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− | {{Availability/row| GOG.com | ishar_compilation | DRM-free |Complete series including [[Crystals of Arborea]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref> | + | {{Availability/row| GOG.com | ishar_compilation | DRM-free |Complete series including [[Crystals of Arborea]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/post50|title=List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 3 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref> | | Windows }} |
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{{ii}} A [https://archive.org/details/Ishar2MessengersofDoom_1020 demo] is available. | {{ii}} A [https://archive.org/details/Ishar2MessengersofDoom_1020 demo] is available. |
Revision as of 23:41, 14 May 2023
Developers | |
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Silmarils | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1993 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1994 |
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 |
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 |
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Retail | Run in DOSBox. | |||
GOG.com | Complete series including Crystals of Arborea. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] |
- A demo is available.
Essential improvements
Import characters
- Characters can be imported from Ishar: Legend of the Fortress.
Copy save files[citation needed] |
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Grid Cartographer
- Supported by Grid Cartographer. Its Game Link feature assists in creating the game map. This is not an automap. From the Grid Cartographer's documentation. (note: this is not free software! the 'gamer' edition costs $19,99 and the 'professional' costs $49,99)
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\START.STP |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\*.SAV |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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 |
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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 |
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DOS video modes |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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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 | ||
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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).