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{{Stub}}
 
{{Stub}}
 
{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
|cover        =  
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|cover        = The Catacomb title screen.png
 
|developers  =  
 
|developers  =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|John Carmack}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|John Carmack}}
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/config|DOS|}}
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{{Game data/config|DOS|{{p|game}}\CTLPANEL.CA2}}
 
{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
 
{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
 
{{Game data/config|OS X|}}
 
{{Game data/config|OS X|}}
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/saves|DOS|}}
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{{Game data/saves|DOS|{{p|game}}\GAME*.CA2}}
 
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 
}}
 
}}
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{{ii}} Save files are named matching the slot ({{file|GAME1.CA2}} to {{file|GAME9.CA2}}).
  
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
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==Video settings==
 
==Video settings==
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{{Image|The Catacomb settings.png|Settings.}}
 
{{Video settings
 
{{Video settings
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
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|4k ultra hd                = false
 
|4k ultra hd                = false
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
|fov                        = unknown
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|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|windowed                  = true
 
|windowed                  = true
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|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
|anisotropic                = unknown
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|anisotropic                = n/a
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
|antialiasing              = unknown
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|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync                      = false
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|key remap                = true
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
|acceleration option      = unknown
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|acceleration option      = n/a
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
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|mouse sensitivity        = false
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse menu                = false
 
|mouse menu                = false
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
|invert mouse y-axis      = false
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|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
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|controller remap          = unknown
 
|controller remap          = unknown
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 
|controller remap notes    =  
|controller sensitivity    = unknown
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|controller sensitivity    = false
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
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|invert controller y-axis  = n/a
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|xinput controllers        = unknown
 
|xinput controllers        = unknown
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|other button prompts      = unknown
 
|other button prompts      = unknown
 
|other button prompts notes=  
 
|other button prompts notes=  
|controller hotplug        = unknown
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|controller hotplug        = false
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|haptic feedback          = unknown
 
|haptic feedback          = unknown
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==Audio settings==
 
==Audio settings==
 
{{Audio settings
 
{{Audio settings
|separate volume          = unknown
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|separate volume          = false
|separate volume notes    =  
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|separate volume notes    = On/off only.
|surround sound          = unknown
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|surround sound          = false
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
|subtitles                = unknown
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|subtitles                = n/a
|subtitles notes          =  
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|subtitles notes          = Everything is text-based.
|closed captions          = unknown
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|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
|mute on focus lost      = unknown
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|mute on focus lost      = false
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
  |interface = unknown
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  |interface = true
  |audio    = unknown
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  |audio    = n/a
  |subtitles = unknown
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  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
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==System requirements==
 
==System requirements==
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{{System requirements
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|OSfamily = DOS
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|minOS    =
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|minCPU  = XT, 286, 386, 486
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|minRAM  = 640K
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|minHD    =
 +
|minGPU  = CGA, EGA
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|recOS    =
 +
|recCPU  =
 +
|recRAM  =
 +
|recHD    =
 +
|recGPU  =
 +
}}
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{{System requirements
 
{{System requirements
 
|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows

Revision as of 22:33, 14 April 2019

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The Catacomb
The Catacomb cover
Developers
John Carmack
Publishers
Softdisk
Flat Rock Software
Release dates
DOS 1991
Windows March 14, 2013[1]
macOS (OS X) March 14, 2013[1]
The Catacomb on Wikipedia
Catacomb
Catacomb 1989
The Catacomb 1991
Catacomb 3-D: The Descent 1991
Catacomb Abyss 1992
Catacomb Armageddon 1993
Catacomb Apocalypse 1993

Not to be confused with Catacomb.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Use DOSBox or CatacombSDL.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Entire series. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2]
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\CTLPANEL.CA2
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GAME*.CA2
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Save files are named matching the slot (GAME1.CA2 to GAME9.CA2).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Settings.
Settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, EGA
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) XT, 286, 386, 486
System memory (RAM) 640K
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA, EGA
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

References