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{{Infobox game/row/developer|IBM}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|IBM}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|IBM}}
 
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
{{Infobox game/row/date|Booter|1984}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|PC booter|1984}}
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|reception    =
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|link|rating}}
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|link|rating}}
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|zyll|rating}}
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|taxonomy    =
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
 
|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid side  =  
 
|steam appid side  =  
|gogcom page  =  
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|gogcom id    =  
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|mobygames    = zyll
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|wikipedia    = Zyll
 
|wikipedia    = Zyll
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| Retail |  | floppy |  |  | Booter }}
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{{Availability/row| Retail |  | floppy |  |  | PC booter }}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/saves|Booter|A:\}}
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{{Game data/saves|PC booter|A:\}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{ii}} This game saves to a [[#"Disk error while trying to format - the game was not saved" error (DOSBox)|formatted floppy disk]] (separate from the program disk).
 
{{ii}} This game saves to a [[#"Disk error while trying to format - the game was not saved" error (DOSBox)|formatted floppy disk]] (separate from the program disk).
 
{{ii}} This game does not store any settings.
 
{{ii}} This game does not store any settings.
  
==Video settings==
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==Video==
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
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|upscaling                  = unknown
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|upscaling tech            =
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|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
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}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
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}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              = false
 
|eax support              = false
|eax support notes        =  
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|eax support notes         =
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|royalty free audio       = unknown
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|royalty free audio notes  =
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|red book cd audio        =
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|red book cd audio notes  =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|64-bit executable     = false
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|windows 32-bit exe    =
|64-bit executable notes=  
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|windows 64-bit exe    =
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|windows arm app        = unknown
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|windows exe notes      =
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|macos intel 32-bit app =
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|macos intel 64-bit app =
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|macos arm app          = unknown
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|macos app notes        =
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|linux 32-bit executable=  
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|linux 64-bit executable=
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|linux arm app          = unknown
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|linux executable notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==System requirements==
 
==System requirements==
 
{{System requirements
 
{{System requirements
|OSfamily = Booter
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|OSfamily = PC booter
  
 
|minOS    =  
 
|minOS    =  

Latest revision as of 16:58, 29 March 2023

Zyll
Zyll cover
Developers
IBM
Release dates
PC booter 1984
Zyll on IGDB
Zyll on MobyGames
Zyll on Wikipedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Floppy disk check (requires the original floppy in the drive to play)
PC booter

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
PC booter A:\
This game saves to a formatted floppy disk (separate from the program disk).
This game does not store any settings.

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
Mouse input in menus
No mouse support.
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
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.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op, Versus
Choice of Cooperative or Competitive.
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes Text

Issues fixed

"Disk error while trying to format - the game was not saved" error (DOSBox)

Mount floppy image in DOSBox SVN build[1]
  1. Download a DOSBox SVN build.
  2. Download a blank floppy image.
  3. Extract the floppy image and switch to it in the DOSBox SVN build to save (see BOOT).

System requirements

PC booter
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 64 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References

  1. Verified by User:Garrett on November 13, 2017
    Tested with EmuCR DOSBox SVN (DOSBox 0.74 does not work).