This page is for the original version. For the upcoming enhanced edition, see Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- 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
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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.
- Allows to install the game from CD/DVD on 64-bit Windows.
- Automatically installs both the official patch and the wrapper.
- Doesn't copy the file
HDFRAMES.DAT
so you need to download it from here or copy it from your game disc to the installation folder.
Official patch
Download the patch for the CD-ROM version or the DVD-ROM version.
- Fixes timing issues with the shooting range and "rat in the tunnel" portions of the game.
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
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Input
Audio
In-game general settings.
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, Sound Effects, Ambient Sound, Speech. Ambient Sound setting is not available in ScummVM. |
Surround sound |
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[3] |
Subtitles |
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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 |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Issues fixed
Game won't 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
|
- Install WinCDEmu.
- Mount a virtual optical drive.
- Launch game.
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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.
Save games not working
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DirectDraw |
5.0 |
640x480 |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95, NT 4.0 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 90
| Intel Pentium 133 |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
150 MB |
300 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
SVGA graphics card 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible | |
macOS (OS X) |
|
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 |
|
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
References