DarkSpyre

DarkSpyre

Developers
	Event Horizon Software
Publishers
	Electronic Zoo
Release dates
DOS	1990

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Prompts for answers from the manual.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
DarkDraw: DarkSpyre Drawing Board	Game editor. Includes additional levels.

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\DS*.DAT <path-to-game>\SAVE.DIR <path-to-game>\HISCORE

Saves are DS0.DAT to DS8.DAT

SAVE.DIR contains save names (this file is not needed to load saved games).

The HISCORE file (no extension) contains high scores.

Settings are not stored between sessions.

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

Command line arguments

DarkSpyre detects the available sound and video hardware but this can also be set manually by adding the desired command(s) after the executable name, e.g. DARKSPYRE VS

Command	Description
V	VGA graphics
E	EGA graphics
C	CGA graphics
T	Tandy graphics
Vl	Alternate VGA graphics, if V does not work right on your computer
El	Alternate EGA graphics, if E does not work right on your computer
X	To run with EGA graphics on a VGA equipped machine
I	Internal IBM 1-voice music
M	Tandy 3-voice music
S	SoundBlaster/Adlib music

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA, EGA, VGA, Tandy

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	512K
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	EGA, CGA, VGA, Tandy