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Syndicate

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This page is for the original 1993 game. For the first-person shooter reboot, see Syndicate (2012).

Syndicate
Syndicate cover
Developers
Bullfrog Productions
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS June 6, 1993
Mac OS (Classic) 1994
Windows (DOSBox) January 19, 2012[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) October 18, 2012[2]
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Syndicate on Wikipedia
Syndicate
Syndicate 1993
Syndicate Wars 1996
Syndicate (2012) 2012

Key points

The American Revolt expansion is required for multiplayer support

General information

Syndicate Wiki
Syndicate Unofficial Fan Site - A fan site for the series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
 Use DOSBox.
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Syndicate Plus. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Origin
Origin
 Syndicate Plus. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows

Version differences

Syndicate Plus is a complete edition which includes the American Revolt expansion.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Syndicate: American Revolt
DOS

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename INTRO.EXE[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename INTRO.EXE.
The title screen will still be shown.

FreeSynd

FreeSynd is a cross-platform, open-source re-implementation that allows for playing the game natively rather than in the DOSBox emulator.

Set up FreeSynd
  1. Download FreeSynd and extract it. Note: The green button downloads an old version. Download from the folder view, instead.
  2. Copy Syndicate's data files from either SYNDICAT\DATA (Syndicate Plus installations, like GOG's) or DATA (plain Syndicate) to FreeSynd's bin\data folder. There should be 439 or 450 files.
  3. For Syndicate Plus installations (like GOG's), apply this patch; otherwise, FreeSynd will crash upon launch.
  4. Optional: Open bin\freesynd.ini and change "fullscreen" to "true" or else the game will be in a tiny, 640x400 window.
FreeSynd requires the game's original files.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVE\[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\SAVE2\[Note 2]
<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
American Revolt saves are in <path-to-game>\SAVE2\

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video settings

300px
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French

Network

Multiplayer requires the American Revolt expansion (Syndicate Plus includes the expansion)

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8 Using DOSBox IPX wrapper (the GOG.com version is pre-configured).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA, SVGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.0 (Original release)
5.0 (CD release)		 6.22
Processor (CPU) Intel 386 33 MHz
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA, SVGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References