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City Building Series
Caesar (series)
Pharaoh	1999
Zeus: Master of Olympus	2000
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom	2002
Children of the Nile	2004
Pharaoh: A New Era	2023

General information

Pharaoh Heaven community site

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Template:Availability Table

The GOG.com version includes the expansion Queen of the Nile: Cleopatra, the latest patch and is fixed to run on modern computers.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Replace Pharaoh.exe with the appropriate version: Pharaoh, Cleopatra.

Windowed

Instructions

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Unable to load function; Ft_thunk (Kernell32.dll)

The Sold Out Software release came with instructions on how to run Pharaoh & Queen of the Nile on Windows XP, which can also work on Windows Vista / 7

Instructions

Game freezes / movies not playing

Instructions

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	133 MHz	200 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	360 MB	630 MB
Video card (GPU)	1 MB of VRAM

References

@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 ==Game data==
-{{Game Location Table|
+===Configuration file(s) location===
-{{Game Location Table/row|Retail|C:\SIERRA\Pharaoh\Save}}
+{{Game data|
-{{Game Location Table/row|GOG.com|C:\GOG Games\Pharaoh Gold\Save}}
+{{Game data/row|Windows|}}
+}}
+===Save game data location===
+{{Game data|
+{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|game}}\Save}}
 }}
@@ Line 79: / Line 84: @@
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|PharaohStarter.exe}}
-An application that automatically changes the color depth to 16 bit and starts Pharaoh in a window.  After the game is closed the color depth returns to 32 bit. <ref>http://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/q_is_there_a_way_to_activate_the_windowed_mode/post6</ref>
+An application that automatically changes the color depth to 16 bit and starts Pharaoh in a window.  After the game is closed the color depth returns to 32 bit.<ref>http://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/q_is_there_a_way_to_activate_the_windowed_mode/post6</ref>
 * Download [https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1420135/PharaohStarter.zip this file]
 * Extract the .zip, and place PharaohStarter.exe in your game's directory.
@@ Line 136: / Line 141: @@
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Multi-core fix}}
-This is from a guide posted on the GOG.com Pharaoh forum. <ref>http://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/fix_for_freezes_andor_movies_not_playing_on_multicore_cpus</ref>
+This is from a guide posted on the GOG.com Pharaoh forum.<ref>http://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/fix_for_freezes_andor_movies_not_playing_on_multicore_cpus</ref>
 * Download [http://web.archive.org/web/20080721084339/http://www16.brinkster.com/salvage/thief/imagecfg.zip ImageCFG]
 * Extract the .zip and place imagecfg.exe in your game's directory.
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 |minOS    = 95, 98
-|minproc  = 133 MHz
+|minCPU   = 133 MHz
 |minmem   = 32 MB
 |minHD    = 360 MB
@@ Line 175: / Line 180: @@
 |recHD    = 630 MB
-|recproc  = 200 MHz
+|recCPU   = 200 MHz
 }}
 {{References}}

Developers

	Impressions Games
	BreakAway Games
Publishers
	Sierra Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	1999