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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Scenario Software}}
 
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|release dates=  
 
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{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|February 1, 1991}}
 
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|steam appid  = 358440
 
|steam appid  = 358440
|gogcom page  =  
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|strategywiki =  
 
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|wikipedia    = Dark Ages (1991 video game)
 
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{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | Run in [[DOSBox]]. | | DOS }}
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | Run in [[DOSBox]]. | | DOS }}
 
{{Availability/row| publisher | http://legacy.3drealms.com/downloads.html | DRM-free | Freeware release. Run in [[DOSBox]]. | | DOS }}
 
{{Availability/row| publisher | http://legacy.3drealms.com/downloads.html | DRM-free | Freeware release. Run in [[DOSBox]]. | | DOS }}
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
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==Video settings==
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{{Image|Dark Ages settings.png|General settings.}}
 
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|shader model versions  =  
 
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Revision as of 08:47, 6 November 2021

Dark Ages
Dark Ages cover
Developers
Scenario Software
Publishers
Apogee Software
Release dates
DOS February 1, 1991
Windows (DOSBox) May 5, 2015[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) May 5, 2015[1]
Dark Ages on HowLongToBeat
Dark Ages on IGDB
Dark Ages on MobyGames
Dark Ages on Wikipedia

Key points

Re-released as freeware in 2009.[2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Run in DOSBox.
DOS
Publisher website
DRM-free
Freeware release. Run in DOSBox.
DOS
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\KEYBOARD.CFG
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358440/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.DA1
<path-to-game>\HIGHSCOR.DA1
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358440/pfx/[Note 2]
File extensions include the episode number (1-3).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General 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 and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Choice of presets only.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
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
On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes EGA

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.10.3
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/358440/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358440) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References