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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Strategic Simulations, Inc.}}
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Strategic Simulations Inc.}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|1992}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 19, 2023|wrapper=DOSBox}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
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|steam appid  = 2702110
 
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|strategywiki =  
 
|wikipedia    = Prophecy of the Shadow
 
|wikipedia    = Prophecy of the Shadow
 
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'''General information'''
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{{GOG.com links|1747183388|prophecy_of_the_shadow}}
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{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/2702110/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
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{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability/row| Retail |  | physical |  |  | DOS }}
 
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | prophecy_of_the_shadow | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
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{{ii}} If the game is saved as {{file|AUTOLOAD.CAT}}, this save will be loaded automatically instead of asking for a save to use.
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
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{{ii}} If the game is saved as {{file|AUTOLOAD.CAT}} this save will be loaded automatically instead of asking for a save to use.
 
  
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==Video settings==
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==Video==
 
{{Image|Prophecy of the Shadow settings.png|General settings.}}
 
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{{Video
 
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|controller hotplug        = unknown
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
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|haptic feedback          = unknown
 
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|separate volume          = false
 
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|minHD    = 6 MB
 
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Latest revision as of 16:17, 19 December 2023

Prophecy of the Shadow
Prophecy of the Shadow cover
Developers
Strategic Simulations Inc.
Publishers
United States Strategic Simulations Inc.
Germany Softgold Computerspiele
Digital SNEG
Release dates
DOS 1992
Windows (DOSBox) December 19, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Top-down view
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
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Prophecy of the Shadow on HowLongToBeat
Prophecy of the Shadow on IGDB
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Prophecy of the Shadow on MobyGames
Prophecy of the Shadow on Wikipedia

Prophecy of the Shadow is a singleplayer top-down view RPG game.

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.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\CAT.CFG
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2702110/pfx/[Note 2]
CAT.CFG contains sound card settings. In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVE\
Windows <path-to-game>\Prophecy of the Shadow\ProphecyoftheShadow_20231129_v1\Prophecy of the Shadow\GAME\SSI\PROPHECY\SAVE\[Note 3]
<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2702110/pfx/[Note 2]
If the game is saved as AUTOLOAD.CAT, this save will be loaded automatically instead of asking for a save to use.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

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
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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only.
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.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Black screen freeze with Roland MT-32

Updated releases of the game freeze at a black screen on launch when using the Roland MT-32 for music.[1]
Use replacement MT32MPU.ADV[1]

Use the Roland MT-32 fix.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.3 5.0
Processor (CPU) 16 MHz
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 MB
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10, 11
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0 compatible


Notes

  1. ↑ 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 the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  3. ↑ 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).

References