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Revision as of 08:53, 14 March 2018

Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom cover
Developers
Silmarils
Release dates
DOS 1993
Mac OS (Classic) 1994
Windows April 28, 2009[1]
Ishar
Crystals of Arborea 1990
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress 1992
Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom 1993
Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity 1994

Key points

Characters can be imported from Ishar: Legend of the Fortress (see Import characters).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Run in DOSBox.
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Complete series including Crystals of Arborea. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2]
Windows
A demo is available.

Essential improvements

Import characters

Characters can be imported from Ishar: Legend of the Fortress.
Copy save files[citation needed]
  1. Copy the Ishar: Legend of the Fortress save into the Ishar 2 installation folder.
  2. Start a new game.
  3. Click the Disk button.
  4. Click the I→II button.
  5. Type the save name (without .sav) and press Enter.
  6. The game will now start with the imported characters.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
300px
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

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

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
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 6.2
Processor (CPU) Intel 386
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
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7.0 compatible

References