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Revision as of 16:14, 15 January 2021

Spirit of Adventure
Spirit of Adventure cover
Developers
Attic Entertainment Software
Publishers
Starbyte Software
Release dates
DOS 1991
Spirit of Adventure on Wikipedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DOS

Essential improvements

Grid Cartographer

Supported by Grid Cartographer. Its Game Link feature assists in creating the game map. This is not an automap. From the Grid Cartographer's documentation: “This approach enhances the immersion factor by allowing you to draw the map as you perceive it, not revealing every secret ahead of time. Hidden doors remain obscured, traps are left undetected and unsprung. It's still up to you to explore and record what you see on the map as you venture forth!”

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GAME
GAME (no extension) contains save data. Progress cannot be saved if this file is missing (the game cannot make it automatically).
This game does not store any settings.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
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

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Some English version shortcuts are based on German words (e.g. J/N for Yes/No).[1]
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes EGA, VGA

Issues fixed

"File GAME is missing!" error when saving

This game cannot make a save file automatically if it is missing.
Make GAME file manually[1]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Make an empty text file called GAME (no extension). Saving will now work correctly.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 512 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Garrett on October 25, 2017