Black Shades
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Developers | |
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Wolfire Games | |
Publishers | |
Wolfire Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | 2002 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | 2002 |
Linux | 2003 |
Key points
- Free.
- Extremely lightweight. Can virtually run on any computer.
- There is no menu option. Everything is set from the configuration file.
- Power PC applications are no longer supported since OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). macOS release is therefore unplayable.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Official website | ||||
Developer website |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\config.txt[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>\config.txt |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Highscore[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>\Data\Highscore |
Linux |
- Highscore file is in plain text format with two lines, the first one being the high score value and the second a binary value indicating wether or not the player beat the game.
Video settings
Input settings
- It seems like setting
azerty keyboard
to1
inconfig.txt
actually switches the game to QWERTY layout. It is best leaving this value untouched.[1]
Audio settings
- Game volume can only be set via the OS sound mixer.
- It is possible to disable the music in
config.txt
with theMusic
binary value.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
Game doesn't launch
Enable compatibility mode[1] |
---|
|
Black screen on launch
- The above fix is also necessary.
Set game resolution[1] |
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|
Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 MB |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verified by User:Azatoth on November 30, 2017