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Prophecy of the Shadow

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Prophecy of the Shadow
Prophecy of the Shadow cover
Developers
Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Release dates
DOS 1992
Prophecy of the Shadow on MobyGames
Prophecy of the Shadow on Wikipedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DOS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\CAT.CFG
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\
If the game is saved as AUTOLOAD.CAT this save will be loaded automatically instead of asking for a save to use.

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.

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
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 640K
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 MB


References