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Space Colony

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Space Colony
Space Colony cover
Developers
Firefly Studios
macOS (OS X) Aspyr Media
Release dates
Windows August 29, 2003
macOS (OS X) June 14, 2004
Space Colony on Wikipedia

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
Amazon.com
DRM-free
Windows
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

A high-definition patch is available for the original game. It can be downloaded from the Files section

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Space Colony\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-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) <SteamLibrary-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.
Video settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
DirectDraw 8.1 [citation needed]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 850 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
macOS (OS X)
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. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References