System Shock

System Shock
System Shock	1994
System Shock 2	1999
System Shock: Enhanced Edition	2015
System Shock (2023)	2023
System Shock 2 Enhanced Edition	TBA
System Shock 3	TBA

This page is for the original version. For the enhanced version, see System Shock: Enhanced Edition. For the reboot, see System Shock (2018).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

SystemShock.org, the biggest forum about the game.

SHODANPEDIA - A wiki for the System Shock series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		3.5" floppy version or Enhanced CD Version
GOG.com		Bundled with System Shock: Enhanced Edition. Includes both the floppy and CD versions.^[2]
Steam		Bundled with System Shock: Enhanced Edition as Classic Edition.

Essencial improvements

Run in DOSBox

To improve DOSBox performance make the following changes to the DOSBox configuration file:

Change output=surface to output=opengl
Change memsize=16 to memsize=32

Gigaquad's Enhanced log texts mod

Gigaquad's Enhanced log texts mod matches the audio and text dialogue.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/410700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/410700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Voiceovers only available on the Enhanced CD version
French				Voiceovers only available on the Enhanced CD version
German				Voiceovers only available on the Enhanced CD version

VR support

The CD version includes support for the VFX-1 headset.^[3]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA, SVGA	Allows MCGA but for low-res cutscenes only. 256 Colors only.

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	Enhanced CD version only

Support for the Gravis Ultrasound was removed in the transition to the CD version due to the inclusion of the Miles AIL3 audio library. A patch to re-enable it can be found here.

Instructions

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	MS-DOS 5.0 or compatible
Processor (CPU)	486DX/33 MHz	486DX2/66 MHz
System memory (RAM)	4 MB	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 MB	20 MB
Video card (GPU)	256-color VGA	SVGA

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	System 7.1
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 601 80 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	22 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 Colors

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 10 (runs in DOSBox)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (410700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Release: System Shock - GOG.com
↑ SystemShock Enhanced DOS?, GOG Community Discussions for the System Shock series
↑ System Shock on the VFX-1 | Pix's Origin Adventures

[Proton_path_note-3] 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.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (410700) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (410700) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Release: System Shock - GOG.com

[2] SystemShock Enhanced DOS?, GOG Community Discussions for the System Shock series

[4] System Shock on the VFX-1 | Pix's Origin Adventures

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[2]

[Note 1]

[3]

Developers

	Looking Glass Studios
Publishers
	Origin Systems
Current	Night Dive Studios
Engines
	Underworld engine
Release dates
DOS	September 22, 1994
Mac OS (Classic)	September 22, 1994
Windows	September 22, 2015^[1]