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Latest revision as of 11:00, 9 April 2024

Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls
Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls cover
Developers
Sierra On-Line
Publishers
Retail Sierra On-Line
Digital Activision
Release dates
Windows 3.x April 9, 1997
Windows April 9, 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Continuous turn-based
Perspectives First-person
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles FMV, Pre-rendered graphics
Themes Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Horror, North America, Supernatural
Series Shivers
Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls on HowLongToBeat
Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls on IGDB
Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls on MobyGames
Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls on Wikipedia
Shivers
Shivers 1995
Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls 1997

Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls is a singleplayer first-person adventure game in the Shivers series.

The setup executable of the retail version is 16-bit and does not work on 64-bit operating systems; see Installing retail version on 64-bit systems.

General information

Shivers Two: Harvest Of Souls Help - The Sierra Help Pages
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows 3.x
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
A demo is available from The Sierra Help Pages.

Essential improvements

Installing retail version on 64-bit systems

Use the Sierra Help Files setup (original CDs required)
  1. Download Sierra Help Files setup executable
  2. Follow instructions.
  3. Play the game.
No compatibility options required
Combines previous SquirtTheCat installer with additional fixes.

Skip intro videos

Replace 1000.VMD with blank VMD file[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\MOVIES.
  2. Delete or rename the existing file 1000.VMD.
  3. Download the blank file 1000.VMD from here.
  4. Place the downloaded file in <path-to-game>\MOVIES\.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

In-game settings.
In-game settings.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Togglable.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Retail only; download for digital releases.

Issues fixed

See the Sierra Help Pages page for common technical issues and solutions.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7, 9 GOG version only.[2]
Executable16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.

Middleware

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

System requirements

Windows 3.x
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel i486DX2
System memory (RAM) 12 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 640x480 resolution, 256 colors
Other 2x CD-ROM drive
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel i486DX2
System memory (RAM) 12 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 640x480 resolution, 256 colors
Other 2x CD-ROM drive


References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-06-03
  2. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-06-15
    GOG version wraps DirectX 7 to DirectX 9.