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This page is for the original game. For the 2018 remaster, see Forsaken Remastered.
Key points
- Difficult to get running on newer systems
- Engine is open source with a modern multi-platform port available.
Availability
- A demo is available.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch 1.01 is available at www.patches-scrolls.de and at soggi.org.
- Unofficial patches
- Community port of Forsaken, runs on cross-platform technologies and currently officially supports Windows, Linux, and OS X.
Install and play on modern systems
Instructions[citation needed]
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- fly.thruhere.net is offline, the fix below needs to be updated.
- Go to the disc and set Windows 95 compatibility mode for
autorun.exe and setup.exe .
- Install the game normally.
- Set Windows 95 compatibility mode for all the 3 executables
FORSAKEN*.EXE in the installation folder.
- Download patch
- download and extract some custom graphic card opt files.
- After the game starts choose any resolution in the visual options.
- CD music will work if the disc is inserted in CD-ROM 0.
- If you don't mind playing with CDDA, using ProjectX as engine requires a much simpler installation.
Notes
- For other issues see this page
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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SFX and CD Audio. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Red Book CD audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Network
Multiplayer types
VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| Game was crashing on Win7. |
Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 100 MHz (with 3D acceleration) Intel Pentium 133 MHz (without 3D acceleration) |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
40 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 5 compatible |
References