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==Game data==
 
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{{ii}} No data is stored (progress is saved using certificate passwords given at the end of each level).
 
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Revision as of 13:24, 31 July 2020

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The Immortal
The Immortal cover
Developers
Sandcastle
DOS Kenneth L. Hurley
Publishers
Electronic Arts
GOG.com Piko Interactive
Release dates
DOS 1991
Windows (DOSBox) July 31, 2020[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) July 31, 2020[1]
Linux (DOSBox) July 31, 2020[1]
The Immortal guide on StrategyWiki
The Immortal on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Prepackaged with DOSBox.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

No data is stored (progress is saved using certificate passwords given at the end of each level).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only (toggle with Ctrl+S).
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

Other information

Command line arguments

This game detects the available sound and video hardware but this can also be set manually by adding the desired command(s) after the executable name, e.g. IMMORTAL EGA ADLIB[2]
Command Description
KEYBOARD Sets keyboard control.
MCGA Sets Multi-Color Graphics Array (MCGA) 16-color mode.
EGA Sets Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) mode.
ROLAND Sets Roland sound. Required for the Roland MT-32 (Roland hardware is not detected automatically).[2]
ADLIB Sets AdLib sound.
PC Sets PC speaker sound.

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes MCGA, EGA, VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2.11
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) EGA, MCGA, VGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.11
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL comatible
256 MB of VRAM


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 7 classic games that are a blast to play on PC! - GOG.com - last accessed on 2020-07-31
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Immortal IBM/Tandy Command Summary Card