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Elvira
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark	1990
Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus	1991
Elvira: The Arcade Game	1991

Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus is a singleplayer first-person adventure and RPG game in the Elvira series.

The DOS version of this game does not have built-in sound effects.^[2] See Sound effects.

General information

Can be played on ScummVM.^[1]

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Code wheel copy protection.
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

Essential improvements

Sound effects

Add the 013.VGA file.^[3]

Requires ScummVM 1.8.0 or later.

Download the archive labeled Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus - Digital samples for sound effects in the PC version.
Extract the contents of the archive to <path-to-game>.
Start the game normally via ScummVM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS
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]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS
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 cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy		Only available on Windows.^[4]

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only.
German				Retail only; download for digital versions.
Polish				Retail only.
Spanish				Retail only.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	EGA, Tandy/PCjr, VGA

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)		6.22
Processor (CPU)	Intel 286
System memory (RAM)	640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	EGA, Tandy/PCjr	VGA

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.11
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 16.04
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB

Notes

↑ ^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. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-22
↑ Elvira II - The Jaws of Cerberus - ScummVM :: Compatibility - 2.0.0 - last accessed on 2019-09-28
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-09-28
↑ GOG.com - Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus - last accessed on 2021-09-29
"Cloud saves are available only in Windows version"

[DOSBox_mounted-4] 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. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

[scummvm-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-22

[2] Elvira II - The Jaws of Cerberus - ScummVM :: Compatibility - 2.0.0 - last accessed on 2019-09-28

[3] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-09-28

[5] GOG.com - Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus - last accessed on 2021-09-29
"Cloud saves are available only in Windows version"

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Developers

	Horror Soft
Publishers
Retail	Accolade
Digital	Adventure Soft
Engines
	AGOS^[1]
Release dates
DOS	1991
Windows (DOSBox)	September 29, 2021
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	September 29, 2021
Linux (DOSBox)	September 29, 2021
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure, RPG
Themes	Horror
Series	Elvira