Difference between revisions of "Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos"

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Lands of Lore
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos	1993
Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny	1997
Lands of Lore III	1999

Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos is a singleplayer first-person RPG game in the Lands of Lore series.

General information

Can be run under ScummVM.

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Bundled with Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]
Origin		Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Manual link for EA App purchase.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\_SAVE***.DAT
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

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

Video

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
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
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, sound, talking.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
General MIDI audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian				Local retail floppy version only.
Japanese
Russian				Fan translation, download
Spanish				Local retail floppy version only.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	MCGA, VGA

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			64-bit requires 64-bit build of ScummVM.

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	80386SX
System memory (RAM)	2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	MCGA-compliant graphics card	VGA-compliant graphics card
Other	1x CD-ROM drive

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	310 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	310 MB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References

↑ Kyra - ScummVM :: Wiki
↑ New release: Lands of Lore 1+2 - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[DOSBox_mounted-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

[kyra-1] Kyra - ScummVM :: Wiki

[2] New release: Lands of Lore 1+2 - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[3] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

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+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | lands_of_lore_1_2 | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1|title=List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref> | | Windows, OS X }}
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+ |language  = Simplified Chinese
+ |interface = true
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   |subtitles = true
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   |notes     = Local retail floppy version only.
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Developers

	Westwood Studios
Publishers
1993-1998	Virgin Interactive
1998-present	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Kyra^[1]
Release dates
DOS	1993
Windows (DOSBox)	November 15, 2011^[2]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	October 18, 2012
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Lands of Lore