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{{Introduction
 
{{Introduction
|introduction      = '''Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus''' is a role-playing game designed by Winston Douglas Wood and the sequel to '''Phantasie II'''. It was released for a variety of early computer systems between 1987 and 1989, with the DOS version releasing in 1988.
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'''General information'''
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{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/2702050/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
==Availability==
 
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{{Availability/row| retail | | physical | Prompts for information from the manual |  | DOS }}
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{{Availability/row| GOG | phantasie_memorial_set | physical | Prompts for information from the manual. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Bundled with [[Phantasie]] and [[Phantasie II]]. |  | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| Steam | 2702050 | physical | Prompts for information from the manual. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Bundled with [[Phantasie]] and [[Phantasie II]]. |  | Windows }}
 
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{{ii}} The shortcut created with GOG's offline installer only runs the original '''[[Phantasie]]'''. To create a shortcut for Phantasie III, the Phantasie Memorial Set shortcut can be copied and the filenames and directories it uses in the "target" and "start in" fields replaced with the corresponding ones for Phantasie III. Alternatively, if the game is installed using the game GOG Galaxy client, Phantasie III can be run through the "additional executables" section in Galaxy.
 
{{ii}} The shortcut created with GOG's offline installer only runs the original '''[[Phantasie]]'''. To create a shortcut for Phantasie III, the Phantasie Memorial Set shortcut can be copied and the filenames and directories it uses in the "target" and "start in" fields replaced with the corresponding ones for Phantasie III. Alternatively, if the game is installed using the game GOG Galaxy client, Phantasie III can be run through the "additional executables" section in Galaxy.
===Version differences===
 
{{ii}} The GOG and Steam release is the Phantasie Memorial Set, which includes the DOS versions of both '''[[Phantasie]]''' and '''Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus''' as well as the Apple II version of '''[[Phantasie II]]'''.
 
 
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==Game data==
 
==Game data==
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
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Latest revision as of 08:31, 12 January 2024

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Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus cover
Developers
Strategic Simulations Inc.
Publishers
Retail Strategic Simulations Inc.
Digital SNEG
Release dates
DOS 1988
Windows (DOSBox) December 19, 2023
Reception
Metacritic N/A
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Controls Menu-based
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Phantasie
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus on HowLongToBeat
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus on IGDB
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus on MobyGames
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus on Wikipedia
Phantasie
Phantasie 1985
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus 1987
Phantasie IV: The Birth of Heroes 1990
Phantasie II 2023

Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus is a singleplayer RPG game in the Phantasie series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Prompts for information from the manual
DOS
GOG.com
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Prompts for information from the manual. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Bundled with Phantasie and Phantasie II.
Windows
Steam
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Prompts for information from the manual. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Bundled with Phantasie and Phantasie II.
Windows
The shortcut created with GOG's offline installer only runs the original Phantasie. To create a shortcut for Phantasie III, the Phantasie Memorial Set shortcut can be copied and the filenames and directories it uses in the "target" and "start in" fields replaced with the corresponding ones for Phantasie III. Alternatively, if the game is installed using the game GOG Galaxy client, Phantasie III can be run through the "additional executables" section in Galaxy.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>
Windows <path-to-game>[Note 1]<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2702050/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\PH3\*.DAT
Windows <path-to-game>\PH3\*.DAT[Note 1]
<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2702050/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
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
Audio is PC speaker only with no spoken dialogue.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 8086/8088
System memory (RAM) 256 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References