Ishar: Legend of the Fortress
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Developers | |
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Silmarils | |
Publishers | |
DOS, Mac OS | Silmarils |
Windows | DotEmu |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1992 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1992 |
Windows (DOSBox) | April 28, 2009[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Ishar |
Ishar | |
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Crystals of Arborea | 1990 |
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress | 1992 |
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom | 1993 |
Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity | 1994 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Run in DOSBox. | |||
Publisher website (unavailable) | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Also available in Ishar Compilation. | |||
GOG.com | Complete series including Crystals of Arborea. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\START.STP |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\*.SAV |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | 320x200 only. | ||
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 | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Native support doesn't work. |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
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. |
|
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
- Keyboard layout can be changed in setup (Delete at startup prompt); choice of AZERTY, QWERTY, QWERTZU.
- The game language is chosen with the number pad keys, not the regular number keys; for keyboards without a dedicated number pad use Fn and the appropriate symbol.[3]
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian |
Issues fixed
Can't choose language at start
- The game language is chosen with the number pad keys, not the regular number keys; for keyboards without a dedicated number pad use Fn and the appropriate symbol.[3]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 6.2 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 | Intel 486 |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0 compatible | DirectX 9.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References
- ↑ New release: Ishar 1+2 ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 3 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.gog.com/support/ishar_compilation/cannot_select_language_version