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Tower of Souls

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Tower of Souls
Tower of Souls cover
Developers
Parys Technografx
Publishers
Black Legend
Release dates
DOS 1995

Key points

Requires AUTOEXEC.BAT to start in DOSBox (see AUTOEXEC.BAT error on launch).
Released as Der Seelenturm in Germany.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
A demo is available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GRAFX\SAVES\OPTIONS.BIN

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GRAFX\SAVES\GAME*.BIN

Video

General settings.
General settings.

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
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
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 feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
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
English
German

Issues fixed

AUTOEXEC.BAT error on launch (DOSBox)

Error message: "FEHLENDE ODER FALSCHE BLASTER ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES SET BLASTER=A??? I? D? H? P??? T? IN YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT TO MATCH YOUR SOUND BLASTER SETTINGS FOR YOUR MACHINE IF YOU HAVE NO SOUNDBLASTER CARD THEN USE:- SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T4 IN YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT"
Make AUTOEXEC.BAT[1]
  1. Go to the folder that is the root of the emulated C drive.
  2. Make a text file called AUTOEXEC.BAT.
  3. Add the following line in this file: SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 T6

Notes

This SET BLASTER line is for the default DOSBox settings (adjust these values if the DOSBox sound settings have been changed).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 80386, 80486, Pentium
System memory (RAM) 590K + 4 MB EMS
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA, 256K


References