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Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy

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This page is for the original 1999 game. For the 2024 remake, see Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy (2024).

Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy cover
Developers
Microïds
Mac OS (Classic) Tetraedge
Publishers
Anuman Interactive
Engines
Phoenix VR
Release dates
Windows October 18, 1999
Mac OS (Classic) 1999
macOS (OS X) October 4, 2011
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series Amerzone
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy on MobyGames
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy on Wikipedia
Amerzone
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy 1999
Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy (2024) 2024

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Oversized CD-ROM DRM and unreadable sectors (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method)
Windows
Mac OS
GamersGate
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running.[1]
Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move, delete or rename files[citation needed]
  1. Move, delete or rename the files <path-to-game>\logo.smk and <path-to-game>\01VR_PHARE\sc01_a.smk.

Game data

To get out of the menu, you need to click the passage on the left.
To get out of the menu, you need to click the passage on the left.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Launch\Settings.ini[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/302190/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saved_*.bin[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/302190/pfx/[Note 2]
Save game file names: Saved_1.bin, Saved_2.bin, Saved_3.bin up until 8.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings
General settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Windowed

Possible with DxWnd[2]
  1. Download the latest build of DxWnd
  2. Add the game .exe in edit/add of DxWnd
  3. Set the following settings:
Main
"Do not notify on task switch" on
"Run in Window" on
"Keep aspect ratio" on

Video
"Windows style" thick frame
"Emulate Win Maximize" on
"Recover screen mode" on

Mouse
"cursor visibility" Hide

3. Start the game.

Notes

Could also be possible with dgVoodoo 2, see: Problem launching the game

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

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
French
German
Italian
Polish
Retail release only. Details
Portuguese
Retail release only.
Spanish

Issues fixed

Problem launching the game

Use dgVoodoo2
  1. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2.
  2. Extract dgVoodooCpl.exe and the contents of the MS\x86 subfolder to <path-to-game>.
  3. (optional) Run dgVoodooCpl.exe in game folder and unmark dgVoodoo Watermark in DirectX.
  4. Run game.
Disable visual themes (Windows 7)[3]
Reduce hardware acceleration (Windows XP)[citation needed]
If you experience slowdowns when playing videos, please reduce the audio hardware acceleration level:
  1. Press Win+R, type dxdiag and press Enter.
  2. In the "Sound" tab, lower the acceleration to Standard.
  3. Exit and restart the game.
Add the game to the DEP exclusion list[citation needed]
  1. Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties.
  2. Choose Advanced system settings, then click on the Advanced tab.
  3. Click the first Settings... button.
  4. In the Data Execution Prevention tab, choose the "Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select" option and add the game executable below.
  5. Apply all changes and start the game again.

Frozen cutscenes (Windows 7 or newer)

Run the game as administrator and in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP2 or 95[4]

Crash after opening the gate

Run the game as administrator and in compatibility mode for Windows 95[5]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible
Sound (audio device) Creative SoundBlaster or compatible
Other 4x CD-ROM drive


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/302190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (302190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20
  2. https://steamcommunity.com/app/302190/discussions/0/3092263995637351527/ Windowed mode - Steam discussions]
  3. Anuman support - last accessed on May 2023
  4. GOG.com Forums - still struggling with cutscenes - last accessed on May 2023
  5. GOG.com Forums - Crash after opening the gate - last accessed on May 2023