Shamus
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| Developers | |
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| Synapse Software Corporation | |
| Publishers | |
| IBM | |
| Release dates | |
| PC booter | 1984 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
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Shamus is a singleplayer game.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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Essential improvements
Keyboard problems
This game expects the default typematic repeat rate and delay of the original IBM PCs.
| Run on a IBM PCjr[citation needed] |
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When run on a IBM PCjr, the game uses a different method to get key presses, and as such the PCjr is not effected. This can be accomplished by setting "machine=pcjr" in DOSBox. |
| Change your keyboard repeat rate[citation needed] |
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Change delay to 500ms, and repeat rate to 10 chars per second to match the original IBM PC. On real hardware, you may have a BIOS option to set these. However, starting with DOS 4+ you can also set it with the MODE command which is probably more convenient. In the case of DOSBox, you can download the FreeDOS MODE.COM utility to accomplish this. MODE CON RATE=10 DELAY=500 |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| PC booter |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| PC booter |
Save game cloud syncing
- No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.
Video
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | CGA, PCjr |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| PC booter | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | 8088 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 64KiB | 128 |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | CGA | PCjr |