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Blackthorne

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Blackthorne
Blackthorne cover
Developers
Blizzard Entertainment
Publishers
DOS Interplay Entertainment
Mac OS MacPlay
Release dates
DOS December 19, 1994
Mac OS (Classic) November 1996
Windows (DOSBox) November 3, 2013
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) November 3, 2013
Blackthorne guide on StrategyWiki
Blackthorne on MobyGames
Blackthorne on Wikipedia

Key points

Released as Blackhawk in Europe.
Re-released as a free download on November 3, 2013.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
DOS
Developer website
DRM-free
 DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

To run correctly in DOSBox, change cycles=auto to cycles=fixed 13000. Leave all other DOSBox settings at their defaults.[1]

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.000
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.000[Note 1]
<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
In-game settings are not stored between sessions.

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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This game supports General MIDI for music.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
European retail only.
German
European retail only.
Russian
Fan translation, download

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) 386SX
System memory (RAM) 2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7.0
Processor (CPU) Motorola 68040
PowerPC 601
System memory (RAM) 3 MB 6 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 MB

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).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References

  1. ↑ Settings used by Blizzard in the 2013 re-release.