Difference between revisions of "Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny"

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Realms of Arkania
Subseries of The Dark Eye
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny	1992
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail	1994
Realms of Arkania III: Shadows over Riva	1996
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013)	2013
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail (2017)	2017

This page is for the original game. For the 2013 remake, see Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Floppies or CD-ROM. Use DOSBox.
GamersGate
GOG.com		Includes Realms of Arkania: Star Trail. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]
Steam		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[4]

The German version needs the manual to answer copy protection questions (see passcodes.pdf for GOG.com).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Instructions

Use CD music in English version

These steps upgrade the English version with the German version's CD music. This requires the German CD version (GOG.com has both).

This reinstates the copy protection questions; refer to passcodes.pdf in the German version's installation folder for the answers.

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location

Save game data location

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System	Location

GAMES.NAM stores save game names; saves can't be accessed if this file is missing.

Generated characters are *.CHR; character files are not needed for loading save games (characters are stored in each save).

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	DOS 5.0
Processor (CPU)	386DX/33
System memory (RAM)	4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 MB
Video card (GPU)	VGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

References

[1] Mac Game Update: System Shock 2 + 10 more titles ● GOG.com

[2] Mac and Linux builds now available! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Realms of Arkania 1 - Blade of Destiny Classic

[3] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[4] Realms of Arkania english · DepotID: 267673 · Steam Database

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-{{Fixbox/fix|Use CD music in English version (GOG.com)|ref=<ref>[http://www.gog.com/forum/realms_of_arkania_series/roa_1_in_game_cd_audio_music/post7 RoA 1 in game CD audio music, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref>}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Use CD music in English version (GOG.com)|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/realms_of_arkania_series/roa_1_in_game_cd_audio_music/post7 RoA 1 in game CD audio music, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref>}}
 # Download and install both the English and German versions of the game to their individual folders.
 # Go into the English installation folder.

Developers

	Attic Entertainment Software
Publishers
	Sir-Tech
	U.S. Gold
	Fantasy Productions
Release dates
DOS	April 1992
Windows	2009
macOS (OS X)	June 18, 2013^[1]
Linux	March 14, 2014^[2]