The Blackwell Legacy

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Demo also available.
GamersGate		Demo also available.
GOG.com		Includes the first four games.
Mac App Store
Steam

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Blackwell Legacy v1.7\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Documents/My Saved Games/Blackwell Legacy v1.7/
Linux	$HOME/.local/share/Blackwell Legacy v1.7/
Steam	<path-to-game>/Saves/

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

$Graphics options for Blackwell Legacy accessed through <path-to-game>\winsetup.exe.$

Graphics options for Blackwell Legacy accessed through <path-to-game>\winsetup.exe.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Pixel-perfect 320x240. Scaling algorithm is either nearest-neighbor or bilinear. Can be "Modded" to be scaled to fit modern resolutions without black borders by using Borderless Gaming using options "Full Screen" and "Auto Maximize"
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set with `winsetup.exe` or use `-windowed` parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Setting affects output resolution.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is locked to 40 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

General settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Run the game in windowed mode^[1]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
DirectDraw	5

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	640x400, 32-bit colour: 700 MHz system minimum 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible

↑ 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).

Developers

	Wadjet Eye Games
Engines
	Adventure Game Studio
Release dates
Windows	December 23, 2006
macOS (OS X)	January 24, 2013
Linux	September 23, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	80
IGDB	70
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Flip screen, Side view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Pixel art
Themes	Contemporary, North America, Supernatural
Series	Blackwell