The Colonel's Bequest
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Developers | |
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Sierra On-Line | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Sierra On-Line |
Digital | Activision |
Engines | |
SCI | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1989 |
Windows (ScummVM) | February 16, 2017[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Themes | Detective/mystery |
Series | Laura Bow |
Laura Bow | |
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The Colonel's Bequest | 1989 |
The Dagger of Amon Ra | 1992 |
Parlor Games with Laura Bow | 1992 |
The Colonel's Bequest is a singleplayer third-person adventure game in the Laura Bow series.
General information
- Can be played on ScummVM.
- The Sierra Chest entry
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Requires special map and magnifying glass. | |||
GOG.com |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\RESOURCE.CFG |
Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\CB1SG.*** |
Windows |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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 |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | All speech is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | CGA, EGA |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2.11 | 6.2 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 | Intel 286 |
System memory (RAM) | 512 KB | 1 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | CGA, EGA |
References
- ↑ Release: The Colonel's Bequest - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023