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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
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'''General information'''
 
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | chronomaster | DRM-free | Prepackaged with [[DOSBox]]. | | Windows, OS X }}
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==Input==
 
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Latest revision as of 20:13, 2 January 2024

Chronomaster
Chronomaster cover
Developers
DreamForge Intertainment
Publishers
IntraCorp
Capstone Software
Digital Throwback Entertainment
Release dates
DOS December 20, 1995
Windows (DOSBox) December 1, 2021[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) December 1, 2021[1]
Linux (DOSBox) December 6, 2021[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Genres Adventure
Themes Sci-fi
Chronomaster on HowLongToBeat
Chronomaster on IGDB
Chronomaster on MobyGames
Chronomaster on Wikipedia

Chronomaster is a singleplayer third-person adventure game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Prepackaged with DOSBox.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Prepackaged with DOSBox.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use replacement intro videos

Use the Chronomaster intro skip.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GAME.OPT
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVE.0**
<path-to-game>\QUIKSAVE.DAT
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Save files are numbered SAVE.000 through SAVE.049.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Settings.
Settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
All speech is subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes SVGA, SVGA (VESA)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel i486 33 MHz
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
512 KB of VRAM
Other 2x CD-ROM drive
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 700 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL compatible
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.11
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 700 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 GOG.com - Release: Chronomaster - last accessed on 2021-12-01
  2. The "what did just update?" thread, page 1355 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 21 January 2022