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Archimedean Dynasty

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Archimedean Dynasty
Archimedean Dynasty cover
Developers
Massive Development
Publishers
Blue Byte Software
Release dates
DOS November 1996
Windows July 30, 2015[1]
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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
DOSBox Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Run in DOSBox.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with DOSBox SVN Daum.[2]
Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Updates and 3dfx patch can be downloaded from BlueByte FTP - English / German
The GOG.com version is already patched.[3]
Installing patch 1.20[4]
  1. Download a patch from BlueByte FTP (see Patches).
  2. Place adupdate.exe in a folder, where you've installed Archimedean Dynasty.
  3. Launch adupdate.exe using DOSBox.

Notes

To make operation easier - use DOSBox front-end, like DBGL.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\DAT\SAVE
Windows <path-to-game>\DAT\SAVE[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Issues fixed

Slow mouse cursor

Use Mouse2KV[4]
  1. Extract Mouse2KV into the installation folder.
  2. Run the game using MOUSE2KV.EXE 640 480 8 8 AD.EXE

Notes

When using a Front-end like DBGL, set MOUSE2KV.EXE as a launch file and add 640 480 8 8 AD.EXE to launch parameters.

Ship turns in one direction when joystick is enabled

Change joystick timing setting[4]
  1. Edit the game's DOSBox configuration file.
  2. Change timed=true to timed=false (if it is already set to this, try timed=true instead).
  3. Save your changes and run the game again.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) MS-DOS 5.0
Processor (CPU) 80486DX2 100 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA, High Color

Notes

  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