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Latest revision as of 15:23, 26 October 2022

This page is a stub: it lacks content and/or basic article components. You can help to expand this page by adding an image or additional information.

This page is for the 1988 first-person shooter. For the 2018 city-building game, see The Colony (Rusty Swain). For the 2018 Metroidvania game, see The Colony (Monkeystein Games).

The Colony
The Colony cover
Developers
David Alan Smith
Publishers
Mindscape
Engines
FLY-BY Environment Simulator
Release dates
Mac OS (Classic) August 1988
DOS December 1988
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives First-person
Genres Puzzle, Shooter
Themes Sci-fi
The Colony on HowLongToBeat
The Colony on IGDB
The Colony guide on StrategyWiki
The Colony on MobyGames
The Colony on Wikipedia

The Colony is a singleplayer first-person puzzle and shooter game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Mac OS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Mac OS (Classic)

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes Hercules, CGA, MCGA, EGA

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
Intel 8086
System memory (RAM) 640 kB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Hercules, CGA, MCGA
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Motorola 68000
System memory (RAM) 512 kB
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References