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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Westwood Studios}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Westwood Studios}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Virgin Interactive}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Sold Out Software|Retail re-release}}
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{{Infobox game/row/engine|Kyra}}
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|January 2, 1993}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|1993}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 10, 2013|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/release_the_legend_of_kyrandia_hand_of_fate_malcolms_revenge Release: The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate and Malcolm's Revenge]</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 10, 2013|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/news/release_the_legend_of_kyrandia_hand_of_fate_malcolms_revenge|title=Release: The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate and Malcolm's Revenge|date=May 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|November 15, 2013|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/bonus_more_mac_games_on_gogcom Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions - GOG.com]</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|November 15, 2013|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/news/bonus_more_mac_games_on_gogcom|title=Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Third-person }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Adventure }}
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|license      = commercial
 
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{{Series|Legend of Kyrandia}}
 
  
'''Key points'''
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{{Introduction
{{ii}} Also known as ''The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two''
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{{++}} Can be run under ScummVM
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'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
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{{ii}} Also known as '''''Fables & Fiends: The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two''''' and simply '''''The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two'''''.
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{{++}} Can be run under [[ScummVM]].
 
{{mm}} [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/the-legend-of-kyrandia-book-two-the-hand-of-fate/ Hardcore Gaming 101] - Comprehensive feature
 
{{mm}} [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/the-legend-of-kyrandia-book-two-the-hand-of-fate/ Hardcore Gaming 101] - Comprehensive feature
 
{{GOG.com links|1207659813|legend_of_kyrandia_series|for game series}}
 
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | legend_of_kyrandia_hand_of_fate | DRM-free | CD-ROM "talkie" re-release. Pre-packaged with ScummVM. Includes the Official Prima Strategy Guide for the series. | | Windows, OS X }}
 
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | legend_of_kyrandia_hand_of_fate | DRM-free | CD-ROM "talkie" re-release. Pre-packaged with ScummVM. Includes the Official Prima Strategy Guide for the series. | | Windows, OS X }}
 
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{{ii}} A demo is available from [https://www.scummvm.org/demos/#other ScummVM].
  
 
==Essential improvements==
 
==Essential improvements==
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
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==Video settings==
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==Video==
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
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|fov                        = n/a
 
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|fov notes                  =  
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|antialiasing              = n/a
 
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|antialiasing notes        =  
 
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==Input settings==
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==Audio settings==
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{{Image|Legend of Kyrandia Hand of Fate options.png|Audio settings}}
 
{{Image|Legend of Kyrandia Hand of Fate options.png|Audio settings}}
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    = Music, Sound Effects and Speech
 
|separate volume notes    = Music, Sound Effects and Speech
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{{L10n/switch
 
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Latest revision as of 15:10, 11 August 2023

The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate cover
Developers
Westwood Studios
Publishers
Retail Virgin Interactive
Retail re-release Sold Out Software
Digital Electronic Arts
Engines
Kyra
Release dates
DOS 1993
Windows (ScummVM) October 10, 2013[1]
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) November 15, 2013[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Themes Fantasy, Comedy
Series The Legend of Kyrandia
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate on HowLongToBeat
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate on IGDB
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate guide on StrategyWiki
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate on MobyGames
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate on Wikipedia
The Legend of Kyrandia
The Legend of Kyrandia 1992
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate 1993
The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge 1994

The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate is a singleplayer third-person adventure game in the The Legend of Kyrandia series.

General information

Also known as Fables & Fiends: The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two and simply The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two.
Can be run under ScummVM.
Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Floppy and CD-ROM "talkie" release.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
CD-ROM "talkie" re-release. Pre-packaged with ScummVM. Includes the Official Prima Strategy Guide for the series.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
A demo is available from ScummVM.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch for the floppy release can be found here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\FATE_???.SAV
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
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
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 and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound Effects and Speech
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
FM Towns port only

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Speech in CD-ROM version only.
French
German
Italian
Local retail floppy version only.
Spanish
Local retail floppy version only.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes MCGA, VGA 320x200
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
64-bit requires 64-bit build of ScummVM.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 386 20 MHz
System memory (RAM) 2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA
The CD-ROM version requires 4 MB of RAM and 5 MB HDD space.
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 250 MB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM


References