The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate
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Developers | |
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Westwood Studios | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Virgin Interactive |
Retail re-release | Sold Out Software |
Digital | Electronic Arts |
Engines | |
Kyra | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1993 |
Windows (ScummVM) | October 10, 2013[1] |
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) | November 15, 2013[2] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Themes | Fantasy, Comedy |
Series | The Legend of Kyrandia |
The Legend of Kyrandia | |
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The Legend of Kyrandia | 1992 |
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate | 1993 |
The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge | 1994 |
Key points
- Also known as The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two.
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Floppy and CD-ROM "talkie" release. | |||
GOG.com | CD-ROM "talkie" re-release. Pre-packaged with ScummVM. Includes the Official Prima Strategy Guide for the series. |
- A demo is available from ScummVM.
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest official patch for the floppy release can be found here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\HOF.CFG |
Windows | |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\FATE_???.SAV |
Windows | |
macOS (OS X) |
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 | 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 and 120+ FPS |
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 |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound Effects and Speech | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | FM Towns port only |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | Speech in CD-ROM version only. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Local retail floppy version only. | |||
Spanish | Local retail floppy version only. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | MCGA, VGA | 320x200 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | 64-bit requires 64-bit build of ScummVM. |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 20 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
- The CD-ROM version requires 4 MB of RAM and 5 MB HDD space.
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM |
References
- ↑ Release: The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate and Malcolm's Revenge - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023