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God of Thunder

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God of Thunder
God of Thunder cover
Developers
Adept Software
Publishers
Software Creations
Release dates
DOS September 30, 1994
Windows (DOSBox) November 14, 2017
God of Thunder guide on StrategyWiki
God of Thunder on MobyGames
God of Thunder on Wikipedia

Key points

Re-released as freeware.
Entire game open sourced on March 27, 2020. Hosted on Sourceforge.[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
DOS
Developer website
DRM-free
DOS
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Can be played without Steam.[2]
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Run GOT.EXE with /KEYRETURN parameter[3]

Run the game with GOT /KEYRETURN to start the game at the main menu.

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVEGAM*.GOT
<path-to-game>\SAVEGAM*.GT*
<path-to-game>\CONFIG.GOT
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/738470/pfx/[Note 2]
Save files contain the slot number and episode number.
.GOT files contain the profile name (these files are needed to load saved games).
CONFIG.GOT contains high scores. In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x240 only.
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

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only.
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

Other information

Command line arguments

GOT.EXE accepts the following command line arguments:[3]
Command Description
/GR  ?
/NOAL Turn off Adlib detection
/NOSB Turn off Sound Blaster detection
/SBTONE Sound Blaster makes a "bip" when you start the game
/NOJOY Turn off Joystick detection
/HELA  ?
/RETURN Start at screen with Thor throwing hammer at snake
/KEYRETURN Start at menu
/SCORE:n Used with SAVEGAME parameter below, to set a high score
/SAVEGAME:n Load and run by using Saved Game n
/EXIT Show exit screens only
/VOLSTAGG Enable cheat mode

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 80286, 80386, 80486 or Pentium
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.2 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA
256 KB of VRAM
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 1 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 MB


Notes

  1. File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
  2. 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>/738470/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (738470) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References