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Diabolik: The Original Sin

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Diabolik: The Original Sin
Diabolik: The Original Sin cover
Developers
Artematica Entertainment
Publishers
International Black Bean Games
Italy Leader
Russia Akella
Engines
Virtools
Release dates
Windows October 2007
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Warnings

StarForce DRM may not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
 Italian version by Leader.
Game in italian only.
Windows
Retail
DRM-free
 International version by Black Bean.
Game in English, German, Dutch, Spanish.
Windows
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 StarForce 5.60.001.027 DRM[Note 1] (Russian version)
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game may not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Config[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2]

Video settings

Video and audio settings.
Video and audio settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen resolution[3]

Open config.ini and change
WIDTH=640
HEIGHT=480
to
WIDTH=1920
HEIGHT=1080

Windowed

Windowed mode[4]

Open config.ini and change FULLSCREEN=true to FULLSCREEN=false

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Dutch
German
Italian
Spanish
Russian

Issues fixed

Game not starting on Windows 10

Enable the following compatibility settings for the Game.exe file: Compatibility mode (Windows XP (Service Pack 3)), Reduced color mode (8-bit (256) color), Run in 640x480 screen resolution, and Run this program as an administrator[5]
Since the screen is now set at 640x480, playing the game Windowed can be difficult because of the window border and taskbar.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Windows Media Video 9

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) Windows 2000, Windows XPWindows 2000, Windows XP
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz CPUIntel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 2.5 GB2.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB DirectX 9.0 Compatible64 MB (or higher) DirectX 9.0 Compatible
Sound (audio device) 16 MB DirectX CompatibleSound Blaster X-Fi Series

Notes

  1. ↑ Version 5.60.1.27 of StarForce DRM may need a manual driver update on Windows 7, 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11 to function properly.[1][2] The driver can be updated using the included PCNSL.exe/PROTECT.exe tool.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).

References