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For the 2010 remake, see Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars: Director's Cut.
Key points
- Released as Circle of Blood in the United States
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- Developer Discord server
- Broken Sword Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Demos
- Demos are available from ScummVM.
Game data
Configuration file location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Input
Audio
Cutscene subtitles
Install the ScummVM subtitles add-on[3]
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- Requires ScummVM 0.10.0 or later.
- The Steam version is preconfigured with ScummVM 1.9.[3]
- Download the corresponding subtitles add-on archive from ScummVM:
- For ScummVM 1.5+: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars - Cutscene Pack (all languages, Updated Subtitles AddOn) - requires ScummVM 1.5.0 or more
- For older ScummVM versions: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars - Cutscene Pack (all languages, Subtitles AddOn)
- Extract the contents of the archive to a convenient temporary location.
- Locate the directory from the extracted archive that corresponds to the language of the game installation (e.g.,
ENG\ for English). See readme.txt for details.
- Copy the
*.txt files from this directory to <path-to-game>\SMACKSHI\ .
- This should be the directory containing
*.SMK cutscene files.
- Start the game normally via ScummVM with subtitles enabled.
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Localizations
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DirectDraw |
2 |
Original Windows release. |
DOS video modes |
SVGA |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | | |
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64-bit requires 64-bit build of ScummVM. |
Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Cutscenes |
Smacker |
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System requirements
Steam
DOS | Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) | Linux |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista,7,8,10 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
Disc Version
DOS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
5.0 |
6.2 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel 486DX2 66 MHz
| Intel Pentium 60 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
8 MB |
16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
18 MB |
150 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
SVGA 1 MB of VRAM | |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel 486DX2 66 MHz
| Intel Pentium 60 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
8 MB |
16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
18 MB |
150 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 2 compatible | |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References