Prophecy of the Shadow
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Developers | |
---|---|
Strategic Simulations Inc. | |
Publishers | |
United States | Strategic Simulations Inc. |
Germany | Softgold Computerspiele |
Digital | SNEG |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1992 |
Windows | December 19, 2023 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Genres | RPG |
Themes | Fantasy |
Prophecy of the Shadow is a singleplayer RPG game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
GOG.com (unavailable) | Coming soon. | |||
Steam (unavailable) | Available on December 19, 2023. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\CAT.CFG |
Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2702110/pfx/[Note 1] |
-
CAT.CFG
contains sound card settings. In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\SAVE\ |
Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2702110/pfx/[Note 1] |
- If the game is saved as
AUTOLOAD.CAT
, this save will be loaded automatically instead of asking for a save to use.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | 320x200 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Everything is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
Black screen freeze with Roland MT-32
- Updated releases of the game freeze at a black screen on launch when using the Roland MT-32 for music.[1]
Use replacement MT32MPU.ADV[1] |
---|
Use the Roland MT-32 fix. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | VGA |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.3 | 5.0 |
Processor (CPU) | 16 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 MB |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10, 11 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2702110/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2702110) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.