Space Colony
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| Developers | |
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| Firefly Studios | |
| macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Gathering of Developers |
| Digital | Firefly Studios |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 29, 2003 |
| macOS (OS X) | June 14, 2004 |
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Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- Official website
- Official forum
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
SecuROM DRM. The HD patch removes the DRM | |
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| Amazon.com | |
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| GamersGate | |
Space Colony HD | |
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| GOG.com | |
Space Colony HD | |
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| Steam | |
Space Colony: Steam Edition | |
Version differences
- Space Colony HD is an enhanced version of the game which adds widescreen support and bug fixes.
- Space Colony: Steam Edition is based upon Space Colony HD and includes direct Steam Workshop support and has an additional mini-campaign "Obar" in the Galaxy mode.
Essential improvements
HD patch
- This official patch will upgrade a retail copy of Space Colony to Space Colony HD. It can also be downloaded from the Files section
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Space Colony\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/297920/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Space Colony\users |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/297920/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Video settings.
Input settings
Audio settings
Audio settings.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | |
| DirectDraw | 8.1 | [citation needed] |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 800 MHz | 1.2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 850 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/297920/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (297920) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.