Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen
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Developers | |
---|---|
New World Computing | |
Publishers | |
New World Computing | |
3DO | |
Digital | Ubisoft |
Engines | |
Xeen[1] | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1993 |
Windows (DOSBox) | September 3, 2009[2] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | RPG |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Might and Magic |
Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen is a singleplayer first-person RPG game in the Might and Magic series.
This game can be combined with Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen to form Might and Magic: World of Xeen. (see instructions.).
General information
- Can be played on ScummVM.[1]
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Celestial Heavens' subforum
- Supported by Where Are We? — an automapping and game data reference utility.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Manual lookup copy protection. Use DOSBox. | |||
GOG.com | Bundled with games 1-6. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] |
- The floppy version needs the manual to answer copy protection questions (see
keys_3_5.pdf
for GOG.com). - A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\XEEN.CFG |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\DARK**.SAV |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
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 | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Cutscenes only have subtitles if speech is disabled in the installer. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | Retail version only. | |||
German | In the GOG.com version.[4] |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | VGA |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.3 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 286 | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Might and Magic V - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-25
- ↑ New release: Might and Magic 6-Pack Limited Edition ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ Might and Magic games in German ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023