirements OS:Windows XP SP2/Vista CPU:Intel Penti
  • Key featuresAn evil necromancer was able to trick Death and now strives
  • Action RPG where you play Death's daughter
  • ESRB Teen rating for moderate fantasy violence
  • Runs on Windows XP SP2 or Vista
  • Minimum 1 GB RAM and GeForce 7600 GT
  • 10 GB hard-drive space required

Game overview

Venetica is an action role-playing game from Atari for Windows PCs. Players guide Scarlett, the secret daughter of Death, as she confronts a necromancer who has tricked Death itself. The story unfolds through quests and dialogue in a dark fantasy world. This single-player title carries a Teen ESRB rating.

System requirements

Minimum specs ask for Windows XP SP2 or Vista, a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent, 1 GB RAM on XP or 1.5 GB on Vista x86, a GeForce 7600 GT with 256 MB video memory and 10 GB of hard-drive space. Recommended specs raise the CPU to a Core 2 Duo E8200 at 2.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM on XP or 3 GB on Vista, and a GeForce 8800 GT with 512 MB video memory. DirectX 9.0c is required for both tiers.

Installation notes

The game installs from disc on supported Windows versions; the setup process is straightforward but the installer expects DirectX 9.0c to be present. On modern Windows releases the legacy SecuROM protection may block launch unless a compatibility patch is applied. Vista x64 users must meet the higher 2 GB RAM minimum or the game will refuse to start.

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Price $6.99
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Specifications

Product
Brand nameATARI
Model name896992000261
Product nameVenetica
Size & build
Shipping weight0.07 kg
Package size193 × 135 × 17 mm
Software
ESRB age ratingT - Teen
Game genreAction

Questions about this item

Will the Venetica game disc need any special cleaning or replacement over time?

The game installs from disc to the hard drive, so after the initial 10 GB installation the disc is only used for verification and will not wear out with normal handling.

What hardware limit will I hit first if I run Venetica for many hours on the recommended specs?

The GPU with 512 MB video RAM and the CPU at 2.6 GHz are the fixed performance ceiling; neither can be upgraded inside the software, so frame-rate drops will appear there first during long sessions.

How much heat or fan noise does Venetica add when the PC runs it all day?

Venetica targets DirectX 9.0c hardware such as a GeForce 8800 GT, so sustained load is modest and will not push modern cooling beyond idle-to-low fan speeds.

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