Chicago 1930: The Prohibition
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Developers | |
---|---|
Spellbound Entertainment | |
macOS (OS X) | RuneSoft |
Publishers | |
Retail | Wanadoo |
OS X | Virtual Programming |
Digital | Microids |
Digital (itch.io) | Plug In Digital |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 17, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | March 28, 2007 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | Stealth, Strategy |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Interwar, North America |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Chicago 1930: The Prohibition is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric stealth and strategy game.
General information
- Released as Chicago 1930 in retail versions; The Prohibition was originally part of the game's working title.
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Unknown DRM. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Digital version. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
itch.io | ||||
Microsoft Store | Digital version. | |||
Steam | Digital version. | |||
ZOOM Platform | Original and digital versions in separate installers. The original version (labeled as Classic Edition) is bundled with DDrawCompat. |
Version differences
- The digital version was recompiled and features an overhauled interface.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is 1.01, available from Patches-Scrolls.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Configuration[Note 1] |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/623920/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Savegame[Note 1] |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/623920/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | In the digital version only; defaults to desktop resolution. Text does not scale. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | Capped to 62 FPS | ||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, dialogue, effects, comments. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Czech | Retail only. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Retail only.[1] | |||
Spanish |
Issues unresolved
Changing characters broken on digital versions
- If swapping out alive characters, the game will glitch and revert the selected characters once starting a mission in all digital versions.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DirectDraw | 7 |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | FMOD | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Retail version
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.3.9 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3, G4, G5 800 MHz Intel |
|
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM |
Digital version
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible |
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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (623920) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.