ScubaVenture: The Search for Pirate's Treasure

ScubaVenture: The Search for Pirate's Treasure is a singleplayer scrolling and side view action game.

General information

Availability

Edit START.BAT^[2]
Open `<path-to-game>\START.BAT` in a text editor. Change `docshell` to `:docshell` Save your changes and close the file.

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SCUBA.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1601930/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SCUBA.SV* <path-to-game>\SCUBA.HS
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1601930/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save files are numbered matching the slot (SCUBA.SV1 to SCUBA.SV9.

SCUBA.HS stores high scores.

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

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

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Menus require the keyboard.
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	EGA, VGA, SVGA

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1601930) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.