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Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II

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Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II
Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II cover
Developers
The Dreamers Guild
Publishers
Encore
Release dates
DOS 1997
Windows 1997
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Faery Tale Adventure
The Faery Tale Adventure: Book I 1989
Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II 1997

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Plays without the CD but prompts for optional CD video playaback (see play without the CD).
DOS
Windows

Essential improvements

Play without the CD

The largest install size can be played without the CD, but when a video is to be played the game will show a prompt for inserting the disc or skipping that video.
Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location
Saves are 000.SAV to 049.SAV (999.SAV is an autosave)

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

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Windowed

Windowed mode colors in the Windows version are corrupted on modern versions of Windows.
Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Installing on modern versions of Windows

Attempting to install the Windows version on modern systems results in various errors ("The operating system denied access to the specified file" etc.)
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes SVGA
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Smacker Video Technology

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 6.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectDraw compatible SVGA

References