D: The Game

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D: The Game	1996
Enemy Zero	1998

General information

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Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		MS-DOS release.
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2]
Steam		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]

Essential improvements[edit]

Remove black scanlines[edit]

Removing black scanlines by using DOSBox SVN Daum

Download DOSBox SVN Daum and extract it into <path-to-game>\DOSBOX overwriting any files when asked.
Download fixvideo.fx and move it to <path-to-game>\DOSBOX\SHADERS
Edit dosbox_d.conf with a text editor and change the line output=overlay to output=Direct3D.
Add the line pixelshader=fixvideo.fx underneath and save.

Only works with the Direct3D renderer.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
DOS
Windows
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
DOS
Windows
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		4:3 ratio only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (when using DOSBox).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
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		Game plays through FMVs which run at 15 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input settings[edit]

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).

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Japanese				The Japanese version had no voice acting and used subtitles for any voice lines.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.9
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.9
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compatible 256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS and/or PC booter game data.

References

[DOSBox_mounted-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS and/or PC booter game data.

[release_date-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: D: The Game - GOG.com

[2] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 11 - Forum - GOG.com

[3] D: The Game · AppID: 510590 · Steam Database

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Developers

	WARP
Publishers
	Acclaim Entertainment
	Night Dive Studios
Release dates
DOS	March 31, 1996
Windows	March 31, 1996
Windows (DOSBox)	June 3, 2016^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	June 3, 2016^[1]
Linux (DOSBox)	June 3, 2016^[1]