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Revision as of 20:15, 7 November 2021
This page is for the original version. For the upcoming enhanced edition, see Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition.
Developers | |
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Westwood Studios | |
Publishers | |
Original | Virgin Interactive |
Digital | Alcon Interactive Group |
Engines | |
Original | Blade |
Digital | ScummVM |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 14, 1997 |
Windows (ScummVM) | December 17, 2019[1] |
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) | December 17, 2019[1] |
Linux (ScummVM) | December 17, 2019[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Themes | Cyberpunk, Detective/mystery, North America |
Series | Blade Runner |
Blade Runner | |
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Blade Runner | 1997 |
Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab | 2017 |
Blade Runner 9732 (unofficial) | 2018 |
Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition | 2022 |
Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth | TBA |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | CD-ROM and DVD-ROM versions exist. | |||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with ScummVM. |
- The DVD-ROM version has the same content as the CD-ROM version without the need to swap discs.
- The GOG.com release does not include the original desktop icon. A replacement can be found here.
Essential improvements
ScummVM
As of 16 June 2019, the ScummVM engine supports Blade Runner. For more information, see the ScummVM wiki page.
- This method does not require an external installer nor installation of any additional patches.
Alternate installer
Use Blade Runner Installer 2012 to install the game from CD/DVD on 64-bit Windows. Also download HDFRAMES.DAT
from there and copy it to the installation folder.
- This automatically installs both the official patch and the CPU patch.
Official patch
Download the patch for the CD-ROM version or the DVD-ROM version.
CPU patch
Download the CPU patch to fix timing issues with the shooting range and "rat in the tunnel" portions of the game.
- After extracting it to the installation folder, see Mouse isn't smooth below to edit its config file for smoother mouse movement.
Peixoto's patch
Peixoto's patch adds nearest neighbor or xBRz scaler for better visuals. Sets single core affinity and windows 98 compatibility for improved stability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\BLADE.INI[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE\*.SAV[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use DXWnd and follow the instructions here. Alternatively, use ScummVM. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, Sound Effects, Ambient Sound, Speech. Ambient Sound setting is not available in ScummVM. |
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Surround sound | [2] | |
Subtitles | Only supported in ScummVM (v2.1+). Toggled from ScummVM's GUI (Audio tab) or in-game from KIA "Game Settings". Requires "SUBTITLES.MIX" file available from ScummVM official website. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | Transcription by the ScummVM team | |||
French | Transcription by the ScummVM team | |||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | Transcription by the ScummVM team |
Issues fixed
Game wont start
Game will crash on start if computer does not have an optical drive mounted.
- In Windows 10, opening the ISO will create a drive automatically.
Mount a virtual optical drive |
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Shooting range and rat/tunnel issues
On modern CPUs, shooting range targets never appear or take minutes to. A similar issue occurs with the "rat in the tunnel" portion of the game.
Apply the CPU patch[3] |
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Mouse isn't smooth
- This pertains to using the CPU patch.
Edit config[citation needed] |
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Save games not working
Create a SAVE folder under <path-to-game>[citation needed]
|
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Objects missing in Acts 2 through 4
The installer (even the alternate installer) doesn't copy certain files from Discs 2 through 4, so they're missing when the game looks for them.
Add HDFRAMES.DAT[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DirectDraw | 5.0 | 640x480 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.11 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 18.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL compatible 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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).